Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 20 minutes ago
How a cardiologist got off all his medications by studying centenarians in China's Longevity Belt.
Viva Longevity's mission is to find the best scientists & doctors, and help them tell their stories. The channel is a labor of love that declines all sponsorship offers.
BOOKS:
The Longevity Plan: Seven Life-Transforming Lessons from Ancient China by Dr. John Day
amazon.com/Longevity-Plan-Life-Transforming-Lessons-Ancient-ebook/dp/B01MECO99C/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0
The AFib Cure, Updated Edition: Get Off Your Medications, Take Control of Your Health, and Add Years to Your Life by Dr. John Day
amazon.com/AFib-Cure-Updated-Ediiton-Medications-ebook/dp/B0DL7W7Y65/ref=sr_1_1
VIDEOS:
Dr. John Day's TEDx talk about the secrets of Chinese centenarians
youtu.be/1xXHntrJnPk?si=-8Ghcx4vMSnAjEab
Cut Your Stroke Risk Dramatically by Preventing AFib | Dr. John Day
youtu.be/jW0uxwNkHPQ
7 Ways to Stop an AFib Attack by Dr. John Day
youtu.be/W9a54B-7oyE
PAPERS:
Which Factors Influence Healthy Aging? A Lesson from the Longevity Village of Bama in China
aginganddisease.org/EN/10.14336/AD.2022.1108
Understanding the coupled relationship between regional longevity and physical geographical environment in Hechi, Guangxi, China
nature.com/articles/s41598-024-82522-4
The validity of Blue Zones demography: a response to critiques
academic.oup.com/gerontologist/article/65/12/gnaf246/8381533
0:00 Five medications!
1:09 Longevity Plan book
7:07 The health lessons of China's Longevity Belt
11:10 Resolving all of Dr. Day's health conditions
12:07 The wisdom of elders
14:55 Environment is the key
How a cardiologist got off all his medications by studying centenarians in China's Longevity Belt.
Viva Longevity's mission is to find the best scientists & doctors, and help them tell their stories. The channel is a labor of love that declines all sponsorship offers.
BOOKS:
The Longevity Plan: Seven Life-Transforming Lessons from Ancient China by Dr. John Day
amazon.com/Longevity-Plan-Life-Transforming-Lessons-Ancient-ebook/dp/B01MECO99C/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0
The AFib Cure, Updated Edition: Get Off Your Medications, Take Control of Your Health, and Add Years to Your Life by Dr. John Day
amazon.com/AFib-Cure-Updated-Ediiton-Medications-ebook/dp/B0DL7W7Y65/ref=sr_1_1
VIDEOS:
Dr. John Day's TEDx talk about the secrets of Chinese centenarians
youtu.be/1xXHntrJnPk?si=-8Ghcx4vMSnAjEab
Cut Your Stroke Risk Dramatically by Preventing AFib | Dr. John Day
youtu.be/jW0uxwNkHPQ
7 Ways to Stop an AFib Attack by Dr. John Day
youtu.be/W9a54B-7oyE
PAPERS:
Which Factors Influence Healthy Aging? A Lesson from the Longevity Village of Bama in China
aginganddisease.org/EN/10.14336/AD.2022.1108
Understanding the coupled relationship between regional longevity and physical geographical environment in Hechi, Guangxi, China
nature.com/articles/s41598-024-82522-4
The validity of Blue Zones demography: a response to critiques
academic.oup.com/gerontologist/article/65/12/gnaf246/8381533
0:00 Five medications!
1:09 Longevity Plan book
7:07 The health lessons of China's Longevity Belt
11:10 Resolving all of Dr. Day's health conditions
12:07 The wisdom of elders
14:55 Environment is the key


![The Future of Lab Grown Meat and Vegan Protein with Paul Shapiro.
Lab grown meat and vegan protein are the hot new things. Heres why.
Fascinating links:
Clean Meat book by Paul Shapiro:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077P8Q888/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_QDGJS31A5E9ZZ0KCJ7DC
Clean Meat: The Clean Energy of Food | Paul Shapiro | TEDxSouthLakeTahoe
https://youtu.be/j2_JYNZcgKc
Technically Meat book by Larissa Zimberoff:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0923821G6/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_58HZV4KV29CPG78PCX8X
Fantastic Fungi documentary on Netflix:
https://youtu.be/bxABOiay6oA
Fantastic Fungi book by Paul Stamets:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085P2R9CT/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_EF10476AQKECGNV50B4M
What is Mushroom Mycelium? — Short YouTube by Paul Stamets
https://youtu.be/vnRDzotcQ9U
The Trouble with Chicken (full documentary) | FRONTLINE
https://youtu.be/tIY7jxd7GAY
[4k, 60 fps] A Trip Through New York City in 1911
https://youtu.be/hZ1OgQL9_Cw
0:00 Intro
0:39 Plant-based meat
1:23 Cultured meat
4:24 Fermented meat
5:51 Touring The Better Meat Co.
12:24 Taste testing mycelium
18:54 The future of alternate proteins The Future of Lab Grown Meat and Vegan Protein with Paul Shapiro.](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/iGimh2dOfmA/mqdefault.jpg)







