WEBVTT - Who's gonna live to 100? 0:00:00.400 --> 0:00:02.960 Guess what, mango? What's that? Will? All right? You know 0:00:03.000 --> 0:00:05.720 how I love a good list, and especially when these 0:00:05.760 --> 0:00:08.280 lists are about records. While I was looking over the 0:00:08.280 --> 0:00:11.440 list of the world's oldest living people, and I stumbled 0:00:11.440 --> 0:00:14.600 into this story of Jean Louise Coleman, and she was 0:00:14.640 --> 0:00:17.439 the oldest living person on record until she died in 0:00:18.640 --> 0:00:21.560 at a hundred and twenty two years and a hundred 0:00:21.560 --> 0:00:25.759 and sixty four days old old. That's crazy, and it 0:00:25.840 --> 0:00:27.680 was so much fun to read about her life. I mean, 0:00:27.720 --> 0:00:32.760 she had this really active lifestyle. She enjoyed swimming, playing tennis, cycling. 0:00:33.280 --> 0:00:35.960 She decided to start fencing at the age of eighty five, 0:00:36.680 --> 0:00:38.800 and in fact, she rode her bike until she turned 0:00:38.800 --> 0:00:42.320 a full century old. That's incredible. Yeah, and she didn't 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:44.600 slow down much after that, so she decided to let 0:00:44.640 --> 0:00:48.120 her artistic talent shine after turning a hundred. She was 0:00:48.159 --> 0:00:50.360 a hundred and fourteen when she made an appearance in 0:00:50.400 --> 0:00:52.680 the movie Vincent and Me, and that made her the 0:00:52.680 --> 0:00:55.880 oldest actress to appear in emotion picture. Then, when she 0:00:55.960 --> 0:00:58.600 was a hundred and twenty, one of four track CD 0:00:58.720 --> 0:01:02.120 titled Times Mistress was released. This was a rap album 0:01:02.120 --> 0:01:05.560 with Kelmen speaking over it. So she obviously lived this 0:01:05.800 --> 0:01:08.720 very active and engaging life. But you want to know 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:10.280 the real reason I think she made it to a 0:01:10.360 --> 0:01:13.720 hundred and twenty two. She stopped smoking when she was 0:01:13.720 --> 0:01:17.240 a hundred and sixteen, after ninety six years of sucking 0:01:17.240 --> 0:01:21.200 down cigarettes. That's so strange. And obviously cigarettes are one 0:01:21.240 --> 0:01:23.880 of the things that are most consistently linked in earlier death. 0:01:23.959 --> 0:01:27.039 So that's that's doubly crazy, right right, it really is. 0:01:27.120 --> 0:01:29.319 And you know, while it's certainly a bizarre case, there's 0:01:29.360 --> 0:01:32.000 some really fascinating findings in the world of science that 0:01:32.040 --> 0:01:35.679 are helping us understand why certain people live longer. And 0:01:35.680 --> 0:01:37.480 that's what we're going to talk about today. So let's 0:01:37.480 --> 0:01:58.760 get started. Hey, their podcast listeners, welcome to Part Time Genius. 0:01:58.760 --> 0:02:00.960 I'm Will Pearson and as always I'm joined by my 0:02:00.960 --> 0:02:04.200 good friend man guest Ticketer, and today we're talking about 0:02:04.200 --> 0:02:07.600 the latest research around longevity, that is, how to live 0:02:07.640 --> 0:02:10.360 a super long time now, Mango. In one of our 0:02:10.400 --> 0:02:13.600 earlier episodes, we talked about cryonics, you know, this effort 0:02:13.600 --> 0:02:16.280 to freeze our bodies after we die, all in the 0:02:16.280 --> 0:02:19.120 hopes that science will advance enough in the coming centuries 0:02:19.160 --> 0:02:21.480 to be able to bring us back to life. And 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:24.080 if I remember correctly, you made it pretty clear this 0:02:24.200 --> 0:02:26.800 was not something you're a fan of. You'd rather just 0:02:26.840 --> 0:02:29.400 try to live longer while you're still alive the first 0:02:29.400 --> 0:02:32.359 time around, right, And I totally stand by that feeling. 