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Why Americans Live 10-15 Years Less Than Other Countries w/ Dan Buettner | EP #107

Moonshots with Peter Diamandis

CHAPTER

Exploring Health Insights and the Impact of Lifestyle on Longevity

This chapter explores sources for assessing life expectancy through zip codes, including the Gallup Wellbeing Index and CDC data. It also delves into Viome's microbiome health analysis and discusses the potential connection between sexual activity and longevity.

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Speaker 2
I love this. Is there a place someone can go to check what the life expectancy of their zip code is?
Speaker 1
Yes, it's the Gallup Wellbeing Index, known as the WBI. They have BMI and they have life satisfaction. That's probably the best source, I think.
Speaker 2
Amazing, amazing. Or CDC also. Did you see the movie Oppenheimer? If you did, did you know that besides building the atomic bomb at Los Alamos National Labs, that they spent billions on biodefense weapons, the ability to accurately detect viruses and microbes by reading their RNA? company called Viome exclusively licensed the technology from Los Alamos labs to build a platform that can measure your microbiome and the RNA in your blood. Now Viome has a product that I've personally used for years called full body intelligence, which collects a few drops of your blood, spit and stool, and can tell you so much about your health. They've tested over 700,000 individuals and use their AI models to deliver members critical health guidance, like what foods you should eat, what foods you shouldn't eat, as well as your supplements and probiotics, your biological age, and other deep health insights. And the results of their recommendations are nothing short of stellar. in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine after just six months of following Viome's recommendations, members reported the following, a 36% reduction in depression, a 40% reduction in anxiety, a 30% reduction in diabetes, and a 48% reduction in IBS. Listen, I've been using Viome for three years. I know that my oral and gut health is one of my highest priorities. Best of all, Viome is affordable, which is part of my mission to democratize health. If you want to join me on this journey, go to viome.com/Peter. I've asked Naveen Jain, a friend of mine who's the founder and CEO of Viome, to give my listeners a special discount. You'll find it at viome.com/Peter. You and I joked about this, but I am curious, is there a correlation between sex life and longevity? Yes. So if
Speaker 1
you're over 40 and you're having sex at least twice per week, you have about half the rate of mortality than your friend who's not getting it at all. But once again, we don't know if that's because it's a reflection of if you can still have sex over 40, you're fit to begin with, or if there's some longevity giving aspect to sex, I suspect it's the latter.

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