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| Ashley Selman: Muscle and Strength After 50 | 03 Oct 2024 | 00:49:47 | |
Want to build muscle and avoid injury at all costs? Blood flow restriction (BFR) training is a powerful, yet low-impact method that helps build strength, muscle, and bone density without the risks associated with heavy lifting. Professional trainer and former athlete Ashley Selman joins us to explain how this tool is especially beneficial for women over 40, helping to combat muscle loss and maintain independence. She dives into real-world examples, including how BFR helped her regain strength after hip surgery, and why it's quickly becoming her go-to training tool for clients. Listeners will gain practical strategies for incorporating BFR into their routines to achieve better results with less stress on the body. | |||
| Dr. Stacy Sims: The Workout Mistake Women Make | 26 Sep 2024 | 00:53:54 | |
Do you know the crucial differences in how women and men should approach fitness and aging? This week, women’s health expert Dr. Stacy Sims breaks down the impact of hormonal changes, explaining why women 40+ need to shift their workout routines to see real results. The keys here are high-intensity training and strength-building for women’s long-term health. Dr. Sims explains how to tailor exercises to avoid common mistakes and shares practical strategies to optimize your fitness, no matter your age or stage in life. | |||
| The Hidden Power of Emotional Regulation: Expert Tips with Dr. Richard Louis Miller | 25 Jul 2024 | 00:50:51 | |
Today on the SuperAge podcast, we are joined by Dr. Richard Louis Miller, a pioneer in the field of psychedelic medicine and psychotherapy. Dr. Miller discusses practical techniques for controlling your mind and emotional self-regulation, emphasizing the importance of these skills for mental well-being. He also shares his unique insights on the use of psychedelics for treating end-of-life anxiety, depression, and fear, highlighting his extensive experience and research. Lastly, Dr. Miller introduces his innovative free video series, providing effective therapy tools to the public. 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 Dr. Richard Louis Miller | |||
| How Our Thoughts Change Our DNA: Dr. Kien Vuu | 19 Oct 2022 | 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: | |||
| How Increased Lifespan Impacts Our Financial Planning: Fanci Worthington | 13 Oct 2022 | 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. | |||
| How to Live to Over 110 & Be Healthy: Dr. Michael Roizen | 05 Oct 2022 | 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 | |||
| The Power of Vulnerability: Greg Scheinman | 29 Sep 2022 | 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. | |||
| What Is Rapamycin & Why Are People Taking It?: Ross Pelton | 22 Sep 2022 | 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. | |||
| The Critical Importance of Nitric Oxide and How to Get More of It: Dr. Nathan Bryan | 14 Sep 2022 | 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%. | |||
| Cold Exposure Therapy Is Highly Beneficial: Jono James | 08 Sep 2022 | 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: | |||
| The Future of Personalized Health Is Here Today: Dr. Momo Vuyisich | 31 Aug 2022 | 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: | |||
| How to Take Care of Your Mind: Dr. Richard Davidson | 24 Aug 2022 | 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: | |||
| How We Hear and How to Improve Hearing: Dr. Cliff Olson | 17 Aug 2022 | 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. | |||
| Peak Performance for Life with Steven Kotler | 17 Jul 2024 | 01:13:05 | |
This week on the SuperAge podcast, we sit down with Steven Kotler, renowned author and expert on flow states and peak performance aging. Steven shares his groundbreaking insights on how flow can significantly improve our quality of life and even extend our longevity. We discuss the practical applications of flow in everyday life and its potential to mitigate mental health challenges like depression and anxiety. Steven also highlights how maintaining the right mindset and engaging in challenging, creative, and social activities can add years to our lives. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. "Everything we thought we knew about aging is wrong." "Flow underpins happiness, well-being, and overall life satisfaction." "The right mindset around aging can add seven and a half years to your life." | |||
| How the Body Changes During Menopause and What You Can Do About It: Anissa Buckley | 11 Aug 2022 | 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: | |||
| Improved Brain Function From Movement and Functional Neurology: Dr. David Hardy | 04 Aug 2022 | 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: | |||
| Mouth Breathing Is Ruining Your Health: Patrick McKeown | 27 Jul 2022 | 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: | |||
| Fructose’s Effect on the Brain: Dr. Richard Johnson | 20 Jul 2022 | 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: | |||
| Big Bad Blood Pressure – You Can Fix This: Dr. Robert Todd Hurst | 14 Jul 2022 | 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: | |||