0:02:32.440 --> 0:02:35.880 So first off, you know, I hate the cold. There's 0:02:36.240 --> 0:02:38.079 no way I want to be shoved upside down into 0:02:38.120 --> 0:02:42.239 a freezer. And and also I would so much rather 0:02:42.320 --> 0:02:45.200 just live longer and healthier than than you've woken up 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:47.520 like two years from now. Yeah, well that's what we're 0:02:47.520 --> 0:02:49.480 gonna talk about today, and so we'll dive into the 0:02:49.520 --> 0:02:52.880 latest research on the obvious stuff, whether that's exercise and 0:02:52.960 --> 0:02:55.240 diet and all of those things, and and then some 0:02:55.280 --> 0:02:57.680 of the surprising. And we've got a couple of great 0:02:57.720 --> 0:02:59.959 guests on today, that's right. So one of them is 0:03:00.120 --> 0:03:02.799 a total superstar to me, and I'm a little surprised 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:04.560 that we managed to get her on the program. Any 0:03:04.560 --> 0:03:06.800 listeners who heard the original trailer for the show will 0:03:06.840 --> 0:03:10.200 also be familiar with your ninety year old grandmother, Mama. Mama, 0:03:10.240 --> 0:03:12.040 I know, and so Mamma is going to share some 0:03:12.080 --> 0:03:14.200 of her tips on how she's managed to reach ninety 0:03:14.360 --> 0:03:16.840 and be in better shape than either of us. And 0:03:16.960 --> 0:03:20.119 we'll also be joined by Howard Friedman. He's this professor 0:03:20.160 --> 0:03:23.640 and psychologist at the University of California Riverside. Friedman co 0:03:23.680 --> 0:03:26.320 authored a book called The Longevity Project a few years back, 0:03:26.440 --> 0:03:30.000 which followed an incredible eight decades study about the various 0:03:30.040 --> 0:03:33.720 psychological factors that contribute to how long people live. It's 0:03:33.760 --> 0:03:36.480 this really fascinating book, and I'm excited to hear some 0:03:36.520 --> 0:03:39.320 of those updates and uh, talk to Howard. So two 0:03:39.360 --> 0:03:41.080 great guests. Yeah, I can't wait to get both of 0:03:41.080 --> 0:03:42.920 them on the line. So all right, well let's talk 0:03:42.920 --> 0:03:45.480 about longevity. You know, when we were young, if you 0:03:45.560 --> 0:03:48.160 mentioned someone had lived to be a hundred, it just 0:03:48.320 --> 0:03:52.200 seemed incredible, almost impossible. And it is incredible, I know. 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:53.720 So when I was younger, I used to tell people 0:03:53.760 --> 0:03:55.720 that my great grandma lived to a hundred and three, 0:03:55.800 --> 0:03:58.240 and no one believed me, and I just kind of 0:03:58.280 --> 0:04:00.680 took it for granted that people live at But when 0:04:00.680 --> 0:04:03.080 I think about it now, I don't even understand how 0:04:03.120 --> 0:04:06.200 that's possible. What's even more incredible than that is that 0:04:06.280 --> 0:04:08.920 some researchers predict that half the baby is born in 0:04:08.960 --> 0:04:12.320 wealthy countries after the year two thousand will live to 0:04:12.400 --> 0:04:15.440 be a hundred. Half of these people, Yeah, that's unreal. 0:04:15.560 --> 0:04:18.160 But I did see in a research that life expectancy 0:04:18.160 --> 0:04:20.680 has been going up by nearly three months every year 0:04:20.760 --> 0:04:23.599 for nearly a hundred eighty years now. And while there's 0:04:23.640 --> 0:04:26.920 certainly no guarantee that the trend will continue, if it does, 0:04:27.400 --> 0:04:29.880 that's where your stat really starts to click. Like I 0:04:29.920 --> 0:04:32.400 read that if those numbers continue, more than half the 0:04:32.440 --> 0:04:35.000 baby is born since two thousand will hit triple digits. Well, 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:36.800 and there have been so many studies done to try 0:04:36.839 --> 0:04:39.800 to find some big clue or marker that lets us say, Okay, 0:04:39.839 --> 0:04:42.240 that's it, you know, that's why people are living this long, 0:04:42.279 --> 0:04:45.159 But so far they really haven't been able to find one, 0:04:45.279 --> 0:04:48.840 even for these supercentenarians. These are those incredible cases where 0:04:48.839 --> 0:04:51.440 people live more than a hundred and ten years. I know. 0:04:51.560 --> 0:04:53.360 So I used to read tips from old people on 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:56.520 living longer, and they see things like, uh, you know, 0:04:56.600 --> 0:04:58.760 too much standing will kill you, or too much sitting, 0:04:58.960 --> 0:05:02.000 or eat yogur but only the really sour yogurt, or 0:05:02.160 --> 0:05:05.280 don't eat any dairy. I mean, everything is so conflicting, 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:09.040 And the clearest thing is that genetics obviously play a role, 0:05:09.320 --> 0:05:11.640 so scientists haven't been able to figure out that like 0:05:11.760 --> 0:05:14.440 one magic gene that helps people live to a hundred years. 