Understanding Biological Age

Episode Highlights With Hannah Went

• What biological age is and how we measure it
• Understanding cellular-based aging 
• How we measure biological age
• Sprint speed and grip strength can be really loose indicators of biological age
• Understanding epigenetic biomarker proxies and how to pull levers to improve your biological age
• How biological age is closely tied to all-cause mortality 
• The biggest factors that affect biological age negatively or positively 
• Not surprisingly, smoking and alcohol consumption are negative factors for biological age
• Diet, physical activity, sleep, and stress make a big impact on biological age
• How caloric restriction comes into play for aging 
• Pregnancy and menopause effects on aging 
• Epigenetic transgenerational inheritance and how this affects our kids
• How sunlight affects biological age (and it might not be what you think)
• Spending time in green space and in nature has a positive effect on biological age and even IQ
• Being lonely is worse than smoking according to research from Harvard
• How relationships and community improve biological age

Resources We Mention

• TruDiagnostic (this link and code wellnessmama gives a discount)
• Hand Grip Strength Tester