Lunch with Sumiko

Want to live to 100? Eat beans, walk, have a purpose and friends, says Blue Zones author Dan Buettner

Dan Buettner is the author of books on Blue Zones, which are regions where people live very long and full lives. He tells executive editor Sumiko Tan why Singapore is a “manufactured” Blue Zone 2.0

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Breakfast for Dan Buettner costs a mere dollar.

It’s a vegetable soup the best-selling American author cooks at home, divides into portions which he freezes, then eats for breakfast every day.

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