Hi, this is AJ, welcome to the next lesson. This one is called “Healthy Heart" and l'm going to talk about, again, a section from Healthy at 100 -- the book Healthy at 100 -- by John Robbins. I've alr

<p><br></p> <p>Hi, this is AJ, welcome to the next lesson. This one is called “Healthy Heart" and l'm</p> <p>going to talk about, again, a section from Healthy at 100 -- the book Healthy at 100 --</p> <p>by John Robbins. I've already talked about it a little bit and I'm going to talk about a</p> <p>different section this time.</p> <p>And in this section John Robbins talks about another factor that contributes to a long</p> <p>and healthy life. Now before we talked about diet and what you eat and how that can</p> <p>really affect your healthy, your longevity, meaning how long you live, how strong you</p> <p>are, everything.</p> <p>Well there's another very important factor other than diet. Diet is very important, but</p> <p>another important factor that John Robbins found when he studied all these people</p> <p>who were 100 years old or more and they were still strong, still healthy, well he found</p> <p>something else.</p> <p>So a kind of vegan diet, that was number one, but the next thing he found was these</p> <p>people have strong social ties. They have rich social lives. It means they're not alone.</p> <p>They have friends, they have family. They have communities. They're connected to</p> <p>other people in many, many ways. And so what he found was that emotion and love</p> <p>and caring and connection were equally important to diet and exercise. They're both</p> <p>very important.</p> <p>So let me read a section from his book -- the same book -- Healthy at 100 and then ll</p> <p>talk more about it. Here we go.</p> <p>"We cannot live for ourselves alone,' wrote Herman Melville. 'A thousand fibers</p> <p>connect us with our fellow men. Perhaps this explains why we are often moved by</p> <p>people caring deeply for one another.' 'There are also medical implications to whether</p> <p>we think of others or only of ourselves,' as Larry Scherwitz found when he conducted a</p> <p>most unusual study. He is now the Director of Research at California Pacific Medical</p> <p>Center's Institute for Health and Healing in S