Ep #21 | WTF is Longevity? | Nikhil ft. Nithin Kamath, Bryan Johnson, Prashanth, Jitendra & Seema

Okay, so what I want for today: A, to figure out what to put in my body, what not to put in my body. The second question I want answered, in this realm of health, where is the opportunity to start a business, and what business should they start? [upbeat music] Ready? Rolling. Ready? Okay, full house today. Uh, thank you, all four of you, for doing this. Bryan, welcome to India for the first time. What is the one thing you're looking at more than anything in India right now?

[chuckles] Air quality. [laughing]

[laughing] How bad is it?

I can't really see you over there. [laughing]

[laughing] This is Mumbai. We're mostly from Bangalore, so it's okay. [laughing]

[laughing]

So what does that mean? So what is the number right now?

Uh, the, the PM 2.5, I think it's one thirty, one forty-

Okay

... which is over 10X, uh, what is reasonable, what, what is appropriate.

So what is it doing to me?

Uh, these contaminants, uh, wreak havoc on the body. It can create neurological dysfunction, it can cause asthma, it can cause lung irritation. It just- like, it's whole body damage. It gets into tissues, it lodges in. It's very hard to remove it, so it's not like something the body just cleans it out. It's, it's very hard to remove, so you really don't wanna mess with these airborne contaminants.

So if I were to pick a city to live in, how big a role would air quality play in choosing which one?

Close to top three.

What would be the other options? What would be top one, two, and three?

Uh, for health?

Mm-hmm.

I don't, I don't think that really-

That makes a difference.

I mean, air quality, water quality, maybe.

Air, water, and food.

Bryan, do you agree?

I guess, like, you are thinking through this because, you know, you can filter almost any water and get it to be pure.

Mm-hmm.

Uh, with food, you can grow your own food, but with air, you have no control.

Mm-hmm.

Uh, you're in a system.

Mm-hmm.

So there's this idea of, can you make at least your home a blue zone?

Mm.

Right, you can't externally change anything.

Yeah.

So it's usually EMF, you know-

Mm

... some radiations at home, and then there is, uh, the air, which can be largely purified if, if you're in a very closed environment. And, uh, toxins in water and toxins in your vegetables. If you can manage these, uh, on a continuous basis in your home, you can at least make a, a blue zone kind of environment at home.

So is that what is working for blue zones, they have these three things going for it?

I think they, in addition to that, they define two other important aspects, right? One is, uh, uh, how active, uh, they are-

Mm-hmm

... through their daily lives.

Mm-hmm.

And, uh, uh, second aspect that they emphasize is community, right? And how much of, uh, connectedness do they kind of... is, is imbibed into their way of living. I think these are the two other, other than food and-