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Did you know that if you were born in 1950, your life expectancy

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was only around 46 years.

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Wow.

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However, if you're born in 2022, you can expect to live almost 73 years,

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even though that's a huge increase in only 70 years, we're still not that

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close to living 100 years or more.

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However, there are certain parts of the world known as blue zones,

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where many of their inhabitants live well into their 100.

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In this episode, I'll share some secrets that they have to living beyond 100

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I'm Amin, Ahmed, and welcome to be well do well off the coast of Japan lies.

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Okinawa on a string of islands known for its tropical climate

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beaches and coral reefs.

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Okinawa is also known for its unusually high concentration

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of people that live over 100.

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The average age for women is 90 and for men is 84.

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So is it the tropical location?

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Is it the great weather, the Sandy beaches that allows these

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residents to live so long?

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That's what I thought until I discovered three things that they do

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differently than us north Americans.

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The first thing that the residents of OK.

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Okinawa do differently.

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Isn't tangible at all.

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It's something that we can all do, but it's hard to quantify.

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They call it your icky guy or reason for being

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my friend and fellow podcaster, Kavita Ahuja talks about this in her course.

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Take a listen to what she has to say about Iki guy

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as you can see, having a strong reason for being gives them meaning

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and a reason to live beyond 100.

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The second reason they live so long, not surprisingly is their diet, which consists

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of eating more vegetables and less sugar.

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I think we all need to eat more vegetables and less sugar.

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Now this is consistent with prevailing wisdom that eating a

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primarily plant-based diet and less sugar has multiple health benefits.

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however, there's another element to their eating habits that I found fascinating.

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This is that they only eat till they're 80% full.

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I can't tell you how many times I've been at a restaurant and obviously

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the serving sizes are a lot larger than what you would have at home.

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And somehow I manage to finish my plate.

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I don't feel great afterwards.

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And that is definitely not eating till I'm 80% full.

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This idea is counterintuitive.

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As many north Americans have been taught to always finish the food on their plate.

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You hear parents tell this to their children all the time and portion sizes

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here, keep getting larger and larger.

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It's refreshing to see a culture that discourages overeating the final reason.

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Okinawans live so long is the strong emphasis they place on community.

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They take being part of a community or Moi.

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Very seriously.

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These social gatherings allow them to get to know each other to smile and to.

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Now, I'm sure you know, this, that children laugh significantly

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more than we do as adults.

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You've probably also heard that you are the average of the five people

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that you hang around with most.

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So if you're in a community where the average of the five people is a

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hundred years old and they're always smiling and they're always laughing

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and they just enjoy life, you are probably going to feel the same.

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I know after reading this article about icky guy and learning about

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the Okinawans, I definitely have a desire to live to a hundred or beyond.

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I hope you found this interesting and motivated you as well to live beyond 100

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tune in tomorrow where we'll be discussing how to become an expert and why you'd want

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to be seen as an expert in your industry.

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Thanks again, have an awesome day and I will see you tomorrow.