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:18.279 But behavioral differences are something researchers know much more about 0:05:18.560 --> 0:05:20.760 that we're going to talk about those, but before we 0:05:20.800 --> 0:05:23.560 get into the big ones like diet and exercise, I'd 0:05:23.640 --> 0:05:25.200 love to warm up a little and talk about some 0:05:25.240 --> 0:05:27.719 of the surprising or interesting things that you were mentioning 0:05:27.760 --> 0:05:30.760 from the research you found yesterday. All right, let's do that. Well, So, 0:05:30.760 --> 0:05:33.240 so which which place do you want to start? Well, 0:05:33.279 --> 0:05:35.760 what about the fact that work stress isn't nearly as 0:05:35.800 --> 0:05:38.560 bad as uh as people think? Okay, well, that that 0:05:38.600 --> 0:05:41.280 one actually surprised me. So we're not talking about people 0:05:41.320 --> 0:05:44.640 who are miserable in their jobs. But you know, some stress, 0:05:44.680 --> 0:05:47.440 a little bit of stress, even consistent stress over doing 0:05:47.440 --> 0:05:50.240 a good job or just being busy at work. That's 0:05:50.279 --> 0:05:52.200 not going to kill you, or at least it's not 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:55.119 likely to. So we can ask Dr Freedman more about 0:05:55.160 --> 0:05:58.159 this later. But the health benefits of hard work have 0:05:58.240 --> 0:06:00.680 been found, and not only in young are workers, but 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:03.440 even in older people. So again, this was a little 0:06:03.480 --> 0:06:07.080 surprising to me. And a certain level of stress often indicates, 0:06:07.200 --> 0:06:09.920 you know, real engagement in their work, and these individuals 0:06:09.960 --> 0:06:13.320 are usually more connected and happier than those co workers 0:06:13.360 --> 0:06:15.520 who are not as engaged in what they're doing. Yeah, 0:06:15.560 --> 0:06:17.560 wh which which makes a certain amount of sense to me, 0:06:17.640 --> 0:06:19.960 like the pride you're taking and you know your commitment 0:06:20.000 --> 0:06:23.520 to But but what about parenthood. I mean, people always 0:06:23.560 --> 0:06:26.039 joke about kids taking years off their life, and it 0:06:26.080 --> 0:06:27.840 seems like it would make sense if we found out 0:06:27.880 --> 0:06:30.000 that being a parent made his die a little younger, 0:06:30.560 --> 0:06:32.720 Like it's stressful to be a parent. They're all the 0:06:32.800 --> 0:06:35.479 years of missleep and then the years of worrying about 0:06:35.520 --> 0:06:39.239 those kids, and then they obviously cost a ton of money. Um, 0:06:39.400 --> 0:06:42.120 but I think you had some surprising facts for stressed 0:06:42.120 --> 0:06:44.760 out parents. It turns out having kids may actually help 0:06:44.760 --> 0:06:46.919 you live a little bit longer. I was reading about 0:06:46.920 --> 0:06:49.760 this study out of Sweden, and these researchers looked at 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:52.520 over a million people in this study, So these were 0:06:52.520 --> 0:06:55.120 people born in the early nineteen hundreds, and what the 0:06:55.120 --> 0:06:57.360 study found was that those who had at least one 0:06:57.480 --> 0:07:01.119 child were actually more likely to live longer. So for women, 0:07:01.160 --> 0:07:03.400 it was a benefit of about a year and a half, 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:06.200 and for men it was almost two years. So I 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:08.680 lived with two tyrants. And if you'd asked me when 0:07:08.680 --> 0:07:10.360 I had to toddler in the house two years ago, 0:07:10.680 --> 0:07:13.400 I would have told you that that just can't be true. 0:07:13.440 --> 0:07:15.760 I mean, there's no coincidence