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 BuettnerThe people you surround yourself with influence your behaviors, so choose friends who have healthy habits.
Dan BuettnerIf youโre eating vegetables you are probably pushing unhealthier food out of your diet.
Dan BuettnerSo learning to play a new instrument, learning a new language - those sorts of things will pay dividends for years or decades to come.
Dan BuettnerDiet and supplements and exercise programs aren't what is achieving longevity. Having a faith-based community can add four to 14 years.
Dan BuettnerThe gym and the treadmill is a good idea. But the problem is we spend so much effort in marketing messaging, deluding people into thinking if you get on your treadmill or you go to the gym, that's what you need. People who join a gym, the vast majority of them have quit within nine months and almost all of them have quit within two years. So if it's a longevity strategy, does not work.
Dan Buettner