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Dan Buettner has pretty much decoded what it takes for whole populations to live a long life. The interesting thing he found out was that most long lived populations didn't really know what the key to long life was, either. They just lived naturally in a way that led to long life without thinking about it. It included things such as:
--A natural, plant based diet that didn't include sugar or other processed foods.
--Exercise, not as a separate activity, but as a normal way of being. i.e. They lived in "floor cultures" where you got up and down 25X a day. Or they lived in 3 story houses where you went up and down the stairs a lot. Houses were de-convenienced. i.e. No electric egg beaters...they mixed things with wooden spoons. No automatic garage door opener, they opened the door by hand. Driving your car everywhere was not the norm. Instead, walking or biking places was. Or they were like the 7th Day Adventists, where nature walks are essentially part of the religion.
--Regular spiritual practice of some sort.
--Strong family/community bonds.
The hard part is the implementation because so much of how are lives are set up in the U.S. work against a healthy lifestyle.
He's working on that too with his Blue Zones cities. Some success in places like Albert Lea, MN:
My thoughts are that I don't really care about living to a ripe old age. What I want are quality years. We try to eat well, live healthy, exercise, have fun. Whatever age that gets me to, I am fine with.
Those that are closely following world news today have no interest whatsoever in living to a ripe old age. Some of them are even going to Start Smoking classes!
My Chinese boss used to smoke. One of the guys in the US office told him that each cigarette smoked takes one day off your life (or something like that).
Boss replied that he regularly eats Sea Cucumbers - and that each Sea Cucumber adds four days to your life so all was even or he might even be ahead.
We might have all been drinking so the numbers could be off a little.
Those that are closely following world news today have no interest whatsoever in living to a ripe old age. Some of them are even going to Start Smoking classes!
Occasionally I consider taking up smoking - not because I care for tobacco/nicotine, or to be "cool", but for the anti-health benefits. No, this isn't whimsy or cynicism.
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NO, it isn't the same sugar.
