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Mar 30, 2023 • 50min

Menopause, HRT, and Breast Cancer: Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz

What is the connection between HRT and breast cancer? How long can someone safely be on HRT? What does Dr. Suzanne make of the recent menopause movement? Why do we need to keep an open mind when it comes to medical advances? What is Dr. Suzanne seeing in the menopause and aging field that is interesting to her? Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 10% off on all products atInsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz is a doctor, expert, speaker, and advocate for integrative women's health. She has also created a Menopause Bootcamp to de-stigmatize the aging process and help empower women. Dr. Suzanne discusses HRT for menopause, what we need to know about hormones and breast cancer, how the medical field is everchanging and we must keep an open mind, what is interesting her in the menopause and aging field, and more. “This is not a disease; this is a state of being alive. So you have options in terms of how you want to live and age well, whatever that means to you.” “Science is not a religion. It is not a monolith, it is not unchanging and unmoving. That is not what science is. Science is a process of inquiry. Period. End of sentence.”“There’s actually quite a bit of data on the potential health benefits of estrogen specifically in all of us and in breast cancer survivors.” “The vast majority of us who are diagnosed with breast cancer are going to be diagnosed at early stages. The vast majority of those of us diagnosed with breast cancer are going to die of: breast cancer or heart disease? Heart disease!” “The number one tool for healthy aging is lifestyle. That’s always the best. Exercise, movement, getting the blood flowing, staying flexible, mindset – it’s really not rocket science.”“One of the great things as we age, if we have community, we have support, we have tools, is we start to settle more into who we are and start to appreciate that.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Dr. Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz:WebsiteInstagramTwitterFacebookLinkedInYouTubeSay hi to the AGEIST team!
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Mar 22, 2023 • 1h 9min

The Future of Aging: Faith Popcorn

What does the future hold for us as a society? What about age? When are we getting the flying cars that we were promised? How will life stages change in the future? How are things like ChatGPT changing our world? What is a brand in the future? Faith Popcorn, futurist and best-selling author, is renowned for her extraordinary ability to position brands and entire corporations to succeed in the ever-evolving landscape of Tomorrow, with an accuracy rate of over 95% in forecasting everything from technology to nutrition to personal care. Faith joins us to discuss what the future looks like for society, age, life stages, entertainment, work, and more. Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.“I think that age – in the future, the issue will be: How can I live healthily into the future? But also, we haven’t answered some of the questions like: Are you going to still stay married to the same person for 130 years? Unlikely, I think. Are you going to still have the same occupation? Will you have your dream occupation? Will you run out of money?”“Entertainment is going to be very, very important. I know it’s adorable that we go to a movie theater but we can probably watch something that’s on a lens in our eye. We’re going to be able to go to the Metaverse with a lens that’s in our eye.” “There may be time travel before we have a flying car. We may be able to move our molecules through space before we have a flying car. It’s much more efficient.” “If somebody else can do it as well as you can do it, let them do it… And then you can either make it a little better, make it a little different, or do something else that they can’t do.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Faith Popcorn:WebsiteInstagramFacebookSay hi to the AGEIST team!
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Mar 16, 2023 • 56min

The Economic Implications of a Much Longer Life: Andrew Scott

What are the economic implications of living longer? Why do we need to change the way we are aging? How long will we need to work because of our increased life expectancy? What will retirement look like in the future? What assets should we be investing in? InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products atInsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Science Research Wellness — improve your cellular health. Listeners receive 20% off all products with code AGEIST20 at SRW.co. Andrew J. Scott is a Professor of Economics at London Business School having previously held positions at Oxford University, London School of Economics and Harvard University. His work focuses on the economics of longevity and he is the co-author of The 100-Year Life and The New Long Life.Andrew joins us to discuss the economic implications of living longer, how we need to change the way we are aging, what retirement will look like in the future, the assets that we should be investing in, and more. “What we need to do is to change how we age. We need to age better. Rather than focusing on, ‘Oh, there are more old people,’ I think we need to focus on, actually, given the phenomenal increase in life expectancy that has happened, we need to change how we age.”“We haven’t really expected to reach into those older ages in the past. Of course, there have always been old people but it’s been a minority living to 80 or 90. But if you look at the data today in most rich countries, it’s the majority who will be living to 80 or 90. So, we need to age better and behave differently.” “You’ve got more time ahead of you. Whether you’re 20, 50, or 80, you have more time ahead of you than past 20-year-olds, 50-year-olds, or 80-year-olds. So you have to invest more into your future. You just have a greater incentive to do it.” “The challenge you’ve got with a longer life is how to finance it.”Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Andrew Scott:WebsiteLinkedInBooks: The 100-Year Life & The New Long LifeSay hi to the AGEIST team!
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Mar 9, 2023 • 59min

