#67 The Secret to a Long and Happy life with Dan Buettner
Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee
Dr Rangan Chatterjee
4.8 • 10.9K Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2019
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
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A long healthy life is no accident. It begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits. If you adopt the right lifestyle, experts say, chances are you may live up to a decade longer. So, what’s the formula for success? National Geographic Explorer and author Dan Buettner has lead teams of researchers across the globe to uncover the secrets of Blue Zones—geographic regions where high percentages of centenarians are enjoying remarkably long, full and happy lives. In this week’s episode, I talk with Dan about his adventures in the Blue Zones and discuss what we can all learn from his findings.
Dan found commonalities amongst each of these Blue Zones which led to a formula for success that includes lifestyle, community and purpose. We delve into all these areas and discuss how achieving a long, healthy and happy life is something that goes far beyond personal responsibility. People in these longevity hot spots do not pursue health and happiness. Health and happiness ensues from the environment which they are in. Dan explains what you can do to design your surroundings to stack the deck in favour of health, longevity and happiness. We also discuss Dan’s Blue Zones Project - a health and longevity initiative that models the principles of communities around the world that have the longest living people and applies those principles to other cities and communities. The results have been staggering.
Finally, Dan explains how he has changed his own lifestyle following his research and he shares his top tips for living a longer and more fulfilling life. This is a fascinating conversation – I hope you enjoy it!
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| 0:00.0 | The mistake we make with health in this country in the United States is we pursue health. |
| 0:07.3 | The reality is health ensues, longevity ensues from the right environment. |
| 0:13.9 | Hi, my name is Rongan Chasji, GP, television presenter and author of the best selling books, |
| 0:20.1 | The Stress Solution and the Four Pillar Plan. I believe that all of us have the ability to feel |
| 0:25.6 | better than we currently do. We're getting healthy as we can far too complicated. With this podcast, |
| 0:31.9 | I aim to simplify it. I'm ghostly having conversations with some of the most interesting and exciting |
| 0:37.4 | people both within as well as outside the health space to hopefully inspire you, as well as |
| 0:43.0 | empower you with simple tips that you can put into practice immediately to transform the way that |
| 0:48.3 | you feel. I believe that when we are healthier, we are happier because when we feel better, |
| 0:54.1 | we live more. Hello and welcome to episode 67 of my Feel Better Live More podcast. |
| 1:02.7 | My name is Rongan Chasji and I am your host. What is a secret to a long and happy life? |
| 1:09.6 | That is a topic up for discussion on this week's podcast. You see, living a long and healthy |
| 1:15.6 | life does not occur by accident. It begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits. |
| 1:22.0 | If you adopt the right lifestyle, experts say, chances are you may live up to a decade longer. |
| 1:28.0 | So what is that formula for success? Well, today's guest is National Geographic Explorer and |
| 1:34.2 | best-selling author Dan Buetner. Dan has led teams of researchers across the globe to uncover |
| 1:40.8 | the secrets of blue zones. Areas around the world where high percentages of centenarians |
| 1:46.4 | are enjoying remarkably long, full and happy lives. Like last week's guest, the endurance athlete |
| 1:53.0 | Kilianjone, either pleasure have been invited to speak at a special Google event in London recently |
| 1:59.2 | where Dan was also a speaker and was absolutely delighted when he agreed to be a guest on my show. |
| 2:05.8 | In this week's episode, I talk with Dan about his adventures in the blue zones and discuss |
| 2:11.2 | what we can all learn from his findings. Dan found commonalities amongst each of these blue zones |
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