Gladden Longevity Podcast -- formerly Living Beyond 120

Dr. Jeffery Gladden and Dr. Navarro talk about Viral Illnesses.  You will learn how specific Viral Illnesses can impact longevity. You also learn about the importance of time, supplements, and more extensive procedures in the recovery journey. Get the knowledge and insights you need to stay ahead of the curve. Dr. Gladden introduces the show and mentions how exposure to some Viral Illnesses are actually aging us. (1:25) Dr. Gladden talks about how mitochondria function is knocked down for most people who have suffered from certain Viral Illnesses and how they don’t seem to be making much ATP. (3:45) Dr. Navarro talks about the additional resources he uses to help patients suffering from Viral Illnesses and their recorded improvements. (4:59) Dr. Gladden talks about the importance of improving the NAD to NDH ratio. (6:59) Dr. Gladden mentions that from measurements done, there seems to be immuno-senescence when telomeres are short. (8:00) Dr. Gladden mentions that when the telomeres are shorter, they release a molecule called P53, which signals to the mitochondria to shut down energy production. (8:35) Dr. Navarro mentions how helpful the sauna can be a helpful detox in dealing with any build-ups in the system. (10:52) Dr. Gladden talks about things that can be done at the office that clients may not be able to do at home to help them recover faster. (13:33) Dr. Gladden thanks Dr. Navarro for taking out time for this discussion. (16:54) Visit our website, www.gladdenlongevitypodcast.com, for more information on this episode and other episodes as well. Follow us on social media! Instagram: @gladdenlongevitypodcast Twitter: @GLPodcast_ Facebook: @GladdenLongevityPodcast   To learn more about Gladden Longevity and how you can become a client, visit www.gladdenlongevity.com today!

On this podcast, Dr. Jeffery Gladden talks about a trial that will start as a possible first trial to show that aging can be reversed. The name of this trial is Life Energy Resilience and Antifragility Trial (LIFE-RAFT). He talks about how life energy is the basis for optimizing performance and longevity. Focusing on things in the life energy cycle like having a growth mindset, optimizing mental health, feeling loved, optimizing relational health, optimizing spiritual health, optimizing wisdom, and feeling safe is an excellent foundation to build on. He also talks about how human resilience is exponentially reduced over time and the meaning of anti-fragility. Dr. Gladden talks about ongoing research that shows that if we increase NAD, we can get mice to become younger (1:25) Dr. Gladden mentions how we don’t have everything figured out and how there is so much for us to understand (2:47) Dr. Gladden mentions how not giving love or receiving love hurts our biology (4:25) Dr. Gladden sheds light on the importance of feeling joy, optimizing spiritual and physical health (5:55) Dr. Gladden talks about how our past and background affect us and make us live in reaction instead of living from our true sense of self (7:22) Dr. Gladden also goes on to explain the point you need to reach to find a sense of purpose (9:40) Dr. Gladden mentions a fact about how our resilience gets cut in half every eight years (10:25) Dr. Gladden talks about the word fragile, how antifragile seems to be the best opposite, and the definition of anti-fragile (11:45) LIFE-RAFT is the acronym for the trial (13:16) Dr. Gladden says the trial will be a year-long protocol that would involve working on all the nine hallmarks of aging (15:20) Dr. Gladden talks about how mitochondrial dysfunction is linked to deregulated nutrient sensing (18:03) Dr. Gladden talks about the available technology to deal with senescence (19:19) Dr. Gladden talks about how the LIFE-RAFT trial will be focused on the key drivers of aging. (21:48) Dr. Gladden talks about how the LIFE-RAFT trial will soon be submitted to the IRB (23:20) Dr. Gladden says the LIFE-RAFT trial would be starting with about twenty people (26:03) Dr. Gladden says that the cost for the LIFE-RAFT trial would be custom-built for each individual (27:00)     Visit our website, www.gladdenlongevitypodcast.com, for more information on this episode and other episodes as well. Follow us on social media! Instagram: @gladdenlongevitypodcast Twitter: @GLPodcast_ Facebook: @GladdenLongevityPodcast   To learn more about Gladden Longevity and how you can become a client, visit www.gladdenlongevity.com today!