Alzheimer’s Remission and Therapeutic Plasma Exchange: Dr. Sanjeev Goel

What is therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE)? How does TPE impact brain health? How does inflammation drive aging? What is cell senescence? Are people who donate blood healthier? How frequently does someone need to do TPE? What are the risks? Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist.LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Dr. Sanjeev Goel, physician and founder of Peak Human, is passionate ​about taking a holistic approach to wellness through Integrative and Regenerative Medicine. He advocates a healthy lifestyle centered around plant-based diet, focused physical activity, and enhancing mental resilience. Dr. Goel joins us to discuss therapeutic plasma exchange, regenerative medicine, longevity, and more. “There’s something about young blood that potentially causes rejuvenation or there’s something about the removal of old blood that actually causes rejuvenation.” “We know that Alzheimer’s is really caused by inflammation and lack of ability to detoxify the brain… so that’s causing more and more inflammation.” “In animals, we have pretty good science that this is causing less neuroinflammation, in muscles it looks like there’s going to be more stem cells, more regeneration in the liver.”“Inflammation seems to be a key driver of aging.” “If you change the base at which these cells are living in and bring it back down to a more youthful stage, then those cells behave like they’re younger.”Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Dr. Sanjeev Goel:LinkedInPeak Human WebsiteEmail: drgoel@peakhuman.ca Say hi to the AGEIST team!
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Mar 2, 2023 • 1h 21min

Age and Circadian Rhythm: Satchin Panda, PhD

What is our circadian rhythm and how does it impact our health? What time should we eat, exercise, and sleep? How does caffeine impact our circadian rhythm? What time of day does the brain work best? How does traveling impact our circadian rhythm? How are age and circadian rhythms connected? What are the five tips that can help us improve our circadian rhythm? How does the ICU impact circadian rhythms? Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Dr. Satchin Panda is a professor at The Salk Institute and author of the book The Circadian Code: Lose Weight, Supercharge Your Energy, and Transform Your Health from Morning to Midnight. He joins us to discuss circadian rhythm, what time we should eat, exercise, work, and sleep, how age impacts circadian rhythms, and more. “Circadian rhythm is essentially the master plan that is already written into our DNA in every cell and if we follow this timetable then we can live a few years longer.” “We are designed to eat more carbohydrates in the first half of the day, not in the second half of our day or late into the night.”“Our bodies are programmed with this timetable and we just have to follow it.”  “For people who are trying to control their blood pressure, who are trying to control their blood sugar with exercise, afternoon exercise tends to be more effective in reducing blood pressure and also controlling blood glucose much better than the identical exercise done in the morning.”“Caffeine has a huge impact on sleep.”“As we age, our circadian rhythm dampens; so that means our body actually doesn’t have the right timing cue for when to do what.”“Try to go to bed at a habitual, fixed time and then stay in bed for at least 8 hours because when you stay in bed for 8 hours then you get at least 7 hours of restorative sleep.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Dr. Satchin Panda:TwitterInstagramBookSay hi to the AGEIST team!
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Feb 22, 2023 • 1h 17min