that all my white hair 0:07:15.880 --> 0:07:17.760 came in when I had kids. Yeah, I would have 0:07:17.800 --> 0:07:20.280 said the same thing. And there's some other interesting elements 0:07:20.320 --> 0:07:22.200 to the study as well. They found that there was 0:07:22.200 --> 0:07:26.200 an even stronger link between parenthood and life expectancy for 0:07:26.280 --> 0:07:28.520 those who weren't married. Yeah, so this is the part 0:07:28.520 --> 0:07:31.000 where we tell all our single friends, like Sean Turner, 0:07:31.200 --> 0:07:33.000 just go out there and have a kid. That'll solve 0:07:33.000 --> 0:07:35.040 it all. Just just just go have a kid. But 0:07:35.360 --> 0:07:37.600 this is where our biggest clue comes from. So it 0:07:37.720 --> 0:07:40.880 suggests that these parents benefit from their adult children caring 0:07:40.920 --> 0:07:43.760 for them and providing social support in their later years. 0:07:43.920 --> 0:07:46.760 So you told me that yesterday. But I'm wondering, doesn't 0:07:46.800 --> 0:07:49.000 matter if these parents have a boy or a girl. Well, 0:07:49.000 --> 0:07:51.400 there were some earlier studies that it just had shown 0:07:51.480 --> 0:07:53.400 that it was, you know, maybe more beneficial to have 0:07:53.440 --> 0:07:56.240 a girl because adult daughters were more likely to be 0:07:56.280 --> 0:07:59.440 helpful as their parents got older. But the more recent 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:02.000 studies have shown that it's it's pretty much equal to 0:08:02.240 --> 0:08:04.040 whether you have a boy or a girl, which is 0:08:04.160 --> 0:08:08.040 kind of relief. Okay, So another one that I I 0:08:08.080 --> 0:08:11.000 guess isn't that shocking but is interesting to see confirmed 0:08:11.080 --> 0:08:13.440 is the benefit of learning a second language and how 0:08:13.480 --> 0:08:15.480 that can slow your brain from aging. Yeah, this one 0:08:15.560 --> 0:08:17.440 is actually pretty cool. So you know, it's not a 0:08:17.480 --> 0:08:20.240 new idea that knowing a second language might help keep 0:08:20.240 --> 0:08:23.360 a mind sharp, but it's always been difficult in these 0:08:23.400 --> 0:08:26.440 previous studies to try to separate out the benefits of 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:30.240 knowing a second language with you know, other contributors to this. 0:08:30.400 --> 0:08:33.000 So that is until a recent study of hundreds of 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:36.120 Scottish people. And this was over a several decades span. 0:08:36.559 --> 0:08:39.560 So this study tracked over a thousand people and at 0:08:39.600 --> 0:08:42.640 the beginning of the study, all the participants were around 0:08:42.640 --> 0:08:46.240 eleven years old, and all of them spoke only one language, 0:08:46.240 --> 0:08:48.040 and that was English. Now, this was back in the 0:08:48.120 --> 0:08:50.640 nineteen forties. So I've got to tell you, like, I 0:08:50.720 --> 0:08:53.319 love studies like this that spans so many decades. It's 0:08:53.360 --> 0:08:55.360 just amazing to me. Yeah, me too. And so you 0:08:55.360 --> 0:08:58.560 can fast forward from there to over sixty years later 0:08:58.600 --> 0:09:01.040 when all of them were in their seventies. And so 0:09:01.080 --> 0:09:03.679 they managed to track down about eight hundred of these 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:06.560 original participants, and it just so turned out that that 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:09.920 a third of them had learned at least one more language. 