446: Dan Buettner Shares the Blue Zones Secrets for a Longer, Better Life
The Ultimate Health Podcast
Jesse Chappus
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 December 2021
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
Watch the full video interview on YouTube here: https://bit.ly/danbuettner446
Dan Buettner (IG: @danbuettner) is a National Geographic Explorer, a writer, and the founder of Blue Zones.
He just released a new book, The Blue Zones Challenge.
In this episode, we discuss:
- If you're overweight & unhealthy... it’s not your fault
- Making the healthy choice, the easy choice
- Keep healthy food visible in the kitchen
- Blue Zones foods to include in your diet
- The 5 Blue Zones
- Globalization is deteriorating the Blue Zones
- What is the grandmother effect?
- Abolishing mandatory retirement
- Getting clear on your own sense of purpose
- Dan’s thoughts on supplements
- Do people in the Blue Zones intermittent fast?
- 3 kitchen hacks to increase longevity
- Curate your social circle
- Tips on how to make friends as you age
- How much meat is eaten in the Blue Zones?
- Pescatarians and vegans live the longest in America
- Daily life in the Blue Zones
- Moving every 20 minutes
- Focusing on sacred rituals to reduce stress
- Taking The Blue Zones Challenge
- Maximizing your life expectancy by avoiding risky behaviour
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Related links:
Dan Buettner - The Blue Zones Challenge (book)
Dan Buettner's website (Blue Zones)
Follow Dan Buettner on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
Listen to Dan Buettner previously on TUHP (episode #170)
National Institute on Aging (NIH)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | coming up on the ultimate health podcast. |
| 0:02.4 | People are living in a long time in the blue zones |
| 0:04.5 | because they're moving all the time. |
| 0:06.7 | They move every 20 minutes. |
| 0:08.0 | They don't implode into rooms with their devices |
| 0:12.8 | and sit around and watch Netflix. |
| 0:15.6 | They are socially engaged. |
| 0:17.2 | They're imbued with a sense of purpose. |
| 0:19.9 | They put their families first. |
| 0:22.4 | They honor sacred daily rituals like prayer |
| 0:25.0 | and taking nap and ancestor veneration to lower their stress. |
| 0:29.8 | And they live in these food environments |
| 0:31.5 | where the cheapest, most accessible |
| 0:33.8 | and most delicious recipes are made |
| 0:36.6 | from grains, nuts, beans, tubers, and greens. |
| 0:47.7 | Hello and welcome to Ultimate Health Podcast, |
| 0:49.8 | episode 446. |
| 0:52.0 | I'm Jesse Chapis and I'm here to take your help |
| 0:54.1 | to the next level. |
| 0:55.3 | Each week I'll bring you deep conversations |
| 0:57.2 | with health and wellness leaders from around the world. |
| 0:59.8 | This week I'm chatting again with Dan Pudner. |
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