AGEIST (David Stewart)
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| 08 Feb 2022 | Fructose Makes You Fat: Richard Johnson, M.D. | 00:59:15 | |
How does looking at nature explain obesity in humans? What is the difference between glucose and fructose and how does each impact our health? What should we be eating for optimal health and to reduce weight gain? How does fat keep us hydrated? Is there a relationship between not drinking enough water and gaining weight? Is there such a thing as drinking too much water? Professor, clinician, obesity researcher, and author Richard S. Johnson, MD joins us on the SuperAge podcast to share his breakthrough research on obesity. He explains the causes of obesity, how being underhydrated impacts obesity and much water we should drink, what diet we should avoid, and more. What you will learn in this episode:
Timestamps: 00:00:00 Welcome to the SuperAge podcast 00:03:40 Thank you to our sponsor InsideTracker 00:05:42 Introducing Dr. Richard Johnson 00:06:01 About Dr. Johnson’s book, “Nature Wants Us to be Fat” 00:08:16 How animals gain fat for survival 00:10:00 The impact of eating fructose 00:18:36 How fat and fructose interact 00:29:38 The difference between fructose and glucose 00:37:51 Athletes and metabolic flexibility 00:42:01 Dehydration and weight gain 00:50:45 Overhydration 00:53:04 The impact of fruit juice “If you eat too much and you exercise too little, you’re going to gain weight.” “It’s the sugar-fed animals that get diabetes. It’s the sugar-fed animals that get fatty liver. It’s the sugar-fed animals that shoot their lipids up in their blood. It’s the sugar-fed animals that develop hypertension.” “When the body thinks it doesn’t have enough energy, it goes into a survival mode. And it stores fat, stores carbohydrates as glycogen, becomes insulin resistant.” “We actually could reverse obesity in animals that were overweight on sugar by increasing their water intake.” “I encourage everyone to hydrate better. Drink 6-8 glasses of water a day, maybe in some cases up to 10 glasses day.” Thank you to our sponsor InsideTracker. Listeners get 20% off and free InnerAge here: https://info.insidetracker.com/ageist Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Dr. Richard Johnson’s book, “Nature Wants Us to be Fat” | |||
| 15 Feb 2022 | Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Longevity, Brain Health, & Post-Cancer Therapy: Dr. Scott Sherr | 01:09:42 | |
What is hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT)? How does HBOT aid in longevity, brain health, and cancer treatments? What are the different HBOT protocols and what are the pros and cons of each? How can someone try HBOT? How can one expect to feel after the treatment? Can we do HBOT at home? Dr. Scott Sherr, the director of Integrative Hyperbaric Medicine and Health Optimization at Hyperbaric Medical Solutions, joins us on the SuperAge podcast to share everything we need to know about hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). Specifically, he discusses how HBOT promotes longevity, brain health, and aids in post-cancer therapy. He also explains the mechanics of HBOT, who will benefit, and some supplemental healthy habits we all should be doing to optimize our health. What you will learn:
“You can’t argue with the imaging, as far as I’m concerned. You can’t argue with somebody’s brain that’s either had a stroke or traumatic brain injury, gets into a hyperbaric chamber and then you can see their brains come back to life.” “I was asked to speak at a hyperbaric conference during the pandemic and the first title that I had was: ‘Please don’t put them in the chamber.’ Because of course, if you have a therapy, you’re going to want to use it on everybody. So one of the roles that I have in the hyperbaric world is to try to educate people on when is the best time to use the chamber, what types of chambers are best to use for that particular condition, and when to not go into the chamber.” “Senescent cells are also called zombie cells. The reason they’re called zombie cells is because they don’t die and they don’t divide. They just stick around, don’t work anymore, and cause inflammation. As we get older, the population of senescent cells increases, and as they increase so does your risk of cancer, heart disease, and inflammation degeneration.” “What hyperbaric therapy is doing is it’s very much working at the cellular level.” “Everyone can benefit from hyperbaric oxygen therapy at some point in their life. It’s not a question of if, it’s a question of when.” “More is not always better. It’s not the American way here. We want to fine-tune our protocols so that we’re focused on the brain, or we’re focused on the body.” “Unfortunately the medical paradigm is: drugs first, ask questions later.” Timestamps: Thank you to our sponsor InsideTracker. Listeners get 20% off and free InnerAge here: https://info.insidetracker.com/ageist Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. | |||
| 23 Feb 2022 | Ketamine for Depression, PTSD, & Anxiety: Dr. Rachel Allen | 00:55:02 | |
“It's like shaking the snow globe, the old patterns are broken and new better ones are made.” How can ketamine help treat depression, PTSD, and anxiety? What about self-explorers, people who just want to learn more about themselves? What is happening in the brain during the treatment? Who should not do ketamine? What does someone experience while doing ketamine? How many treatments does one typically need? What does the future of ketamine therapy look like? What are the risks? Dr. Rachel Allen joins us on the SuperAge podcast to explain ketamine therapy for the treatment of depression, PTSD, & anxiety. Dr. Allen is a double board-certified anesthesiologist and chronic pain specialist. She has been practicing in the field of anesthesia and pain management for over 9 years and with her husband has opened Satori Health and Wellness in St. George, Utah where they specialize in healing their patients through ketamine treatments. What you will learn in this episode: Timestamps: “Whether you have depression, anxiety, trauma, or self-exploration, it is one of the top most meaningful experiences that they will have.” Listen to the SuperAge wherever you get your pods. Have a question you want to be answered by either David or one of our health experts? Want to share how you’re feeling about the podcast? Call us at +1 801-871-5291 and leave a voicemail to be featured on the SuperAge podcast! | |||
| 02 Mar 2022 | Health, Work and Age in the Metaverse: Bradley Schurman | 01:06:35 | |
Thank you to our sponsor InsideTracker. Listeners get 20% off and free InnerAge here: https://info.insidetracker.com/ageist What are the metaverse and Web3? How can people 50+ benefit from rapidly advancing technology? How will the metaverse and Web3 change our work lives? What about how we connect with our communities? How will the future of technology correct for ageism, racism, sexism? Bradley Schurman, an author, demographic futurist, and opinion maker on all things dealing with the business of longevity, joins us on the SuperAge podcast for a fascinating discussion about rapidly advancing technology like the metaverse and Web3. Bradley explains how we can keep up with these innovations and use them to our advantage. “Thanks to decades of scientific and social innovation, we are in almost every measure living healthier, longer lives than ever before. So this idea that the age of 65 is somehow a stopping point has really become outdated.” “It’s a lot like a tree. When we’re young, all trees look the same, we all have the same kind of sapling, the same kind of structure. But as we live, we become more diverse. We have different outcroppings of branches, and leaves, and different cycles of when we bud.” “Tech companies’ single biggest problem is ageism. It’s not racism or sexism it is ageism and there is enough data out there to prove that.” “As we enter this new period of time for humans where there are more older people and fewer younger people, technologies like Web3 and Metaverse, they’re going to help us find efficiencies in the system because we simply don’t have enough younger people to take care of the older population.” “There are a lot of constructs in the world so why can’t they be in the virtual world as well? They will be. We’ll carry those constructs with us.” Timestamps: Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Have a question you want to be answered by either David or one of our health experts? Want to share how you’re feeling about the podcast? Call us at +1 801-871-5291 and leave a voicemail to be featured on the SuperAge podcast! Connect with Bradley: | |||
| 09 Mar 2022 | Complete Cancer Cell Removal Without Chemo: We Are All Unique and This Is What Worked for Me: Meagan O’Leary | 01:03:25 | |
Call in to the SuperAge podcast and have your question or comment shared on air: 801-871-5291 Thank you to our sponsor InsideTracker. Listeners get 20% off and free InnerAge here: https://info.insidetracker.com/ageist Meagan O’Leary, Global Operations & Digital Transformation Leader, health advocate, and double breast cancer survivor joins us on the SuperAge podcast to share her cancer journey. She explains some of the alternative health protocols that helped like hyperbaric oxygen therapy, ketamine, sauna, cold plunges, keto diet, and supplementation. She also explains how re-connecting with herself and her community was just as important as the cancer treatments she was doing. She is vital, not just a cancer survivor. Now, she works with other women who are experiencing what she did. What you will learn in this episode: Timestamps: “That whole experience of ‘You’re going to lose your breast’, the surgery, cancer in one breast, cancer in the other, I had what I would call PTSD. I wasn’t trusting myself anymore. I was searching for the right thing that was going to heal me.” Connect with Meagan: Books mentioned: | |||
| 16 Mar 2022 | This Is Why We SuperAge: David Stewart | 00:15:53 | |
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| 23 Mar 2022 | Hot or Not - Are These Things Really Worth the Hype?: Tamsen Fadal and David Get Real About Fads. | 01:01:06 | |
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| 30 Mar 2022 | The Transformative Power of Rest: Sara Mednick, PhD | 00:55:17 | |
Thank you to our sponsor InsideTracker. Go to http://insidetracker.com/ageist for 20% off all products today. Learn more about and sign up for the 3rd, highly anticipated Mastermind Seminar and Cohort: https://www.weareageist.com/how-to-super-age-a-mastermind-seminar-and-group-ii/ What is the balance of upstate and downstate? How can we optimize our recovery? When is the best time to do HIIT workouts? When is the best time to do strength training? How can we optimize our sleep? Sara Mednick, PhD, professor and author, joins us on the SuperAge podcast to explain the upstate and the downstate and how we need both in order to live better. We also discuss the best times of day to workout, how to optimize our sleep, and the importance of recovery. “Every little cell in your body has a clock and it’s looking for consistencies, consistent patterns. So the more you stay consistent with something, eating behavior, exercise behavior, or even thinking, all of that stuff your body is paying attention to.” “The earlier you eat, the earlier your onset of melatonin, which is your sleep hormone, and the later you eat, the later the onset of melatonin. You’re going to be pushing your ‘I’m getting tired’ signals the later you eat.” “You should keep your feet and your hands outside of the covers when you’re sleeping because it’s the best way for the heat to be constantly leaving your system while keeping your core warm.” Timestamps: 00:00:00 Welcome to the SuperAge podcast 00:00:40 David’s upcoming travel plans 00:01:58 Sign up for the SuperAge Mastermind Seminar and Group starting April 12th 00:03:13 Call into the SuperAge podcast to ask a question or share a comment: (801) 871-5291 00:03:49 David answers caller question about weight training 00:07:41 Thank you to our sponsor InsideTracker 00:09:45 Welcome Sara Mednick, PhD 00:11:40 What is the upstate and the downstate? 00:14:22 About HRV (heart rate variability) 00:23:52 Stress adaptation 00:26:12 Sleep and recovery 00:28:57 Best time of day to do HIIT and strength training 00:33:42 Best time of day for brain performance 00:34:16 The importance of time restricted eating 00:42:33 When to do the sauna 00:47:09 HRV and inversions 00:49:17 Recap of the episode Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Call into the podcast to get your question or comment answered on the air: (801) 871-5291 | |||
| 06 Apr 2022 | Being Powerfully Fit, Full of Play, Joy, and Strength: Julia Linn | 01:03:45 | |
Julia Linn was diagnosed with diabetes as a child and by age 30, it was clear that she may only live to 40 with the condition that her organs were in. She decided to have a risky double-organ transplant. She then went through a triple cardiac bypass. When she came upon the anniversary of her life-saving surgery, she decided to pay herself back by giving the gift of health. Now, she is powerfully strong, has gone through an incredible physical transformation, and looks at life in a new way. Julia shares her life of health struggles, how she got to where she is now, her advice for others wanting to transform and take control of their lives, and more. Thank you to our sponsor InsideTracker. Go to http://insidetracker.com/ageist for 20% off all products today. Save 15% on all Whoop products here. “I didn’t start this journey by looking in the mirror and going ‘Ugh! I hate how I look. I hate my bat wings, I hate this, I hate that.’ I started with the idea that I love what this body has done for me in 62 years and I want to really take care of it, give it the self-care and self-love.” “It’s not that you don’t have the time, it’s that you’re not making the time. We pay attention to what’s important to us.” “Obesity is hard. Getting fit is hard. Pick your hard.” Timestamps: Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Julia Linn: | |||
| 13 Apr 2022 | Everything You Need to Know About CBD: Chris Hetherington | 00:54:15 | |
What things aid in recovery? What are the benefits of CBD? What are the issues with how some brands produce CBD? What are the different ways to implement CBD into our routine? What is the most bioavailable way to take CBD? Will CBD get you high? Can someone who is sober take CBD? Thank you to our sponsor InsideTracker. Go to http://insidetracker.com/ageist for 20% off all products today. Save 15% on all Whoop products here. Use code "AGEIST" at checkout. Chris Hetherington received his undergraduate degree from Yale and had an 11 year NFL career. Now, he is the founder and CEO of Peels, a citrus-derived, THC and pesticide free CBD. He joins us on the SuperAge podcast to break down what CBD can be used for, some things to avoid when choosing a brand, how to promote recovery, and more. Timestamps “Recovery is big. People think you need to work out to maximize performance but recovery has become as big in the equation as strength and conditioning and nutrition.” “I’m the crazy guy that wakes up at 5 am every day and does cold therapy, hot therapy, meditation, workout… I’m very disciplined with my health and nutrition.” “I still train and take care of my body like I’m a pro athlete and I think most people should be doing that.” “You have to make decisions on an everyday basis and hopefully you make a lot more good decisions than bad and still enjoy life at the same time.” “My mom thought she was going to get high from rubbing CBD on her knee, which is just not the case.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Call into the podcast to get your question or comment answered on the air: (801) 871-5291 | |||
| 19 Apr 2022 | All About Pickleball: Tim Ringgold | 00:59:52 | |
Thank you to our sponsor InsideTracker. Listeners save 20% on all products here. Tim Ringgold is a musician, athlete, and pickleball recovery expert. After years of playing soccer as a child and again in his 30s and 40s, Tim developed a traumatic brain injury from one too many concussions. In the last 18 months, he has discovered a life changing sport: pickleball. Through pickleball he has found a sense of community, gotten into athlete shape, and enhanced his joy. He’s also experienced injuries, like many pickleball players. Now, he is providing resources for other players to reduce their chance of getting hurt and spend more time enjoying the game. Timestamps: 00:00:00 Welcome to the SuperAge podcast “When you go out and play pickleball, you feel young at heart because it’s very social and it’s a lot of fun. People underestimate it because it’s so light, playful, and social, that there are actually physical demands on the body.” “Adults don’t really organize their activity around the concept of play. We work, children play. But there is a playfulness in pickleball that is undeniable and inescapable. You’ll see senior citizens, Boomers, Gen X-ers, laughing and playing. They’re in touch with something that they haven’t had in quite a while.” “The number one thing to minimize injuries is core temperature of the body, so heating up the body before you play. Nobody does it.” “When you feel good, walk away. Don’t wait until you’re sore or tired because you increase the odds of having an injury.” “Every part of the body is going through maintenance mode during sleep and you just can’t screw with that. If you wear that system down, your immune system gets compromised and that’s when things take hold.” Connect with Tim: | |||
| 27 Apr 2022 | Take Control of Your Life Over 50: Michael Clinton | 00:49:40 | |
Thank you to our sponsor InsideTracker. Listeners get 20% off here. Call in to the podcast to get your question or comment answered on the air: (801) 871-5291 How can you make a big life change when you’re over 50? How can you increase your curiosity? What is the importance of community in life changes? How should people look at life over 50 years old? What does the future hold for midlife and beyond? Michael Clinton, the author of “Roar into the second half of your life (before it’s too late)”, joins us to discuss how he is re-imagining life over 50. Michael and David talk about staying curious, building a community, the importance of smiling, what the future holds for life after 50, and more. Timestamps: “Everything I was reading about being over 50 was talking about winding down as opposed to winding up.” “When you’re looking to make some kind of a change or evolve to the next place, it takes time and it takes introspection.” “You might discover something in midlife that you learned was something that excited you.” “We constrict ourselves and that takes away our courage to say ‘I can do that! I can run a marathon at 70. I can go back to school at 60. I can fall in love again at 80.’ Get rid of that cloak of ageism and your courage will be enhanced.” “My plan for when I turn 70 is to hike to the Everest base camp and run a marathon down which is an annual event that happens every May… What I’m hoping to do from that experience is show that this is what you can do at 70.” “Today’s 5 year old in the U.S., if they’re healthy, had good prenatal, and early childhood development, 50% of them have the opportunity to live to 100. That’s astounding!” “There are about 90,000 people in the U.S. that are 100 right now. By the year 2100 the projection is there will be 3,000,000 in the U.S. and that there will be 19,000,000 around the world.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Michael: | |||
| 04 May 2022 | How to Travel and Be Well: David Stewart | 00:23:16 | |
How do you keep your diet, fitness, and sleep good n track while traveling? What tools does David travel with to keep his health on track? What about jetlag hacks? This summer, many of us are going to be getting back into traveling. But, we’re out of practice and want to make sure we keep up our healthy habits. David shares his tips on how he maintains his diet, fitness, sleep, and de-stressing routine while traveling. If you have travel plans coming up, you do not want to miss this episode. Thank you to our sponsor Insidetracker. SuperAge listeners save 20% here. Call into the SuperAge podcast and have your question or comment answered live by David: (801) 871-5291 Timestamps: “When taking a trip, I keep in mind the big rocks of health: sleep, what we’re eating, how we’re moving, and how we’re dealing with stress. Because wherever we go, we’re still ourselves. We still need to take care of ourselves.” “There’s dehydration, hydration, and this middle grey area that we’re often in called underhydration and that is going to exacerbate your jetlag, it’s going to affect your mental acuity when you land. So stay fully hydrated.” “Take advantage of whatever goes on in the location that you are in. Don’t let your body, your physicality go to 0 because you’re in a new place.” “I try and start my mornings with 15-20 minutes of meditation and I try and do that even when I’m traveling. I just schedule it so I have that time built in. Then, I try and put a down ramp at the end of the day.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. | |||
