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Dmitry Kaminskiy: Freezing the aging process Aug 18, 2021

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What if we all had a personal, digital avatar to guide and nurture our lives, as we pursue a long healthspan? The concept, in a world of personalized medicine, could become a reality, according to future-thinker and longevity entrepreneur Dmitry Kaminskiy. The London-based investor and co founder of the UK All Party Parliamentary group for Longevity focuses on the intersection of artificial intelligence and the aging process. His latest book, Biomarkers of Longevity, he explores the way technological advances in longevity have exploded in recent years and how breakthroughs in the science of aging will enhance our lives in the decades come. In this LLAMA podcast conversation with Peter Bowes, Dmitry explains his vision of the future and why he believes there will soon come a time when we can “freeze” the aging process.

Recorded: June 29, 2021 | Read a transcript and show notes at the LLAMA podcast website
In this episode we cover:

Separating reality from the sci-fi image of extreme life extension
Scientific breakthroughs since 2017 and the explosion in interest in human longevity
Defining the pursuit of realistic healthspan over radical life extension
Measuring the bio markers of aging in the pursuit of an extra ten years
Dmitry’s early life and upbringing in Moldova.
Offering a prize of $1m to the first person to reach the age of 123
A viral idea to draw attention to the importance of investing in longevity
Planning for financial longevity and wellness
What does it mean to freeze the aging process?
Filtering out hype in the longevity space, especially the extrapolation of finding in mice to humans.
The intersection between space medicine and longevity research
The future role of ‘real time’ digital avatars in managing our health and crucial bio markers
Using technology to adjust health-focused lifestyles based on geographic location
Dmitry’s technology-focused lifestyle designed to enhance his longevity.
The value of walking ten thousand steps per day.

The Live Long and Master Aging podcast, a HealthSpan Media LLC production, shares ideas but does not offer medical advice. If you have health concerns of any kind, or you are considering adopting a new diet or exercise regime, you should consult your doctor.:

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Jason Elias: How to live long and die young Aug 04, 2021

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There are some people who just never seem to get any older. Whether it be their appearance or mental attitude, the passage of time eludes them. How do they do it? There are myriad explanations; our genes, physical and dietary lifestyles, mindset and perhaps an element of luck. The truth is that all these factors - and many others - likely play a role is determining our destiny. Jason Elias is the author of The Seven Graces of Ageless Aging: How to die young as late in life as possible, a collection of stories and longevity lessons based on decades of practice in the fields of Chinese medicine - treating patients with acupuncture and other tenets of eastern medicine. In this LLAMA podcast conversation, with Peter Bowes, Jason explains his unique recipe for a long, happy life - embracing, as he does, daily walks, ancient remedies and an infectious zest for living.

Recorded: June 25, 2021 | Read a transcript and show notes at the LLAMA podcast website.

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Walt Larimore: Sorting supplement facts from fiction Jul 21, 2021

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In a world where we are bombarded with health advice, it is easy to feel lost in a sea of unverified information. From dietary supplementation to exercise, we are inundated with suggestions, hard-sell advertisements and sometimes peer pressure, to take up one regime or another. LLAMA’s advice is simple; consult your primary care doctor or healthcare professional if you are considering lifestyle changes that involve a new diet or exercise program. In this episode, we meet a family physician who has been wrestling with frequently asked questions and evolving medical science for over forty years. Dr. Walt Larimore is the author of multiple books and articles on healthcare, including the Natural Medicine Handbook: The truth about the Most Effective Herbs, Vitamins and Supplements for Common Conditions. In this conversation with Peter Bowes, Dr. Larimore, who is based in the US city of Colorado Springs, explains how he sorts fact from fiction; why he says sufferers from some of the most debilitating diseases are being offered false hope; and how simple everyday steps can be taken to promote optimum health without the need for any external interventions.