Dr. Gladden sits with Dr. Sheldon Jordan, an artist innovator, interventional neurologist, and neurological expert. Dr. Sheldon takes a well-rounded research-based approach, which has enabled him to develop some of the most innovative neurological treatments in the world. Dr. Sheldon believes he has come across the key drivers of the aging process by analyzing the brain. Dr. Gladden introduces Dr. Sheldon and speaks about his experience and profile (1:00) Dr. Sheldon defines aging as the interaction between re-genesis, growth, and the opposite, which is destruction (3:21) Dr. Sheldon talks about how kids with autism always have a large head and a large brain as they have too much growth without pruning (6:05) Dr. Gladden mentions how again is not a linear process but an exponential process(8:35) Dr. Sheldon says that it is possible to get early markers for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease by using magnetic resonance imaging (11:35) Dr. Sheldon goes on to mention how comparison of a healthy individual with others with diagnostics label help catch the disease early (13:33) Dr. Sheldon talks about how segmenting the population by decades could help comparison among people of different ages (14:59) Dr. Sheldon describes how an MRI scanner is used to get the kind of data needed to help patients and how it’s done (18:00) Dr. Sheldon mentions how different tests are carried out to help people preempt any issue or disease that is not yet visible (21:05) Dr. Sheldon talks about working with the FDA and various companies to develop regenerative products that can be delivered to the brain using targeted energy sources (23:00) Dr. Sheldon talks about how you can make a certain mouse old by destroying cells in the hypothalamus and make it young again by replacing it with certain regenerative elements (25:40) Dr. Gladden questions Dr. Sheldon about the techniques he uses to characterize the status of hypothalamic stem cells (29:10) Dr. Sheldon talks about how the exosomes from a blood sample or spinal fluid sample can be collected and analyzed (33:16) Dr. Sheldon mentions how it is essential to take action before ailments and other diseases progress and become irreversible (38:00) Dr. Sheldon talks about the importance of the what you breathe and what you put inside your body (41:00) Dr. Sheldon makes us understand that how we eat, sleep, and exercise matter (44:00) Dr. Sheldon ends by mentioning that diet, exercise, and sleep are important to anyone who wants to make 100 the new 30 and also the importance of spiritual health (46:10) Dr. Gladden also mentions that when people dam the flow of love, they pay a physiological price (48:40) Dr. Sheldon ends with the advice that it is essential to have someone to love, someone who loves you, and something to look forward to (49:50)

In this episode, Dr. Gladden interviews Scott Bertrand, a chiropractor, Chief Research Officer for AllCore Holding, and inventor of AllCore360. Scott has over 35 years of chiropractic experience. Scott shares his own personal story, epiphanies, and more about creating something really helpful to many people. Dr. Gladden introduces Scott Bertrand and talks about how they met at a Longevity conference (2:03); Scott talks about how the developed the AllCore equipment after a trauma he suffered from a skydiving injury (3:09); Spondylolisthesis is a trauma to the nerves (5:34); Scott explains how he was put in positions he didn’t normally use during therapy and how that spurred him to come up with the AllCore (7:23); Scott mentioned that as healthcare providers it is important to know what the body is doing to survive and assist the body in doing it (9:42); The core is a muscular device that assists the body move gracefully and efficiently through space against gravity (11:10); Dr. Gladden describes the AllCore360 as a chair suspended inside of a cage, the chair is computer operated and also has the ability to be upright or tilt back (13:59); Scott describes how the AllCore360 works and how it works on different muscles and improves coordination (15:47); Scott goes on to explain how using the AllCore360 affected his spondylolisthesis and how it resulted in a rapid increase in his stability (18:15); Scott talks about how safe the AllCore360 is and how you are safely strapped in and can’t get out except someone helps you out (20:01); Scott believes that the core is the background of music of movement and Dr. Gladden emphasizes that the stronger your core the more weight you take off your joints (23:20); Scott clarifies that there are some people that may not benefit from the AllCore360 and that includes recent post-traumatic fracture patients, those who have done recent spinal surgery and pregnant women (28:00); Scott talks about how he is constantly on the lookout for feedback to keep improving the AllCore360 (31:20); Scott talks about the number of times the AllCore360 needs to be used to get the needed benefit and emphasizes that it depends on the target in view (34:33); Dr. Gladden mentions that the core is misunderstood piece of anatomy (37:20); Scott mentions that having a strong core is important for living till 120, he also mentions the importance of respecting your body and keeping a good posture (37:54); Dr. Gladden mentions that having a strong core is really important to avoid hurt and body damage. He also describes the body as the central core and everything coming off that (40:30); Dr. Gladden thanks Scott for the interview (42:00);    To learn more about Scott and about AllCore360: https://allcore360.com/   Visit our website, www.gladdenlongevitypodcast.com for more information on this episode and other episodes as well. Follow us on social media! Instagram: @gladdenlongevitypodcast Twitter: @GLPodcast_ Facebook: @GladdenLongevityPodcast To learn more about Gladden Longevity and how you can become a client, visit www.gladdenlongevity.com today!

