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:How animals (and humans) become obese The difference between fructose and glucoseHow fructose directly impacts weight gain  What we should avoid eatingHow much water we should drink Timestamps:00:00:00 Welcome to the SuperAge podcast00:03:40 Thank you to our sponsor InsideTracker00:05:42 Introducing Dr. Richard Johnson00:06:01 About Dr. Johnson’s book, “Nature Wants Us to be Fat” 00:08:16 How animals gain fat for survival00:10:00 The impact of eating fructose 00:18:36 How fat and fructose interact00:29:38 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”Say hi to the AGEIST team!

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: How wearable trackers worksHow wearable trackers provide highly personalized data to improve your healthThe different sleep cyclesHow sleep and rest help performance What the future holds for wearable trackersTimestamps: 00:00:00 Welcome to the podcast00:00:32 David’s plant based diet experiment 00:01:43 Introduction to wearable health trackers00:08:16 Thank you for InsideTracker for sponsoring this episode00:09:17 Introducing Caroline Kryder00:09:40 How Oura Ring measures sleep and how much of each sleep stage we should get00:16:16 How Oura Ring works00:17:27 Heart Rate Variability (HRV) 101 00:23:01 The power of rest00:25:28 Novel uses of Oura Ring00:35:28 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:https://ouraring.comSay hi to the AGEIST team!

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:- Why you must be your own health advocate- How certain events can dramatically change the trajectory of our lives- Why a plant-forward diet may be beneficial at lessening our chances of certain cancers- How to create a workout plan from 0Timestamps:00:00:00 Introducing the podcast & InsideTracker sponsor00:04:06 Introducing Samantha Harris00:05:01 Growing up backstage at Rock & Roll shows in Minnesota00:06:00 Moving to LA and getting into entertainment news00:08:08 Samantha’s cancer experience & diagnosis00:16:35 Samantha’s deep dive into breast cancer research & lifestyle factors00:21:00 What Samantha eats now & cautions of a meat-heavy diet00:28:03 Samantha’s weekly fitness routine00:33:00 Breathwork 00:37:41 Samantha’s “Your Healthiest Healthy” community “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:Website: https://samantha-harris.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/samanthaharristv/ “Your Healthiest Healthy” book: https://samantha-harris.com/yhh/ Your Healthiest Healthy Community: https://yourhealthiesthealthy.com Say hi to the AGEIST team!

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.Thank you to our sponsor InsideTracker. Listeners get 20% off + FREE InnerAge here: http://InsideTracker.com/ageistConnect with Dr. Kien Vuu:Website - https://kienvuu.comInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/kienvuuMD/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/kienvuuMDLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kienvuumd Join Dr. Vuu’s Thrive State Accelerator: https://kienvuu.com/accelerator/ Use code “podcast25” for 25% off! Test to take to determine growth hormone deficiency: IGF1Peptides mentioned by Dr. Kien Vuu: BPC157 - healing peptide Selank - cognitive Semax - cognitive PT141 - sexual healthTB500 - healing peptide, angiogenesis in the body Epitalon - longevity, DNA repairKisspeptin - increase testosterone in male bodies How to find an anti-aging or functional medicine physician: The International Society of Functional Medicine https://www.ifm.org American Academy of Anti Aging Medicine https://www.a4m.com Say hi to the AGEIST team!

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.” Thank you to our sponsor InsideTracker. Listeners get 20% off + FREE InnerAge here: http://InsideTracker.com/ageistListen 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/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/thedermatologyhouse/Say hi to the AGEIST team!

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:- How to optimize your skin without any injectables- The lifestyle habits that improve the look of our skin- The power of injectables- When surgery is a good option for someone- What society gets wrong about plastic surgery“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:Website - https://laradevganmd.comInstagram - https://instagram.com/laradevganmdSkincare Brand - https://drlaradevgan.comSay hi to the AGEIST team!

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 Say hi to the AGEIST team!

