Lessons in Longevity

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

All season, we’ve been exploring how we can all make the most of our age, at any age. But can where we live improve our longevity? In this episode, Dr. Sanjay Gupta speaks with National Geographic Fellow and author Dan Buettner. He tells us about the five communities around the world he identified where people live longer and healthier lives than the rest of us, dubbed “Blue Zones.” We’ll explore what they are doing right and how we can apply those findings to our daily lives. And to celebrate the final episode of this season, check out the Chasing Life: Better with Age Playlist assembled by the team. https://qrco.de/beElWD To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Esther Van Denhoeven and as you can hear, she's been kind of hard
0:19.0	on herself as she prepares to speak to us for the podcast, despite the fact that it's
0:24.0	audio only.
0:25.7	My hair is getting less and it ain't as nice as it was.
0:32.5	But here again, this is negative and I don't want to be negative.
0:37.1	You know, all season on the podcast, we've been asking everyone these two questions.
0:41.8	How old are you and how old do you feel?
0:44.9	Think about that.
0:45.9	Quick.
0:46.9	How old are you?
0:47.9	How old do you feel?
0:48.9	Well, I'm in my early 50s and honestly, some days, I feel like I'm in my mid 30s.
0:55.6	Esther, I don't know how old I feel, I've never felt this old, but I am going to be 99
1:02.6	in August and I have to say I'm grateful that I feel as well as I do at this age.
1:11.8	That's right.
1:12.8	Esther was 98 when she spoke to us and celebrated her 99th birthday just one day before we
1:18.7	dropped this episode.
1:20.5	And you know, anytime I do feel more my age, I realize Esther has a
1:25.6	essentially already lived two of my lives.
1:28.2	I really never stood still on the thoughts of feeling extra good or less good or I just lived.
1:39.3	So the question is this.
1:41.0	What do we learn from Esther?
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