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Longevity Isn’t Just About Living Longer—It’s About Thriving As You Age

In this empowering episode of Eat Your Greens, I break down six accessible habits that not only extend your lifespan but also improve your healthspan—the number of years you feel energetic, strong, and mentally sharp.

These strategies aren’t about perfection or extreme diets. They’re rooted in solid science—covering pathways like AMPK, mTOR, telomeres, mitochondrial health, and cellular senescence—but translated into easy steps you can start today.

🧬 What You’ll Learn:

• Why colorful fruits and vegetables reduce inflammation and protect your DNA
• How plant-based proteins like lentils and tofu activate longevity-promoting pathways
• What just 15 minutes of movement a day can do for your lifespan
• Why sleep is cellular maintenance, and how to improve it
• The simplest, most impactful thing you can do to reduce disease risk (hint: don’t smoke)
• The overlooked “longevity vitamin” found in mushrooms

📚 Backed by major studies, this episode gives you the tools to take control of your aging process—without needing a degree in molecular biology.

Links to studies discussed in this episode:

• Impact of Healthy Lifestyle Factors on Life Expectancy and Lifetime Health Care Expenditure: Nationwide Cohort Study
• Impact of Healthy Lifestyle Factors on Life Expectancies in the US Population
• Association of Animal and Plant Protein Intake With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality
• Dietary intake of total, animal, and plant proteins and risk of all cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies
• Red meat and processed meat consumption and all-cause mortality: a meta-analysis
• Recommended physical activity and all cause and cause specific mortality in US adults: prospective cohort study

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