Dan Buettner Talks New Netflix Documentary 'Live to 100: Secrets of The Blue Zones'

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Episode Transcript

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One or two point seven Kiss FM. We're gonna get to our weekend watch

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list in just a little bit,but I would say, you know,
early to add this to the list. This is something that's on Netflix.
I saw it at number one,you know, it's the topmost viewed things
on Netflix. And we're obsessed withthis. This isn't are obsessed with this
kind of stuff. But it's calledLive to one hundred Secrets of the Blue
Zones. And we've talked to DanJutner before, who's done the work and
the research travel in the world tofind out why in certain places of the

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world people live a long time,they live healthy, they live a long
time, they live a good life. And I guess what I thought was
really cool is that you can honein on some very simple, attainable common
denominators to think about now and there'sa blue zone here in southern California's right,
Dan, how is that for anintro? I couldn't ask for a

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better one. Right? It wastotally unscripted, so just to go with
me, you channel brilliant no listencisity, and I stumbled upon this as
I know you cued me. Itwas on and then I saw the popularity
on Netflix and I watched the wholeseries in one sitting. Are what are
what's striking people with this? Dan, I'm some weird zeitgeist. I think

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it might be. You know,there's so much money and efforts spent on
these longevity hacks and remdesert beer andstem cells and so forth, and none
of those show any real promise ofworking in humans yet. And here's here's
a set of lessons that we knowhave produced human humans in four different continents

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living into their nineties and even hundredswithout chronic disease. So why not just
take what works rather than what's experimentaland hot, and you know, put
it, put it to work inyour life. What did you find as
those common denominators that we can alluse, Well, the first one,
if you look at all five Bluezones and what they've eaten over the past

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hundred years, they're eating pests andfood, basically whole plant based food.
The pillars of every longevity diet inthe world are whole grains, whatever happens
to be growing in your garden,or you know, vegetables, tumors like
sweet potatoes. Snacking on nuts workedabout two years of life expectancy, and
a cup of beans at day probablyworth four extra years of life expected over

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eating unhealthier sources of protein. Theother thing that, and we have a
blue zone here in South in California. And yeah, there's a real sense
of community. They're right, right, Lola Lomlindi. So the lessons they
give us, I mean Loland theSeventh day Adventists, but the lessons are

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clear. They're mostly you know,eat vegetarian, but they have very strong
social circles. They take one daya week where they down shift. That
it's their sabbath, but you know, for other religions it's you know,
Sunday church or or going to themoss. But how important and those rituals
of downshifting ore. And then Ithink it's just really important to surround yourself

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with the right people. We knowthat if our three best friends are unhealthy
and obese, there's one hundred andfifty percent better chance we'll be overweight ourselves.
Smoking is contagious, alcohol abuse,etc. So in the Adventures,
teach us to surround ourselves with peoplewho are healthy and will become healthy ourselves
healthier. Dan Mutin are talking aboutthe blue Zones is on Netflix if you

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want to check it out. It'sa fascinating it's a beautiful view two because
you get to go all over theworld and you get to see, you
know, these people from different continents. The one thing that struck me and
I started really thinking about this istennis. You had a factor in the
series about how tennis adds years toyour life, and I'm really going to

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get back into it. Tell memore. Well, there was a study
that looked at all sports, running, bicycling, even golf, but rack
sports. People play racket sports tendto have the highest life expectancy and that
may be because of its range ofmotion and maybe because you know, you're
less likely to hit your head,or maybe the social connectivity that comes out

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of it. And by the way, it's probably not just tennis. I
would put pick a ball on thesame count. Yes, that's where you'll
find me most days at about thistime on the pick a ball court.
You still have a ministrony for breakfastevery day. I think the best way
to start your day is a beingheavy MINISTRONI. I have a recipe on

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my website, but savory breakfast youwon't spike your sugar, you'll have energy
throughout the morning, you don't havethe swuggishness that comes from eating bacon and
eggs, and you'll get about halfof your fiber. Wow. So Dan
Butner with us, Who's you know, the father of all these Blue Zone
reports and this series you can watchon Netflix. How do you think you'll

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live by doing all this? Well? If I look at my life came
you know, I'm very healthy formy age, I should make it to
about age ninety four. But everydecade since eighteen forty, humans have added
two extra years of life expectancy.So given the bonus years I should get
for living another thirty years, Ishould make it to one hundred hundred.

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Even that I'm down, I'm downto live that long too. So this
is good stuff, man, Thanksfor coming on. Stay in touch,
all right, all right? WillAnd you know, along with the Netflix,
I wrote the book Blue Zone Secretfor Living Wager, which took me
twenty years, and that's coming outat the same time. And it's always

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a joy to talk to you,Ryan. And one of these days will
actually meet the Blue Zone way facingways a big beans and some good dialogue.
But there might be a glass ofwine in there too. There we
go, I'll see you buddy,Thanks again, Bye bye. All right,
it's true. I'm if you rememberone thing from the show today,
remember this. Take a look atit. It could change your life.

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It might change the way you're thinkingabout eating in general. Movement, exercise,
little things you can do that areeasy. And I think he called
me brother well. And the communitything is interesting because my mother in law
plays pickleball every single morning, andshe would just go to the pickleball court
by herself and then just team upwith random people. But because she goes

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there's now that's her community, andlike she either knows them or she doesn't
know them, but everyone just worksand plays together. And my great grandmother
Graham lived forever and she used togo bowling. She used to meet her
yeah, other great grandmother friends inbowl. It's crazy, like you'd see's
eighty nine years old with a bowlingball. I love that, all right,

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