Approximately three-quarters of the benefits towards a longer life can be achieved solely by pursuing better health, focusing on strength, endurance, stamina, balance, coordination, processing speed, working memory, emotional health, happiness, and relationships, without specifically targeting diseases.

“you could make a case that most of the benefits in um lifespan uh roughly I would say 3/4 of the benefits you can get towards a longer life come solely from pursuing Better Health I want to say that again because I think it is I I for me at least it's such a profound statement if you never thought once about trying to live a longer life and focused relentlessly on how can I improve my strength my endurance my stamina my you know and again all the Nuance around these things my balance my coordination my processing speed uh my working memory my emotional health my happiness my relationship if you if you only focused on those things and never once thought about heart disease cancer Alzheimer's disease specifically I still believe you would capture 3/4 of the way towards optimizing your lifespan”