💬 “82% 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.” -Dr Saul Newman ⚡️ Dr Saul Newman from the Oxford Institute of Population Ageing, won an Ig Nobel Prize for research debunking data on the world’s oldest people. His soon to be released book ‘Morbid: an iconoclastic debunking of ageing science’ is all out about fraud, wishful thinking, and ageing research. ⚡️ In this episode Saul and I debunk the fantasy of “blue zones”, where an extraordinary number of people live beyond 100. Should we really be basing health and fitness advice on these longevity hotspots? 🎧 Stay tuned to find out: ➡︎ Why some of the most unhealthy and poorest regions are churning out so many centenarians ➡︎ How “blue zone certificates” are being sold to US towns for $40mil ➡ Why the blue zone myth is dangerous to our health ➡︎ The real secret to living beyond 100 ➡︎ How blue zones even impact insurance premiums 📕 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 “big alcohol” (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? 📱 Connect with me: TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr 📱 Connect with Saul: X: https://x.com/saul_newman  📕 Sources: https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.09.06.24313170v1.full-text https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/704080v3.full 🔥 For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book “This Book May Save Your Life”: https://geni.us/DrKaranBook  🎙️ An OG Podcasts production.