The Real Reason Men Die Before Women

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1:00So I did a deep dive into this topic and what I'm gonna show you is actually extremely interesting. There's a lot of speculation on why this is. Like men are involved with jobs that are more of an occupational hazard. Men go to doctors less. And of course men smoke more and they drink more alcohol. And they get more heart attacks and strokes. That's for sure. But women actually get more autoimmune diseases than men. But that's more chronic and they don't necessarily die from those conditions. Why do women live longer than men? That's the big question. Well, it just will happen. There's a very specific gene called the longevity gene. Fox03 that actually can help you live longer. Women express that gene more than men because they have estrogen. Estrogen activates that gene. But there's a lot of other things that can activate that gene that I'm gonna share with you today because personally, I would wanna know so I can live longer. There are also certain cultures that have even more of an expression of that gene than others.

2:01And they happen to live in areas like Okinawa and Sardinia where people live to be over 100 years old. What does this gene actually do? It helps prevent cancer. It really helps you with gene repair. It's like a stress resistant gene that just allows you to adapt and live in your environment a lot better. Why did it turn out where women get to express that gene more than men? This all has to do with reproduction and the actual purpose of fertility. Nature is given that system way more protection and it has created genes to help women survive longer. And this is all great, but then how do we activate this gene? I'm gonna show you right now all the things that can trigger that gene that you should be focusing on. And it doesn't matter if you're male or female, you should be following what I'm about to show you. Okay, so I have a list of things that could increase the fox or three gene and also a list of things that will decrease the fox or three gene. So let's talk about number one, phytone nutrients.

3:02There are certain phytone nutrients that will increase this gene or increase the expression of it. The first one is called asta-zanthan. What the heck is that? That's like a weird name. Well, that's the pink pigment in that salmon that you eat. It's in shrimp, it's in lobster, it's in certain algae. It is literally, I think, the most potent antioxidant. It's 6,000 times stronger than vitamin C, a hundred times stronger than vitamin E, and it gives protection for your nerve cells, your eyes, your skin, your cardiovascular system. Then we get sulfurophane. This is naturally in broccoli, but it's also in cabbage. It's in a lot of the different cruciferous vegetables. And some of you might say, well, I'm a carnivore. Well, guess what? When you eat grass-fed red meat and even raw dairy, you're getting a lot of these phytone nutrients because the animal is eating the weeds that have these compounds in it. So you don't necessarily need to consume herbs and vegetables themselves if you didn't want to.

4:03Then we have something called E-G-C-G. That is a really amazing antioxidant in green tea, which has so many different properties from blood sugar improvement to anti-cancer, to anti-inflammatory. I mean, the list is very, very long. Resveratrol has been known to increase longevity because it's triggering this gene right here. In fact, all of these will trigger this gene. Next one is cold and heat, and even the contrast between cold and heat can activate this gene. This is why people get benefit from doing the cold bath and the sauna because it's very therapeutic. And this gene was actually created out of times in the past where we as humans had to endure the cold or the equator, the heat. And we had to adapt to it somehow. We had to survive. So we created certain genes to protect us. Let's take a look at number three, inch a minute. From athletic stuff like a full-core pickup game, swish to athletic-ish stuff like a half-mile stroll. Get those steps in.

5:04Head to Sierra or Sierra.com for the brands you want at the prices that let you do it all. From athletic to athletic-ish, Sierra's got it. Fasting, this is a mini version of starvation. Think about how many times man has literally starved to death, right? We had to adapt to famine, starvation, by developing certain survival mechanisms. Number four, ketones. I mean, even if you look this up on Wikipedia, you're gonna find that ketones will trigger this. So what does this tell you? You're gonna live longer if you are using your ketones as fuel because they trigger this gene. So this relates to, guess what, a low carb diet. Next one is exercise. Well, this makes sense. The more exercise you do, especially if it's like high intensity interval training, you can activate this gene and you're going to live longer. Below this list are things that are potent triggers for this gene, even more than these right here. Pro long fasting, okay? We talked about intermittent fasting, but pro long fasting is fasting for 48 hours, maybe 72 hours, sometimes maybe even longer.

6:06Huge impact on this gene right here. And then number seven, controlled oxidative stress. When you do hypoxia training, forcing your body to trigger this gene and adapt to it and actually develop bigger red blood cells, more fitness strength. So this is one little thing that I would highly recommend if you want to take your health to the next level. And then look at number eight, sun. Interesting, sun will trigger this, the UV radiation. If you're indoors all the time, you won't have the full benefit of this right here. Now let's flip over here. What decreases this gene? Too much insulin, which makes sense because having type two diabetes will increase insulin that's gonna shut this gene down and you're not gonna live as long. That makes sense, chronic inflammation, that's an obvious thing. But again, if you do intermittent type exercise, you're gonna develop inflammation then let your body recover. Chronic stress again, the key thing is chronic, right? Versus intermittent. Overfeeding, eating constantly is really, really bad.

7:09And you're gonna inhibit this gene. Of course, you're not gonna live as long. A sedentary lifestyle. Too much sitting in front of the computer will inhibit the gene as well. Heavy metals, aluminum, mercury, things like that. EMF, electromagnetic fields, cell phones from different type of electrical fields that come off your electronics is really bad. Then this one right here is called endocrine disruptors, pesticides, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, plastics, most of these mimic estrogen. Now remember I told you that estrogen will trigger this? Yes, but this indirect estrogen is really bad. It will not trigger this, it shuts it down and you don't get the benefit of estrogen. I hope now you understand why women live longer than men but that doesn't mean that you can't apply these and actually live just as long as women. And since we're on the topic of longevity, if you haven't seen this other video on longevity,

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