The definition of retirement, you know, I'm kind of about 51 now, and that would have been, you know, thinking about retirement.

Now I guess that's technically middle age.

You know, learn, work, retire.

When people are not living to the age of 70, but instead living to the age of 100, that model is no longer particularly reasonable or useful.

Welcome to Living Beyond Borders, the podcast from City Private Bank and GZero Media

that examines the risks and opportunities in our

rapidly changing world, from global politics to economics and what it all means for you.

I'm Meredith Sumter, head of research strategy at Eurasia Group, and today we'll start by looking

at a peculiar phenomenon. Back in November 2005, National Geographic published a special issue and cover story called

The Secrets of Living Longer.

And in this issue, they featured three Blue Zone areas of the world where people live to be the

healthiest and longest living lives.

And that was Okinawa, Japan, Sardinia, Italy, and Loma Linda,

California. That's Dr. John Westerdall, a certified nutritionist and dietitian who specializes in

anti-aging. He practices in Loma Linda, California. It's a town in San Bernardino County with a population

of 24,000. And it's a blue zone.

Haven't heard of a blue zone?

Well, when I was a graduate student at Loma Linda studying public health nutrition at the

University, Lomalinda University, I observed many older people living in the community that were

really super healthy and very active.

And probably the one person that really stood out to me was an 86-year-old woman named Hilda Crooks.

In fact, she climbed to the top of Mount Whitney 23 times.

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