Blue Zone Lifestyle… aka Longevity

Thru this first quarter of 2022 we have adopted a bluezone lifestyle. We are focused on our long-term health, our touches into our community & where it all begins “the kitchen”. Yup as a life-long professional chef this really tapped my core on the shoulder & heart

In late 2021 while waiting in the grocery check-out-line (I’m not certified in the self-check-out yet) staring at me was National Geographics BLUE ZONES. It was Sub-titled “EAT like the world’s longest -lived people; Make the healthy choices the easy choice”.

This may very well be the best $14.99 I ever spent. I’ve always regarded “NG” as well researched, and the images never disappoint. Here is where I met Dan Buettner. A National Geographics “fellow” and founder of Blue Zones; an organization that helps Americans live longer healthier lives. You may already know Dan Buettner as author of “Blue Zones”, “Blue Zones Solutions “, Blue Zones Kitchen” and “Blue Zone Happiness”. He & His team also contributes to facebook.com/Bluezones , Twitter @BlueZones; as a well as his own website, www.bluezones.com. and several other media offerings titled Bluezones.

If you are serious about your optimum health and fully capacitated longevity, I encourage you to read Dan’s writings. He certainly doesn’t need my indorsement with his success level. Yet, as you read these various Dottie Foods postings and I reference BlueZones, you will know what I mean. And finally, I in no means am plagiarizing the BlueZones teamwork, research, and publications. I honor all their work; and by personally adopting a bluezone lifestyle and suggest everyone reading consider doing the same to the best of their ability to live healthier and happier.

Join me & Bob Fagen, city manager of Spencer, Iowa as he challenged his city “Think of whatever it is that’s important to you. Don’t wake one day and wonder what happened to your life”

WE at Dottie Foods will be focusing on the kitchen and cooking aspects of this lifestyle from our personal experiences. As you embrace these practices, please share them on our blog for others to learn from.

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