{"id":7494,"date":"2023-09-18T16:05:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T09:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=7494"},"modified":"2023-09-18T16:05:52","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T09:05:52","slug":"dan-buettners-3-underrated-daily-longevity-habits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=7494","title":{"rendered":"Dan Buettner&#8217;s 3 Underrated Daily Longevity Habits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mindbodygreen-res.cloudinary.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_105,w_2000,h_1124\/c_fill,w_700,h_400,g_auto,q_85,fl_lossy,f_jpg\/org\/mcrwhih2glmjec6z9.jpeg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Yes, really. \u201cOne of the biggest killers of older people is falls,\u201d Buettner declares. Allow us to remind you of the following stats: If you&#8217;re over 65, there&#8217;s <span data-citation-wrapper=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/falls\/facts.html\" data-citation-link=\"\">a one in four chance that you&#8217;ll fall<\/a><a href=\"#citations\" data-citation-number=\"3\">3<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"11\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 11 10\"><path d=\"M10.5616 1.47255C10.7935 1.16327 10.7308 0.724508 10.4216 0.492549C10.1123 0.26059 9.67352 0.323271 9.44156 0.63255L4.41852 7.32996L2.03106 4.54448C1.77947 4.25094 1.33756 4.21694 1.04403 4.46853C0.750497 4.72012 0.716495 5.16203 0.968084 5.45556L3.77335 8.72851C3.81859 8.84955 3.89785 8.9595 4.0089 9.04279C4.09758 9.1093 4.19691 9.15159 4.29895 9.17078C4.51931 9.23643 4.76744 9.19227 4.955 9.03151C5.07764 8.92639 5.15498 8.78804 5.18511 8.64118L10.5616 1.47255Z\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/span>, and if you do, studies show your chances of falling again double. If you <span data-citation-wrapper=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/67\/wr\/mm6718a1.htm?s_cid=mm6718a1_w\" data-citation-link=\"\">fall and break your hip,<\/a><a href=\"#citations\" data-citation-number=\"4\">4<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"11\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 11 10\"><path d=\"M10.5616 1.47255C10.7935 1.16327 10.7308 0.724508 10.4216 0.492549C10.1123 0.26059 9.67352 0.323271 9.44156 0.63255L4.41852 7.32996L2.03106 4.54448C1.77947 4.25094 1.33756 4.21694 1.04403 4.46853C0.750497 4.72012 0.716495 5.16203 0.968084 5.45556L3.77335 8.72851C3.81859 8.84955 3.89785 8.9595 4.0089 9.04279C4.09758 9.1093 4.19691 9.15159 4.29895 9.17078C4.51931 9.23643 4.76744 9.19227 4.955 9.03151C5.07764 8.92639 5.15498 8.78804 5.18511 8.64118L10.5616 1.47255Z\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/span> there is a <span data-citation-wrapper=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bmcmusculoskeletdisord.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/1471-2474-12-105\" data-citation-link=\"\">30 to 40% chance<\/a><a href=\"#citations\" data-citation-number=\"5\">5<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"11\" height=\"10\" viewbox=\"0 0 11 10\"><path d=\"M10.5616 1.47255C10.7935 1.16327 10.7308 0.724508 10.4216 0.492549C10.1123 0.26059 9.67352 0.323271 9.44156 0.63255L4.41852 7.32996L2.03106 4.54448C1.77947 4.25094 1.33756 4.21694 1.04403 4.46853C0.750497 4.72012 0.716495 5.16203 0.968084 5.45556L3.77335 8.72851C3.81859 8.84955 3.89785 8.9595 4.0089 9.04279C4.09758 9.1093 4.19691 9.15159 4.29895 9.17078C4.51931 9.23643 4.76744 9.19227 4.955 9.03151C5.07764 8.92639 5.15498 8.78804 5.18511 8.64118L10.5616 1.47255Z\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/span> that you will die within a year (not necessarily from the fall itself, but perhaps from other complications related to the accident).<\/p>\n<p>When you sit on the floor, however, you constantly train your lower <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/resistance-training-longevity\">body strength<\/a> and balance\u2014especially if you\u2019re getting up and down off the floor multiple times a day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLo and behold, in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mindbodygreen.com\/articles\/4-okinawan-food-staples-that-are-for-longevity\">Okinawa<\/a>, [they have] far fewer falls,\u201d says Buettner. \u201cIn the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica, they&#8217;re sitting on furniture, but they&#8217;re also in their gardens. When they&#8217;re in their gardens, they&#8217;re on their knees, they&#8217;re bending over, [they\u2019re using] the same sort of muscles that we never use when we&#8217;re sitting in our offices, watching TV, and so on.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Of course, sitting on the floor isn&#8217;t the end all, be all for longevity; but Buettner counts it as one of those \u201ccounterintuitive\u201d practices that helps these people live much longer, healthier lives. \u201c[They] add up to a much bigger piece of the longevity pie than we think,\u201d he adds.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yes, really. \u201cOne of the biggest killers of older people is falls,\u201d Buettner declares. Allow us to remind you of the following stats: If you&#8217;re over 65, there&#8217;s a one in four chance that you&#8217;ll fall3, and if you do, studies show your chances of falling again double. If you fall and break your hip,4 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[55,53,250,54],"class_list":["post-7494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-longevity","tag-mbgpodcast","tag-social-good","tag-strength-training"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}