| 11 May 2022 | Creating Personalized Nutrition to End the Diseases of Aging: Naveen Jain | 00:49:26 | |
Naveen Jain joins us on the podcast to discuss how he is disrupting the health and supplement industry by taking a highly personalized approach, the importance of our gut health on our genes, understanding our DNA and genes, what his vision of our future health is, and more. David also shares his experience using Naveen's company, Viome, to better understand the foods he should stay away from and the foods he should eat more of for better gut health. How can we reframe the way we think of health and illness? What is the role of our gut microbiome in our health? How is Naveen Jain disrupting the health and medical field? What are upcoming projects that Naveen is working on with his company Viome? Timestamps: “Just like you tune your car once a year, you’ve got to tune your body at least a couple of times a year, or your body will give you the signal that something is not right.” “We have come to the belief that as we get old, there are certain diseases that just happen. There are whales that live to be 400-500 years old. They are mammals. There’s nothing in the mammalian architecture that says we must die at an endpoint.” “My dad at 63? He thought that was old. Me at 63? I’m thinking ‘Holy shit, I’ve barely started!’” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Thank you to our sponsor InsideTracker. SuperAge listeners get 20% off all products here. | |||
| 18 May 2022 | Why Do Marriages End?: Mark Goulston | 01:04:33 | |
In this information-dense episode, we learn several masterful points on how to relate better to all those around us. How can we become better listeners? Why do marriages end? What is the difference between feeling felt vs feeling understood? What are the gender differences when it comes to emotional intimacy? How do you properly respond to your partner’s emotions? Why don’t we understand how powerful disappointment can be in our lives? In this re-play episode, we are featuring one of the most popular podcasts we have done. Dr. Mark Goulston, psychiatrist and author, joins us on the SuperAge podcast to share his insights on these questions. Dr. Mark Goulston dropped out of medical school twice due to depression. After a school counselor believed in him and gave him another chance, he finished medical school and wanted to pay forward what that counselor gave him. That is exactly what he is doing with his current practice. Dr. Goulston uses his empathetic personality and ability to listen to navigate his patients' issues from marriages to eating disorders to strained parent-child relationships to suicide. Thank you to our sponsor InsideTracker. SuperAge listeners get 20% off all products here. What you will learn in this episode:
“Marriages don’t end because we stop loving each other, but because we stop feeling liked by each other.” “Alpha energy is great for success. It’s not good for closeness. You know, it’s good to have alpha energy. You can build something, you can build a business, you can grow it, you can sell it, you can do whatever, but it’s not that good for emotional intimacy.” “One of the reasons women will say ‘Don’t give me advice or solutions’ is because when they’re sharing something, they want to just feel less alone in the feeling, they want to feel felt by you, because if they feel felt by you, their oxytocin goes up, their cortisol goes down, their blood flow goes up to their brain, and then they can give themselves the advice they need.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Dr. Mark Goulston: | |||
| 25 May 2022 | Human Connection: Caroline Ingeborn | 00:51:34 | |
How did the pandemic impact how we connect with others? What are the three things we must keep in mind to have genuine connections? What is the difference between traditional social media and Leap? How is Leap working to create a more connected world? Caroline Ingeborn, co-founder and CEO of Leap, is building a way for people to come together and connect — in real-time and with real heart and soul. Prior to Leap, she was an entrepreneur and has acted as CEO and COO at another company. Caroline and David discuss why we feel less connected to others, how we can feel more connected, and the solution that Leap is offering. Timestamps: “I think that we need a place where we can start to be truly seen, heard, and recognized by ourselves but I think more importantly by each other and I see Leap as a way to make this happen.” “As humans, we have much more in common than not.” “I never saw age as a reason not to be friends.” “The pandemic amplified our social isolation. Sometimes things need to get a lot darker before they can be lighter. We were trending in this direction even without the pandemic. Maybe the pandemic has pushed us into a darker place faster but through that we can start to come together faster.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Download Leap here. Connect with Caroline: Call in to the SuperAge podcast and have your comment or question answered by David on air at (801) 871-5291 | |||
| 01 Jun 2022 | Changing Our Behaviors to Prevent Disease: Dr. Robert Todd Hurst | 01:07:06 | |
What are Mayo Clinic Cardiologist Dr. Hurst’s 10 factors that help promote health? What are the factors that prevent heart disease? What is the importance of our blood pressure, blood sugar, & cholesterol on our heart health? Statins? What is cardiometabolic disease and how do you know if you have it? How do you change your behavior to prevent cardiometabolic disease? How does community and purpose impact our health? Thank you to our sponsor, InsideTracker. SuperAge listeners receive 20% off here. Robert Todd Hurst is a board-certified preventive cardiologist and founder of HealthspanMD. He spent 12 years as a Consultant in Cardiovascular Diseases at Mayo Clinic, where he was an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine & Founding Director of the Heart Health and Performance Program. Dr. Hurst and David discuss the factors that contribute to heart disease and cardiometabolic disease, the behaviors that are shown to prevent these diseases, the importance of creating a partnership with your doctor to work towards better health, and more. Timestamps: “Unfortunately, heart disease is still the number 1 cause of death and disability worldwide. That’s a terrible thing in and of itself but when we realize that most of that heart disease is preventable with pretty simple interventions, it makes it even more tragic.” “The biggest problem in healthcare is that about 60% of us have diseases that are preventable and oftentimes curable, we’re just not doing that.” “87.8% of adults in the United States have at least one sign of cardiometabolic disease. And even more shocking, 78% of teenagers had at least one sign of cardiometabolic disease.” “People don’t resist change, they resist being changed.” “If your strategy as a doctor is to say ‘You need to exercise, lose weight, eat better, and quit smoking and I’ll see you in 3 months,’ we can’t be surprised that in 3 months, our patients haven’t changed.” “If somebody is not losing the weight that they want to lose, they’re eating well, they’re being active, and they’re still not losing that weight, I almost universally will say it’s one of three things. 1. They’re not sleeping well. 2. Their stress levels are through the roof and they’re not managing that well. 3. Insulin resistance. They’re not handling glucose well.” “One benefit leads to another benefit. You start exercising so then you sleep better which makes your stress levels better.” Connect with Dr. Hurst: | |||
| 08 Jun 2022 | Effective New Techniques of Health Optimization: Dr. Scott Sherr | 01:01:49 | |
Why should we add salt to our water? Is tap water okay to drink? What about plastic bottled water? What is red light therapy and what is the benefit? What does creatine do for us? Could nicotine be used to promote better cognitive health? Methylene blue as a supplement? What is PEMF? What are the benefits of short term cold exposure? What is the difference between traditional saunas and infrared saunas? Nicotine has a good side? Thank you to our sponsor, InsideTracker. SuperAge listeners get 20% off here. Dr. Scott Sherr, physician, joins us on the SuperAge podcast to share everything we need to know about hydration, red light therapy, nicotine, PEMF, sauna, cold exposure, and more. He is passionate about health optimization and longevity through these wellness modalities and shares his knowledge with David. Timestamps: “The bad news is that if you live now in the world, your gut is going to be screwed up in some way.” “Salt in water allows that water to get absorbed through your intestinal lumen, through your GI tract into your body. Without salt, some water gets absorbed but a lot of it doesn’t.” “Your brain takes up 20% of your oxygen at all times so it’s a hugely metabolic organ.” “If you’ve been cognitively on all day and then you go directly to workout at the gym, that’s a huge stress on your body.” “After you come out of the cold, you get this reflex vasodilation, you get all this new blood going to your periphery. As a result of that, you feel and get this blood flow to your tissues that you may not have been getting before, especially areas that had been inflamed, areas that have been injured, areas that have been hurting like joints.” “The fantastic thing about cold is that it’s a fantastic way to train your fear response because the first 30 seconds you feel like you’re going to die. Your body is doing everything it possibly can to tell you to get the F out of the water or out of the cold. But if you can go past that, and you can, that’s when your body gets to this blissful state of peace.” “For people who can’t exercise because they have arthritis or they have other joint or mobility issues, you can use a high heat sauna and see significant benefit in that capacity.” “High heat sauna is exercise, infrared is more recovery.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Call in to the podcast and have your comment or question answered on air: (801) 871-5291 Connect with Dr. Scott Sherr: | |||
| 15 Jun 2022 | The Art of Running at Any Age: David Richman | 00:38:53 | |
How should we be running? What are forefront, mid strike, and heel strike running? How did David transform his running form? What is the benefit of shortening our stride length? What is the importance of having a strong core for running? Why should we increase our cadence? What sort of shoes should we wear to run? David Richman, 18 time Ironman athlete and marathon runner, joins us on the SuperAge podcast to discuss how we should be running. David didn’t start running until he was 38. He is now 58 and has no intention of slowing down. David shares why we might need to change the way we run, how to avoid injuries, why we need to increase our cadence, the importance of having the right shoes, and more. Thank you to our sponsor, InsideTracker. Listeners receive 20% off at insidetracker.com/ageist Call into the SuperAge podcast and have your question or comment answered on-air: (801) 871-5291 Timestamps: “As we get older, we want to become more efficient and also lower our propensity for injuries.” “The impact of running is severe and if you’re overstriding and hitting with your heel, you are going to get some injuries quick. You’re not going to be able to run 6 or 8 or 10 miles because you’re going to be a complete wreck.” “Shoes are super, super, super important. But everybody’s feet are different and your feet handle things differently.” “I’m 58. I’m getting ready to do a half Ironman in a few weeks and just did a 24 hour bike ride and I’m going to still do some Ulta Marathons. I didn’t do my first run ever as an adult until I was 38 years old. At 58 I still feel like I’ve got plenty of miles ahead of me.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with David Richman: | |||
| 22 Jun 2022 | Why You Need to Start Using the Sauna Now: David Stewart | 00:29:54 | |
What are the benefits of sauna? What are the dangers? What is the difference between an infrared sauna and traditional saunas? What should we wear in a sauna? Should we alternate between cold therapy and sauna? What about sauna blankets? Thank you to our sponsor, Great Lakes Wellness. For years we have used the unflavored collagen for joint health. It also supports healthy hair, skin, and nails. Use code “AGEIST” at checkout for 20% off your first purchase at greatlakeswellness.com. An astonishing study found that regular sauna use decreases our risk of cardiovascular incidences, dementia, and all cause mortality. David does a solo episode to explain everything we need to know about sauna from the numerous benefits to how one should dress and act in the sauna to the difference between infrared and traditional saunas and much more. “If you frequently use the sauna, you’re chance of all cause mortality which includes car crashes, falling off a ladder, among other things that could happen, goes down by 40%. There are very few things that you can do out there to reduce your all cause mortality by 40%.” “Regular sauna is a form of exercise. It is a cardiovascular exercise.” “One of the triggers for good sleep is the ramp down of your body’s temperature, that’s one of the signals to tell your body to go to sleep.” Timestamps: Text or call us! (801) 871-5291 Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. | |||
| 29 Jun 2022 | Solutions for Financial Wellness: Jacqueline Catala | 00:58:42 | |
Why is the tech industry a great career option for people over 50? How do you get into the industry? Where should someone start? What online schools and programs are the best for learning these skill sets? What is the discrepancy between our lifespan and our wealth span? Thank you to our sponsor, Great Lakes Wellness. For years we have used the unflavored collagen for joint health. It also supports healthy hair, skin, and nails. Use code “AGEIST” at checkout for 20% off your first purchase at greatlakeswellness.com. Jacqueline Catala, Senior Technology Consultant, joins us to discuss the booming tech industry. She shares why people 50+ are so valuable in this industry, why you might want to consider joining the tech world, and how you can get into it risk free. Timestamps: “We’re going to have a scarcity of software programmers of 1.2 million by 2026. So, the need is growing and the people that are going into it is lessening.” “2-5 years from now, when Elon Musk gets his way and we have self-driving cars, who still has a job? The Uber driver or the computer? The person who’s telling the computer what to do is the one who has a job. Not the Uber driver. This is happening in many industries.” “This is where all the jobs are going and if you want to be someone that’s sought after, go learn this stuff.” “Learning something new can be daunting but once you learn it, it’s no big deal.” “I want people to understand that just because they’re older, in a career where the supply of people is very low and the demand is very high, being older and more experienced makes you more valuable.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Enter your email and download our Current Technology Career resource PDF. Connect with Jacqueline: | |||
| 06 Jul 2022 | Brain Health and Mood: The Importance of the Right Omega-3s: Corinna Bellizzi | 00:58:59 | |
What are omega-3s? Why are they so important to our health? How can you know if you are deficient? Where can you get omega-3s? What is a polar lipid? What role do algae play in omegas? What is the risk of oxidation? What’s the difference between algae-based omegas and fish-based omegas? What are the sustainability implications of omega-3s? Thank you to our sponsor, InsideTracker. SuperAge listeners receive 20% off on all their products here. Corinna Bellizzi MBA is a natural products industry executive and omega-3 expert. Given her concern for the future health of people and the planet, Corinna shifted her omega-3 career from a focus on fish to algae in 2016. She shares why omega-3s are so important for our health, the difference between fish-based omegas and algae-based omegas, how to get an adequate amount into our diet, and more. Timestamps: “Omega-3s are ultimately a health-contributing fat that helps your body return to its homeostasis. They need to be in balance with omega-6s because if they aren’t, you’ll have inflammatory systems that run out of control.” “Try to avoid all the trans fats, limit your saturated fats, and you’ll be a lot more healthy than the run-of-the-mill person.” “Generally speaking, if you haven’t taken an omega-3 supplement, you are likely deficient.” “EPA and DHA — these powerful omega-3s are so involved with our brain health, they’re so involved with our emotional health, also. So there are claims you can make around EPA with regard to impacting mood health.” “Too much of almost anything can be a bad thing. So be reasonable and be balanced.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Corinna: Check out Orlo Nutrition: | |||
| 14 Jul 2022 | Big Bad Blood Pressure – You Can Fix This: Dr. Robert Todd Hurst | 00:59:01 | |
What is high blood pressure? How many people have high blood pressure? What things contribute to high blood pressure? What lifestyle changes can we make to treat or prevent high blood pressure? What is the benefit of aerobic exercise? What about strength training? What is the impact of stress on blood pressure? What is Afib? What is the impact of salt on blood pressure? What should we know about baby aspirin? Thank you to our sponsor, InsideTracker. Listeners get 20% off here. Dr. Robert Todd Hurst is a board-certified preventive cardiologist and founder of HealthspanMD. He spent 12 years as a Consultant in Cardiovascular Diseases at Mayo Clinic, where he was an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine & Founding Director of the Heart Health and Performance Program. He shares everything we need to know about blood pressure from how to treat and prevent high blood pressure, what lifestyle behaviors are contributing factors, the impact of salt, whether we should be taking baby aspirin, and more. “Blood pressure can have a devastating effect on our health when it’s not treated well.” “High blood pressure is the second biggest contributor to the number one cause of death and disability which is heart disease. It also is the primary contributor to stroke and the second strongest factor for kidney failure, as well as diabetes.” “We don’t need to spend another dime on research to understand how to best treat high blood pressure. And yet, this condition, which kind of flies under the radar from doctors and from patients, accounts for 1,100 deaths a day in the United States. 1,100 preventable deaths a day.” “People that are over the age of 74, 85% of them have high blood pressure.” “In my estimation, about 75% of blood pressure can be treated and even mostly cured without medications.” “I’ve come to have an amazing amount of respect for how impactful stress is for a lot of people and for many it is the primary driver of their blood pressure, of their heart disease, of their weight issues. They can’t get where they need to go until they figure out how to manage stress better.” “Afib is an epidemic now in the country. It’s the number one heart rhythm problem cardiologists deal with. Any cardiologist that works in a hospital will tell you that they are overrun by people with Afib.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Call in to the podcast and have your comment or question answered on air: (801) 871-5291 Connect with Dr. Hurst: | |||
| 20 Jul 2022 | Fructose’s Effect on the Brain: Dr. Richard Johnson | 00:55:02 | |
What is the relationship between fructose and Alzheimer’s disease? Does fructose cause inflammation? How does fructose impact blood pressure? What about cancer? What role does fructose have in obesity and diabetes? What role does fiber have in the absorption of fructose? Does how quickly you drink a sugary drink impact how much damage it does to the body? Thank you to our sponsor, InsideTracker. SuperAge listeners get 20% off all products here. Professor, clinician, obesity researcher, and author Richard S. Johnson, MD explains how fructose impacts our health from its role in obesity, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, cancer, blood pressure, and more. And David asks the question: can we still eat fruit and be healthy?! Dr. Johnson explains. “Natural fruits are good but don’t get that big bowl of grapes when you’re watching TV and eat the whole thing because then you will be activating the switch.” “If I took a soft drink and I just took one sip every 10 minutes, and I took two hours to drink it, it would be a calorie, it wouldn’t really be more than that. But if I took that soft drink and I drank it, especially on an empty stomach, and just guzzled it down, it would be a big, big activator.” “We know that foods like bread, rice, and potatoes increase our risk for obesity.” “When you eat fructose, the first thing it does is make you hungry, make you thirsty, and it makes you want to forage for food.” “People who are overweight or obese are at increased risk for certain types of cancer. Breast cancer is higher for women who are overweight, colon cancer, liver cancer, and pancreatic cancer. It’s been known that these cancer cells like to grow in the presence of fructose.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Call in to the podcast and have your question answered on air: 801-871-5291 Connect with Dr. Richard Johnson: | |||