Dr. Jeffrey Gladden sits down with Dr. Tim Brown, who is a Chiropractor, patent holder, leading innovator in the world of sports medicines, a coach of high-performance athletes who also has over 35 years of experience. Tim talks about how he uses NEUX to treat injuries and reprogram people's ability to get back to things they love doing.   Dr. Jeffrey introduces Dr. Tim as one of the innovators in sports medicine (01:40) Dr. Jeffery welcomes Tim and mentions the device NEUX that Dr. Tim is involved with (3:35) Tim talks about how different NEUX is from other devices (4:10) Tim talks about how his job is to find out where there is muscles imbalance and a disconnection from our subsystem, nervous system, and muscles (5:40) Tim talks about energy medicine and a machine called a bio-charger which helps the body tissues return to normal when any part of the body is injured(7:60) Tim mentions how the future of medicine is vibration and light since that is what we are made up of(9:16) Dr. Jeffery talks about how a reset takes a person to a very relaxed state for about 20 minutes (11:00) Being able to dial up the peripheral nervous system and have it integrate with the central nervous system is another critical piece in the process of healing (13:30) Tim gives an example of how he can work on one side of the body while the machine works on another side of the body, giving rise to better and predictable results (15:19) Tim mentions the fact that movement is life and life is movement and how he rarely treats statically (17:25) Dr. Jeffery mentions how he finds it attractive relaxing using electricity (18:42) Tim talks about setting up a network for those who can't afford the machine (22:10) Tim mentions training for recovery and training for performance and how athletes understand that recovery is part of their future performance (23:20) Centration - getting the body back into the middle (24:30) Tim explains how NEUX works with various muscles (26:00) NEUX helps you build safely and prevent injury, as injury comes from asymmetry (27:42) Dr. Tim gives an example of how NEUX helped a client loosen his hip (29:30) Dr. Tim speaks about how he fell in love with ice and what icing does to injured areas (31:40) Dr. Jeffery explains IGF-1 as the mediator of the growth hormone (33:30) Dr. Jeffery mentions using peptides to augment growth hormone release(34:40) Dr. Tim mentions how when we injure the ACL, we also injure the ACL in our brain and how Synaptic helps(35:12) Dr. Tim goes over how NEUX fits into his overall philosophy (37:00) Dr. Jeffrey talks about the mindset we need if we are making 100 the new 30 (38:58) Dr. Tim talks about finding ways to keep work-outs enjoyable (40:05) Dr. Tim mentions how the results he gets now with NEUX are better than the results he had before now just using his hands( 42:00) Dr. Tim mentions three important things for making 100 the new 30: What you eat, what you are thinking, and what you are doing, and he mentions that your health balances between those three things. He also says hydration, eating foods that are wild as opposed to processed stuff, and finding a way to live your life in the moment and the present (43:02) Dr. Jeffery goes on to mention how we can sabotage our healing and aging by what we think, by high stress, living in the past, and worrying about the future (45:15) Dr. Tim also talks about breathing and the importance of breathing right (46:15) To find out more about NEUX https://www.neuxtec.com Visit our website, www.gladdenlongevitypodcast.com for more information on this episode and other episodes as well. Follow us on social media! Instagram: @gladdenlongevitypodcast Twitter: @GLPodcast_ Facebook: @GladdenLongevityPodcast   To learn more about Gladden Longevity and how you can become a client, visit www.gladdenlongevity.com today!

