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The Daily Motivation

The 4 Gut Bacteria That Help You Live Past 100 | Dr. William Li

The Daily Motivation

Lewis Howes

Education, Self-improvement

4.8960 Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Dr. William Li reveals the groundbreaking discovery of four specific gut bacteria found in supercentenarians who live past 100, including the remarkable Akkermansia that may help reverse stage four cancer. This conversation transforms how you'll think about longevity, showing that the secret to a vibrant century-long life might literally be growing inside you right now.

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0:00.0

Hi, my name is Lewis Howes and welcome to the Daily Motivation Show.

0:09.0

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1:18.6

So first of all, people who live to 100 are called centenarians, right?

1:23.6

Sent to like 100.

1:25.6

And we think that if you could look to 100, like that's 100 candles on your birthday cake. It's a big deal. That's a big deal, right? That's a big, that's the big birth. That is. All right. Now, I have to tell you, my great uncle lived to 104. Wow. Okay. I was at as 100 birthday party. And I saw 100 candles on his game.

1:44.3

That's impressive. Yeah. So I know it can happen in my own family.

1:48.3

Did he have the energy to blow all the candles out?

1:50.3

Not only did he have the energy to blow the candles out. He planned the party himself.

1:54.5

Wow. Okay. He invited the guest list. He actually, I mean, he made the guest list. He planned the meal. You know, he hosted the thing.

2:03.8

So, so it's possible. No. Okay. Now, most people think that, you know, living to 100 would be like a

2:13.0

crap shoot, a long shot. Like, oh, if I could in a healthy way, and I live to 100, be great.

2:19.3

But, you know, because I've been doing some research on this.

2:22.7

It turns out today, you know how many people are 100 years old now?

2:28.5

I think he said it was close to a million or over a million?

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