| 27 Jul 2022 | Mouth Breathing Is Ruining Your Health: Patrick McKeown | 01:17:02 | |
Is there a proper way to breathe? What are the health consequences of mouth breathing? How can you change the way you breathe? How does mouth breathing impact dental health? What about snoring? What is the importance of down-regulating before sleep? How does breathing impact our blood pressure? Does Wim Hof-style breathing stress the body? Thank you to our sponsor, InsideTracker. Listeners get 20% off on all products here. Patrick McKeown is a leading international expert on breathing and sleep. He is the creator, CEO and Director of Education and Training at Oxygen Advantage®, Director of Education and Training at Buteyko Clinic International and President of Buteyko Professionals International. Patrick explains the many health and mental consequences of mouth breathing, how to properly breathe, the connection between breathing and sleep, how Wim Hof-style breathing stresses the body, and much more. “People who mouth breathe are more prone to dental cavities, gum disease, bad breath.” “Dry mouth signifies that you’ve been traumatizing your airways all night long. “If you’re breathing hard and fast, there’s an increased negative pressure in the airway and this is going to contribute to a lapse of the airway.” “By breathing through the nose, you’ve got correct tongue-resting posture. With your tongue resting on the roof of the mouth, it’s less likely to encroach the airway. And also by breathing through your nose, there’s a better position of the mandible, which is your jaw.” “10% of the population have chronic insomnia.” “Your breathing is influencing your sleep, your sleep influences your breathing, your sleep influences your mind, but if your mind is racing, that influences your sleep. We have to look at the mind. We have to look at breathing. We have to look at sleep.” “Breathing has been overlooked in so many industries. It’s been overlooked in psychiatry. 75% of people with anxiety and panic disorder have dysfunctional breathing. Lower back pain. 50% of people with lower back pain have dysfunctional breathing.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Call in to the podcast and have your question or comment answered on the air 801-871-5291 Connect with Patrick McKeown: Read Patrick McKeown’s books: | |||
| 04 Aug 2022 | Improved Brain Function From Movement and Functional Neurology: Dr. David Hardy | 01:09:11 | |
What is functional neurology and who can benefit from it? Can functional neurology make you smarter? What does Dr. Hardy test for to determine the health of the brain? What is the relationship between moving and thinking? How can you address age-related cognitive decline with functional neurology? What is the process of cognitive decline? How does posture connect to the brain? Dr. David Hardy, functional neurologist, uses several techniques that specifically stimulate neuronal receptors, nerves, pathways, and circuits to improve an individual's own neuroplasticity. Through his work, he enhances his patient's brains and nervous systems. He shares what functional neurology is, how it can be used to enhance performance, brain health, and more. Thank you to our sponsor, LMNT. SuperAge listeners receive a free 8 serving sample pack with your purchase here. Thank you to our sponsor, InsideTracker. SuperAge listeners get 20% off all products here. “We’ve got all these weak or strong areas of our brain that we can hone in on and make changes and make improvements to improve our lives, performance, and how smart we are.” “The thing with cognition especially as we age is we became really good at one aspect. So we can appear smart because we’re always rehearsed but the rest of the ship might be starting to leak and eventually it’s going to lead to a decline in our cognitive thoughts as well.” “Our nervous system is there to regulate our own body against the outside world and to move around, read, and react.” “If you’re in the stress posture, what are your head and neck like? They're going forward and you have all this tension through those muscles. All of that is sending signals up to the brain and then that signal fires into our feelings center and then we are annoyed, sore, stiff, and will probably snap at people a lot easier.” “Anything new is going to stimulate the brain in a more impactful way. This is also a way to measure decline as we age. How able are we to actually learn new tasks?” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Dr. David Hardy: | |||
| 11 Aug 2022 | How the Body Changes During Menopause and What You Can Do About It: Anissa Buckley | 00:53:57 | |
What are the stages of perimenopause, menopause and post-menopause? How does a woman’s body change during menopause? What role does diet play? How much protein, carbohydrates, and fat should women eat? What is the benefit of HIIT and strength training for women? How does a woman’s metabolism change in menopause? Thank you to our sponsor, Viome. SuperAge listeners get $30 off Viome’s Health Intelligence Test with code “AGEIST” here. Thank you to our sponsor, LMNT. SuperAge listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with your purchase here. Anissa Buckley is a champion of life. She holds an MBA and a BS from Cornell University, an Integrative Health Coaching certification from Duke Integrative Medicine, a holistic nutrition counseling certification (CHHC) from The Institute for Integrative Nutrition, and a personal training certification (CPT) from The National Academy of Sports Medicine. Now, she is the founder and CEO of b-untethered, a personalized menopause diet and fitness lifestyle solution. Anissa shares her journey of being rocked by the physical and emotional changes that perimenopause and menopause brought, how she took agency over her own health during and post menopause, and her mission to help other women do the same. “When I was 45, I was in perimenopause which is really the most critical time for a woman because that’s when a lot of things can happen to your hormones. Your estrogen levels can just start rollercoastering and your progesterone, which balances out or offsets estrogen, can stay flat and you can imagine that that can really cause havoc.” “I really wanted to understand what we could do as women with our lifestyle — not medications, but more about how we could change our lifestyle to help us mitigate some of these impacts that we see.” “When women hit menopause, they lose the ability to utilize carbs the same way.” “Lifestyle can control for about 80% of chronic conditions. The CDC says that. That’s not just you and me making up statistics.” “It’s not necessarily an easy thing to make a life shift but it’s baby steps. You don’t have to be perfect on day 1. You just have to start making some changes and you’ll start to feel better and then you’ll want to make more changes. It’s that simple." Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Anissa: | |||
| 17 Aug 2022 | How We Hear and How to Improve Hearing: Dr. Cliff Olson | 00:58:36 | |
Dr. Cliff Olson is an Audiologist, founder of Applied Hearing Solutions in Phoenix, Arizona, and former Marine. Dr. Olson has devoted his entire career to treating individuals with hearing loss to get them their communication back and potentially stave off the negative consequence of cognitive decline. Dr. Olson shares everything we need to know about hearing loss from the different kinds, the connection between hearing loss and cognitive decline, how to approach hearing aids, and more. Thank you to our sponsor, LMNT. SuperAge listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with your purchase here. Thank you to our sponsor, InsideTracker. SuperAge listeners get 20% off all products here. What are the different types of hearing loss? How can we prevent and treat hearing loss? What is the difference between an audiologist, ENT, otologist? What is the impact of today’s earbuds and headphones? What is the connection between hearing loss and cognitive decline? What are cochlear implants? What is tinnitus? “Hearing loss really is a silent epidemic because once you start losing your hearing you don’t really know what you’re missing. “The funny thing about the human brain is that your brain will reorganize the way that it processes information if you’re missing access to speech information.” “If you’re someone who is 65 years old and you have not had an actual, legitimate baseline hearing test by an audiologist, you need to find an audiologist in your area and schedule a baseline test whether you think you have hearing loss or not.” “It only takes as little as 3 months with mild level hearing loss for your brain to start changing the way that it processes information.” “If you have mild level hearing loss you are 2x more likely to develop dementia. If you have moderate hearing loss you are 3x more likely and if you have severe hearing loss you are 5x more likely to develop dementia.” “Hearing loss is the leading potentially modifiable risk factor for dementia later in life and it accounts for 9% of your overall risk of developing dementia.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. | |||
| 24 Aug 2022 | How to Take Care of Your Mind: Dr. Richard Davidson | 00:59:33 | |
Is our mind our brain? How does meditation help us inspect our minds? What is the connection between anxiety and meditation? What is the connection between our mind and addiction? How can we measure our wellbeing? Thank you to our sponsor, Viome. SuperAge listeners get $30 off Viome’s Health Intelligence Test with code “AGEIST” here. Richard J. Davidson, PhD is a Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry, Founder and Director of the Center for Healthy Minds, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the Founder and Chief Visionary for Healthy Minds Innovations, Inc. Dr. Davidson explores what our minds are, how types of meditation help us inspect our minds, his relationship with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, how we can measure wellbeing, and more. “Beliefs about ourselves, the world, and our expectations literally shape our experience in the world.” “I often say that meditation is like sports. There are many, many, many varieties and they each will have differing effects.” “Thinking is what human minds and brains do. We’re very well equipped to think. The goal of meditation is not to stop thinking, the goal is to stop getting lost.” “We can’t transform our mind unless we know what our minds are actually doing.” “When you begin to actually open up the black box of our mind, begin to inspect it and interrogate it, it could be terrifying to see what’s there because it’s so chaotic for many people.” “One of the things that distinguish humans from other species is that we have the capacity to engage in mental time travel. We can reflect on the past and we can anticipate the future.” “Human beings are born to flourish. We have all of the capabilities to lead a happy, meaningful, and engaged life. We come into the world with those capacities but they need to be nourished in order for them to be expressed.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Dr. Richard Davidson: | |||
| 31 Aug 2022 | The Future of Personalized Health Is Here Today: Dr. Momo Vuyisich | 00:56:37 | |
How can we test our gut microbiome and what can we do with the results? What is our oral microbiome? How is Viome revolutionizing cancer and disease detection, prevention, and elimination? What is Dr. Momo’s vision for the future of health? Dr. Momo Vuyisich is the Co-founder, Chief Science Officer, and Head of Clinical Research at Viome Life Sciences whose mission is to digitize, decode, and decipher human biology for the prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment of chronic diseases and cancer. AGEIST founder David Stewart is a testimony of Viome’s ability to help us reach optimal health. Dr. Momo explains the science behind Viome’s technology, the individualized approach to Viome’s treatment plans, how they are revolutionalizing the detection of oral & throat cancer, the importance of our oral microbiome, Dr. Momo’s vision for the next 10 years, and more. SuperAge listeners receive $30 off Viome’s Health Intelligence Test here. Use code “AGEIST”. “No matter what condition you are looking at, you should look at the whole body and not just the isolated organ. “The process of digestion starts in the mouth, there are enzymes that are released in the mouth and there are both microbial and human enzymes.” “I wanted to create a technology that is advanced and molecular and super hard to do but be accessible to everyone in the world just like the app store.” “We are focusing on preventative and curative strategies and not these maintenance strategies where you’re given medication for the rest of your life and you still are deteriorating or you’re still not getting better.” “Symptoms are the terminal stages of a disease. Molecular disease happens years oor decades before the symptoms are felt. If you want to know your status that you are heading for a heart attack, you can know that 30 years before the heart attack.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Dr. Momo: | |||
| 08 Sep 2022 | Cold Exposure Therapy Is Highly Beneficial: Jono James | 00:48:39 | |
What are the benefits of cold exposure? How did Jono James take control of his health after a terminal diagnosis through practices like cold exposure? Why does the body need stressors like cold and exercise? What types of breathing help during cold exposure? Thank you to our sponsor, InsideTracker. Listeners get 20% off on all products here. Jono James was born with a condition called cystic fibrosis which impacts his lungs, liver, pancreas, and digestive system. He was given 10 years to live when he was born. Now, he is 35 years old and, through a series of natural health methods, including cold therapy, he took control of his diagnosis and beat the odds. Jono created Odin Ice Baths to help others because of the success he has found in doing cold therapy. Cold therapy has been beneficial in David’s life by helping him recover from workouts faster, preventing injury, reducing pain, enhancing mental and cognitive function, improving sleep, and more. Always check with your doctor to make sure that your body can handle cold exposure, and to what degree. “I’m 35 now and I was given 10 years to live when I was born, more or less. Most people look at me and don’t think there’s anything wrong with me. That comes down to me trying everything… I’ve treated myself like a one-person clinical trial and I’ve tried things over and over again and, eventually, I found a select few things that really, really help me.” “There are so many people with anxiety and depression these days and most people seem to find that they get a lot of benefit from the ice baths.” “It’s a positive stress on the body. It’s a stress that challenges the body to get better.” “When you exercise, the body goes, ‘Oh, I’m not actually good enough how I am now. You’re putting me under a bit of pressure; I need to build muscle mass and become better and stronger.’ ” “The body is not designed to sit around on a comfy couch. It’s supposed to be challenged, it’s supposed to be a tool for foraging and hunting. The more we separate ourselves from the way we used to do things the less good our health becomes.” “In an ideal world, I’d do sauna every day.” Connect with Jono: | |||
| 14 Sep 2022 | The Critical Importance of Nitric Oxide and How to Get More of It: Dr. Nathan Bryan | 01:04:33 | |
Dr. Nathan Bryan is an international leader in molecular medicine and nitric oxide biochemistry. Dr. Bryan was the first to describe nitrite and nitrate as indispensable nutrients required for optimal cardiovascular health. He was the first to demonstrate and discover an endocrine function of nitric oxide via the formation of S-nitrosoglutathione and inorganic nitrite. Thank you to our sponsor, LMNT. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with your purchase here. Thank you to our sponsor, InsideTracker. Listeners get 20% off on all products here. Dr. Bryan joins us on the SuperAge podcast to explain this complex topic. He shares the role nitric oxide plays in inflammation and blood flow, the connection between nitric oxide and our oral microbiome, how to test our nitric oxide levels, what the importance of daily sunlight is, red light therapy, the connection to Raynauds, and more. “Every single chronic disease whether its heart disease, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, liver disease, or lung disease, the common denominator in all of them is decreased blood flow, increased inflammation, and nitric oxide is what controls and regulates both of those things. It decreases inflammation and increases blood flow.” “People who use mouthwash have higher blood pressure than those who don’t and it puts them at an increased risk for heart attack and stroke.” “If you’re using mouthwash, you have to stop. Mouthwash is bad news. There is clear evidence that it increases blood pressure. In fact, if you use mouthwash and exercise, you lose the cardioprotective benefits of exercise.” “Exercise stimulates nitric oxide production and that’s why exercise is medicine.” “Since 1946 – 2018 there’s a 78% decline in all nutrients in plants grown and vegetables grown in the US.” “The foods we eat today, every single American is deficient in one or more nutrients.” “Taking apple cider ginger before every meal is probably the best therapeutic strategy you can do.” “Most Americans with chronic disease are overmedicated. They’re on 6, 8, 10 sometimes 12 different medications and there’s never a discussion of how the physician is going to get you off of those meds. With that many drugs your body cannot heal itself, your body can’t perform.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Dr. Nathan Bryan: Try Dr. Nathan Bryan’s Nitric Oxide Products. Use code “AGEIST” to save 10%. | |||
| 22 Sep 2022 | What Is Rapamycin & Why Are People Taking It?: Ross Pelton | 00:50:33 | |
What is rapamycin? What is mTor? What is the connection between rapamycin and cancer? How does rapamycin activate autophagy? Who should and shouldn’t take rapamycin? What are the benefits and risks of intermittent fasting? Thank you to our sponsor, LMNT. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase here. Thank you to our sponsor, InsideTracker. Listeners get 20% off on all products here. Ross Pelton, pharmacist and scientific director for Essential Formulas, Inc joins us to discuss rapamycin and its potential benefit for age-related diseases, its connection to cancer treatment, intermittent fasting, and more. Disclaimer: This is not medical advice. Always consult your doctor before adding any supplements or medications into your life. “Rapamycin is the most effective anti-aging drug that’s ever been discovered.” “These days, people start eating at 7 in the morning and do breakfast, lunch and dinner and mid-meal snacks and dessert after supper and maybe an evening cocktail. So, from 7 in the morning until 7 at night, that’s 12 hours, another 4 hours to finish digesting food, that’s 16 hours. Whereas ancestral humans only had 4 hours of eating and digesting a day.” “You can’t be in a go, go, go position all the time or you will burn yourself out.” “In animal studies, virtually every single type of age-related disease improves when the animals take rapamycin.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. | |||
| 29 Sep 2022 | The Power of Vulnerability: Greg Scheinman | 00:53:58 | |
Why do men struggle with being vulnerable? What are the life expectancy differences between men and women? How can we connect with new people in real life? What is the importance of asking people for help, especially for men? What’s the deal with mansplaining? Thank you to our sponsor, LMNT. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase here. Thank you to our sponsor, InsideTracker. Listeners get 20% off on all products here. Greg Scheinman is the creator of The Midlife Male™, a newsletter and podcast designed to help men navigate and maximize middle age to achieve a better quality of life. Greg is a former partner at Insgroup, the founder and former CEO of Team Baby Entertainment, founder and former CEO of ROW Studios, and an investor. Greg joins us to discuss why men tend to struggle with being vulnerable and asking for help, how to get 1% better each day, the importance of reaching out to new people, and more. “How do we flip the midlife crisis on its ear and see that the next phase is our best phase rather than our best days being behind us?” “58% of men in midlife report anxiety, loneliness, frustration, fear of aging, deep regret around the decisions that matter most. And it’s a time period where self-confidence is at an all time low.” “You don’t go from fat to fit overnight. You don’t go from unhealthy to healthy overnight. It’s a series of daily wins and progress.” “Weakness is not asking for help. The weakness is thinking you know everything, that you’ve got to push that boulder up the hill all by yourself. That you’ve got to have all the answers.” “What if instead of viewing aging as something to be afraid of, as something to fear, what if we started to see aging as something aspirational, something inspiring?” “Focus on the small little wins or the 1% better each and every day.” “Don’t just be in motion. Take action.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. | |||