Muscular Skeletal Longevity: Dr. Vonda Wright

How do hormones impact the muscular-skeletal system? How can we treat hormone imbalance for both men and women? Why do women need to lift heavy weights? What do we need to know about glucose? What order should we eat our foods in to prevent glucose spikes? Why might HIIT not be good to do daily? What does it mean to be a peak performer? Science Research Wellness — improve your cellular health. Listeners receive 20% off all products with code AGEIST20 at SRW.co. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products atInsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Dr. Vonda Wright, double board-certified orthopedic sports medicine surgeon specializing in shoulder, hip, and knee arthroscopy for athletes and active people of all ages, joins us to discuss the importance of mobility, why women and men must lift heavy weights for optimal health, how to be a peak performer, and more. “My life’s work has been really dispelling the myth that aging is an inevitable decline from the vitality of youth down some slippery slope to frailty and dispelling the myth that there’s nothing we can do about it.” “Why do I get up and go to work? It’s because I know that by saving mobility, whether I save your knee, whether I make your shoulder not hurt, any of the things we do, by saving your mobility I’m actually saving you from the ravages of chronic disease.” “What people don’t realize, because we’re talking mostly about hot flashes, and brain fog, and sleep disturbances, is that the muscular-skeletal effects of losing your estrogen are profound and permanent.” “80% of all women in midlife, as their hormones fluctuate, have muscular-skeletal pain and 25% have such severe pain it’s disabling.”“When people fall down — usually in the 70s, both men and women — and break their hip, 50% of men and women do not return to pre-fall function and 30% of men die.” “There is clear data that lifting heavy is what will maintain your power and as we age that’s what we need.”“I find that being in a state of peak performance is having the faith to believe that we can do something that we cannot see.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods.Connect with Vonda:WebsiteInstagramLinkedIn TwitterEmail: vonda@vondawright.comSay hi to the AGEIST team!
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Feb 16, 2023 • 39min

Your Questions Answered: AGEIST Founder David Stewart

Your questions answered! What is AGEIST all about in 3 words? Does age matter when it comes to dating? Is skiing safe for the first time at 65 years old? How can one embrace aging? Why did we start AGEIST? Why is it so hard to lose weight? Any tips for cholesterol? Thank you to our sponsors:Science Research Wellness — improve your cellular health. Listeners receive 20% off all products with code AGEIST20 at SRW.co. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products atInsideTracker.com/AGEIST.David does a solo episode to answer your questions, including what AGEIST is really all about, the role that age plays in dating, how to embrace aging, why David started AGEIST, cholesterol meds, the four things that David learned last year, and more. “How to embrace aging… the first thing is: Hey! You’re alive. The alternative to aging is not being alive so, right away, gratitude. We’re doing alright. We’re still in the game.” “Purpose does not come from passion; passion comes from purpose. Think about how you can help other people; maybe they’re people close to you, maybe they’re people far away.” “You need a gang. Life is a social activity, and filling our lives with people that we care about, with people that care about us — you don’t need a lot but you need that core group. If you don’t have that, become a joiner, say yes, see what you can do about upping your posse value.” “Get up in the morning, look in the mirror, and you say to yourself, ‘I am an athlete’ no matter what condition your body is in, and then behave as an athlete would behave.” “40% reduction in all-cause mortality if you sit in a sauna that’s at least 170 degrees for 20 minutes 3 times a week. There are very few things you can do with that amount of time that has that level of effect.” “We can do incredible things at this age.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods.Say hi to the AGEIST team!
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Feb 8, 2023 • 1h 10min

Dial in Your Sleep, Save Your Relationship: Wendy Troxel

How can we sleep better? How is sleep a social activity? What are the gender differences between male and female sleep? How does your partner’s sleep impact your sleep? What strategies can couples implement to co-sleep more successfully? Why should we not take melatonin? How do you get your partner to not snore? Thank you to our sponsors:Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Wendy Troxel is a clinical psychologist, author, and sleep medicine expert. She joins us to discuss sleep, how sleep is actually a social activity for many and needs to be optimized as such, the physical and mental issues that come from sleep loss, the gender differences between male and female sleep, how to better co-sleep with your partner, why we should not take melatonin, how to deal with a snoring partner, and more. “Sleep in the real world doesn’t occur in a vacuum. Sleep in the real world is often messy and noisy, and really for most people, shared. In fact, two-thirds of adults regularly share a bed with a bed partner.”“We can’t neglect to consider the social environment when we think about risk factors for sleep as well as who is affected by our sleep.” “Sleep itself is a highly active and dynamic state; it is not just one solitary state through the night like a light switch going off.”“Sleep is critically important for our cognitive function, our memory. Sleep loss is associated with cognitive decline, even increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease. We know it affects our concentration, our productivity, our ability to problem solve. Sleep is also profoundly linked with our mental health and our wellbeing.” “Women are twice as likely to have insomnia as compared to men.” “Because there’s so much stigma attached to the marital bed, there’s just the assumption that all couples, from the time they fall in love and are together, their sleep habits should be perfectly compatible; and that’s not always the case.”“There is not a one-size-fits-all sleeping strategy for all couples, and the more we subscribe to this belief, the more we’re pigeonholing people and couples into strategies that may not work best for them.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods. Connect with Wendy:WebsiteSharing the Covers: Every Couple’s Guide to Better SleepSay hi to the AGEIST team!
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Feb 2, 2023 • 1h 20min