How can we shift our mindset from “What’s going wrong?” to “What’s going right?”? How can self-care become damaging to ourselves and our relationships? What is the importance of connection with others? Why is being mediocre at something new a good thing for us? How can we use imagination and play to create a more fulfilling life? Dr. Samantha Boardman, a New York based positive psychiatrist, is committed to fixing what’s wrong and building what’s strong. Historically, psychiatry has focused on the diagnosis of disease and the treatment of individuals with mental illness. Positive Psychiatry takes a more expansive approach, focusing on the promotion of wellbeing and the creation of health.  Dr. Boardman received a B.A. from Harvard University, an M.D. from Cornell University Medical College, and completed a 4-year residency program in Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College. Now, she is a practicing positive psychiatrist, author, and published in a variety of scientific journals. She joins us on the podcast to share how to let go of the binary bias that things are either going good or they’re going bad, the importance of our relationships, why learning something new is a positive thing, how to get back to our more childlike, playful self, and more. What you will learn in this episode: How to reframe your mindset to a more positive oneThe importance of connection and friendship outside of your romantic relationshipThe power of being playful and imaginativeThe benefit of learning something new and being mediocre at it“We have this binary bias: things are either good or they’re bad. But how can we hold both together? I do think it’s possible for us to look for the strengths within our challenges. What are we learning here? Where are we finding some purpose? How are we connecting with other people? How are we adding value in some way?"“As children, we’re trying this all the time. But as an adult, you do contract a bit, life gets narrower, and we’re much more afraid to try things that are new.” “We can actually think more clearly and use our imagination much more effectively sometimes when we think through the lens of someone else.” Thank you to our sponsor InsideTracker. Listeners get 20% off + FREE InnerAge here: http://InsideTracker.com/ageistListen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Dr. Samantha Boardman: Website: https://positiveprescription.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/drsamanthaboardman/“Everyday Vitality”: https://positiveprescription.com/book#book Say hi to the AGEIST team!

Many of us believe that what limits us are our external circumstances. However, we are often internally self-limited. When we push back on our limiting beliefs, we are capable of any and everything. Wendy Perrotti, co-founder of Camp Reinvention, and David Stewart, founder of AGEIST, discuss these self-limiting beliefs and the possibilities that follow when we stop believing in them, where the attitude of fragility comes from when society is looking at someone in midlife and beyond, the importance of feeling useful, why we must search for our purpose rather than our passion, and much more. What you will learn in this episode:- Why we hold self-limiting beliefs, how to let go of them, and the possibilities that follow- Why society views us as fragile- Why we must continue to feel useful and helpful to others- Why we need to look for our purpose, not our passion“The burden that most people feel is ‘What if?’ “I’ve never seen anyone who truly succeeds forward. Every success is almost like an ending point. We fail forward. It’s everything that you try and fail and try and twerk and play with and experiment with that actually moves you forward to those successes that are like bam! Did that, check it off the list, and then we fail forward again.” “All of those little things that you have lived through, that you have triumphed over, that you have merely survived, if you notice them for the win of it rather than for the pain of it, my god, by the time you hit our age, we feel completely invincible!” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you stream your pods. Connect with Wendy Perrotti:https://www.campreinvention.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/wendy-perrotti/Say hi to the AGEIST team!

Want to improve your health and boost energy? Align your life with your chronotype and body type to better understand when to fast, exercise, and sleep. If we aren’t getting adequate sleep, a lot of physical and mental problems can follow from the obvious symptoms like fatigue and brain fog to more serious things like increased risk of dementia. What is an adequate amount of deep and REM sleep? What are the minimum and maximum amount of sleep we need each night? What should we do if we wake up in the middle of the night? What’s the deal with intermittent fasting and sleep? Should we take melatonin? We have had Dr. Michael Breus, The Sleep Doctor, on the SuperAge podcast twice and now he returns for a third time to answer these questions and more. What you will learn in this episode:- How our body types and sleep chronotypes can inform what sleep schedule we would thrive on- Why it is so important to have a consistent sleep and wake routine- The minimum amount of hours we need to sleep each night to function properly- How much sleep is too much sleep- What to do if you wake up in the middle of the night- Melatonin’s role in sleep- The importance of vitamin D“When you wake up in the morning at a consistent time, let’s say it’s 6:15, when the sunlight hits your eyeball, you have special cells in your eyeball called melanopsin cells. These turn off the melatonin faucet in your brain which allows you to kind of clear the brain fog and wake up. The more consistent you are with it, the more your body can expect when to turn off the melatonin faucet. When it turns off the faucet in your head, it sets a timer for roughly 15 hours later to start melatonin.” “You would actually be considered drunk behind the wheel if you get less than 5 1/2 hours just from a reaction time standpoint.”“Sleep is a lot like love: the less you look for it, the more it shows up.” “If there are folks out there who do like to get up around daybreak, there’s actually data to suggest that watching the sunrise, is very healthy for your circadian rhythms and very good for your eyeballs.” Thank you to our sponsor InsideTracker. Listeners get 20% off + FREE InnerAge here: http://InsideTracker.com/ageistListen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Dr. Michael Breus:Website - https://thesleepdoctor.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thesleepdoctor/ Dr. Breus’ book “Energize!: Go from Dragging Ass to Kicking It in 30 Days”:  https://www.amazon.com/Energize-Dragging-Ass-Kicking-Days/dp/0316707023 Say hi to the AGEIST team!