0:09:09.960 --> 0:09:13.160 So it really made for this pretty controlled study, huh. 0:09:13.160 --> 0:09:15.520 And so what they find, well, they found that those 0:09:15.559 --> 0:09:18.040 who picked up a second language scored better than they 0:09:18.040 --> 0:09:21.160 would have expected when they looked back at their original scores, 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:24.160 and those that had not learned a new language performed 0:09:24.200 --> 0:09:27.040 pretty much in line with what they had expected. So it's, 0:09:27.080 --> 0:09:29.680 you know, it's pretty strong evidence that the additional language 0:09:29.679 --> 0:09:32.640 actually helped them. And do you have any sense of why? 0:09:32.720 --> 0:09:34.400 I mean, you know, they can't be a d percent 0:09:34.559 --> 0:09:36.840 certain as to why. But in thinking about what the 0:09:36.840 --> 0:09:40.240 brain must do when speaking multiple languages, it has to 0:09:40.280 --> 0:09:43.880 process words and both languages and then produce the appropriate 0:09:43.920 --> 0:09:47.160 phrases and the right language. So I mean it is 0:09:47.240 --> 0:09:50.640 some kind of a mental workout, all right. So one 0:09:50.679 --> 0:09:52.959 more before we get to the big stuff. And this 0:09:53.000 --> 0:09:55.600 one was totally shocked to me. And I think you said, 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:57.959 and I'm going to paraphrase here, that the elderly, you 0:09:58.040 --> 0:10:01.120 need to start taking massive bond kits every mooring just 0:10:01.200 --> 0:10:04.240 to get smarter. I'm not sure that's exactly what I said, 0:10:04.320 --> 0:10:07.280 but they're definitely some interesting studies around the use of 0:10:07.360 --> 0:10:10.480 th HC, which is the active ingredient in cannabis. So 0:10:10.520 --> 0:10:13.520 that's a little different than than what you've suggested here. 0:10:13.559 --> 0:10:16.199 But you know, over the years, many studies have pointed 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:20.040 to the fact that teenagers perform more poorly on memory 0:10:20.200 --> 0:10:23.200 or attention tests when under the influence. But in some 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:26.320 recent studies of mice, when th HC is administered in 0:10:26.440 --> 0:10:30.319 very controlled and very low doses to these elderly mice, 0:10:30.679 --> 0:10:32.960 they found that these mice were able to perform certain 0:10:33.000 --> 0:10:36.680 cognitive task at similar levels to those of mice that 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:39.480 were not given the substance. So this was not the 0:10:39.520 --> 0:10:41.640 case when they were not given the th HC, which 0:10:41.679 --> 0:10:44.240 is just crazy, and the response was very different in 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:46.600 the young mice. When they were given the THHC, they 0:10:46.640 --> 0:10:50.920 actually performed much more poorly, which is which is just 0:10:50.960 --> 0:10:53.600 super interesting to me. So I'm still a little baffled 0:10:53.600 --> 0:10:55.720 by this idea of old people picking up this daily 0:10:55.760 --> 0:10:58.400 marijuana have it, even if it's in like low doses, 0:10:58.559 --> 0:11:01.640 But why does it keep younger. Well, they're focusing on 0:11:01.679 --> 0:11:04.840 the endocannabinoid system, and this is what helps our bodies 0:11:04.880 --> 0:11:07.400 deal with stress. So this is a system that begins 0:11:07.440 --> 0:11:11.520 declining with age, but the THHC helps stimulate this system 0:11:11.559 --> 0:11:13.719 and calm the mice down a little bit. So I'm 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:15.880 guessing they're gonna be trying this on people next Yeah, 0:11:15.920 --> 0:11:17.720 and we do need to be clear yet again, this 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:20.079 does not mean that doctors are going to start prescribing 0:11:20.200 --> 0:11:23.400 joints for the same benefit. Again, it's a very controlled 0:11:23.440 --> 0:11:25.920 and low dosage to be administered, and so that's what 0:11:26.000 --> 0:11:28.560 they're testing now, you know, to figure out how much 0:11:28.600 --> 0:11:32.680 the benefit is and and at what age it's most beneficial. Okay, Well, 0:11:32.720 --> 0:11:35.440 I honestly feel like this changes everything. I know, Like 0:11:35.559 --> 0:11:38.240 somehow we learned that being stressed at work is great, 0:11:38.520 --> 0:11:42.040 being a parent, forcing yourself to learn Portuguese, and possibly 0:11:42.280 --> 0:11:44.600 just possibly picking up a low dose pot habit in 0:11:44.600 --> 0:11:47.560 your seventies or eighties, all of that's gonna extend your life. 0:11:47.559 --> 0:11:50.560 That's right before we get to the Big East. Like 0:11:50.920 --> 0:11:53.760 exercise and diet and the things