š¬ ā82% of people in Japan over the age of 100 turned out to be dead. And they didn't check them all. It is crazy. It is completely crazy.ā -Dr Saul Newman
ā”ļø Dr Saul Newman from the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, won an Ig Nobel Prize for research debunking data on the worldās oldest people. His soon to be released book āMorbid: an iconoclastic debunking of ageing scienceā is all out about fraud, wishful thinking, and ageing research.
ā”ļø In this episode Saul and I debunk the fantasy of āblue zonesā, where an extraordinary number of people live beyond 100. Should we really be basing health and fitness advice on these longevity hotspots?
š§ Stay tuned to find out:
ā”ļø Why some of the most unhealthy and poorest regions are churning out so many centenarians
ā”ļø How āblue zone certificatesā are being sold to US towns for $40mil
ā” Why the blue zone myth is dangerous to our health
ā”ļø The real secret to living beyond 100
ā”ļø How blue zones even impact insurance premiums
š Chapters
(6:14) What classifies as a blue zone?
(15:35) Do people forget their age?
(18:05) The real secret to a long life
(25:25) Dangers of the blue zone myth
(27:31) Facing ābig alcoholā
(31:07) What do we know about longevity?
(33:19) Corruption all the way down
(35:59) How blue zones impact insurance premiums
(38:19) Who benefits from the blue zone lie?
(46:51) What works for healthy ageing?
(48:17) Selling blue zone certificates for $40mil
(54:18) Will blue zones ever go away?
(56:56) Anti-ageing drugs?
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š Sources:
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.06.24313170v1.full-text
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/704080v3.full
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