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496: A 101-year-old neurologist's longevity secrets | Howard Tucker, M.D.

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Alternative Health, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

“Retirement remains the enemy of longevity," says Howard Tucker, M.D. Howard, a 101-year-old neurologist, joins us to discuss the keys to living a longer, happier life, plus: - Howard’s Friday martini ritual (~00:17) - Howard’s regular workday (~00:55) - The secret to a healthy, long marriage (~03:32) - Howard’s daily tips for longevity (~05:44) - What Howard eats in a day (~08:24) - The secret sauce of longevity (~13:51) - Howard’s take on biohacking “shortcuts” (~16:45) - How to maintain a sharp, healthy brain (~19:58) - What we’re still getting wrong about aging (~21:40) - The role of mindset in longevity (~24:54) - How to live a healthy & joyful life (~28:15) Referenced in the episode: - Learn more about Howard. - Contribute to Howard's documentary Kickstarter. - Keep up with Howard on Instagram and TikTok. We hope you enjoy this episode, and feel free to watch the full video on YouTube! 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.

0:07.9

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0:47.5

Hey everyone, what's the secret sauce of longevity? According to Dr. Howard Tucker,

0:53.2

a 101-year-old neurologist, the key to living a longer life is quite simple.

0:58.9

No special super foods, trendy treatments or biohacking tools here,

1:03.1

just regular movement, purpose and a youthful mindset.

1:07.1

End a Friday night martini for good measure. Let me repeat. Howard is a 101-year-old practicing

1:15.8

neurologist and he's constantly planning for the future. In fact, he goes as far to say

1:20.4

that retirement is the enemy of longevity. It's such an honor to have Howard here on the show.

1:26.3

He has so much wisdom to share and I think we can all learn a thing or two about his balanced

1:32.7

daily routine. Howard, welcome. Thank you very much. Pleasure to be here.

1:37.7

It is an honor to have you. It's Friday at 1pm Eastern and rumor has it. I've read you have a

1:45.4

ritual which is a Friday evening martini. Does that still hold true? I love my martinis. They're

1:52.4

smaller than they used to be since my wife can't tolerate anymore big doses of it. So is that

1:59.8

is that weekly? Is that daily? What time of day? What's in it? I'm very curious. After I come home

2:06.8

from the hospital and she has finished working too, sit down and please ourselves with a martini.

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