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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.

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Key Moments:
"Blood flow restriction training helps you build muscle, boost growth hormone, and stay strong without trashing your joints."

"I tell my clients, BFR is the closest thing to a miracle tool for fitness, especially for aging bodies."

"In just four months, one client who struggled to lose weight for years lost 22 pounds using BFR."

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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.

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Key Quotes:
"Women don't age in a linear fashion like men do. Hormonal changes hit much earlier and more dramatically."

"For women over 40, lifting heavy isn't optional—it’s essential for maintaining lean mass and bone density."

"Women are already metabolically flexible. High-intensity is where the real gains are."

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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.

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“The mind generates ideas. For example, most of us think we are subject to those ideas that we don't have any choice about because the mind is generating them. But that is not the case. The reality is the mind is one of our tools. We are the boss of the mind. We get to tell the mind what to think on its own.”

“Conscious breathing means taking conscious control of the breathing. In the same way that we talked about taking conscious control of the mind as a tool, we are now going to the breathing apparatus.”

“We are born, we live a life and we die. The best thing that we can do is celebrate the very fact that we got to be here, life in and of itself is worthy of celebration.”

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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?

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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.”

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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? 

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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.” 

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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.

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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? 

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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.” 

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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? 

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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.” 

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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? 

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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.” 

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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.

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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.” 

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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? 

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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.” 

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