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