Our national and global demographics are shifting seismically to older and old. The oldest-old segment of global populations (85+ years of age) is growing in a non-linear fashion.  A Billion-Dollar Bet between researchers named Austad and Olshansky is over whether “average” life expectancies will reach ONE HUNDRED by the year 2050.  Your AK-67 podcaster is intrigued by this bet.  

Yet I’m more concerned about Healthspan than Lifespan. About half of one’s longevity is from nature – our inherited double helixes.  As a wellness advocate, I hope to promote simple yet hard chores and activities or habits of KABOOMERS to lessen demands on our national entitlements like Social Security and Medicare. Exercise over Drugs, for example.  

Credible researchers at the Buck Institute and Salk Institute have identified geroprotection factors and exercise for healthspan extension. 

Seminal articles in both Atlantic and New Yorker magazines are highlighted to bound this lifespan and healthspan duality.  

Several wonderful books are commended for listeners:

1. Bowers and Bowers’ “Secrets of the World’s Healthiest People”
2. Buettner’s “Blue Zones”
3. Gratton and Scott’s “The 100-Year Life – living and working in an age of longevity”
4. Levitin’s “Successful Aging”
5. Tara’s “The Secret Life of Fat”

Houston – we have a societal problem!  

Let’s move to live better as we live longer to address that costly problem!

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