Dan Gilbert

Animals have to go through evolution to survive just as humans have to adapt living habits to live longer. The National Geographic writer Dan Buettner did a Ted Talk on “how to live to be 100+”in this video Mr. Buettner introduces Blue Zones which are parts of the world where older people are living longer. In Burttner’s research the Blue Zone communities have eight common characteristics that help people to live to be 100 or longer. These eight characteristic are a plant- base diet, moving…

According to “How to live to be 100+” video, all these people live in Blue Zone. They also have nine common diet and lifestyles habits that make them live longer. These people constantly have physical activity meaning they walk, cook, and do the housework with their nature movement. They also take time to downshift, pray and they know their sense of purpose. They do drink a little bit of wine every day, eat a plant-based diet, and they have strategies that to keep them from overeating. Most…

If I had the choice to attain an online education while living anywhere in the world I would choose to live in a blue zone www.bluzones.com/about-blue-zones. There are (5) blue zones in the world and they are: The Italian Island of Sardinia; Okinawa ,Japan; Loma Linda, California; Costa Rica's isolated peninsula; Icaria, and isolated Greek island. I choose the blue zone because civilization is supposedly less stressful, people have healthy diets, and have strong family and social ties in the…

Macie johnson Ms. Walter LA 12 1 APR.2016 Hamlet 's Revenge In William Shakespeare’s tragedy Hamlet, multiple characters use revenge causing irrational behaviors. In Hamlet the main character Hamlet is seeking revenge on his uncle for the death of his father. Claudius killed Hamlet 's father because he was jealous of him having the throne and all the power. Claudius took the action of killing Hamlet’s father in secrecy. Hamlet finds out by the ghost of his father. After finding out what…

In the video, “How to Live 100+,” Dan Buettner claims to have found a formula for longevity. He teamed up with National Geographic and the National Institute on Aging to find areas where people were living longer than the national average. These places are called Blue Zones and are located all around the world. People are living such long lives in these Blue Zones because they have made simple lifestyle changes. In America, the odds of someone living to be 100 years old are very slim because…

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Longevity in the year 2017 The argument created by Dan Buettner in his TED Talk for “How to live to be 100+,” is that longevity is possible for anyone who has good genetics and a healthy life style. More specifically, Dan Buettner (2009) argues that ten percent of longevity forms from genetics and the other ninety percent is effected by our life styles. He collects this information from teaming up with National Geographic, and the National Institution on Aging in which they travel the worlds…

The other day, I saw a news article about a ninety year old lady who was still dancing despite her age. She hardly looked or acted her age and was clearly on her way to fulfilling National Geographic journalist Dan Buettner’s task of living to be over one hundred which he investigates in his speech “How to Live to be 100+”. In his speech, Buettner delves into what exactly extends life by looking into so called Blue Zones or “ areas where people are living to age one hundred at rates up to ten…

story combined with fiction, based on the life of Dan Millman, a book that contains romance, adventure and life lesions. The book begins with the first year of college of Dan, at Berkeley in California. Dan has been a champion gymnast, who wants to be part of the Olympics; always getting great grades; in shape, attractive and popular; and with a wealthy family, but still is something missing in his life. Everything started one night in which Dan wakes up in the middle of the night because of a…

Book Review- Predictably Irrational The purpose of this paper is to review the book, Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely and more specifically address a single concept discussed in the book. First, I’ll offer a brief synopsis of the book. Second, I will discuss the concept of the cost of social and market norms from the book. Lastly, I’ll connect the concepts of social and market norms in relationship to a select few concepts discussed so far in the class, ADM 560. Synopsis of the Book…