that will definitely boost 0:11:53.800 --> 0:11:56.200 your chances of living longer. Why don't we get them 0:11:56.240 --> 0:12:02.079 on the line. All right, you better buckle up. How 0:12:02.080 --> 0:12:04.800 does it feel to be ninety just like I did 0:12:04.840 --> 0:12:09.000 when I was young? Yeah? Because I can do everything 0:12:09.160 --> 0:12:12.720 I did when I was younger. Yeah, I love that. 0:12:13.160 --> 0:12:15.080 I know you've always told us that we had to 0:12:15.080 --> 0:12:16.800 stay active. Why don't you tell us a little bit 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:19.920 about you know, what you do to exercise and how 0:12:19.960 --> 0:12:23.800 you stayed active all these years? Well? Right now, I 0:12:23.880 --> 0:12:27.280 work with Mary Beth the trainer for three days a week, 0:12:27.880 --> 0:12:29.840 and then I try to just go right on in 0:12:29.960 --> 0:12:33.280 and swim. And you know what kind of swimmer I am. 0:12:33.320 --> 0:12:37.560 I certified swimming structor for years and I'm still helping. 0:12:37.679 --> 0:12:41.480 Always try them on boys that can't swim too well. 0:12:42.280 --> 0:12:45.600 They can ride bicycles and and do all these others, 0:12:45.640 --> 0:12:48.400 but they're not very good swimmers. So I helped the 0:12:48.440 --> 0:12:53.040 police investigator and a senior from Sanford just lately they 0:12:53.080 --> 0:12:55.640 wanted to swim. And how are you? I love how 0:12:55.640 --> 0:12:59.240 many hobbies you have and and I always say you 0:12:59.679 --> 0:13:03.560 play got point of fourteen? Then I'm played tennis and 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:07.920 then uh oh, model all my life. I'm modeled everywhere 0:13:07.960 --> 0:13:13.880 in Birmingham. So that's a bunch of fun. And I 0:13:13.960 --> 0:13:17.600 decided to want flyer planes. Well that was a lot 0:13:17.679 --> 0:13:21.439 of fun. And my husband was in California and I 0:13:21.840 --> 0:13:24.000 had come back, and I said, don't let him get 0:13:24.000 --> 0:13:28.040 scared of this. Well he started flying and he got 0:13:28.080 --> 0:13:30.679 his license and said, that's most funds they ever had 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:33.079 in his life. And the guy that taught me to 0:13:33.160 --> 0:13:36.040 fly to help the blue angels in the thunderbird, So 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:41.400 he was pretty good. It was an Emery riddle, so 0:13:41.440 --> 0:13:45.480 he was very good. Well, you've obviously stayed really really active. 0:13:45.679 --> 0:13:47.960 I was also hoping you tell us a little bit about, 0:13:48.800 --> 0:13:51.320 you know, about your healthy eating and what kinds of 0:13:51.360 --> 0:13:53.600 things you try to do to stay healthy. On that side, 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:58.280 you need now Like today, while ago, I fisted some 0:13:58.480 --> 0:14:04.280 chicken and some fruit, and then I keep Bold eggs 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:06.920 in the refrigerator because they're good to go. Grab one 0:14:06.920 --> 0:14:10.080 out of the frigerator, get your Bold eggs. And then 0:14:11.960 --> 0:14:16.960 this is like, oh, bait, you know, chicken out. Only 0:14:16.960 --> 0:14:19.680 eat fried foods? You no, And I eat a lot 0:14:19.760 --> 0:14:25.920 of fruits and vegetables and just be real careful what 0:14:25.960 --> 0:14:29.080 I eat. Now, You've always told us, though that you 0:14:29.160 --> 0:14:31.000 got to save a little bit of room every once 0:14:31.000 --> 0:14:34.120 in a while for for a little tree. Oh yeah, 0:14:34.240 --> 0:14:38.720 I'm famous for banana putts. My grandson will now mind go, 0:14:39.000 --> 0:14:42.240 I gotta make your banana. But we all in the 0:14:42.840 --> 0:14:45.480 love those banana please man go. Yeah. I don't know 0:14:45.480 --> 0:14:48.080 if you knew this, but when you know Michael Jordan 0:14:48.160 --> 0:14:50.560 played for the Birmingham Barons when he played baseball in 0:14:50.760 --> 0:14:54.480 the league for a couple of years, and Mama would 0:14:54.560 --> 0:14:59.640 make Michael Jordan's bananas. Well, Michael Jordan was just a 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:03.960 