| Brain Health and Mood: The Importance of the Right Omega-3s: Corinna Bellizzi | 06 Jul 2022 | 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: | |||
| Solutions for Financial Wellness: Jacqueline Catala | 29 Jun 2022 | 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: | |||
| Why You Need to Start Using the Sauna Now: David Stewart | 22 Jun 2022 | 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. | |||
| The Art of Running at Any Age: David Richman | 15 Jun 2022 | 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: | |||
| Effective New Techniques of Health Optimization: Dr. Scott Sherr | 08 Jun 2022 | 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: | |||
| Secrets to Grief Recovery with David Kessler | 11 Jul 2024 | 00:47:28 | |
This week, we welcome David Kessler, a renowned grief expert and author of several influential books on loss, including "Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief." David shares his profound insights on the process of grief, emphasizing that true healing comes from finding meaning after a loss. He discusses the concept of "spiritual bypass" and the necessity of experiencing pain to uncover deeper meaning and growth. Additionally, David highlights the importance of community and connection in navigating grief, offering practical advice on how to support oneself and others through the journey of loss. Key Moments
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| Changing Our Behaviors to Prevent Disease: Dr. Robert Todd Hurst | 01 Jun 2022 | 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: | |||
| Human Connection: Caroline Ingeborn | 25 May 2022 | 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 | |||
| Why Do Marriages End?: Mark Goulston | 18 May 2022 | 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: | |||
| Creating Personalized Nutrition to End the Diseases of Aging: Naveen Jain | 11 May 2022 | 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. | |||
| How to Travel and Be Well: David Stewart | 04 May 2022 | 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. | |||
| Take Control of Your Life Over 50: Michael Clinton | 27 Apr 2022 | 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: | |||
| All About Pickleball: Tim Ringgold | 19 Apr 2022 | 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: | |||
| Everything You Need to Know About CBD: Chris Hetherington | 13 Apr 2022 | 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 | |||
| Being Powerfully Fit, Full of Play, Joy, and Strength: Julia Linn | 06 Apr 2022 | 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: | |||
| The Transformative Power of Rest: Sara Mednick, PhD | 30 Mar 2022 | 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 | |||
| Eating to Reduce Inflammation with Dr. William Li | 03 Jul 2024 | 00:52:37 | |
This week on the SuperAge podcast, vascular biologist Dr. William Li joins us Dr. Li emphasizes the importance of specific foods that support vascular health, including brassica vegetables, green tea, and nuts. We discuss the critical role of blood vessels in overall health. He shares insights into how our circulatory system impacts major diseases such as heart disease, cancer, and dementia. He also addresses the role of inflammation and offers practical dietary advice to maintain optimal health. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST.
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| Hot or Not - Are These Things Really Worth the Hype?: Tamsen Fadal and David Get Real About Fads. | 23 Mar 2022 | 01:01:06 | |
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| This Is Why We SuperAge: David Stewart | 16 Mar 2022 | 00:15:53 | |
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| Complete Cancer Cell Removal Without Chemo: We Are All Unique and This Is What Worked for Me: Meagan O’Leary | 09 Mar 2022 | 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: | |||
| Health, Work and Age in the Metaverse: Bradley Schurman | 02 Mar 2022 | 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: | |||
| Ketamine for Depression, PTSD, & Anxiety: Dr. Rachel Allen | 23 Feb 2022 | 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! | |||
| Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Longevity, Brain Health, & Post-Cancer Therapy: Dr. Scott Sherr | 15 Feb 2022 | 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. | |||
| Fructose Makes You Fat: Richard Johnson, M.D. | 08 Feb 2022 | 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” | |||
| Self-Knowledge and The Wearable Tracker: Caroline Kryder, Of Oura Ring Explains | 01 Feb 2022 | 00:40:42 | |
What are the benefits of wearable trackers and how do they work? What is heart rate variability (HRV)? How do trackers understand when we’re in light sleep, deep sleep, or REM sleep? What is the optimal time spent for each sleep cycle? What does the future for wearable trackers look like? Wearable trackers take the guesswork out of our health. Instead of going off of a feeling, you can now get personalized data on what’s really going on; that’s why we are such big fans of trackers. Caroline Kryder, the Science Communications Lead at Oura Ring, joins us on the podcast to share all about wearables trackers from how they work to how we can use them to optimize our health. What you will learn in this episode:
