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Pushkin.

The Standard American Diet is killing us.

That's a stark line from the book I want to tell you about in this episode,

which is a bit different from the other works I'll be sharing in this season on my favorite books of 2025.

My other choices are mostly science-y-type books related to the study of happiness.

But today's pick is a bit different. It's a cookbook entitled One Pot Meals, 100 recipes to live

till 100. And the author of One Pot Meals is someone you may

remember if you're a fan of the Happiness Lab. My name is Dan Butner. I am a New York Times best-selling

writer, a National Geographic explorer, and most significantly, I'm a guest of Lori Santos,

which is my proudest accolade. He's most well known for his work on what are called Blue Zones, the places around the

world where people live the longest and happiest lives.

Dan's research has shown that there are lots of cultural factors that promote health and

happiness, but he's also found that food seems to be an important factor too, hence a cookbook.

The premise behind one-pot meals

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