298: The secrets to a long, healthy life | Dan Buettner, Blue Zones founder

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 7 April 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Dan Buettner: “If you want to live a long time, you want to think about shaping your surroundings.” Buettner—a longevity expert, New York Times bestselling author, and founder of Blue Zones—joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss the nonnegotiables for a long and healthy life, plus: *How to pack more movement into your everyday* *Why you should keep your shoes by the door* *How to actually find your purpose* *Why kids who live with their grandparents do better in school* *How much coffee you should drink to reap the benefits without feeling jittery* Referenced in the episode: - Blue Zones website. - Buettner's Blue Zones books. - Study showing the link between volunteering and mental well-being. - mbg Podcast episode #157, with Buettner. - mbg Podcast episode #34, with Buettner. - Buettner's TED Talk on how to live to be 100+. - Blue Zones true vitality test. - Blue Zones life challenge. - Buettner's National Geographic article on the world's healthiest foods. Sign up and learn more about the mindbodygreen x Lexus Retreats in Motion here! Enjoy this episode, sponsored by Lexus! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: podcast@mindbodygreen.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the MyBuddyGreen podcast. I'm Jason Wachib, founder and co-CEO of MyBuddyGreen and your host.
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0:43.6	performance is not guaranteed. Dan Butner is an award-winning journalist and a New York Times
0:51.6	best-selling author. And he's probably most famous because he's the man who discovered
0:56.6	the five places in the world dubbed Blue Zones where people live the longest, healthiest lives.
1:02.8	We love Blue Zones here at MBG and we love Dan as he's an incredible human being and it's
1:08.2	always a joy to have him back on this show. Dan welcome always a pleasure so great to have you on
1:17.2	the podcast. It's always a pleasure in this N.J. Psych. I regard you as a brother of source.
1:23.4	Brother by another mother. I am very flattered. I am very flattered and the feeling is mutual. So
1:29.0	thank you so much. So Blue Zones. Blue Zones has serious staying power and there are so many lessons
1:38.1	that were applicable years ago that are still applicable and even more important today. And I'm
1:45.4	going to start with one gym membership. Something we've talked about. You've said that those who live
1:51.9	in the Blue Zones don't have a gym membership. They don't necessarily go to CrossFit. But they get
1:59.2	way more exercise than the average American. So can you talk about that scenario and what is it
2:06.3	about like these constant micro movements if you will that actually help extend our life?
2:12.9	Yes. I think our intentions when it comes to gym memberships and so forth would help us
2:19.9	live a long time. But the reality and I've seen the data people who sign up for gym memberships
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