Dr. Michael Snyder
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Lifespan in general, it's estimated to be about 16% of your lifespans due to genetics.
One-sixth.
That's it.
Yeah.
Now there's a big error bar on that.
That comes from twin studies and family studies.
So although it's thought that for people who live to be 100 or older –
then it might be higher.
Some people have said 60%.
So to live – to be really long, you may need good genes in general, but there's still a lot there, right?
There's another 40% that's due to lifestyle.
But for the average person, it's only one-sixth.
So your lifestyle is by far your biggest factor.
And you look at people in these blue zones, these areas where people – there's an enrichment for people who live to be 100 or more.
They have several things in common.
One is they tend to eat –
a diet with not much ultra-processed foods or processed foods in general.
And generally, they tend to be towards the Mediterranean, vegan kind of diet.
Yeah.
Yes, for sure.