Mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell, as we learned in high school biology. What’s emerging from science more recently is how unhealthy mitochondria are at the heart of many diseases, and even shows up in our daily lives as feeling chronically fatigued or having brain fog.
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Declining kidney function is a normal feature of aging…perhaps it is a driver of aging. Do you know how to take care of your kidneys? Do your blood tests show a shrinking eGFR over time? Is your blood pressure going up as you get older? Do you ever get dehydrated? Do you ever take NSAIDS (ibuprofen, etc.)? This episode is for you.
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In North of Forty, senior fitness expert Lauren Hurst and photographer Nick Cinea tell the stories of senior athletes ages 54 to 103, marathoners to martial artists to mountaineers, ordinary and extraordinary people.
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On episode #121, Brian Mackenzie leads us down the path of human performance via stress adaptation. Brian says you have to be able to see what you really want to accomplish so that you will be willing to do what it takes to make yourself capable of creating the life of performance you want. Higher HRV is not enough; you have to know your why to have the motivation and staying power to make your vision for yourself come true. And, if you do it right, you’ll get higher HRV.
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It’s that time of year when my carefully manicured and effortless diet of healthy foods with just the right amount of calories is destroyed in an orgy of holiday indulgence. But that’s okay, the trick is to get back on track quickly.
I thought I would talk with an absolute expert, a true genius in helping people to build a solid defense against the relentless whisperings of my more primal self…the emotional brain that worries about impending famine and the need for deep fat stores to survive the winter.
It’s not a weigh loss program; it’s a how to stick with your plan program.
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For people like me who spent our adult lives learning how to stay up late and get up early and be alert despite poor sleep, relearning to have life balance is hard. I’ve been working on it for years, yet I am not getting better. But today, on episode 119, I am speaking with Marco Altini, PhD, the founder of HRV4Training about how to use HRV to more clearly see my stress level and how to use HRV biofeedback to retrain my mindbody to have emotional self-regulation and ability to cope with the stress of life AND athletics.
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Today we have invited Ross Pelton the Natural Pharmacist to educate us about Glutathione, the master antioxidant and a key biomarker of aging. Glutathione is made by the body to act as the master regulator of other antioxidants….when you have enough glutathione, your body can make or recycle all the antioxidants it needs. What’s more, low glutathione is a marker for aging and a higher likelihood of disease. The older we get, the less glutathione our bodies make, and the more glutathione our bodies need.
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Today we are talking with Mitchell Lee, PhD about Ora Biomedical’s Million Molecule Challenge and its new citizen science fundraising approach that allows everyone to participate. In addition, Dr Lee and I discuss my question of how to be “bold but safe” regarding the high-wire act of using off-label pharmaceuticals and OTC nutritional supplements to get a fast start (i.e., start now) on the pursuit of extended human healthspan.
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One of the major bummers for the older athlete, is that no one knows how to make people younger. All we can do is slow down the rate of aging. The healthier we are, the slower we age….meaning the more slowly we progress toward that visit to the pearly gates.
How can we balance risk and reward, prioritize which interventions to pursue first, how to tell is we are getting a positive or negative result from our interventions including pharmaceuticals and nutritional supplements. These are the questions answered by Daniel and Rick.
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