Dan Buettner
Dan Buettner
Dan Buettneris a National Geographic Fellow and New York Times bestselling author. He is an explorer, educator, author, producer, storyteller and public speaker. He co-produced an Emmy Award-winning documentary and holds three Guinness records for endurance cycling. He is the founder of the Blue Zones and Blue Zones, LLC...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionExplorer
CountryUnited States of America
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The secret to longevity, as I see it, has less to do with diet, or even exercise, and more to do with the environment in which a person lives: social and physical. What do I mean by this? They live rewardingly inconvenient lives.
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People who are making it to 100 live in environments where they are regularly nudged into physical activity.
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The luster of an experience can actually go up with time. So, learning to play a new instrument, learning a new language - those sorts of things will pay dividends for years or decades to come.
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Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
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Of course, Minneapolis, we think, 'Oh well, it's cold there, lethally cold.' But the reality is you adapt to weather... Humans are consummately adaptable creatures.
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One of the big things I've learned is that there's an advantage to regular low-intensity activity.
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The people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.
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Eat your vegetables, have a positive outlook, be kind to people, and smile.
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If you’re eating vegetables you are probably pushing unhealthier food out of your diet.
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True happiness involves the pursuit of worth goals; without dreams, without risks, only a trivial semblance of living can be achieved.
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A doctor may know more than a peasant, but a peasant and a doctor know more together.
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Centenarians are still living near their children and feel loved and the expectation to love. Instead of being mere recipients of care, they are contributors to the lives of their families. They grow gardens to contribute vegetables, they continue to cook and clean.
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None of the longest-lived people ran marathons or pumped iron. They live exactly as their grandparents before them - surrounded by family and friends.