The Essential Need To Extend Healthspan: Dr. Denis Noble

What are the problems that come from aging and what can we do about them? What is the importance of staying active in old age? What is autophagy and how does it relate to the aging process? Why is it that cancer often recurs? Are herbal remedies legitimate? What do we need to know about cholesterol? What is the importance of community on our health?Thank you to our sponsors:Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products atInsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Denis Noble, 86, is an innovator, scientist, musician, ballroom dancer, and Oxford University Emeritus Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology. He joins us to discuss how to increase our healthspans and our lifespans, what we need to know about the aging process and how it impacts our health, the importance of community, and more. “As you get into long life but very unhealthy life, you’re having a big burden on society. I’m not blaming people. I’m saying that this is what we’re now seeing and I think we have to do something about it. I don’t think we should accept that there is nothing you can do about it.” “There is absolutely no doubt that the biggest thing you can do to remain healthy in old age is to keep active even if it’s difficult, it’s best to keep active. You use it or you lose it.” “The aging population suffers from these multifactorial diseases with many genes involved and that will not yield to just more sequencing of people’s genomes.”“When you attack a late-stage cancer, you may, hopefully, kill it off enough for a permanent cure. But that’s, unfortunately, rarer than we once imagined it would be. Very often what happens is it produces a period of several years, which is good, when the cancer has retreated but it will then come back in an even more virulent form.”“To the degree you can do it, a healthy lifestyle in terms of diet is a good thing to go for. It’s obvious also to tell your listeners that smoking is a no-no if yuo want to look after yourself in old age.” “You can’t go run a marathon on a big full stomach and there’s a good reason for that. The blood supply during digestion is attracted to the intestines. They need the blood supply in order to do the work that is necessary to digest the food that you’ve eaten.”“It’s very important to try to arrange your life so that you’re not alone, you do interrelate with people, and that’s a huge health benefit to be with people and find ways in which you can communicate with others.”“We are designed, effectively, to be social people.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods.Connect with Denis Noble:WebsiteSay hi to the AGEIST team!
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Jan 26, 2023 • 1h 16min

Ditching the One Size Diet Culture: Robb Wolf

Why do diets have to be individualized? What are the myths around sodium? How much sodium do we need a day? Why do so many people fail at diets? Why does just drinking water not properly hydrate you? How does Covid impact sodium levels? How do altitude and cold weather impact our hydration? What is the connection between electrolytes and breast feeding? Thank you to our sponsors:Timeline Nutrition — our favorite supplement for cell support and mitochondrial function. Listeners receive 10% off your first order of Mitopure with code AGEIST at TimelineNutrition.com/ageist. LMNT Electrolytes — our favorite electrolytes for optimal hydration. Listeners receive a free 8-serving sample pack with their purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AGEIST. InsideTracker — the dashboard to your Inner Health. Listeners get 20% off on all products at InsideTracker.com/AGEIST.Robb Wolf, former research biochemist, 2 time New York Times/Wall Street Journal Best-selling author of The Paleo Solution and Wired To Eat, and co-founder of LMNT Electrolytes, joins us on the podcast to discuss how diets must be individualized, the myths about sodium, how drinking just water won’t properly hydrate you, and more. “In a world where it’s difficult find meaning, attaching oneself to a dietary or fitness tribe, like Cross Fit, is powerful. It’s really, really powerful.” “If we don’t have enough sodium in circulation, we will mine sodium out of our body, out of our bones to supply the sodium that we need, at least for some period of time.” “Interestingly, there’s a really high linkage between low sodium intake and osteoporosis.”  “Generally, when people shift to a mainly whole food type diet, their glycemic load drops which drops their insulin, drops their tendency to retain sodium.” “The literature is pretty clear that it’s far more dangerous from a health and a death perspective to have too low sodium than too high.” “I quoted these numbers in both of my books but 45 million Americans try a diet 3-4x a year and largely fail.” “If we just hammer water, what we end up doing is diluting those electrolytes and getting them further and further out of balance.” Listen to the SuperAge podcast wherever you get your pods.Connect with Robb:WebsiteThe Paleo Solution bookWired To Eat bookLMNT Electrolytes Say hi to the AGEIST team!

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