Timestamps: 00:00:00 Welcome to the podcast 00:00:32 David’s plant based diet experiment 00:01:43 Introduction to wearable health trackers 00:08:16 Thank you for InsideTracker for sponsoring this episode 00:09:17 Introducing Caroline Kryder 00:09:40 How Oura Ring measures sleep and how much of each sleep stage we should get 00:16:16 How Oura Ring works 00:17:27 Heart Rate Variability (HRV) 101 00:23:01 The power of rest 00:25:28 Novel uses of Oura Ring 00:35:28 The future of Oura Ring "You don't get to self-care until you get to self-knowledge." “REM sleep is really focused on restoring the mind and deep sleep is really focused on restoring your body.” “We’re used to using soreness as an indicator of an effective workout because that’s the only thing that you could feel. If you felt like you’d been hit by a bus, it was probably working. When in fact, there’s some training that you shouldn’t actually feel any muscle soreness.” 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. Connect with Caroline Kryder: https://www.linkedin.com/in/caroline-kryder/ Oura Ring: | |||
| Your Healthiest Healthy: Samantha Harris | 25 Jan 2022 | 00:41:00 | |
Emmy-winning TV host, author, certified health coach & trainer Samantha Harris was stopped in her tracks when she received a breast cancer diagnosis. When she was just about to turn 40, she found a lump in her breast which doctors assured her was nothing. After months and multiple doctors later, Samantha had the lump removed and it turned out it was indeed breast cancer. This event caused a profound change in the trajectory of Samantha’s personal life, how she takes care of herself, and her career. Now, she is a cancer survivor and thriver whose passion is helping others. Samantha shares her professional and health journeys, her fitness routine, her plant-forward diet, and how she has created and is guiding a community to their “Healthier Healthy”. What you will learn in this episode: Timestamps: “We have to be our own best health advocates. We know our bodies better than anyone else, or, if we don’t, we need to take control of our health and start to learn our bodies.” “Of the 1 in 8 women who will receive an invasive breast cancer diagnosis at some point in her life, only 5-10% are genetic. And that baffled me. That’s when I put the journalism hat on, I started all the research, I dug in deep, and I learned it really is what we put in, on, and around our bodies that turn on or off certain dormant cancer cells or genes.” “Just start. If it’s 5 minutes once a week because that’s all you can do because you’re starting from zero, that’s okay. That is absolutely okay.” 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. Connect with Samantha Harris: | |||
| Peptides - The Future of Medicine: Kien Vuu, MD | 19 Jan 2022 | 00:40:33 | |
What are peptides and what are the benefits? What are some of the cautions? How are peptides administered? How can I find a doctor who is trained in anti-aging or functional medicine? Dr. Kien Vuu has joined us on the SuperAge podcast twice before to share his knowledge on Regenerative and Anti-Aging medicine and today he joins us to dive into the topic of peptides, of which he is an expert. Peptides can help with performance, sexual health, skin health, hormone balance, gut health, immunity, and more. How? Dr. Vuu explains the lofty subject of peptides in an approachable way. He discusses the many benefits of incorporating peptides into our routines lets us know where to start. “A lot of the protein function as well as the peptide function decrease with age.” “There is detriment when you try to push yourself too much. And as a physician in the anti-aging space, you have to kind of judge what is safe for the patient and what is not.” “It is the habits we have that dictate whether we have optimal health and the performance we want, or we are in a stress state.” “There are a lot of black market peptides going on right now so be aware of them.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Dr. Kien Vuu: Join Dr. Vuu’s Thrive State Accelerator: https://kienvuu.com/accelerator/ Test to take to determine growth hormone deficiency: IGF1 How to find an anti-aging or functional medicine physician: | |||
| The Inspiring Story of a White House Doctor Turned Widow with Dr. Connie Mariano | 27 Jun 2024 | 00:37:35 | |
This week, we are honored to have Dr. Connie Mariano on the SuperAge podcast. Dr. Mariano shares her incredible journey from serving as the White House physician to the loss of her husband, and becoming an advocate for other widows. She discusses the profound impact of personal loss and the strength found in community and self-reflection. Dr. Mariano also highlights her efforts in organizing support retreats for widows and the importance of maintaining health and resilience during tough times. | |||
| Cosmetic Dermatology Confidential: Dr. Kelly Stankiewicz | 11 Jan 2022 | 00:57:47 | |