or a sweet guide. Michael hit a home run when 0:15:04.000 --> 0:15:07.200 my mother was ninety two. She went to the ball 0:15:07.280 --> 0:15:09.480 game and she got to see if hit a home run. 0:15:09.640 --> 0:15:12.560 So that was good. We'll tell us any any other 0:15:12.640 --> 0:15:15.920 tips you might have about living a long, healthy life. 0:15:17.000 --> 0:15:20.000 Oh yeah, I forgot to tell y'all. I was president 0:15:20.320 --> 0:15:24.600 two years for the International Lady Polots. It's one of 0:15:24.600 --> 0:15:28.440 the biggest organizations in the world. I am still a 0:15:28.440 --> 0:15:33.040 member of him, and I meet with the ladies for 0:15:33.160 --> 0:15:40.400 lunch and uh so we still see each other and 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:45.720 I like the volunteer And my favorite is Autism Society. 0:15:46.520 --> 0:15:50.320 My little great grandson has autism and he's doing very well, 0:15:51.040 --> 0:15:54.200 very well well that's great. Well, mamma, we uh we 0:15:54.200 --> 0:15:56.520 we thought we would let you play a little quiz 0:15:56.560 --> 0:15:59.640 with us if you if you don't mind, all right, 0:16:00.040 --> 0:16:03.240 all right, so mango, we're what's our quiz called today, 0:16:03.320 --> 0:16:06.480 It's called did it happen in Mamma's lifetime? All right, 0:16:06.640 --> 0:16:09.280 So we're gonna read you a thing, and you're gonna 0:16:09.320 --> 0:16:11.200 have to tell us. We're gonna read you a statement, 0:16:11.200 --> 0:16:13.280 and you're gonna have to tell us whether it happened 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:16.160 in your lifetime. Now, if it happened, if you're in 0:16:16.200 --> 0:16:19.760 your lifetime, we want you to say, that sounds about right. 0:16:20.200 --> 0:16:22.560 And if it did not happen in your lifetime, we 0:16:22.640 --> 0:16:25.160 want you to say, I don't know about that. We 0:16:25.240 --> 0:16:28.240 kind of use some of your phrases. All right, Okay, 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:32.600 here we go, you ready, okay, all right? The invention 0:16:32.760 --> 0:16:37.520 of shopping carts. Did it happen in mamma's lifetime? That 0:16:37.600 --> 0:16:40.040 sounds about right? Is that true? Is she right? Yeah, 0:16:40.080 --> 0:16:42.320 she's right. The shopping cart was invented by the owner 0:16:42.360 --> 0:16:46.320 of the Humpty Dumpty grocery store in Okay. So Mamma's 0:16:46.400 --> 0:16:50.640 one for one. Question number two. The invention of the 0:16:50.680 --> 0:16:54.280 facts machine did it happen in your lifetime? I don't 0:16:54.280 --> 0:16:57.160 know about it? Okay, is she right? Man? Yeah, she's right. 0:16:57.480 --> 0:17:00.320 A fax machine was invented way back in eighteen forty 0:17:00.360 --> 0:17:02.840 three by a Scottish inventor. It was actually called the 0:17:02.880 --> 0:17:09.040 electronic printing telegraph. Okay, so she's got all right, I 0:17:09.080 --> 0:17:12.399 got to study. Yeah, she's two out of two. Alright, 0:17:12.440 --> 0:17:16.560 the next question, she got two left. Juicy fruit chewing gum? 0:17:16.640 --> 0:17:20.399 Was this invented in your lifetime? I don't know about that, 0:17:20.520 --> 0:17:27.520 but all right, so so is she right? Yeah, she's right. 0:17:27.600 --> 0:17:31.119 Juicy fruit was introduced in eight and in case you 0:17:31.160 --> 0:17:33.119 were wondering the juicy fruits to make up the flavor 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:36.639 of juicy fruit or lemon, apple, orange, and banana. Okay, 0:17:36.680 --> 0:17:39.680 so mamma has gotten all three, right, So for the 0:17:39.800 --> 0:17:42.280 last one, let's see if she can get a perfect score. 0:17:42.960 --> 0:17:47.000 Chocolate chip cookies. Were they invented in your lifetime? If 0:17:47.040 --> 0:17:50.240 you think so, you'll say that sounds about right, That 0:17:50.280 --> 0:17:57.760 sounds about right. Yeah, four for four cookie, that's right? 