| 05 Oct 2022 | How to Live to Over 110 & Be Healthy: Dr. Michael Roizen | 01:02:25 | |
Should we take aspirin every day? What do we need to know about cholesterol and statins? What level of cholesterol is healthy? What is epigenetics? What is the effect of stress on our epigenetics? What is the effect of stress on our microbiome? How did therapeutic plasma exchange make mice younger and how is this technology being used for humans? Thank you to our sponsor, LMNT — our favorite electrolytes. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase here. Thank you to our sponsor, InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products here. Dr. Michael Roizen is the Chief Wellness Officer Emeritus at Cleveland Clinic, award-winning author, and founder of RealAge. Dr. Roizen joins us to discuss his new book The Great Age Reboot, how stress impacts our health, what numbers we should aim for for cholesterol, therapeutic plasma exchange, and more. “Stress, it turns out, turns on genes that make proteins that cause inflammation. Moderating stress — that is, happiness — turns off those same genes and turns on genes that make anti-inflammatory proteins — proteins that decrease inflammation.” “The most important things are posse and purpose: having 6 friends you’re vulnerable to every month, having a purpose in life, and a job with latitude.” “When you exercise, you change the genes that are on in your microbiome. When you’re stressed, you change which genes are on in your microbiome.” “I still think you should shoot for cholesterol less than 70 in your blood.” “The most important things you do for brain health are posse and purpose, that’s one. The second one is to add speed to your exercise, that is to stress your muscle; and the third is to add speed to your brain games.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Dr. Michael Roizen | |||
| 13 Oct 2022 | How Increased Lifespan Impacts Our Financial Planning: Fanci Worthington | 00:55:50 | |
With extended lifespans, how much money do we need to be comfortable for the rest of our lives? How can we plan and set ourselves up financially? How is retirement changing? What is an annuity? How is the approach to finances different for men and women? What do we need to know about IRAs? What about taxes? What is the benefit of having a financial advisor? How does one go about finding a financial advisor? Thank you to our sponsor, LMNT — our favorite electrolytes. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase here. Thank you to our sponsor, InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products here. Fanci Worthington is a certified financial planner and accredited investment fiduciary with 27 years of experience. Fanci joins us to discuss what we need to do to set ourselves up for success when it comes to our finances, how increased life expectancy is impacting our finances, what an annuity is, how to find the right financial advisor, and more. “Now the biggest threat to portfolios is living too long.” “There’s a theory that the average age of someone born in 2020 could very likely be 120.” “I’m turning 50 this year and my thought process of turning 50 is that I’m starting a farm. My friends that are older, when they were turning 50 they were talking about slowing down and I’m adding to. I’m adding to my physical labor, I’m adding to my mentality. It’s a totally different mentality than, say, my parents.” “Financial issues are a major cause for divorce.” “Money can be an emotional discussion and something that people are afraid to talk about with each other because they don’t want to get in a fight.” “A very valuable piece of living longer is removing stress. Take your stress away. And if your stress is about money, or family dynamics, or who's going to inherit what, and those types of things, let somebody help you. It’s so much easier.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Fanci: Disclaimer: Fanci Worthington is a Financial Advisor offering securities and insurance products offered through Cetera Investment Services LLC, member FINRA, SIPC. Advisory services are offered through CeteraInvestment Advisers LLC. Fanci’s Branch Office is located at 5200 77 Center Drive, Suite 330, Charlotte, NC 28217. Branch phone number 704-717-8900. The views depicted in this material are for information purposes only and are not necessarily those of Cetera Investment Advisers. They should not be considered specific advice or recommendations for any individuals. Neither Cetera Investment Advisers nor any of its representatives may give legal or tax advice. | |||
| 19 Oct 2022 | How Our Thoughts Change Our DNA: Dr. Kien Vuu | 00:52:10 | |
How do our thoughts impact our DNA? How does one control their thoughts? What is the power of meditation? What about psychedelics or breathwork? How does connecting with a loving community change our health? What is the importance of challenge? Thank you to our sponsor, LMNT — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase here. Thank you to our sponsor, InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products here. Dr. Kien Vuu, concierge performance and longevity physician specializing in human optimization and regenerative medicine, media expert, and author, joins us on the SuperAge podcast to discuss bioenergetics, how our thoughts impact our physical health, the importance of challenge, and more. “Bioenergetics is really the flow of energy between living organisms and it turns out that every energetic input, whether it’s sound, whether it’s light, whether it’s emotion, is energy that gets translated into different forms and actually affects our biology.” “The thoughts that we focus on actually create biochemical changes that happen in our body.” “Our DNA is not fixed. Our DNA is constantly listening to its external environment and then it’s making changes. Are we in a healthy environment? If so, let’s turn on the healing genes. Let’s turn on the stem cells for us to heal. But if it thinks that we are in a stressful environment, it’s going to turn up those inflammatory genes.” “How we live our life is actually medicine. Our biography actually affects our biology.” “If I want to become a better version of myself, what’s stopping me? What’s the thing that keeps stopping me? It’s probably old ways of thinking, feeling, and acting that finds you stuck.” “If we could start to take challenge as an opportunity, do whatever it takes to upgrade ourselves, to overcome that challenge, we’re suddenly a stronger version of ourself; we’re a more resilient version of ourself.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Dr. Kien Vuu: | |||
| 27 Oct 2022 | Mind Over Muscle, Defeating the Fat Myth: Susan Guidi | 01:08:10 | |
How are limiting beliefs holding us back from physical and mental transformations? What are the benefits of weightlifting? How does weightlifting protect women and men as we get older? How can someone begin a physical transformation? What is it like to compete in a bodybuilding competition at 65? Why must we continue to choose to do hard things? Thank you to our sponsor, LMNT — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase here. Thank you to our sponsor, InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products here. Susan Guidi joins us for the second time on the podcast to discuss her remarkable physical and mental transformation from her experience of training for, competing in, and winning a bodybuilding competition at 65. She discusses the limiting beliefs that she had to break down to change her life, how she felt on stage at her bodybuilding competition at 65, how anyone can start their own health journey, and more. “If you’ve got someone who sees something in you, it’s quite a gift.” “I lived in that world of ‘Nobody sees me, why should I do anything to make me vital and joyous and loving?’ ” “We reach a certain age and realize ‘I’ve never put my needs first, ever.’ And choosing myself first became an enormous gift.” “There’s something about what I’ve achieved through this that doesn’t have anything to do with the aesthetic.” “Weightlifting, especially for an older woman, is fricken empowering as hell.” “If I can do this, what else is possible?” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Susan Guidi: | |||
| 03 Nov 2022 | How I Optimize My Day for Health: David Stewart | 00:51:36 | |
How does David track his sleep? How does he meditate? What does his breakfast consist of? What about his exercise routine? David gets into his healthy daily routine from how and when he wakes up to how he meditates with BrainTap to his workout routine to how he gets ready for sleep. Thank you to our sponsors: LMNT — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase here. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products here. “You get a stress pie. And that pie gets broken up into your physical stress, your emotional stress, your intellectual stress, all of that.” “During the night, just breathing, you’re going to lose a lot of water.” “Just like I don’t eat junk food, I don’t want to bring junk into my brain so I’m not a big TV person.” “To be useful and helpful to others, I have to be rested and recovered as best I can.” “Give yourself a break; we’re humans! We can’t keep full-on all the time.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. | |||
| 10 Nov 2022 | HIIT — More Harm Than Good?: Joel Jamieson | 01:29:13 | |
What is the importance of aerobic and metabolic conditioning? How can we use stress to live a longer, healthier life? Why do we need to recover after a stressful event? What are the similarities and differences between physical and mental stress? What is the importance of sleep? What about diet? What are the dangers of overdoing HIIT exercise? Thank you to our sponsors: Timeline — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST here. LMNT — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase here. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products here. Joel Jamieson is a best-selling author and one of the world’s foremost authorities on strength, conditioning, and energy systems. His training strategies have been used by thousands of elite performers and top athletes worldwide, including the Navy SEALS, UFC champions, and dozens of teams from the NFL, NBA, MLS, NCAA, and more. Joel joins us to discuss the importance of aerobic conditioning, how to properly recover, the importance of stress, and more. “To me, performance is living a healthy, long life where you’re free of disease and you can do all the things that you love doing.” “Exercise, strength, and conditioning activity, they are tools to make our bodies more resilient to stress.” “Aging is really just the accumulation of stress over the course of our lives and ultimately our bodies lose the ability to adapt to it and then we start the declining process. If we can make our bodies much more resilient and much more stress capable, then we can delay that process significantly.” “You’ve got to get enough sleep. Sleep is the #1 thing. If you’re not getting sleep, you’re severely limited because that’s when your body is the most recovery driven.” “I have a really simple rule for most people. 80-90% of the time when you walk out of the gym, you should feel at least as good as when you walked in, if not better. You should not walk out of the gym feeling exhausted and defeated and destroyed.” “Exercise is the single most powerful tool that we have.” “If you have really bad genetics and you have a shitty lifestyle, it can catch up to you pretty fast.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Joel Jamieson: | |||
| 17 Nov 2022 | The Importance of Strength Training for All Ages: Eric Levitan | 00:56:36 | |
What is the importance of strength and resistance training? Why do people fall more as they get older? How is Eric Levitan improving the quality of life of people as they age? What is sarcopenia? What are the benefits of working out in small groups? Eric Levitan is passionate about improving lives, driving innovation and nurturing start-ups – the perfect combination for creating Vivo. From personal experience, he recognized that fitness videos and online streaming classes, while convenient, weren’t effective for inspiring behavioral change: They lacked individualized attention and didn’t inspire accountability. Vivo has reinvented the concept of virtual fitness with live, interactive small-group classes and ongoing live, one-on-one progress assessments. Eric discusses how he came to start Vivo, the importance of strength and resistance training for anybody at any age, the benefit of working out in small groups, and more. Try a free Vivo class or sign up to get a special 50% off membership on Vivo here. Thank you to our sponsors: Timeline — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST here. LMNT — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase here. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products here. “Our muscle mass and our strength really act as that gatekeeper for so much of what happens to us as we age.” “If we can challenge our muscles on a regular basis, it doesn’t matter what age we are, we could be 25 we could be 95, it’s never too late to rebuild muscle mass, to regain strength and function and to maintain your quality of life, to maintain your independence.” “Everybody knows that exercise is good for you but I think the large narrative is around walking and cardiovascular health. We’re largely ignoring the importance of resistance training or strength training.” “A lot of falls happen not necessarily because we lose our balance but because we’re walking and something distracts us.” “It’s never too late. Know what’s possible. Aging does not need to equate to decline.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Try a free Vivo class or sign up to get a special 50% off membership on Vivo here. Connect with Eric Levitan: | |||
| 22 Nov 2022 | How to Keep Your Brain Healthy: Dr. Joseph Maroon | 01:00:32 | |
What is hyperbaric oxygen therapy? What is therapeutic plasma exchange? How does therapeutic plasma exchange help with age-related diseases like Alzheimer’s? What things should we eat and take for brain health? How does diet impact brain health? What about aerobic activity? How does stress impact brain health? What are the cumulative effects of concussions? What do we need to know about nitric oxide? Thank you to our sponsors: Timeline — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST here. LMNT — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase here. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products here. Dr. Joseph Maroon is a world-renowned neurosurgeon with extensive experience in neurosurgery. He specializes in minimally invasive surgery to speed recovery for his patients. He is a sports medicine expert and innovator in concussion management, personal fitness and nutrition. As an Ironman triathlete, he lives and breathes his own advice. Dr. Maroon joins us to discuss his own athletic journey, his experience doing hyperbaric oxygen therapy, how we can support our brain health, and more. “Adversity either kills us or it makes us stronger.” “What we ingest, we become to some extent.” “In terms of brain preservation, hundreds of studies now show that long term aerobic activity is the best booster.” “Sleep is absolutely critical to preserving brain function.” “I don’t know what works. All I know is that I’m still here at work having fun.” “I’ll leave you with the three most important things in life. Number 1: mental and physical health. Without that, forget it. Number 2: relationships with God, family, friends and colleagues. Number 3: carpe diem.” “If tomorrow I pick up the paper and I see my name in the obituary, I will have run the good race, fought the good fight, and kept the faith.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Dr. Joseph Maroon: | |||
| 22 Nov 2022 | It Is All About The Individual, Not The Big Medical Studies: Dr. Max Testa | 01:14:15 | |
What can we learn from the team doctor for elite athletes who has helped on nearly 30 Tours de France and is now working with us mortals? Why are athletes taking Viagra for performance? What are the health benefits of exercise? How are exercise and diet personal to each person? Why do we need to re-evalute all medical and drug studies and go more with the individual? Thank you to our sponsors: LMNT — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase here. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products here. Dr. Max Testa is a sports medicine physician and coach whose methodology emphasizes the importance of a fine-tuned human engine to help athletes reach peak performance. He now works at the Park City Hospital in sports medicine seeing patients of every level of fitness, with and without medical conditions. Dr. Max Testa discusses nitric oxide, the benefits of exercise, how everyone’s diet and fitness is personal to them, heart rate, and more. “At the end of the day, you have to go back to basics. Your diet has to be mainly based on healthy food.” “If your blood pressure goes down, your heart has to spend less energy to pump the same amount of blood per minute.” “Often we hear the concept of exercise as a medicine or exercise is medicine and there is nothing more true than that. Exercise has some pharmacological-like effect on the body.” “Not everyone responds to the same training.” “I start with what the science shows, for sure, but then I tell my patient, ‘The result is not as good as I was expecting; maybe we should try this other thing.’ Sometimes you have to try more than once to find the right balance.” “Everything about exercise and nutrition is multifactorial. You have to find the key to open your own door.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Dr. Max Testa: | |||
| 08 Dec 2022 | Finding Movement That Works For You: Tom McCook | 01:01:57 | |
How can we learn to move more joyfully? How does movement impact our joints? What is the importance of warming up before working out? How can movement impact our mental health? Thank you to our sponsors: Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Tom McCook, founder and director of Center of Balance, is an internationally recognized Pilates teacher and movement specialist. Tom's mission is to improve people's lives through movement to cultivate health and body wisdom. Tom joins us to discuss the importance of mobility and movement, how daily movement can transform our mental health, the importance of properly warming up our joints, and more. “As you age, one of the things that we don’t tend to think about very much is our joints. We don’t tend to think about our joints until they hurt.” “If movement feels good, you look forward to it.” “You can change your health. You can improve your health. And it doesn’t have to be ridiculous. You can start with a half an hour a day. Start with a small amount.” “You have to move on a regular basis to keep yourself mentally fit, present, optimistic in your life, and actually resourceful. It’s so important.” “If you’re in a slightly depressed, down mood, you can do 15-20 minutes of movement and totally shift your mood.” “If you want to age well, you need to learn how your body is designed.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Tom McCook: | |||
| 15 Dec 2022 | Can We Predict Time Until Death?: Ryan Smith | 00:53:39 | |
What is the most impactful thing that most people can do to improve their chances of living longer? How does stress impact longevity? Could too much exercise have negative effects on our aging? Is time-restricted eating / intermittent fasting beneficial to longevity? Thank you to our sponsors: LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Ryan Smith, co-founder and vice president of business development at TruDiagnostic, joins us to discuss how his company is improving longevity by understanding our biological age vs chronological age, the different factors that accelerate or slow the aging process, and more. “This idea of epigenetics is the on or off switches to your genes, controlling what actually gets expressed and then how those cells ultimately behave.” “People who are fast agers are, on average, 65% more likely to die than those who are average or slow agers.” “From an epidemiological perspective, there are a lot of things that I would recommend across the board and that is: getting proper sleep, making sure that you’re eating a healthy diet, making sure that you’re staying insulin sensitive and not insulin resistant.” “Working over 40 hours a week has been correlated to at least 1.5 years of additional age increase. The impact of stress has been one of those things that’s surprising in its effect size. It’s something that most people would consider as the main intervention for longevity.” “Reducing stress is incredibly impactful.” “We know physical activity is impactful but it’s not the same effect size as things like BMI or stress.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Ryan Smith: | |||
