How to Live to 100 with Blue Zones explorer Dan Buettner

A Bit of Optimism

The Optimism Company from Simon Sinek

Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Management, Education

4.8 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Most of us would count ourselves lucky to live to age 80. And yet, there are places on Earth where people regularly live to 100, suffer virtually no chronic disease, and live life with a sense of purpose.

These "Blue Zones" are the focus of Dan Buettner's work. He's a National Geographic explorer, an author, and a documentarian. He spent years traveling and studying the Blue Zones to understand why these 5 places on Earth produce some of the happiest, and longest-lived, people in the world.

Dan and I discuss why happiness is the key to longevity, creating Blue Zones in our own lives, and how a longer life can begin with simply rearranging your kitchen.

This...is A Bit of Optimism.

For more on Dan Buettner and his work, check out:

his Netflix documentary Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones

or bluezones.com

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0:00.0	There are these places in the world where people regularly live to over a hundred years old.
0:05.2	Did you know that how we organize our kitchens can actually help us live longer too?
0:10.2	Stay tuned.
0:12.2	All that's sitting and swiping, our backs hurt, our eyeballs sting.
0:17.0	That's our bodies adapting to our technology.
0:20.0	But we can do something about it.
0:22.0	We saw amazing effects. But we can do something about it.
0:23.0	We saw amazing effects.
0:24.0	I really felt like the cloud in my brain kind of dissipated.
0:28.0	There's no turning back from me.
0:30.0	Make 2024 the year you put your health before your inbox.
0:33.6	And take the Body Electric Challenge.
0:36.4	Listen to Body Electric from NPR on the I Heart Radio
0:40.2	app or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:43.0	I-hard Podcast update this week on your free I-Heart Radio app.
0:46.0	Rachel goes rogue.
0:47.0	For the first time, she's ready to tell you the real story on her own terms,
0:50.0	what's true, what's false, and the secrets she's been waiting to reveal.
0:53.0	Two Jersey Jays.
0:54.0	From menopause to making the most of your 40s and 50s,
0:57.0	follow these fabulous women as they navigate family, friendships,
1:00.0	and even frenemies.
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