Self-help ✦ Penny’s Take
The Blue Zones Solution
Dan Buettner · 2015
78/100
👍 Worth It
The most action-oriented of the Blue Zones books, this one moves past the research and into your kitchen and community with 75 recipes and a concrete model for town-level health transformation. Library Journal's warm review reflects that Buettner writes with genuine warmth and conviction, not just data. Readers skeptical of plant-exclusivity dietary claims will find critics on the other side worth consulting, but as a practical companion to the original Blue Zones research, this is the most immediately useful volume in the series.
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safety88
substance78
craft78
originality68
accuracy72
hype74
age-fit90
human-eye78
Penny’s verdict78
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