Dr. Jeffrey Gladden sits down with Megan Lyons a Board Certified Holistic Nutritionist and Founder and Owner of Lyons’ Share Wellness. She talks about how to be realistic with your health matrix, the mindset that ages you and keeps you from losing weight, the morning routine that reduces cortisol to lower your blood sugar and help you be more productive, and more. She also mentions 3 key longevity recommendations for optimizing your health that you don’t want to miss. Dr. Jeffrey Gladden introduces Megan Lyons (0.56); Megan talks about the training routines of an athlete and how she helps clients optimize for their bodies/lifestyles and customize training according to their needs(3:25) Advice for athletes - reducing their sugar and refined carbohydrates and focusing on sources of healthy fats (5:15); Glycogen replacement after exercise is only needed if you are working out intensely (7:55); Megan advises on fueling your body when exercising and the importance of liquids and electrolytes (10:00); Megan talks about finding an optimum bar and gives her recommendations (12:49); Megan shares experience doing continuous glucose monitoring and how stress impacts blood sugar (15:50); Adrenal fatigue and how stress makes it difficult to lose weight (19:30); When trying to lose weight don’t only consider food, exercise, and diet but also look at stress (21:50); Megan strives for continuous improvement every day but it’s hard to have all monitored matrices to keep improving every single day (22:55); Showing yourself love does wonder for your health (24:55); Dr. Gladden explains how the Keto approach is all about balance and not pushing yourself to the keto state the entire time (26:05); There is a right way to do Keto (27:05); Dr. Gladden speaks about how you can train your body to burn fat by taking the Keto-type diet but it depends on understanding yourself and your genetics (30:00); The closer to the source you can get your food the better as food loses nutrients with every mile traveled (33:50); The best source of getting quality animal protein is going straight to the farmer (36:10); Megan talks about how she is looking forward to exploring inflammation monitoring and inflammation testing (40:06); Megan's top recommendation with regards to longevity - Strategically choose and enjoy your sugar and inflammatory food, start out your day feeling how you want to feel, and push your body but not in excess (42:20); Megan talks about how meditation and centering herself makes her more focused during her day (46:40);   To learn more about Megan and her Revitalize Program - https://www.thelyonsshare.org/revitalize Use the code for the discount: GLADDEN Follow Megan on Instagram: @thelyonsshare Connect on Facebook: @TheLyonsShareWellness   Visit our website, www.gladdenlongevitypodcast.com for more information on this episode and other episodes as well. Follow us on social media! Instagram: @gladdenlongevitypodcast Twitter: @GLPodcast_ Facebook: @GladdenLongevityPodcast   To learn more about Gladden Longevity and how you can become a client, visit www.gladdenlongevity.com today!

Dr. Jeffrey Gladden sits down with Autumn Calabrese, BeachBody Super Trainer. She shares her journey in the fitness world and her difficulties with weight loss while having a healthy way of life. She also shares her struggles with anxiety and depression, talks about gut health, and the importance of knowing thyroid genetics to understand our body.   Dr. Jeffrey Gladden introduces Autumn Calabrese, BeachBody Super Trainer (2:42);   Autumn shares her journey into fitness and health since her younger years through her family and her passion, dancing (3:43);    Changes in Autumn’s life through puberty, struggling with weight and unpleasant with her body (5:06);   Autumn explains how she became a fitness competitor and the change that this had in her relationship with her body (7:09);   How Autumn developed her Portion Fix nutrition program (8:27);   Dr. Gladden speaks about the importance of exercise, knowing your limits, and injuries of the body (10:45);   Autumn shares more about her competitions and how she trained for all: periods, nutrition (11:48);   Dr. Gladden speaks about healthy living and performance, and Autumn’s sense of confidence about healthy life goals (13:11);   Autumn shares how her body changed in her 30s, and the rise of her anxiety and depression (14:18);   Depression and anxiety are related to genetic predisposition and past experiences. Autumn shares one critical moment in her life (17:25 );   Food sensitivity and the myth of healthy foods (21:48);   How Autumn got away from the food that hurts her while Dr. Gladden explains depression and gut inflammation (25: 57);   Autumn talks about her experience with Dr. Gladden and how she has grown to understand her body and genetic predisposition (29:04);   Optimizing body composition (36:04);   The things Autumn teaches: self-care, sleep, and stress management (36:33);   A new program for gut health to improve nutrition (38:28);   And more!  To learn more about Autumn, visit https://www.autumncalabrese.com/home  To begin her new program, The 4 Week Gut Protocol, visit https://www.teambeachbody.com/shop/us/b/nutrition-programs/4weekgutprotocol    Follow Autumn on Instagram: @autumncalabrese   Visit our website, www.gladdenlongevitypodcast.com for more information on this episode and other episodes as well.   Follow us on social media!  Instagram: @gladdenlongevitypodcast  Twitter: @GLPodcast_      Facebook: @GladdenLongevityPodcast   To learn more about Gladden Longevity and how you can become a client, visit www.gladdenlongevity.com today!