| 22 Dec 2022 | Psychedelic Medicine and Brain Health: Lynn Marie Morski | 01:10:00 | |
How can psychedelics help us heal? Can psychedelics be used for brain health and neuroplasticity? What is the right setting for taking psychedelics? Who should you be with? What are the clinical applications of psychedelics? What is a “challenging psychedelic trip”? What is microdosing? What sort of person should not do psychedelics? Thank you to our sponsors: Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Lynn Marie Morski is a Mayo Clinic-trained physician, attorney, and former adjunct law professor. Dr. Morski spent nine years as a physician at the Veterans Administration. She now spreads the word about psychedelic science and healing and is the president of the Psychedelic Medicine Association. Lynn Marie Morski joins us to discuss psychedelics. She shares how psychedelics are being used for neuroplasticity, PTSD, trauma, depression, and more. She also shares the current legalization and decriminalization status for psychedelics. Disclaimer: This is not medical advice. If you are interested in psychedelics, go to a trained professional (not Burning Man). “Psychedelics generally amplify whatever emotion you’re having. So instead of being able to go in and do deep work, if you’re already anxious it might just make you more anxious.” “There’s a number of things that psychedelics do but increasing neuroplasticity definitely does help because you’re changing the way that your brain functions.” “Right now, mental health conditions with trauma at their core and physical conditions that have relation to neurology are probably the two most promising areas.” “Psychedelics increase connectivity and they reset the default mode network.” “Step one: don’t take drugs from strangers.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Lynn Marie Morski: Resources referenced: | |||
| 05 Jan 2023 | Goals: Make It Happen. Greg Scheinman | 00:50:23 | |
How can we make goals for ourselves and achieve them? How specific do we have to make them? Goals vs resolutions? We need to create a specific game plan, or else we will just be floundering. But when do we know if a goal is too big? Focus on the community you hang out with. Thank you to our sponsors: Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Greg Scheinman is the creator of The Midlife Male™, a newsletter and podcast designed to help men navigate and maximize middle age to achieve a better quality of life, and the author of the book The Midlife Male: A No-Bullsh*t Guide to Living Better, Longer, Happier, Healthier, and Wealthier and Having More Fun in Your 40s and 50s. He is a former partner at Insgroup, the founder and former CEO of Team Baby Entertainment, founder and former CEO of ROW Studios, and an investor. Greg joins us for this motivating New Year episode to discuss how to set and actually achieve your goals, how to change your habits, how to maximize your life, the importance of your community, and more. “Whatever your goal is: purpose, process, payoff. There has to be something quantifiable to go towards or you’re going to struggle with actually achieving that goal because you don’t really know what is going to make that goal a reality.” “People are going to make a lot of resolutions like they always do and then they’re going to break them at some point because they haven’t really quantified what it looks like to maintain them.” “You develop these habits, we all develop these habits, good, bad, whatever they are, that becomes our default of how we operate. When we get outside of our personal operating system, it doesn’t feel great. Just like a computer or business, we can continue to update our operating system and we should.” “Mediocrity happens by default, maximization happens by design. None of this happens by accident; they’re conscious choices and decisions we make.” “Anything and everything that you want in life is absolutely available and happening out there. You’ve just got to put yourself out there and into it.” “You don’t have to think about completely reinventing yourself. What you can do is you can agree to release yourself to the process, to just start it, to taking that first step and then another one.” “Believe that you can make change. Whatever that is. Believe that whatever you want to do or have in your life is not only possible but highly probable if you are willing to commit to the process and do the work.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. | |||
| 12 Jan 2023 | Thriving Not Just Surviving: Tamsen Fadal | 01:01:36 | |
How wrong was the Women’s Health Initiative study? What is hormone replacement therapy (HRT)? How can we be advocates for our own health? How can we build our confidence? How did Tamsen know that she was in menopause and what did she do? Why is it more important than ever to have the conversation about menopause? Thank you to our sponsors: LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Tamsen Fadal, storyteller, newscaster, entrepreneur, menopause advocate, and champion for women in their prime, joins us for the third time on the podcast to discuss her upcoming documentary It’s Not Me, It’s Menopause, hormone replacement therapy (HRT), how to thrive during menopause, how menopause “categorized” her, and more. “I want to teach women how to ask questions. If they don’t feel comfortable with the answers, move on to somebody else and keep going after it because they’re not crazy and they need to feel like they’re heard.” “I do believe that if you’re doing things that feel right for you and make you feel good, then you have that confidence.” “For my first two years [of menopause], it was about just surviving, trying to feel normal again, healthy again, sexy again.” “There’s a lot of mental health things that come with menopause. It’s not just one of the symptoms; it really changes a lot about that part of your life.” “I had a lot of very dark moments but I didn’t know that was perimenopause; that wasn’t even a word that I was aware of.” “You’re never too old to have fun.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Tamsen: | |||
| 19 Jan 2023 | An Integrative Approach to Cancer Prevention & Treatment: Dr. Donald Abrams | 00:56:46 | |
What is the link between weight and cancer? What should we eat and not eat to prevent cancer risk? What do we need to know about cannabis? What about alcohol consumption? Thank you to our sponsors: LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products atInsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Dr. Donald Abrams, Professor Emeritus of Medicine at UCSF, is an integrative oncologist with 39 years of experience. He works with people living with and beyond cancer and has a focus on nutrition, physical exercise, stress reduction, and lifestyle changes. Dr. Abrams joins us to discuss the link between obesity and cancer, how sugar impacts cancer, the health risks of dairy and meat, what to know about alcohol consumption and cannabis, what to eat to reduce the risk of cancer, and more. “The number one cause of both morbidity and mortality are dietary issues which have surpassed high blood pressure and smoking and does not include high body mass index or obesity. What we eat is really critical.” “Somewhere between 10-40% of all cancer is related to overweight or obesity and, since ⅔ of the American public is now overweight or obese, it’s a big problem.” “We now believe that inflammation is a leading cause of many of the degenerative diseases of aging: dementia, heart disease, and cancer, particularly.” “Cancer needs sugar to grow.” “We believe that 6% of all cancer is now related to alcohol consumption and the leading cause of death from alcohol in people over the age of 50 is now cancer.” “I believe the diet should be organic, plant-based, antioxidant rich, anti-inflammatory, real, and whole foods.” “If we’re going to let food be our medicine and medicine be our food, organic is more potent than conventional.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Dr. Donald Abrams: | |||
| 26 Jan 2023 | Ditching the One Size Diet Culture: Robb Wolf | 01:16:13 | |
Why do diets have to be individualized? What are the myths around sodium? How much sodium do we need a day? Why do so many people fail at diets? Why does just drinking water not properly hydrate you? How does Covid impact sodium levels? How do altitude and cold weather impact our hydration? What is the connection between electrolytes and breast feeding? Thank you to our sponsors: Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Robb Wolf, former research biochemist, 2 time New York Times/Wall Street Journal Best-selling author of The Paleo Solution and Wired To Eat, and co-founder of LMNT Electrolytes, joins us on the podcast to discuss how diets must be individualized, the myths about sodium, how drinking just water won’t properly hydrate you, and more. “In a world where it’s difficult find meaning, attaching oneself to a dietary or fitness tribe, like Cross Fit, is powerful. It’s really, really powerful.” “If we don’t have enough sodium in circulation, we will mine sodium out of our body, out of our bones to supply the sodium that we need, at least for some period of time.” “Interestingly, there’s a really high linkage between low sodium intake and osteoporosis.” “Generally, when people shift to a mainly whole food type diet, their glycemic load drops which drops their insulin, drops their tendency to retain sodium.” “The literature is pretty clear that it’s far more dangerous from a health and a death perspective to have too low sodium than too high.” “I quoted these numbers in both of my books but 45 million Americans try a diet 3-4x a year and largely fail.” “If we just hammer water, what we end up doing is diluting those electrolytes and getting them further and further out of balance.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Robb: | |||
| 02 Feb 2023 | The Essential Need To Extend Healthspan: Dr. Denis Noble | 01:19:47 | |
What are the problems that come from aging and what can we do about them? What is the importance of staying active in old age? What is autophagy and how does it relate to the aging process? Why is it that cancer often recurs? Are herbal remedies legitimate? What do we need to know about cholesterol? What is the importance of community on our health? Thank you to our sponsors: LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products atInsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Denis Noble, 86, is an innovator, scientist, musician, ballroom dancer, and Oxford University Emeritus Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology. He joins us to discuss how to increase our healthspans and our lifespans, what we need to know about the aging process and how it impacts our health, the importance of community, and more. “As you get into long life but very unhealthy life, you’re having a big burden on society. I’m not blaming people. I’m saying that this is what we’re now seeing and I think we have to do something about it. I don’t think we should accept that there is nothing you can do about it.” “There is absolutely no doubt that the biggest thing you can do to remain healthy in old age is to keep active even if it’s difficult, it’s best to keep active. You use it or you lose it.” “The aging population suffers from these multifactorial diseases with many genes involved and that will not yield to just more sequencing of people’s genomes.” “When you attack a late-stage cancer, you may, hopefully, kill it off enough for a permanent cure. But that’s, unfortunately, rarer than we once imagined it would be. Very often what happens is it produces a period of several years, which is good, when the cancer has retreated but it will then come back in an even more virulent form.” “To the degree you can do it, a healthy lifestyle in terms of diet is a good thing to go for. It’s obvious also to tell your listeners that smoking is a no-no if yuo want to look after yourself in old age.” “You can’t go run a marathon on a big full stomach and there’s a good reason for that. The blood supply during digestion is attracted to the intestines. They need the blood supply in order to do the work that is necessary to digest the food that you’ve eaten.” “It’s very important to try to arrange your life so that you’re not alone, you do interrelate with people, and that’s a huge health benefit to be with people and find ways in which you can communicate with others.” “We are designed, effectively, to be social people.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Denis Noble: | |||
| 08 Feb 2023 | Dial in Your Sleep, Save Your Relationship: Wendy Troxel | 01:09:54 | |
How can we sleep better? How is sleep a social activity? What are the gender differences between male and female sleep? How does your partner’s sleep impact your sleep? What strategies can couples implement to co-sleep more successfully? Why should we not take melatonin? How do you get your partner to not snore? Thank you to our sponsors: Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Wendy Troxel is a clinical psychologist, author, and sleep medicine expert. She joins us to discuss sleep, how sleep is actually a social activity for many and needs to be optimized as such, the physical and mental issues that come from sleep loss, the gender differences between male and female sleep, how to better co-sleep with your partner, why we should not take melatonin, how to deal with a snoring partner, and more. “Sleep in the real world doesn’t occur in a vacuum. Sleep in the real world is often messy and noisy, and really for most people, shared. In fact, two-thirds of adults regularly share a bed with a bed partner.” “We can’t neglect to consider the social environment when we think about risk factors for sleep as well as who is affected by our sleep.” “Sleep itself is a highly active and dynamic state; it is not just one solitary state through the night like a light switch going off.” “Sleep is critically important for our cognitive function, our memory. Sleep loss is associated with cognitive decline, even increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease. We know it affects our concentration, our productivity, our ability to problem solve. Sleep is also profoundly linked with our mental health and our wellbeing.” “Women are twice as likely to have insomnia as compared to men.” “Because there’s so much stigma attached to the marital bed, there’s just the assumption that all couples, from the time they fall in love and are together, their sleep habits should be perfectly compatible; and that’s not always the case.” “There is not a one-size-fits-all sleeping strategy for all couples, and the more we subscribe to this belief, the more we’re pigeonholing people and couples into strategies that may not work best for them.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Wendy: | |||
| 16 Feb 2023 | Your Questions Answered: AGEIST Founder David Stewart | 00:39:29 | |
Your questions answered! What is AGEIST all about in 3 words? Does age matter when it comes to dating? Is skiing safe for the first time at 65 years old? How can one embrace aging? Why did we start AGEIST? Why is it so hard to lose weight? Any tips for cholesterol? Thank you to our sponsors: InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products atInsideTracker.com/AGEIST. David does a solo episode to answer your questions, including what AGEIST is really all about, the role that age plays in dating, how to embrace aging, why David started AGEIST, cholesterol meds, the four things that David learned last year, and more. “How to embrace aging… the first thing is: Hey! You’re alive. The alternative to aging is not being alive so, right away, gratitude. We’re doing alright. We’re still in the game.” “Purpose does not come from passion; passion comes from purpose. Think about how you can help other people; maybe they’re people close to you, maybe they’re people far away.” “You need a gang. Life is a social activity, and filling our lives with people that we care about, with people that care about us — you don’t need a lot but you need that core group. If you don’t have that, become a joiner, say yes, see what you can do about upping your posse value.” “Get up in the morning, look in the mirror, and you say to yourself, ‘I am an athlete’ no matter what condition your body is in, and then behave as an athlete would behave.” “40% reduction in all-cause mortality if you sit in a sauna that’s at least 170 degrees for 20 minutes 3 times a week. There are very few things you can do with that amount of time that has that level of effect.” “We can do incredible things at this age.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. | |||
| 22 Feb 2023 | Muscular Skeletal Longevity: Dr. Vonda Wright | 01:17:17 | |
How do hormones impact the muscular-skeletal system? How can we treat hormone imbalance for both men and women? Why do women need to lift heavy weights? What do we need to know about glucose? What order should we eat our foods in to prevent glucose spikes? Why might HIIT not be good to do daily? What does it mean to be a peak performer? Science Research Wellness — improve your cellular health. Listeners receive 20% off all products with code AGEIST20 at SRW.co. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products atInsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Dr. Vonda Wright, double board-certified orthopedic sports medicine surgeon specializing in shoulder, hip, and knee arthroscopy for athletes and active people of all ages, joins us to discuss the importance of mobility, why women and men must lift heavy weights for optimal health, how to be a peak performer, and more. “My life’s work has been really dispelling the myth that aging is an inevitable decline from the vitality of youth down some slippery slope to frailty and dispelling the myth that there’s nothing we can do about it.” “Why do I get up and go to work? It’s because I know that by saving mobility, whether I save your knee, whether I make your shoulder not hurt, any of the things we do, by saving your mobility I’m actually saving you from the ravages of chronic disease.” “What people don’t realize, because we’re talking mostly about hot flashes, and brain fog, and sleep disturbances, is that the muscular-skeletal effects of losing your estrogen are profound and permanent.” “80% of all women in midlife, as their hormones fluctuate, have muscular-skeletal pain and 25% have such severe pain it’s disabling.” “When people fall down — usually in the 70s, both men and women — and break their hip, 50% of men and women do not return to pre-fall function and 30% of men die.” “There is clear data that lifting heavy is what will maintain your power and as we age that’s what we need.” “I find that being in a state of peak performance is having the faith to believe that we can do something that we cannot see.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Vonda: | |||
| 02 Mar 2023 | Age and Circadian Rhythm: Satchin Panda, PhD | 01:20:39 | |
What is our circadian rhythm and how does it impact our health? What time should we eat, exercise, and sleep? How does caffeine impact our circadian rhythm? What time of day does the brain work best? How does traveling impact our circadian rhythm? How are age and circadian rhythms connected? What are the five tips that can help us improve our circadian rhythm? How does the ICU impact circadian rhythms? Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Dr. Satchin Panda is a professor at The Salk Institute and author of the book The Circadian Code: Lose Weight, Supercharge Your Energy, and Transform Your Health from Morning to Midnight. He joins us to discuss circadian rhythm, what time we should eat, exercise, work, and sleep, how age impacts circadian rhythms, and more. “Circadian rhythm is essentially the master plan that is already written into our DNA in every cell and if we follow this timetable then we can live a few years longer.” “We are designed to eat more carbohydrates in the first half of the day, not in the second half of our day or late into the night.” “Our bodies are programmed with this timetable and we just have to follow it.” “For people who are trying to control their blood pressure, who are trying to control their blood sugar with exercise, afternoon exercise tends to be more effective in reducing blood pressure and also controlling blood glucose much better than the identical exercise done in the morning.” “Caffeine has a huge impact on sleep.” “As we age, our circadian rhythm dampens; so that means our body actually doesn’t have the right timing cue for when to do what.” “Try to go to bed at a habitual, fixed time and then stay in bed for at least 8 hours because when you stay in bed for 8 hours then you get at least 7 hours of restorative sleep.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. | |||
| 09 Mar 2023 | Alzheimer’s Remission and Therapeutic Plasma Exchange: Dr. Sanjeev Goel | 00:58:56 | |
