Author: Marcus Pearce

100NO 552: Longevity Diets, Gluten & Blood Types with Dr Damian Kristof

Did you know that the Mediterranean diets of Ikaria and Sardinia are extremely different! In Ikaria you won’t find much pasta at all, and yet in Sardinia you will find it in spades.  Sardinians love lamb and even eat horse! You won’t find a horse on Ikaria! Such differences open the conversation of what a… Continue reading 100NO 552: Longevity Diets, Gluten & Blood Types with Dr Damian Kristof

100NO 551: Preventing Dementia the Ikaria & Sardinia Way – Live Recording Part 2

In Ikaria they experience 80% less dementia than the rest of the world. Not to mention 50% less heart disease and 20% less cancer. But today we look into dementia, as shared by Marcus in a recent 100 Not Out Longevity Evening. This recording from the event discusses some of the hidden clues that our… Continue reading 100NO 551: Preventing Dementia the Ikaria & Sardinia Way – Live Recording Part 2

100NO 550: Australia’s Longevity Crisis – Live Recording Part 1

We recently ran an evening event in Melbourne where we discussed some of our recent findings from our trip to Ikaria and Sardinia, the two European Blue Zones as discoverd by National Geographic and Dan Buettner neary 20 years ago. We start the evening discussing the confronting issue Aussies face – our longevity and the… Continue reading 100NO 550: Australia’s Longevity Crisis – Live Recording Part 1

100NO 549: Getting ripped off – when supporting local goes too far

Damo has recently moved house and he’s been doing everything he can to spend his money in his new neighbourhood. New cafes, new grocers, new clothes stores, new everything! Including a new barber. Community is built on supporting each other – including financially – so when Damo visited his new barber only to be ripped… Continue reading 100NO 549: Getting ripped off – when supporting local goes too far

100NO 548: Damo’s Frustration – Live to 100 – Secrets of the Blue Zones Review Part 4

Damo’s not happy at the way the Nicoyan diet has been portrayed in Live to 100 – Secrets of the Blue Zones.  “Let’s start off by saying they’re probably not using the Monsanto corn,” Damo begins.   The way they produce and process their beans and corn is very different to the way we do it… Continue reading 100NO 548: Damo’s Frustration – Live to 100 – Secrets of the Blue Zones Review Part 4

100NO 547: Live to 100 – Secrets of the Blue Zones Review Part 3 – Ikaria

Part 3 of Live to 100 – Secrets of the Blue Zones is the one we have the biggest soft spot for. Not only does the series visit the village of where we stay during our Longevity Experience, but it features the people we spend time with each year and have come to know and… Continue reading 100NO 547: Live to 100 – Secrets of the Blue Zones Review Part 3 – Ikaria

100NO 546: Secrets of the Blue Zones Review Part 2 – Sardinia & Loma Linda

Family, faith and food. These are the big topics we dive into on this second part of our review of Live to 100 – Secrets of the Blue Zones. If you haven’t watched the series on Netflix do not despair, there is plenty in here which we think is extremely relevant. We focus on Sardinia… Continue reading 100NO 546: Secrets of the Blue Zones Review Part 2 – Sardinia & Loma Linda

100NO 545: Live to 100 – Secrets of the Blue Zones Review Part 1

The new Netfliex series Live to 100 – Secrets of the Blue Zones has given us some spine-tingling warm and fuzzies. If you haven’t watched it we recommend it highly! Today we discuss Episode 1, Okinawa. And more specifically – the role of purpose (Ikigai), purpose sweet potato, gardening and the power of a social peer group.… Continue reading 100NO 545: Live to 100 – Secrets of the Blue Zones Review Part 1

100NO 544: We’re coming to Melbourne! Longevity & Laughs on the menu

100 Not Out has been going strong for more than 10 years and it’s a little embarrassing to say that we have done more events overseas together than in Australia! That’s just not on! So on Wednesday, September 20, we are coming together in Melbourne for a 100 Not Out Lifestyle evening. We’d love to… Continue reading 100NO 544: We’re coming to Melbourne! Longevity & Laughs on the menu

100NO 543: 81-year-old triathlete & aerospace strategist Peter Smith

At 81 years of age, Peter Smith is Australia’s oldest Aerospace Strategist … but that is not the main reason why we are chatting to Peter today. You’re about to listen to a human being that has more pep and vigour for life than most people half or even a quarter of his age do.… Continue reading 100NO 543: 81-year-old triathlete & aerospace strategist Peter Smith