0:17:58.840 --> 0:18:02.960 Since so so so mango, mamma got four out of four. 0:18:03.080 --> 0:18:05.639 So what she won today a whole lot of hugs 0:18:05.680 --> 0:18:08.760 and kisses all right, would I have made a lot 0:18:08.800 --> 0:18:13.480 of chocolate chip cookies. They're good. I agree. Thank you 0:18:13.520 --> 0:18:16.080 so much for doing this with us today, and I 0:18:16.080 --> 0:18:19.040 want you boys to be sweet and be good here. 0:18:19.440 --> 0:18:35.879 All right, we will welcome back to part time genius. 0:18:35.920 --> 0:18:38.359 All right, Mango. Now that Mamma has inspired us to 0:18:38.440 --> 0:18:42.240 live healthier and way more enthusiastically too. But let's let's 0:18:42.240 --> 0:18:44.720 talk about the obvious reasons that we all know can 0:18:44.760 --> 0:18:47.919 influence how long we live and what the latest science 0:18:47.960 --> 0:18:49.760 has to say. All right, so do you want to 0:18:49.800 --> 0:18:52.520 start with diet? Well, I hate to tell you this, 0:18:52.600 --> 0:18:55.399 but it doesn't appear that the Raman restaurant downstairs is 0:18:55.560 --> 0:18:59.439 the key to are living longer. Man. That is so good. Honestly, 0:18:59.440 --> 0:19:01.560 if you guys are ever in Pond City Market, you'll 0:19:01.560 --> 0:19:04.119 see us at that ram and bar wat much too much. 0:19:04.560 --> 0:19:06.600 But I know you've done some reading on the latest 0:19:06.600 --> 0:19:09.280 diet research and and what did you find? So you 0:19:09.320 --> 0:19:11.560 know all the studies that I've looked at significant calorie 0:19:11.560 --> 0:19:14.680 restriction and its relationship to a long healthy life. Yeah, 0:19:14.680 --> 0:19:16.399 it's It's been a little while since I've seen at 0:19:16.440 --> 0:19:18.160 some of these, but you know, I feel like I've 0:19:18.200 --> 0:19:20.800 only seen ones that are about mice or worms or 0:19:20.920 --> 0:19:23.400 some other small creatures. So to be honest, I really 0:19:23.440 --> 0:19:25.119 wasn't sure how close we were to saying that this 0:19:25.119 --> 0:19:27.680 would apply to humans. Well, lucky for you were one 0:19:27.680 --> 0:19:31.720 step closer, because now we're talking primate alright, Lucky for me, 0:19:32.119 --> 0:19:34.879 I want to restrict my calories. I saw a really 0:19:34.920 --> 0:19:38.040 interesting story in your favorite magazine, New Scientists about how 0:19:38.040 --> 0:19:40.159 a long running trial and a group of monkeys or 0:19:40.320 --> 0:19:44.520 macoux specifically found that calorie restriction led to a longer life. 0:19:44.840 --> 0:19:47.600 Actually it was about three years, and while that doesn't 0:19:47.640 --> 0:19:50.960 seem that long, it's equivalent about nine human years. That 0:19:51.080 --> 0:19:53.359 is pretty significant. I mean, I guess we can't assume 0:19:53.400 --> 0:19:56.080 that would necessarily be nine years in humans. Yeah, but 0:19:56.160 --> 0:19:59.000 I mean i'd also just take three extra years, right, 0:19:59.520 --> 0:20:02.480 But some researchers are hopeful that as we better understand 0:20:02.560 --> 0:20:05.240 what calorie restriction is doing, we might be able to 0:20:05.280 --> 0:20:07.960 come up with better anti aging medicines. And the other 0:20:08.000 --> 0:20:11.199 thing they found in some trials calorie restriction resulted in 0:20:11.240 --> 0:20:14.200 lower rates of cancer and heart disease. Yeah, both both 0:20:14.200 --> 0:20:16.320 good things obviously. And you know, as you're saying this, 0:20:16.480 --> 0:20:20.359 I decided to google calorie restriction in humans, and I 0:20:20.359 --> 0:20:24.280 see there's something called the calorie restriction Society. So obviously 0:20:24.320 --> 0:20:26.880 there are people already subscribing to this and thinking about 0:20:26.880 --> 0:20:30.280 it pretty seriously. Yeah, the New Scientists reporter Clara Wilson 0:20:30.320 --> 0:20:32.679 talks about this group in our story. They're basically on 0:20:32.720 --> 0:20:36.000 a permanent diet of around hundred two I don't know 0:20:36.040 --> 0:20:38.879 about eighteen hundred calories per day as compared to the 0:20:38.920 --> 0:20:42.960 usual recommendation of two thousand. In fact, there's kind of 0:20:42.960 --> 0:20:45.400 a funny quote at the end of Claire's story, so 0:20:45.440 --> 0:20:48.879 she says, quote until someone's used to it, the diet 0:20:48.920 --> 0:20:52.840 involves planning every meal with precision, and side effects can 0:20:52.880 --> 0:20:57.159