National Geographic writer and explorer Dan Buettner studies the world's longest-lived peoples, distilling their secrets into a single plan for health and long life.
Uploaded on Jan 6, 2010
http://www.ted.com To find the path to long life and health, Dan Buettner and team study the world's "Blue Zones," communities whose elders live with vim and vigor to record-setting age. At TEDxTC, he shares the 9 common diet and lifestyle habits that keep them spry past age 100.
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Quotes by Dan Buettner
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“It’s hard to reach [the age of] 100. We’re not programmed for longevity. We are programmed for something called procreative success.”
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“In Sardinia, the older you get the more equity you have, the more wisdom you’re celebrated for. You go into the bars in Sardinia, instead of seeing the Sports Illustrated swimsuit calendar, you see the centenarian of the month calendar.”
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“We know that isolation kills. Fifteen years ago, the average American had three good friends. We’re down to one and half right now.”
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“I asked her what it felt like to hold a great-great-great-granddaughter. She put her head back and she said, ‘It feels like leaping into heaven.’”
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