Power your health in 2022, increase your health span, and surround yourself with a supportive team of like-minded high performers. Learn more about and apply for our transformative How to Super Age: Mastermind Seminar and Group here: https://www.weareageist.com/how-to-super-age-a-mastermind-seminar-and-group-ii/ Is botox a toxin? What is the purpose of fillers? What does CoolSculpting do and what should we be aware of before doing it? What do we need to know about lasers? What are the cautions for doing more invasive facial resurfacing treatments? What new skincare treatments are on the horizon? What should we do every day for better skin? In what order should we apply our skincare? Kelly Stankiewicz, MD, FAAD is a board-certified dermatologist with a passion for all things skin. After graduating from medical school at Indiana University School of Medicine in 2006, Dr. Stankiewicz completed her dermatology residency at the Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in 2010 and a clinical fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and the Wellman Center for Photomedicine in lasers and cosmetic dermatology in 2011. She joins the SuperAge podcast to help us understand the world of dermatology. What should we be doing and what shouldn’t we be doing? Dr. Stankiewicz recommends everyone to check in with a trusted doctor or esthetician to decide on your skin goals and needs. Categories of topical products that Dr. Stankiewicz recommends incorporating: daily sunscreen, antioxidants, exfoliants (retin-A, glycolic acid, etc.), growth/rejuvenating serums (peptides, smart molecules, etc.). “Number 1: sunscreen. If there’s nothing else that you do, you must stay out of the sun. I hope everybody knows that by now.” “The cosmeceutical industry is huge. And anybody can sell anything.” “I would recommend to everybody to have a doctor or an esthetician who they truly trust to lead them in the right direction.” “I find that overdoing it can make you look old. Too much plastic surgery, too much filler, makes you look old. When you’re chasing minor imperfections, that's when you can overdo it.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Dr. Kelly Stankiewicz: Website - https://thedermatologyhouse.com/meet-dr-kelly-stankiewicz/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thedermatologyhouse/ | |||
| Are Injectables the Future of Plastic Surgery?: Dr. Lara Devgan | 05 Jan 2022 | 00:55:36 | |
How can we optimize our skin without injectables? When are injectables a good idea? What about surgery? What lifestyle habits improve the way we look? What products should we use for hydration, texture, hyperpigmentation, or fine lines? Dr. Lara Devgan is a board-certified, Yale-educated, Johns Hopkins Medical School-instructed, and Columbia/ New York Presbyterian Hospital-trained plastic & reconstructive surgeon. Her special interests are cosmetic surgery of the face and body, and reconstructive surgery for breast cancer, skin cancer, and facial injuries. She joins us on the podcast to discuss the different options for aesthetic enhancement from skincare to injectables to surgery. What you will learn: “One of the best things that you can do for your own self esteem and for your own facial beauty is to allow certain flaws to continue to exist.” “I would never want to create in the world this idea that anybody who is not interested in plastic surgery needs plastic surgery. I think the whole goal of plastic surgery as a field is to give people safe, medically appropriate options. Not to create the need to adhere to a certain kind of body image.” “Why is it so impossible to consider that you can be a person of substance who also cares about how they present to the world?” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Dr. Lara Devgan: | |||
| Being Deep, Light, and Mindful: The Unflappable Alex von Bidder | 22 Dec 2021 | 01:04:57 | |
Alex von Bidder is a yogi, meditation practitioner, and happens to have run one of the most famous restaurants in the world for over 40 years: The Four Seasons in New York City. He joins us to discuss how one can keep their head in a hurricane of chaos, being bribed for a table at the restaurant with stacks of cash, not having a table for Jackie O, immigrating to the US from Switzerland, and conquering his fears. Alex was our first podcast guest and he has such a fascinating story that we felt inclined to run his episode again. What you will learn in this episode: ⁃What the high-end restaurant industry is like ⁃What it was like for Alex to immigrate to the US ⁃How to conquer your fears to stay young ⁃The mission of “The Mankind Project” ⁃What one can learn about themselves through yoga and how it can help your mind ⁃What lucid dreaming is “I always want to explore my fears. I always thought if I’m afraid of something, I at least have to get to know what the fear is about.” “When you look around in your daily life, there are a lot of people that are seemingly alive physically but they are dead in their minds or in their emotions. The minute you put yourself in a situation where you actually have to worry about your life, you are alive. You are awake. That’s a really good experience and very important to cultivate that on some level.” “Most people as they get older, whatever scares them, they try to avoid. And when you do that your life shrinks.” “Frequent yoga practice really affects someone’s mind in a good way. You learn a lot about yourself and you learn a lot about your mind.” “When I fall in life, when I make mistakes, when my business closed, I just get up again.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. The Mankind Project: http://mankindproject.org | |||