What is therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE)? How does TPE impact brain health? How does inflammation drive aging? What is cell senescence? Are people who donate blood healthier? How frequently does someone need to do TPE? What are the risks? Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Dr. Sanjeev Goel, physician and founder of Peak Human, is passionate about taking a holistic approach to wellness through Integrative and Regenerative Medicine. He advocates a healthy lifestyle centered around plant-based diet, focused physical activity, and enhancing mental resilience. Dr. Goel joins us to discuss therapeutic plasma exchange, regenerative medicine, longevity, and more. “There’s something about young blood that potentially causes rejuvenation or there’s something about the removal of old blood that actually causes rejuvenation.” “We know that Alzheimer’s is really caused by inflammation and lack of ability to detoxify the brain… so that’s causing more and more inflammation.” “In animals, we have pretty good science that this is causing less neuroinflammation, in muscles it looks like there’s going to be more stem cells, more regeneration in the liver.” “Inflammation seems to be a key driver of aging.” “If you change the base at which these cells are living in and bring it back down to a more youthful stage, then those cells behave like they’re younger.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Dr. Sanjeev Goel: | |||
| 16 Mar 2023 | The Economic Implications of a Much Longer Life: Andrew Scott | 00:56:15 | |
What are the economic implications of living longer? Why do we need to change the way we are aging? How long will we need to work because of our increased life expectancy? What will retirement look like in the future? What assets should we be investing in? InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products atInsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Science Research Wellness — improve your cellular health. Listeners receive 20% off all products with code AGEIST20 at SRW.co. Andrew J. Scott is a Professor of Economics at London Business School having previously held positions at Oxford University, London School of Economics and Harvard University. His work focuses on the economics of longevity and he is the co-author of The 100-Year Life and The New Long Life. Andrew joins us to discuss the economic implications of living longer, how we need to change the way we are aging, what retirement will look like in the future, the assets that we should be investing in, and more. “What we need to do is to change how we age. We need to age better. Rather than focusing on, ‘Oh, there are more old people,’ I think we need to focus on, actually, given the phenomenal increase in life expectancy that has happened, we need to change how we age.” “We haven’t really expected to reach into those older ages in the past. Of course, there have always been old people but it’s been a minority living to 80 or 90. But if you look at the data today in most rich countries, it’s the majority who will be living to 80 or 90. So, we need to age better and behave differently.” “You’ve got more time ahead of you. Whether you’re 20, 50, or 80, you have more time ahead of you than past 20-year-olds, 50-year-olds, or 80-year-olds. So you have to invest more into your future. You just have a greater incentive to do it.” “The challenge you’ve got with a longer life is how to finance it.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Andrew Scott: | |||
| 22 Mar 2023 | The Future of Aging: Faith Popcorn | 01:08:40 | |
What does the future hold for us as a society? What about age? When are we getting the flying cars that we were promised? How will life stages change in the future? How are things like ChatGPT changing our world? What is a brand in the future? Faith Popcorn, futurist and best-selling author, is renowned for her extraordinary ability to position brands and entire corporations to succeed in the ever-evolving landscape of Tomorrow, with an accuracy rate of over 95% in forecasting everything from technology to nutrition to personal care. Faith joins us to discuss what the future looks like for society, age, life stages, entertainment, work, and more. Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. “I think that age – in the future, the issue will be: How can I live healthily into the future? But also, we haven’t answered some of the questions like: Are you going to still stay married to the same person for 130 years? Unlikely, I think. Are you going to still have the same occupation? Will you have your dream occupation? Will you run out of money?” “Entertainment is going to be very, very important. I know it’s adorable that we go to a movie theater but we can probably watch something that’s on a lens in our eye. We’re going to be able to go to the Metaverse with a lens that’s in our eye.” “There may be time travel before we have a flying car. We may be able to move our molecules through space before we have a flying car. It’s much more efficient.” “If somebody else can do it as well as you can do it, let them do it… And then you can either make it a little better, make it a little different, or do something else that they can’t do.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. | |||
| 30 Mar 2023 | Menopause, HRT, and Breast Cancer: Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz | 00:50:26 | |
What is the connection between HRT and breast cancer? How long can someone safely be on HRT? What does Dr. Suzanne make of the recent menopause movement? Why do we need to keep an open mind when it comes to medical advances? What is Dr. Suzanne seeing in the menopause and aging field that is interesting to her? Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 10% off on all products atInsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz is a doctor, expert, speaker, and advocate for integrative women's health. She has also created a Menopause Bootcamp to de-stigmatize the aging process and help empower women. Dr. Suzanne discusses HRT for menopause, what we need to know about hormones and breast cancer, how the medical field is everchanging and we must keep an open mind, what is interesting her in the menopause and aging field, and more. “This is not a disease; this is a state of being alive. So you have options in terms of how you want to live and age well, whatever that means to you.” “Science is not a religion. It is not a monolith, it is not unchanging and unmoving. That is not what science is. Science is a process of inquiry. Period. End of sentence.” “There’s actually quite a bit of data on the potential health benefits of estrogen specifically in all of us and in breast cancer survivors.” “The vast majority of us who are diagnosed with breast cancer are going to be diagnosed at early stages. The vast majority of those of us diagnosed with breast cancer are going to die of: breast cancer or heart disease? Heart disease!” “The number one tool for healthy aging is lifestyle. That’s always the best. Exercise, movement, getting the blood flowing, staying flexible, mindset – it’s really not rocket science.” “One of the great things as we age, if we have community, we have support, we have tools, is we start to settle more into who we are and start to appreciate that.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz: | |||
| 06 Apr 2023 | Semaglutide, Ozempic, and Weight Loss: Erin Keyes & Anissa Buckley | 01:10:55 | |
What are peptides? What about semaglutide? Are these safe to take for weight loss? How does aging and menopause impact weight gain? What is the importance of lifestyle changes to improve our health? Learn more about B-Untethered and Telegenixx https://b-untethered.com/rule-midlife-jumpstart/. Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 10% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Erin Keyes is the co-founder and CEO of Telegenixx, a company expanding access to personalized regenerative care and peptide- or hormone-based treatment. Anissa Buckley is the founder of B-Untethered, a menopause company integrating science into a results-focused, personalized, specific lifestyle plan just for you. Erin and Anissa join us to discuss peptides, semaglutide, Ozempic, weight gain during the aging process, how we must also address our lifestyle, and more. Erin and Anissa join us to discuss peptides, semaglutide, Ozempic, weight loss during the aging process, how we must also address our lifestyle, and more. Semaglutide itself is a series of amino acids.” “We don’t wake up one day and we’re obese. We slowly but surely throughout the lifespan, through environmental factors, lifestyle factors, genetic factors, etc. can gain weight.” “The average woman over the age of 45, 45% of us are obese; not overweight.” “When you can personalize the care that you’re offering and giving those specific, actionable routes, I do think that it creates this opportunity to carry that forward on their own terms.” “Maybe the Groupon versions of semaglutide are promoting shot only but I would imagine that even they are not. This is a component of a person’s life. It is not the only thing that we hope that they are doing to pursue their own health.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. | |||
| 13 Apr 2023 | Physical and Cognitive Exercise for Better Aging: Kevin Snodgrass and Dr. Joe Nocera | 01:03:38 | |
How does exercise improve physical and cognitive health? Is loss of function a normal part of aging? What is proprioception and how does age impact it? What is dual tasking? What is the importance of improving our balance? Learn more about Vivo and receive a free month: https://momence.com/Vivo/membership/Vivo-Promo-Month-for-Ageist-Members/54570 Science Research Wellness — improve your cellular health. Listeners receive 20% off all products with code AGEIST20 at SRW.co. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 10% off on all products atInsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Kevin Snodgrass is the head trainer at Vivo and Dr. Joe Nocera is an Associate Professor of Neurology. Kevin and Dr. Nocera join us to discuss how exercise positively affects our physical and cognitive health, how Vivo is treating the brain like any other muscle in the body, what dual tasking is, and more. “Walking is almost automatic until we start to age and then it becomes a little more of a challenge and it becomes a little more variable; and if it’s a little more variable it introduces fall risk.” “We know that we can improve the physical functioning profile of pretty much anybody whether they’re in a disease state or they're aging healthily but we can also really impact brain health with exercise.” “Older adults think of loss of function as a normal part of this process and it really isn’t, it shouldn't be… If we think about loss of function as a normal part of the process, we’re kind of giving up. And what I want to do is show people that we can get back a lot of what we lost.” “We have no way to predict who’s going to fall. Our number one predictor of falls is a previous fall and that doesn’t do anyone any good.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. | |||
| 20 Apr 2023 | Bryan Johnson: My Quest for the Optimized Human Body | 01:12:58 | |
How is Bryan Johnson changing the field of longevity through his health optimization protocol? What is Project Blueprint? What are the self destructive behaviors that have become normalized in society? What are the simple health things that everyone should implement in their life? What are some of the skincare protocols that Bryan incorporates? LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 10% off on all products atInsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. Bryan Johnson is the world's most measured human. Johnson sold his company, Braintree Venmo, to PayPal for $800m in 2013. Since then, he's been investing millions to slow and reverse his aging. In 2021, he set a World Record by reducing his epigenetic age by 5.1 years in 7 months. His program Project Blueprint is an endeavor to help people take better care of themselves. Bryan Johnson discusses how he went from physically unwell to where he is today, aging slower than a 10 year old, his current protocol and Project Blueprint, our normalized destructive behaviors, how he “fired” himself for the sake of his health, his skin health routine, the future of technology, and more. “Wouldn’t it be possible for you and I to have an imagination of ourselves if we said ‘Okay, David, what are you and I in 20 years?’ What if we could assume better instead of inevitable decay? How would that change the way we approach life, work with each other, deal with each other, what effect would it have on humanity?” “Could I build an algorithm that would take better care of me than I could myself and could we attach ourselves to the progress curves of technology and science so that you and I can say ‘What do you and I look like in 20 years? We don’t know, but better.’” “I just want an algorithm to take care of my health and wellness, I know my own mind, if I give my own mind the smallest opportunity to make a decision, it’s going to make the wrong decision every single time. I just cannot trust myself, I know this.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Bryan Johnson: | |||
| 27 Apr 2023 | New Solutions for Sleep, Stress, Focus, PTSD & Recovery: Dr. David Rabin | 01:05:35 | |
What is a 3rd generation vibration wearable and how does it impact stress, focus, recovery, and social interactions? How can we track our stress levels? How is Apollo Neuro different from other wearable technologies? Listeners receive $40 off Apollo Neuro: https://apolloneuroscience.pxf.io/c/3793750/892804/12331 Dr. Dave Rabin, MD, PhD, is a neuroscientist, board-certified psychiatrist, health tech entrepreneur & inventor who has been studying the impact of chronic stress in humans for over 15 years. He is the co-founder & chief innovation officer at Apollo Neuroscience, which has developed the first scientifically-validated wearable technology that actively improves sleep, relaxation, focus, and calm, using a novel touch therapy that signals safety to the brain. Dr. Rabin is the executive director of The Board of Medicine & the medical director of the Apollo Clinic. Dr. Rabin joins us to discuss stress, how he is using elements of music and touch as a way to activate the parasympathetic nervous system with his company Apollo Neuro, how Apollo helps sleep, focus, recovery, social interactions, and more. Thank you to our sponsors: InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 10% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. “Stress is everywhere and it will always be there. The question is how do we look at it from the perspective of growth rather than suffering, and if we can look at it from the perspective of growth then we can actually change the outcome of the situation.” “Touch is free; we can apply it to ourselves, we can apply it to each other. It doesn’t require a lot of skill. It does require a positive intention that is a sharing of kindness, affection, human interaction.” “Holding hands, getting a hug, these kinds of sensations are potently activating the parasympathetic nervous system so they dramatically calm the body. And they can do it within seconds without effort by the person receiving the hug or receiving the hand hold.” “We think about stress as sometimes being positive, helping us grow; and sometimes being negative, and hurting our performance and our recovery. “This is really the first of the gen-3 wearables that are wearables that actually change the body. And it’s the first one to use sound in a scientifically validated way to change the body, change the way we feel, and improve our ability to sleep and focus and recover from stress.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. | |||
| 04 May 2023 | Inflam-Aging: Matt Yousefzadeh, PhD | 00:49:50 | |
What is senescence? What about autophagy? What role does caloric restriction play in senescent cells? How does rapamycin impact vaccine efficacy? What do we need to know about fisetin and quercetin? What is the #1 thing that we should avoid to protect our DNA? Thank you to our sponsors: InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 10% off on all products atInsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Matt Yousefzadeh, PhD is an instructor and researcher at Columbia University and specializes in aging, cancer, DNA repair, immunology, senescence, and more. He joins us to discuss inflammaging, senescence, the impact of rapamycin on vaccine efficacy, the #1 thing we should avoid to protect our DNA, and more. “We’re losing our ability to respond to new challenges as we progress through time.” “When they gave the elderly a version of rapamycin and then gave them an annual influenza vaccination, they made 20% more antibodies against influenza, and the immune cells or T cells showed reduced markers of exhaustion.” “If you take old mice, the equivalent of an elderly individual, and then put them on fisetin, just supplemented in the chow, it made them live a little bit longer but it also reduced their senescent cell burden and many markers of pathology in their tissues, or improved some of their physiological function.” “As our bodies age, all our tissues are aging at different times and different rates.” “By and large, the things that we can affect in our everyday life are things like diet and exercise. We also know, too, that chronic stress has been shown to shorten life, social stress has been shown to shorten the lifespan of mice. We even see that social stress can have an impact on our immune function.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Matt & resources mentioned: | |||
| 11 May 2023 | Don’t Outlive Your Money: Kate Beattie | 00:42:57 | |
What happens if you outlive your money? What do we need to know about investments? How can we have peace of mind about our finances? What does retirement look like in the future? What is an annuity? Thank you to our sponsors: LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 10% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. Kate Beattie is a senior retirement income strategist with American Funds and she empowers individuals to understand their finances. She discusses what an annuity is, how to find peace of mind around your finances, how to not outlive your money, and more. “Think of those folks who are approaching retirement and they’ve got that family history of longevity, they’re in excellent health, they’re likely to experience that above average longevity or life expectancy. If they haven’t saved enough to achieve their retirement spending goal but they’re looking to maximize their income, however long that may be, those are excellent candidates for an annuity.” “The connection between peace of mind and secure income or that protected lifetime income was so strong across all investors.” “Our dreams of retiring at 65 might now be 80, in order to make your funds last until 120.” “Write down a list of everybody that you talk to on a weekly basis, now go through and cross out every one of those that are people you work with. Our list gets really small. What is our purpose in that next phase?” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Kate: Disclaimer: The views depicted in this material are for information purposes only and are not necessarily those of Capital Group/American Funds. The views and commentary should not be considered specific advice or recommendations for any individuals. Figures are past results and are not predictive of results in future periods. Investments are not FDIC-insured, nor are they deposits of or guaranteed by a bank or any other entity, so they may lose value. Investors should carefully consider investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. This and other important information is contained in the fund prospectuses and summary prospectuses, which can be obtained from a financial professional and should be read carefully before investing. For current information, visit capitalgroup.com | |||
| 18 May 2023 | Age, Metabolic Health, and Glucose: Kara Collier | 00:59:37 | |
What is metabolic health? What is glucose? What is a continuous glucose monitor? How does stress impact our glucose levels and spikes? Why should we eat protein before carbs? How does time of day impact our metabolism? How does caffeine impact glucose levels? Thank you to our sponsors: InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 10% off on all products atInsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. Kara Collier is the co-founder and VP of Health at Nutrisense, one of America’s fastest-growing wellness-tech startups, where she leads the health team. Kara is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist (LDN), and Certified Nutrition Support Clinician (CNSC) specializing in glucose control and metabolism. Kara joins us to discuss metabolic health, glucose as we age, how stress impacts our glucose spikes, the importance of protein, and more. “Typically what you see in the ICUs actually are complications from lifestyle-related chronic conditions. Something like needing an urgent leg amputation because of uncontrolled diabetes or needing to be put on dialysis because of uncontrolled cardiovascular disease. These were the types of instances I was seeing over and over and that experience led to some frustrations wishing I could help people sooner so they never had to end up there in the first place.” “Just like a car has an engine that interacts with many different components of the car to run it, we have a similar cellular engine and that would be considered metabolic health as a whole.” “It’s not that we never have our glucose move, it’s just that we want to keep it in these healthy ranges and we don’t want to overload those places where glucose can go.” “If somebody is relatively healthy, their metabolic health looks good overall but their fasted glucose level is always high, typically the #1 thing that’s happening is chronic stress.” “With nutrition specifically, the framework we try to teach people is: master the basics, understand the fundamentals that everyone should be doing and then be malleable and empirical. Be willing to be flexible in your approach based off of your own personalized data because we all are unique.” “About the worst thing that you could do for your glucose levels is a liquid form of sugar.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Kara: | |||
