Writing this book took me on a journey, not only into the Blue Zones, which are home to the longest living populations, but also deeper into principles of Functional Medicine and our interconnected biological networks that are essential to be in balance to create health and longevity including the microbiome, our hormones, immune system, mitochondria, detoxification and structural systems.

I learned that we don’t have to drop everything and live in a Blue Zone to achieve a long, healthy life. We can do that anywhere by addressing the root causes of aging and applying the principles of Functional Medicine to prevent and even reverse the most prevalent diseases of our time.

The principles and practices you will learn in this book will have remarkable benefits in your life. Not only will you learn strategies to live longer, reverse chronic disease, and shed pounds, but more importantly you will be filled with energy for life and work and love and play. You will be the full expression of who you came here to be. The point is not to live longer but to live better, not just to add more years to your life but to add more life to your years.

That is what the program contained in this book will do for you. I know because I have been following it for years and at 63 I have never felt better. I want you to experience being young forever, too.