In today’s episode, Dr. Gladden will be joined by the world’s leading nutritional biochemist, expert on health optimization, and ingredientologist, Shawn Wells, MPH, LDN, RD, CISSN, FISSN.    The two discuss energy and fatigue related to mitochondrial dysfunction, resilience, depression, and protein BDMF. We also talk about metabolic flexibility and the Ketogenic Diet. We end with Shawn’s three secrets for longevity.    Dr. Gladden presents today´s guest Shawn Wells, a nutritional biochemistry expert in health optimization and discusses the health issues he has been fighting and his book “The Energy Formula” (1:16); Dr. Gladden starts the conversation by introducing energy and the aging process as a topic (3:35); Shawn Wells speaks about ICES and mitochondrial dysfunction (metabolic disfunction) (4:40); The reason for fatigue: metabolic predisposition (no back to normal function) and chronic infection that damage the mitochondria from the outside (6:37); Dr. Gladden introduces metabolic flexibility to connect the ideas about Keto Diet (11:33); Dr. Gladden discusses a study about metformin and its potential impact on longevity, and mentions how metformin activates AMPK and lowers insulin resistance by increasing insulin receptors (13:27); Shawn Wells talks about the differences and benefits from metformin (14:14); Dr. Gladden continues discussing metformin with Shawn Wells, who mentions B-12 depletion with metformin (16:35); Dr. Gladden reintroduces fatigue into the discussion (16:54); Shawn Wells expands information about alpha-keto and calcium and EKG (18:12);  Dr. Gladden talk about PQQ and the coenzyme COQ-10 (19:36); Shawn Wells talks about berberine and metformin and the possibility to cause mitochondrial stress, and how mitochondrial biogenesis is related (20:22); Shawn Wells explains ergothioneine, the longevity vitamin (22:05);  Dr. Gladden and Shawn Wells discuss mitochondrial oxidative stress, hydrogen, and balance (24:37); Dr. Gladden talks about the concept of resilience and aging as an exponential process (25:55); Shawn Wells talks about the importance of resilience and speaks about two types of intelligence as we get older: crystallized and fluent intelligence (26:44); Shawn Wells speaks about mental resilience, the protein BDMF, and depression (30:13); Dr. Gladden and the concept of “taking action” (33:39); Shawn Wells shares his thoughts about a healthy brain, body, and energy, as well as his experience with depression, body dysmorphia, eating disorder, Epstein-Barr Virus, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia (35:20); Dr. Gladden extends the comment of Shawn Wells on reframing (37:22);  Shawn Wells gratitude mindset is a natural reframe and mentality shift (41:38); Shawn Wells mentions one compound for intense exercising (44:57); Dr. Gladden explains BCAA amino acid (46:19); Shawn Wells talks about other compounds (47:20); Dr. Gladden and Shawn Wells discuss fasting (49:22); Dr. Gladden asks Shawn Wells for final thoughts and what he thinks about optimizing NAD (50:29); Shawn Wells shares some compounds to optimize NAD and the Vitamina B3 Niacin (50:51); Shawn Wells shares his top three tips for longevity (55:04);   To learn more about Shawn and his book, “The Energy Formula”, visit https://shawnwells.com/    Follow Shawn on: Facebook: @Ingredientologist Instagram: @shawnwells Twitter: @Ingredientology TikTok: @Ingredientologist LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingredientologist/    Visit our website, www.gladdenlongevitypodcast.com for more information on this episode and other episodes as well.   Follow us on social media!  Instagram: @gladdenlongevitypodcast  Twitter: @GLPodcast_      Facebook: @GladdenLongevityPodcast   To learn more about Gladden Longevity and how you can become a client, visit www.gladdenlongevity.com today!