| 25 May 2023 | The Religious Take On Longevity: Clayton Crawley | 01:11:17 | |
Should we feel guilty about enjoying life when there is suffering in the world? How does prayer work? How can we be useful to others? Should we enjoy abundance? What is the importance of relationships for our health? How much self-care is appropriate? Thank you to our sponsors: InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 10% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Clayton Crawley, Episcopal priest and EVP, Chief Church Relations Officer at The Church Pension Group joins us to discuss his religious beliefs, how to enjoy life while understanding suffering, how to be useful, longevity, and more. “Part of being a joyful person is to understand that being selfish is actually a path to misery. You can enjoy the best things in life but it’s when you take that enjoyment and hold it tightly, you are committing what in Christianity we would call a sin. You’re being selfish.” “If you give your life away, you will actually save it.” “You can be selfish and have all the money and all the health that you need but you will die because that’s not what it’s about. It is about giving to others, being generous, being joyful. The people that are the most joyful, in my experience, are those who have the most connections.” “What keeps your brain healthy and what makes you happy long-term is having relationships with other people.” “I believe that we are called to live well as long as we live.” “It’s really a gift to be in relationship with other people.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Clayton: | |||
| 01 Jun 2023 | The Art of Living Meets Longevity Science: Dr. Kien Vuu | 00:52:54 | |
What is the default mode network? How does breathwork impact our thinking? What is the power of acts of kindness? What is the art of living? How do we find our purpose? Thank you to our sponsors: LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 10% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Dr. Kien Vuu, concierge performance and longevity physician specializing in human optimization and regenerative medicine, media expert, and author, joins us on the SuperAge podcast to discuss the default mode network, how to live well beyond the science of longevity, finding your purpose, and more. “It’s so important to be aware of the things that trigger us because it might be coming from our past. If we’re not aware of that program that’s running below the surface, we’re going to be making choices from the unconscious conditioned autopilot mode of the brain.” “The energy of love, of healing, of laughter can spread across a community just as fast as fear, resentment, hate, so energy can ripple across.” “How we treat each other, how we treat strangers, that is actually medicine as well and just as powerful.” “How we choose to show up in every single moment of our life is medicine. That’s the art of living.” “We come into this world with this authentic love vibration of just who we are as kids, that’s who we are authentically, so the things that naturally bring joy to us, the things that light us up, the things that make us feel good, those things are programmed in our DNA. Purpose is really just us to exist as us.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Dr. Kien Vuu: | |||
| 08 Jun 2023 | A Preventative Approach to Aging: Dr. Jennifer Wagner | 01:10:27 | |
Dr. Jennifer Wagner is trained as a pediatric anesthesiologist and spent most of her career at Stanford. Then, 2 years ago, she made the decision to shift and leave clinical practice and move to the mountains with her family, and became the Chief Medical Officer at Liminal Collective. Thank you to our sponsors: LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 10% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Science Research Wellness — improve your cellular health. Listeners receive 20% off all products with code AGEIST20 at SRW.co. Dr. Wagner discusses how she is taking a 40-year preventative approach to her aging, the poor quality of life of a doctor, why she stepped back from that lifestyle, Liminal Collective, how she is teaching women to optimize their lives through her new project “Prosper,” performance, and more. “I used to drive home from Stanford and sit in my garage and cry before I went in to take care of my two kids under 4. I was so stressed from work and then walk in and have to be a mom in a split second after working a 12-hour day.” “The pandemic really took a toll on women, having to balance careers and kids at home, so there was a huge exit of women out of the workplace that still hasn’t recovered.” “Is everything optimal? Is waiting until I have a significant risk factor, is that really the right time to start prevention? To me, I said no.” “I am super fortunate my parents are still alive but I’ve watched them age and I would prefer to age differently. They’re doing okay but they’re not the way I want to be at 78. That really sparked looking into how I can optimize myself now so that every ten years my risk factors stay zero.” “Keeping people out of the hospital, keeping people healthy, and keeping people off medication is not financially lucrative for a lot of industries which is unfortunate but it’s the bottom line.” “We get so busy. You can spend your entire day from the moment you wake up to the moment you go to bed trying to live a longer life but there also can just be moments of joy, slowing down, looking up. We get in such a hurry all the time but smiling, saying hello to someone on a trail, and appreciating what’s around us has significant health benefits.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Dr. Jennifer Wagner: | |||
| 15 Jun 2023 | Omega-3s for Your Brain and the Planet: Isaac Berzin, PhD | 00:59:46 | |
We need omega-3s, but what is the bioavailability difference between algae-based omega-3s and fish oil? What are EPA and DHA? What is the connection between omega-3s and mood? How is algae more sustainable than fish oil? Thank you to our sponsors: Ned Mellö Magnesium — essential supplement to improve sleep, reduce stress, increase energy, and more. Use code “AGEIST” for 15% off at helloned.com/AGEIST Isaac Berzin is a scientist and entrepreneur in the field of sustainable microalgae. He currently serves as the founder and CTO of Vaxa — developing sustainable algae-based feed and food ingredients. The company's production facility is located in Iceland, integrated with one of the world's largest geothermal power production facilities. Isaac joins us to discuss everything we need to know about algae, the issues with fish oil, sustainability, and what is next for his company, Vaxa. “If you look at the composition of fish oil today, it’s not a clean source.” “You can consume ⅓ of algae omega-3s, compared to fish oil, and still get the same benefit.” “The human body reacts to your diet; it’s not going to produce the same model enzymes if you have this kind of meal or that kind of meal.” “I don’t believe that if you’re doing the right thing, you have to suffer.” “Do you know any plant that has 70% protein? Even meat I don’t think has 70% protein. So, algae is a super, superfood.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Isaac: | |||
| 22 Jun 2023 | Improving Circulation, Hormonal Function, and Metabolic Responses: Steven Munatones | 01:10:40 | |
Why must we focus on maintaining muscle mass into later years? What is blood flow restriction training? What is vascular tissue? How does vascular tissue interact with muscle building? How does Kaatsu improve circulation and vascularity? How can older individuals benefit from products like Kaatsu? Thank you to our sponsors: Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. Steven Munatones is the co-founder and CEO of Kaatsu. Steven has started several companies and with his company, Kaatsu, he is currently enabling people from wounded warriors and paraplegics to Olympic and professional athletes to rehabilitate more quickly, effectively and conveniently, and to enable older, sedentary individuals improve their blood circulation and muscle tone. “We use these bands as a catalyst to create an engorgement of blood in the limbs and that is the kickstarter to a variety of hormonal and metabolic responses in the body.” “Our oldest user is 104 years old, we have another user who is 95. They just want to continue a quality of life, they want to be able to open up a jar, they want to be able to wash their hair easily, and they want to sweep around their house. Just to handle these things they need to maintain their muscle mass.” “With older people, it’s also a very critical thing that we are standing, sitting, standing, sitting, standing, sitting to teach them that when you might trip, the last thing we want is for them to fall and break a bone. If they can catch themselves, maybe they don’t break their bone. Maybe they catch themselves and they’re able to not have to go to the ER.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Steven: | |||
| 29 Jun 2023 | The Journey to Brain Health, An Athlete’s Guide to Post-Career Wellness: Jeff Byers | 00:57:43 | |
What is the importance of recovery for overall health? Why do we have to be extra diligent and consistent with our health as we age? What are sub-concussive events? What are the benefits of creatine for brain health? What do we need to know about taking omega-3s? Thank you to our sponsors: Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. Jeff Byers, co-founder and CEO of Momentous and former NFL lineman, discusses his NFL career, his approach to physical and cognitive recovery, brain health, creatine and omega-3 supplementation, and more. “Everything you do has a purpose and a reason and if it doesn’t relate back to what you are really trying to accomplish, it’s noise and therefore you exit out of it.” “As an athlete, you’re willing to sacrifice a lot to be great and you make decisions that are not good for you in the long term to be great at something.” “Being an offensive lineman is not good for cognitive health… but for that period of time, it’s what I chose to do.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Jeff: | |||
| 06 Jul 2023 | The Sleep Doctor’s Guide to a Restful Life: Dr. Michael Breus | 00:57:58 | |
Dr. Michael Breus, the internationally renowned “Sleep Doctor” joins us to discuss achieving optimal sleep, the side effects of poor sleep habits, and how little changes can often be the first dominoes that lead to life-changing improvement. Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. Ned Mellö Magnesium — essential supplement to improve sleep, reduce stress, increase energy, and more. Use code “AGEIST” for 15% off at helloned.com/AGEIST InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 10% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Synopsis: | |||
| 11 Jul 2023 | Rethinking Fitness: The Overlooked Significance of Stability and Balance | 00:31:29 | |
Rethinking Fitness: The Overlooked Significance of Stability and Balance As we age, the risk of injuries from falls increases alarmingly, making stability and balance crucial for our overall health. This episode sheds light on these important elements of fitness and emphasizes how their role goes beyond the traditional gym routine. Thank you to our sponsors: InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 10% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. SRW Labs – Science Research Wellness — improve your cellular health. Listeners receive 20% off all products with code AGEIST20 at SRW.co. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. Quotes “Doing things like playing tennis, playing pickleball, all of these things require an element of stability, and one of the things to keep in mind is that a lot of our physical faculties are going to decay pretty much no matter what we do. So we need to keep them at the peak level for as long as we can.” “Then we have balance, and balance is a critical part of stability, but it's not the same thing as stability.”
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| 19 Jul 2023 | 60 is My Power Decade: Julia Linn on Aging and Wellness | 01:15:24 | |
Is it ever too late to meet your personal health goals? It took positivity and determination for athlete and women’s empowerment coach Julia Linn, otherwise known as @dolphinine to overcome diabetes, a double organ transplant, and cardiac bypass surgery. In fact, since she embarked on her fitness journey at age 62, she has found great power and joy in taking full authorship over her health. This week, we peel back the layers of wellness, and dive deep into mindset. My conversation with Julia explores her experiences with the toxic cultures of diet exercise sectors, the peril of fast fixes, and the value of steady, measured progress, and self-care. We hear personal stories on how menopause led her to experiment with varied foods and eventually find the balance that works best for her body. This further demonstrates the importance of self-responsibility in health and nutrition choices. Join us as we navigate personal growth, health journeys, and fitness–drawing inspiration from others to lead healthier, happier, and longer lives! And for those wondering, the answer is "no it is never too late to meet your health goals!" Be sure to check out Julia’s new book: My Power Decade: A Story of Mindset, Weight Loss, Muscle Gain, and Reclaiming Health After Age Sixty
InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 10% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. Connect with Julia Linn | |||
| 26 Jul 2023 | Fear vs Capability - Kristin Weitzel | 01:03:45 | |
Description We cover the power of new experiences, neuroplasticity, and the wonder of cold exposure. Next, we break down the science behind these practices, discussing how they can improve health, extend our lifespan, and increase our performance. We also look into a few differences between men and women when it comes to fasting, cold plunges, and overall mindset towards aging and health. Sponsors InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 10% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% of your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. Ned’s Mellö Magnesium — essential supplement to improve sleep, reduce stress, increase energy, and more. Use code “AGEIST” for 15% off at helloned.com/AGEIST Connect with Kristin Weitzel Visit ageist.com for a full transcription | |||
| 03 Aug 2023 | New Insights on Medical Science and Longevity: Dr. Michael Roizen | 01:11:42 | |
Today we host Dr. Mike Roizen, emeritus chief wellness officer at the Cleveland Clinic and bestselling author. His new app, the Longevity Playbook, is changing the game by democratizing health knowledge. Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist.
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| 09 Aug 2023 | Breaking the Habit of Perfection: Navigating Midlife with Tamsen Fadal | 00:57:05 | |
What if the key to a healthier, more satisfying midlife isn't about adhering to perfection, but rather learning to create, navigate and break habits? This serves as the foundation of today's conversation with Tamsen Fadal. Tamsen is, among many things, a TV journalist, author, women’s health advocate, and good friend of the AGEIST team.
Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Science Research Wellness — improve your cellular health. Listeners receive 20% off all products with code AGEIST20 at SRW.co. Key Moments “If I find myself doing something I’m not proud of, I tell myself: that's not who I am. I'm doing this thing, but it's not who I am.” “With modern social media we've never been so overexposed to everybody else's life and everyone else's everything, so I think that puts a lot more pressure on us, right?” “There’s an interesting interplay between habit and accomplishment in the long term and the short term. I often overestimate what can happen in the short term and I really underestimate what can happen in the long term. It is always fantastic to look back a few months or even years and see how far things have come.” Connect with Tamsen | |||
| 15 Aug 2023 | Decoding the Complexities of Plastic Surgery: Dr. Carolyn Chang | 00:58:09 | |
Today, we have an informative chat with the celebrated plastic surgeon Dr. Carolyn Chang, from San Francisco, who shares her insights and thoughts about the societal consequences, moral implications, and realities of aesthetic improvement. We know this can be a hot-button topic for our AGEIST community, so not only do we discuss the pros and cons of aesthetic procedures, but we also get Dr. Chang's inside opinion on operations, and hear why some of her clients make this choice. From the risks associated with Cool Sculpting to the effectiveness of tummy tucks for people over 70 to the psychological and emotional aspects of plastic surgery, highlighting that it is more than just a vanity-driven choice. Join us for this conversation and let us know your thoughts on plastic surgery; I would love to field questions and comments in next week's show. Email me: david@weareageist.com Thank you to our sponsors: Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products atInsideTracker.com/AGEIST. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. Key Moments: “It is surgery. It's not something you want to take lightly.” “What I really enjoy in plastic surgery is the immediacy of the outcome and the joy that it gives people. It's a pretty simple thing. If you feel good about yourself, life changes.” “So many more people get orthodontia as children, they don't really think about it quite the same way; but it is the same. You can see how good [Invisalign] made you feel. That's what's going on with plastic surgery.” “Patients that I have are normal people. They're your neighbors, they're your brothers, they're your sisters, and they really just wanna fix something that bugs them.” Get in touch with Dr. Chang | |||
| 23 Aug 2023 | Reframing Money, Work, and Retirement with Michael Finke | 01:02:18 | |
There is a science to retirement, and if we do it with purpose it can turn out very well. Ever wonder how to make the most of your money, work, and time as you age? There is data out there about this and we will dive into it. Today we talk with professor Michael Finke about finding the happy medium between these three, the meaning of money and the impact of work. Michael Finke, Ph.D. is a Professor of wealth management and Frank M. Engle Distinguished Chair in Economic Security at The American College of Financial Services and an expert on all things related money, retirement satisfaction and the psychology of retirement. Knowing that various 'asset classes' like relationships, health, and intellectual curiosity can provide both immediate and long-term rewards, we explore opportunities to balance finances while still pursuing these other joy-forward assets. We also talk about the struggle of transitioning from a saving to a spending mindset in retirement - and where people often go wrong-which involves the limbic system of the brain and how it conflicts with our pre-frontal cortex. Thank you to our sponsors: Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. Key Moments: “It's the spending of the money on the right kind of things that make you happy.” “And in retirement, money facilitates. It's an avenue towards activities that actually do make you happy.” “People feel differently about spending money from savings than they do spending money from income… Well, people spend more when they have $35,000 of income versus having $500,000 in savings. That's an example of how using your money the right way can actually help you get more satisfaction.”
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| 27 Aug 2023 | The Power of Resilience: Overcoming Adversity with Dr. Sharon Bannister | 00:52:14 | |
What if the key to navigating life's unanticipated storms lies not just in physical strength, but in the resilience of the mind? Dr. Sharon Bannister is a retired Air Force Major General who's spent her career harnessing the power of resilience. Drawing parallels between military and civilian life, our conversation delves into the necessity of adaptability, mental strength, and the art of preparing for the worst-case scenario.
