The Actual Reason Men Die First
Dr. Berg’s Healthy Keto and Intermittent Fasting Podcast
Dr. Eric Berg
4.7 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2025
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
Why do men die earlier than women? In this video, I’ll uncover the truth about the gender life expectancy gap. Don’t worry, I’ll also share 8 ways to increase life expectancy for men and women, along with the longevity risk factors to avoid.
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| 0:00.0 | Why do men die earlier by six years? I really wanted to know this. So I did a deep dive into this topic. |
| 0:06.8 | And what I'm going to show you is actually extremely interesting. There's a lot of speculation on why this is. |
| 0:12.6 | Like men are involved with jobs that are more of an occupational hazard. Men go to doctors less. |
| 0:18.2 | And of course, men smoke more and they drink more alcohol and they get more heart |
| 0:22.2 | attacks and strokes. That's for sure. But women actually get more autoimmune diseases than men. |
| 0:27.3 | But that's more chronic and they don't necessarily die from those conditions. Why do women |
| 0:32.2 | live longer than men? That's the big question. Well, it just so happens. There's a very specific gene called the longevity |
| 0:39.5 | gene. Fox O3 that actually can help you live longer. Women express that gene more than men |
| 0:46.8 | because they have estrogen. Estrogen activates that gene. But there's a lot of other things |
| 0:52.6 | that can activate that gene that I'm going to share |
| 0:54.6 | with you today because personally, I would want to know so I can live longer. There are also |
| 1:00.2 | certain cultures that have even more of an expression of that gene than others. And they happen to live |
| 1:06.8 | in areas like Okinawa and Sardinia, where people live to be over a hundred years old. |
| 1:13.6 | What does this gene actually do? It helps prevent cancer. It really helps you with gene repair. |
| 1:19.6 | It's like a stress-resistant gene that just allows you to adapt and live in your environment a lot better. |
| 1:26.6 | Why did it turn out where women get to express |
| 1:29.4 | that gene more than men? This all has to do with reproduction and the actual purpose of fertility. Nature has |
| 1:37.7 | given that system way more protection and it has created genes to help women survive longer. This is all great, but then how do we |
| 1:45.9 | activate this gene? I'm going to show you right now all the things that can trigger that |
| 1:50.4 | gene that you should be focusing on. And it doesn't matter if you're male or female, |
| 1:54.3 | you should be following what I'm about to show you. Okay, so I have a list of things that could |
| 1:58.3 | increase the FOX-O-3 gene and also a list of things that will decrease the FOX-O3 gene and also a list of things that |
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