The Seven Things That Actually Determine How Long You Live (None of Them Are a Supplement)

There is a pill that improves your muscle mass, regulates your blood sugar, protects your independence into your eighties, and lowers your risk of nearly every major chronic disease.

It is called resistance training. And most of us are not taking it consistently.

This episode is about longevity — not the expensive, complicated, biohacking version. The actual, evidence-based version. The one that comes down to seven things that are deeply unglamorous, well-researched, and far more effective than anything in your supplement stack.

I walk through all seven — sleep, strength training, social connection, nutrition, environment, stress regulation, and measurement — and explain the piece that most longevity conversations miss entirely: none of these seven things work properly on a dysregulated nervous system. Regulation is not one item on the list. It is the foundation that makes every other item on the list actually achievable.

In this episode:— Why only 7% of Americans are metabolically healthy and what muscle mass has to do with it— Why chronic loneliness is as dangerous as smoking a pack a day— Why high-intensity training on a depleted system is adding load, not building resilience— Why 80% of doctor visits are stress-related and what to actually do about it— What to track so you know whether any of this is actually working

"Regulation is not one item on the list. It is the thing that makes every other item on the list actually accessible."

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