In today´s episode, Dr. Jeffrey Gladden sits down with Dr. Jennifer McCauley from Inspire Physical Therapy and Wellness in Southlake, TX. The focus of this episode is to hit on the topics of the pelvic floor, pelvic floor pain and dysfunction, and Dr. McCauley’s unique and holistic approach to physical therapy.   We discuss:    Dr. McCauley’s approach to physical therapy (4:36); The idea that movement is medicine (5:51); The relation of the time of the injury and the importance of training the brain on how to perceive pain (5:24); How the body compensates in response to pain and the anticipatory pain function in the brain (6:51); Dr. McCauley’s approach to reprogramming the brain’s response, including mindfulness and Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS) (8:50); The power of mindfulness in healing the body and dealing with pain (10:09); Pelvic pain and the various conditions associated with it for men and women (14:07); Oxidative stress and damage and strategies used to control inflammation (15:47); The relationship between the core and its relationship to the pelvic floor (17:52); Dr. McCauley’s integrated approach to physical therapy (21:21);   Neurokinetic therapy, how it works, and Dr. McCauley’s approach with it (23:17); The various methods Dr. McCauley uses for her patients to work on stabilization at home (24:07); The pelvic floor and its relationship to pain and sexual dysfunction (28:54); The typical rehabilitation time frame for Dr. McCauley’s patients (32:10); Dry needling and how it is different from acupuncture (39:47); Pilates-based therapy and how Dr. McCauley integrates that into her practice (47:00);   And more!   To learn more about Dr. Jennifer McCauley’s practice, visit: https://www.inspireptandwellness.com/ Inspire Physical Therapy is offering a 10% discount on a 5-pack pelvic floor package! Call 817-912-1420 to schedule your appointment and mention this podcast!   Visit our website, www.gladdenlongevitypodcast.com for more information on this episode and other episodes as well.   Follow us on social media!  Instagram: @gladdenlongevitypodcast  Twitter: @GLPodcast_      Facebook: @GladdenLongevityPodcast   To learn more about Gladden Longevity and how you can become a client, visit www.gladdenlongevity.com today!

Dr. Gladden is joined by Dr. Chen Chen, Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer of Calroy Health Sciences, and Ed Hoyt, President & CEO of Calroy Health Sciences. The trio discuss:  The topic of our episode as well as a recently published article on longevity, people’s genetics, and their ability to repair their arteries (1:09); Dr. Chen and Ed Hoyt, their company, Calroy Health Sciences, the glycocalyx, and their product, Arterosil (3:46); The science behind the endothelial glycocalyx and the impact it has on health and longevity (7:18);  What makes up the glycocalyx and the physiology behind it (11:37); The possibilities for what could go wrong with a blood vessel (14:39); The role of the glycocalyx in mitigating oxidative stress on the heart (15:57); How the glycocalyx acts as a transducer for nitric oxide release from the artery, the things that stimulate nitric oxide release, and the benefits of nitric oxide (18:51); What causes damage to the glycocalyx (20:32); Using Arterosil and other supplements and foods to regrow the glycocalyx (26:52); How a healthy glycocalyx helps with plaque prevention (36:10);  COVID-19, its effects on the vascular system and the endothelial glycocalyx, and how rhaman sulfate has a benefit in decreasing the vascular complications (39:22);  Whether or not there are people who should avoid rhaman sulfate (45:45); Instances in which people should increase the dosage of Arterosil (48:26); And more!   Special offer from Calory Health Sciences: Get 30% off a 3 pack (3 months supply) of Arterosil with a free gift! Visit www.arterosil.com/longevity    To learn more about Arterosil and Calroy Health Sciences, visit www.arterosil.com    You can also contact Calroy Health Sciences for more information. Email: support@calroy.com  Phone: 1-800-609-6409   Visit our website, www.gladdenlongevitypodcast.com, for more information on this episode and other episodes as well!   Follow us on social media!  Instagram: @gladdenlongevitypodcast Twitter: @GLPodcast_      Facebook: @GladdenLongevityPodcast To learn more about Gladden Longevity and how you can become a client, visit www.gladdenlongevity.com today!