How to live to be 100+

TEDxTC · 19:39 · Filmed Sep 2009

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Dean Ornish: The killer American diet that's sweeping the planet

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. In his talk, he shares the 9 common diet and lifestyle habits that keep them spry past age 100.

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Dan Buettner

Longevity coach, explorer

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. Full bio

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