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How can we live longer,healthier,happier lives ?

How do we live longer, happier, healthier lives ? This question has pre-occupied the best minds, the most philosophical people, the most scientific minds. Now, The National Geographic Society funded survey,   by Author Dan Buettner in his book The Blue Zones Solution,   has laid bare some of the age-old secrets, the secret   sauces, that go into the healthy mix of genes, diet, lifestyles and relationships that result in healthy and happy individuals in some of the  most    unlikely areas of the world. It turns out that there is no one magic answer, no single secret sauce, no single diet plan, to achieve the modern day elixir of youth and (almost) eternal life. It is a complex soup ,a khichdi, if you will, of many ingredients, that interact with each other, the individual and the community, to get within achievable milestones of that elusive goal. But first   things first. Where do we find such elusive people ? Where are they hidden away from u...