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 author (and Minnesota native) Dan Buettner has travelled across the world to try to figure out what leads to a long, long life.

Four common elements can be found on tables across the world in communities where people regularly live to be one hundred: beans, whole grains, greens, and nuts.

Buettner compiled a hundred recipes to make these elements delicious in his newest book, “The Blue Zones Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100.”

MPR’s Cathy Wurzer spoke to Buettner about the recipes. 

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 author (and Minnesota native) Dan Buettner has travelled across the world to try to figure out what leads to a long, long life. One important factor is what you eat. 

National Geographic Fellow and Blue Zones author (and Minnesota native) Dan Buettner has travelled across the world to try to figure out what leads to a long, long life. One important factor is what you eat. 


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