Exercise, from a public health perspective, is an unmitigated failure. The world's longest-lived people live in environments that nudge them into more movement. They don't use power tools, they do their own yard work, they grow a garden. - Dan Buettner 1 Share Now -
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. - Dan Buettner 2 Share Now -
Exercise, from a public health perspective, is an unmitigated failure. The world's longest-lived people live in environments that nudge them into more movement. They don't use power tools, they do their own yard work, they grow a garden. - Dan Buettner 3 Share Now -
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. - Dan Buettner 4 Share Now -
Diet and supplements and exercise programs aren't what is achieving longevity. Having a faith-based community can add four to 14 years. - Dan Buettner 5 Share Now -
I know exactly what my values are and what I love to do. That's worth additional years right there. I say no to a lot of stuff that would be easy money but deviates from my meaning of life. - Dan Buettner 7 Share Now -
The longest-lived people eat a plant-based diet. They eat meat but only as a condiment or a celebration. Nothing they eat has a plastic wrapper. - Dan Buettner 8 Share Now -
A long healthy life is no accident. It begins with good genes, but it also depends on good habits. - Dan Buettner 9 Share Now -
