High-carb diets may be the key to living longer

High-carb diets may be the key to living longer

Dan Buettner grew up in the Midwest during the 1960s, raised on a diet many American kids knew well. Dinner often meant boxed macaroni glowing in yellow cheese or hot dogs wrapped in buttery crescent rolls. “We didn’t know better,” he says, recalling those familiar meals. But his path would soon veer far from that kitchen table, taking him across the globe in search of something deeper—how some people live not just longer, but better. He eventua…