“To me, one of the interesting aspects about the military is this idea of adaptability. We can sort of control how we think and how we prepare, but we need to be adaptable to circumstances. In that line of work you never know what's going to happen, right?” “I think that it would be easy to sit in your house and worry, and worry, and worry. I think that it's a lot more productive to get out and go do something a little bit different to keep you moving.” | |||
| 05 Sep 2023 | Long Term Health: Connecting the Dots with Dr. Mike Wagner | 01:06:01 | |
This week, we dive in with Dr. Mike Wagner, a Stanford-trained anesthesiologist, to examine the balance between longevity and health practices. Dr. Wagner provides insight into the vast and evolving landscape of health, blending the science with his personal and practical commitment to healthspan, as we explore the intersection of medicine and age. Dr. Wagner shares his perspective on living the most enjoyable and healthy life. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. “The best drug you can have is exercise, and so I try to stay fit with both aerobic and strength resistance training because I think both are important. You know, as you get older, one of the major causes of death is falling, certainly over the age of 65.” “When it comes to healthspan and longevity, we're probably never going to have great randomized placebo-controlled studies because simply nobody's going to pay for that and it would take way too long to start people at 50 and then follow them for 40 or 50 years to see who lives longer; that would be hard.” “I started statin when I was 35, I'm 49 now, just because I had a strong family history of heart disease and that was most likely going to be the thing that would kill me later in life.” “I take statins because there are hundreds of different randomized placebo-controlled, well done studies that show a direct correlation: the lower you get your LDL, the less likely you are to have a cardiac event. You know, what we call MACE, or a major adverse cardiac event. So the lower you go the better.” | |||
| 13 Sep 2023 | Supplements, Nutrients, and Psychedelics For Sleep, Focus, and Connection with Dr. Scott Sherr | 01:06:42 | |
Dr. Scott Sherr has been a frequent guest and audience favorite with his information-dense guest appearances on The SuperAge Show. This week we speak about new information on some of the brain chemical influences on depression, sleep, and anxiety- specifically the overlooked neurotransmitter GABA. We review the symptoms of GABA dysregulation and the methods for correcting it. Dr Sherr is a clinician, meaning he sees patients and comes at the issues from a more nuanced point of view than pure researchers sometimes do. In the middle of the episode, Dr Scott brings up a surprisingly simple zero risk trick to increase sleep effectiveness. Toward the end of the conversation, David asks about how to increase concentration and focus, and we get into the practical usage of nicotine, methyl blue, and low-dose psychedelics. Thank you to our sponsors: SRW Labs – Science Research Wellness — improve your cellular health. Listeners receive 20% off all products with code AGEIST20 at SRW.co. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Ned Mellö Magnesium — essential supplement to improve sleep, reduce stress, increase energy, and more. Use code “AGEIST” for 15% off at helloned.com/AGEIST Key Moments “So when I do analysis with patients, I'm usually looking at a gamut of labs and what I found over the last several years is that GABA is a big problem, and it's not GABA itself that you're typically looking at, but you're actually looking at some of the amino acids and some of the cofactors that are typically deficient in these kinds of patients that are having symptoms like that are very much correlated with GABA deficiency, and some of those are symptoms that all of us have gone through in our life. From a mental health perspective, we know GABA deficiency is associated with anxiety, with fear, with depression, with short temper, with phobias, with impulsiveness, with disorganization, and addiction.” “The problem with GABA as a supplement is that it's a very big molecule and it doesn't cross the blood brain barrier very easily at all. There are only a couple of different ways to get GABA through. One of them is using something called nicotinoyl GABA or vitamin B3 attached to a GABA” “Cava is a GABA agonist so it helps increase the amount of GABA that binds. It doesn't bind to that GABA site itself, it binds to a separate site a little further away, but it helps with increasing the amount of GABA that's going to bind and you're going to have that feeling of feeling like you've had a couple beers, kind of thing. But the nice thing about cava is it doesn't bind with the same affinity and it also binds to other receptors that help increase wakefulness.” “The first part of this conversation is that nicotine is a fantastic cognitive enhancer. It's very short acting. It's about one to two hours and if you don't smoke it or vape it, keep it very low, and dose less than four milligrams a day. The chance of addiction is minutely small, minuscule. So it's very, very powerful and very quick, and so for people that are looking to feel more of a cognitive edge. They can actually just have some nicotine on its own and it will do that.“ Connect with Dr. Sherr | |||
| 19 Sep 2023 | Lasers, Microneedles, and Age Specific Skincare with Dr. Kelly Stankiewicz | 00:51:45 | |
We are back this week with Dr. Kelly Stankiewicz, our favorite Dermatologist. Dr. Kelly is at the forefront of her field, specializing in laser skin treatments that combat the effects of aging and can even create a youthful glow–if that is your jam. In addition to discussing the latest and greatest in dermatology, we also break down the four core pillars of a sound skincare routine: cleanse, exfoliate, nourish, and protect. Lastly, I ask Dr. Kelly to give us some context around Jimmy Buffett’s tragic passing in terms of the skin cancer that he battled and what we can all do to protect ourselves. Want personalized SuperAger tips? Check out the all-new SuperAge Quiz! Thank you to our sponsors: Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. “So people, when they hear that someone has died of skin cancer they get very concerned because skin cancer is quite common. The type that Jimmy Buffett had is very, very rare. So all of my patients who've had multiple basal cell carcinomas and squamous cell carcinomas, which don't typically metastasize, are, you know, kind of up in arms because they don't really understand the difference.” “When you're doing fractional resurfacing, you're decreasing your risk for skin cancer probably (or at least according to this one study) by about two times or maybe a little bit more.” | |||
| 27 Sep 2023 | New Research: Smell Can Improve Brain Function with Fabrice Croisé and Dr. Michael Leon | 00:45:46 | |
Today we have Phd professor and researcher Michael Leon on the show alongside perfume entrepreneur and founder of Scents of Wood, Fabrice Croisé. In July, Prof Leon published a study which identified a link between olfactory stimulation and memory improvement. Participants in the enriched group’s memories improved by 226%. Michael also discusses how regular exposure to varied scents (think 40 per day) can actually combat the effects of dementia. Join us to learn about this fascinating connection and what you can do to take advantage of this new knowledge. Thank you to our sponsors: Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. Ned Mellö Magnesium — essential supplement to improve sleep, reduce stress, increase energy, and more. Use code “AGEIST” for 15% off at helloned.com/AGEIST Key Moments “We gave humans different odors on a regular basis, and over the course of six months, they too had a massive improvement in their memory 226% better than a similar group of older adults who didn't get this kind of olfactory enrichment” “When you look at sommeliers and perfumers, the memory parts of their brains have expanded significantly. So it's not just that they're experiencing a nice odor, it's that it's actually changing the memory centers of their brain.” “I'm fascinated. I mean I've never, of the many, many, many things that I've heard about about smelling and fragrances and scent over the past 30 years of my career, I've never heard this and it's obviously not the angle that we usually take when we create a fragrance, but it is incredibly fascinating.” Get in Touch with Dr. Michael Leon: Get in Touch with Fabrice Croisé | |||
| 02 Oct 2023 | The Arrival of A Revolutionary Brain Test with Elli Kaplan | 00:44:17 | |
This week, we welcome Elli Kaplan, co-founder of Neurotrack onto the show. Her company is dedicated to the detection and management of cognitive health. Elli and I chat all about the difference between cognition and IQ exams, highlighting the importance of tests like hers in identifying temporary or long-term cognitive changes ranging from overmedication to age-related mental decline. Bonus: we kick the episode off with AGEIST’s infamous Tinder origin story. What kind of SuperAger are you? Take our quiz today and find out! Thank you to our sponsors: DIVI – Take back control of your hair and scalp health, and do it with Divi's clean, science-backed ingredients. Listeners get 20% off your first Divi order at diviofficial.com/AGEIST or enter code "AGEIST" at checkout. InsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. LMNT – our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. Key Moments “This is not an IQ test, this is a cognitive function test and everybody should want to understand how their brain is functioning and if there are issues that you could then fix–and that may be. As you point out, it may be that someone is on too many medications that are conflicting with each other. It may also be that they are eating fried food seven days a week, are not sleeping, and never exercise.” “You know, historically we haven't had good drugs for, or even good supplements, from a treatment perspective, for cognitive issues. I think that is also starting to change, at least on the lifestyle side. We know that there's a tremendous number of things that you can do to help your brain function.” Get in Touch with Elli Kaplan: | |||
| 10 Oct 2023 | Discovering A Chronic Pain Reset with Dr. Afton Hasset | 00:46:00 | |
Is chronic pain just a function of our brains? If so, how do we change our perception of pain? Today, we speak with licensed clinical psychiatrist and pain researcher Dr. Afton Hasset. Throughout her career, Afton has delved into the connections between the brain, chronic pain, physical activity, and emotion. She remains at the forefront of her field, and in our conversation she shares several of her favorite takeaways from her most recent book with us. Those of us intimately familiar with chronic pain know just how severely it can impact quality of life and happiness. With that in mind, join us to learn new, game-changing pain management strategies and therapies. What kind of SuperAger are you? Take our quiz today and find out! Visit ageist.com/quiz – Dr. Afton is a Fox! Thank you to our sponsors: Ned Mellö Magnesium — essential supplement to improve sleep, reduce stress, increase energy, and more. Use code “AGEIST” for 15% off at helloned.com/AGEIST
“What we see in chronic pain is that the default mode network is talking way too much to another network called the salience network, which is a network that says, hey, pay attention, this is really something big, watch out. And so these two networks are over connected. And so what we look for sometimes in interventions is does the treatment actually start disentangling these two networks?” “So when we define pain, pain is a sensory, it's an emotional and it's a cognitive, for it's a thought derived process. Pain exists because there is this awareness of it. So when people are anesthetized, you don't feel pain.” About Dr. Afton Hasset: Chronic Pain Reset: 30 Days of Activities, Practices, and Skills to Help You Thrive | |||
| 17 Oct 2023 | Surgery Recovery Techniques: What Worked For Me At Age 64 with David Stewart | 00:38:42 | |
This week, David breaks down the ins and outs of his recent knee surgery–from dealing with insurance, to what to ask your surgeon, to the best strategies for choosing a physical therapist. Today, at 7 weeks post-op, he has almost fully returned to physical activity with the help of intensive physical therapy, regular hyperbaric oxygen therapy sessions, a clean diet, and more. Listen in to hear about how recovery modalities align with protein intake, catabolic vs metabolic states, Katsu therapy, vitamin D, along with additional top-level insights. Thank you to our sponsors:
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| 25 Oct 2023 | Long Term Knee Health: Staying Nimble and Mobile with Orthopedist Dr. Alan Reznik | 00:56:37 | |
This week, we are joined by Alan Reznik, MD.MBA FAAOS, an extremely accomplished orthopedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine who literally wrote the book on knee and shoulder health. Pulling from his work: The Knee and Shoulder Handbook, Dr. Reznik shares his expertise surrounding joint surgery, treatment protocols, long-term care, and more with us– breaking complex concepts down to make them accessible for all of us. For David, this was a great opportunity to get more insight into a surgeon’s thought process and key tips to help speed up his recovery What kind of SuperAger are you? Take our quiz today and find out! Thank you to our sponsors: Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% of your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. “The knee is very smart. It does two things when it's mad, it makes fluid, or it hurts, or both. In fact, all of your joints are always making a little bit of fluid. When there’s a lot of fluid in the knee, something's typically wrong. That's a tip, if my knees are very swollen, something is off.”
“Once you put a metal plate and a plastic liner on the bone, it will wear at a certain rate. Now the newer materials are very, very good and they wear very slowly. The older materials wore much faster. If you don't have a super active lifestyle, you're not a marathon runner and you put it in, it could be good for 20 or 25 years.” Connect with Dr. Reznik | |||
| 01 Nov 2023 | Democratizing Wellness with Dr. Rich Joseph | 01:05:47 | |
This week, we chat with Dr. Rich Joseph, the Chief Medical Officer at Restore Hyper Wellness, founder of vim Medicine, and co-founder of Vital CxNs. David made ample use of the Restore facilities during his recovery from knee surgery, and we like how their business helps to make treatments like hyperbaric oxygen therapy, red light therapy, IV drips, and others accessible to the public. During our conversation, Rich shares his view on the literature supporting up-and-coming therapy treatments, the importance of challenging oneself at any age, biomarkers, and his nonprofit work with underserved populations in Boston. What kind of SuperAger are you? Take our quiz today and find out! Visit: ageist.com/quiz Thank you to our sponsors: DIVI – Take back control of your hair and scalp health, and do it with Divi's clean, science-backed ingredients. Listeners get 20% off your first Divi order at diviofficial.com/AGEIST or enter code "AGEIST" at checkout. “This stuff is nuanced and we hope that people who really take their health seriously also have the responsibility of helping to advance the data and dig into the science.” “How do you push the body into stress right in a way that's adaptive for the body? And that's what cold therapy does, it's what heat therapy does. This is sort of “perturbing” our homeostasis so that the body becomes more adaptive over time, and is able to better regulate itself.” “Entropy is working on us all the time and so you have to push back against that and that's uncomfortable. That means welcoming and inviting discomfort into your life and to your day and that, to your point, is sort of against everything that we're sold right now and what we're taught to believe is best.” Get in Touch with Dr. Joseph | |||
| 08 Nov 2023 | Age-Proofing Your Brain: Insights from Dr. Marc Milstein | 00:51:37 | |
What are the actions we can take to maintain our long-term brain health? This week, we discuss this and more with Dr. Marc Milstein, author of The Age-Proof Brain. It turns out that even small behavioral changes, such as eating less processed foods and regularly challenging yourself with activities like playing an instrument will support overall brain fitness and neuroplasticity. Furthermore, Dr. Marc also breaks down the surprising link between gut and brain health. What kind of SuperAger are you? Take our quiz today and find out! Visit: ageist.com/quiz Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. InsideTracker – the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. | |||
| 15 Nov 2023 | Defining the Hero: Reflections on Responsibility, Community, and Compassion with Author Chris McDougall | 00:56:32 | |
This week, we host Chris McDougall, runner, reporter, and author of Born to Run, on the show to discuss his wide-ranging life experience. His concept of the hero is that they are responsible for others, that we humans are designed to be cooperative, that we are at our best when we are thoughtful and caring. In it all, it is important that we seek out fun. From learning from Mexico’s Rarámuri ultrarunners, to training a mistreated donkey to join him in competing in the 29-mile Pack Burro race in the Rockies, Chris’ life has been anything but average. Now living on Oahu, Hawaii, the 61 year-old continues to push himself to uncover stories, pick up new hobbies, and reflect on how his past informs his present day outlook on health, wellness, and keys to longevity. Connect with Chris | |||
| 22 Nov 2023 | Kaatsu: A Japanese Technique to Effortlessly Gain Muscle and Improve Your Heart | 01:04:42 | |
Is it possible to build muscle without lifting weights? Can we tone our facial muscles? Is it possible to improve our cardiovascular system with almost no effort? Today, we sit down with former USA swim coach and Kaatsu CEO Steven Munatones. He tells us all about his decades-long journey of discovery and tutelage under Dr. Yoshiaki Sato in Tokyo, wherein he studied the myriad benefits of Japanese Kaatsu bands and developed a plan to introduce this technology to the world. Huge amounts of research out of Japan are showing that one can maintain strength and vitality as they age, improve overall vascular function, rehabilitate injuries all with zero risk of injury. What kind of SuperAger are you? Check the SuperAge Quiz and find out! (visit: ageist.com/quiz) Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. Key Moments “Fundamentally, what's happening is a bit of hypoxia or lack of oxygen in the muscle. If you do movement as simple as bicep curls. It could be stretching, it can be walking, whatever you want to do that leads to that uncomfortable feeling you have when you work out. That lactate sends a signal through your central nervous system up to your brain. And then the brain thinks that you are doing something very vigorous, something very intense. And when the brain receives that signal again, the brain does not know if you're lifting heavy weight or you're just doing BFR. So it reacts as it naturally does and produces growth hormones amongst other metabolites, which flow through our vascular system and promote muscle growth” “The Japanese found that when you engorged the limbs and blood and you do slight movement, this is the most effective way to trigger those signals up to the brain and then release a variety of hormones.” | |||
| 28 Nov 2023 | The Everyday Performance Mindset with Dr. Lauren Loberg | 00:58:12 | |
We are very excited to have sports and performance psychologist Dr. Lauren Loberg on the show this week to ruminate on the intersection of everyday life and this idea of a “performance mindset.” Everyone wants to do their best, and using insights from working with the world’s top athletes (think: NFL stars and pro skiers like Mikaela Shiffrin), Dr. Loberg shares her tips on how we can implement high performance mental strategies into our daily lives. Together, we discuss anxiety, flow state, and the value of mental preparedness. | |||
| 06 Dec 2023 | Using AI to Change the Face of Longevity with Greg Macpherson | 01:52:38 | |
In this show, we learn that incredibly high powered AI is now being used in human nutraceutical research, specially targeting the 9 hallmarks of aging. Our guest Greg Macpherson, CEO of SRW Labs in New Zealand, joins us this week to share all about how automated labs are making unprecedented progress in identifying and creating compounds that may solve human longevity. By automating many of the tedious testing and refinement processes, AI labs are able to work with extreme efficiency, which translates to bringing meaningful longevity products to the public with extraordinary speed. We are very excited to learn about this from Greg, and to hear that we could be expecting to see some new targeted products hitting the market by summer 2024. Thanks to our sponsors: “There are animals out there that live for 200 years like the bowhead whale. They are mammals just like us, so there's no reason that we can't learn from whatever genetic hacks that they've got which mean that they live longer. And then, of course, the Greenland shark lives for 500 years. So these are animals. We can learn from them, and once we do, then all bets are off as to what kind of longevity we're going to see. “Of course it's not the longevity that we think of today. We're going to be talking about bodies aged 30 to 40 and having those bodies for 200 years, which is a little outside a frame of reference right now. But future humans are going to go ‘golly, those poor people back then who only got to live for 80 years and only 40 years in good health.’” “In 3-5 years, there will be a product to slow or stop the aging clock” “You know, unfortunately, sugar is cheap and it's tasty and it's nice and we all love it. So there's just a huge industry around it, but it's not serving us well, and now we understand that, just like we went through taxing tobacco, maybe we've got to do the same just to nudge the population away from it and educate people how bad it is for us.” | |||
| 13 Dec 2023 | The Evolving Role of Hypnosis in Healthcare with Dr. David Spiegel | 00:49:59 | |
In this week’s episode of SuperAge, Dr. David Spiegel, who, after receiving a PhD in medicine from Harvard, went on to become a renowned expert in hypnosis, dissociative disorder, PTSD, as well as a Stanford professor. He has also authored many books over the course of his 40-year career, including Living Beyond Limits: A New Hope and Help For Facing Life-Threatening Illness. In our conversation, Dr. Spiegel shares his insights on harnessing the power of the mind for healing and wellness. Drawing from experience, Dr. Spiegel discusses the significant impact of hypnosis in managing pain, stress, and anxiety, especially in cancer patients. He illustrates how self-hypnosis can be a vital tool for emotional and physical wellbeing and provides fascinating stories about its effectiveness. This episode offers a unique perspective on research-backed alternative healing methods, emphasizing the untapped potential of the human mind in health and recovery. | |||
| 20 Dec 2023 | Conquering Anxiety and Embracing Success with James Whittaker | 00:44:28 | |
This week, we host James Whittaker, entrepreneur and bestselling author of Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy and Andrew Carnegie’s Mental Dynamite. James turned his struggle with anxiety into a journey of self-discovery and success. James highlights his 'WIN method' - Wonder, Intent, Nurture - as a framework for purposeful living and defining success on a personal basis. Emphasizing self-awareness and resilience, James aligns perfectly with SuperAge’s vision of meaningful growth. | |||
| 03 Jan 2024 | Habits Over Fads: Embracing Long-Term Health and Fitness with David Stewart | 00:32:11 | |
This week, we discuss the importance of setting realistic and sustainable goals. If we can form positive, long-term habits rather than resorting to extreme, short-term “resolutions,” we can get more healthy every day. Reflecting on previous goals, David shares personal anecdotes and lessons learned. Why not take a gradual approach to fitness and nutrition that aligns with one's lifestyle and capabilities? The episode is a blend of practical advice and motivational insights aimed at fostering a healthier, more self-aware approach to personal growth and well-being. | |||
| 10 Jan 2024 | The Future of Wellness: Innovative Diagnostics and Treatments Unveiled | 01:52:38 | |
Our first guest of 2024 is Dr. Darshan Shah, a surgeon, longevity expert, and founder of Next Health. In their conversion, David and Dr. Shah take a snapshot of today’s ever-changing health optimization and longevity landscape.The two discuss new diagnostic tools like executive physicals and AI-enabled heart scans, highlighting the power of early detection in combating conditions like Alzheimer’s, heart disease, and cancer. David also takes the opportunity to learn all about up-and-coming treatments like gene therapy from an expert. Dr. Shah also shares his personal journey from surgery to functional medicine, emphasizing the importance of looking beyond traditional Western healthcare to prevent chronic diseases. Key Moments | |||
| 17 Jan 2024 | A Midlife Journey of Health and Strength with Denise Kirtley | 00:55:53 | |
In this week's SuperAge podcast, we delve into Denise Kirtley's vital midlife transformation from overweight and pre-diabetic, to empowered and strong. Denise shares her journey of overcoming common misconceptions about fitness and weight loss in midlife, emphasizing the importance of a tailored approach to nutrition and exercise. She discusses how setting personal goals and dreams played a crucial role in moving beyond societal expectations. Denise also highlights the oft-overlooked impact of physical strength on mental well-being and confidence, inspiring others in similar life stages. The conversation is a testament to the power of self-care and the potential for transformation at any age. | |||