Recorded: June 8, 2021 | Read a transcript and show notes at the LLAMA podcast website.
In this interview we cover:

A family doctor’s introduction to sharing information about natural medicines on TV
Why consumers are easy confused by a supplement industry which is unregulated in the US.
Access to independent quality testing labs to enhance our knowledge about nutritional supplements.
A lack of training covering nutrition and supplementation for primary care doctors
How to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of natural medicines based on reliable sources, such as Natural Medicines, ConsumerLab.com and LabDoor.com
Are we being bamboozled into taking supplements that we don’t need? What are the alternatives?
Simple lifestyle habits like avoiding tobacco, regular movement, a good diet and restful sleep to promote good health.
Choosing an evidence based nutrition plan for optimum health. How to filter the available information based on accessibility, cost and nutritional value.
Why is a Mediterranean type diet highly-rated as a nutrition plan?
Finding recipes and exercise programs that involve fun and suit the entire family
Incorporating movement into your life, little by little, to nurture the mind and body.
The common conditions that lead to enduring ill-health, such as heart disease, hypertension, diseases of the brain, including Alzheimer’s and the scourge of obesity.
The advertising industry and false hope for people suffering from dementia.
Religious struggle and health challenges.
Daily, spiritual discipline to promote good health and wellbeing.

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Jo Bhakdi: Changing the paradigm of healthcare Jul 07, 2021

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If only we could detect all life threatening diseases before symptoms occur and early enough to reverse the course of those conditions. We are on the cusp of being able to achieve that. Significant, recent developments, in the field of genomic testing, mean that scientists are able to pinpoint the warning signs for some major degenerative illnesses, in time to make life-saving interventions. In this episode of the LLAMA podcast, we meet Jo Bhakdi, the founder of Quantgene, a Santa Monica based team of researchers - oncologists, clinicians, technologists, data scientists and business innovators - who're working to change the paradigm of healthcare. In conversation with Peter Bowes, Jo discusses his startup company’s mission of defeating cancer and extending human lifespan by ten years, within the next decade. He also reflects on the exploding interest and progress in human longevity research, which has seen the field grow, exponentially, in recent years.

Recorded: May 30, 2021 | Read a transcript and show notes at the LLAMA podcast website

In this interview we cover:

The mission of Quantgene "to combine deep genomics, cloud and artificial intelligence into a new technology stack" to help detect dangerous diseases like cancer.
Why the ability to get genomic data points from DNA is an "enormous game changer" in healthcare.
The merging of mathematics and complex numeric problems with biology and medicine.
Quantgene's mission of extending the human lifespan by ten years within the next decade.
The business model, cautious investors and taking the technology to the next level
Taking the tests - what does it involve?
Understanding how medicine and diagnostic work, plus the value of lifestyle information.
What it means to overlay the conventional care system with one based on genomic science, such as Quantgene Serenity.
What about people who would simply rather not know about the diseases they are predisposed or likely to develop?
Tying to convince health systems and governments to embrace new ways to diagnose potential ill health.
Adopting a radical philosophy about personal longevity.
Leveraging the "natural stuff" to live long and well.
Given the current science, what is a realistic, maximum lifespan?

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Nora Khaldi: Plants, peptides and wallabies Jun 23, 2021

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The power of food - plants in particular - to help us optimize our health and potential longevity can not be underestimated. Indeed nature itself is arguably the most powerful tool we have to thwart disease and the ravages of the aging process. Dr. Nora Khaldi is the founder of Nuritas, a Dublin based biotechnology company that's pursuing a theory that natural foods contain all the molecular tools people need to optimize their health and wellbeing. Dr. Khaldi has an ambitious goal to make revolutionary discoveries, through the study of plants, that will allow people to live healthier for longer. In this LLAMA podcast conversation with Peter Bowes she explains the remarkable potential of peptides discovered in the fava bean to supports muscle health in people. She also discusses the astonishing complexity and relevance of wallaby milk to the building blocks of the human body.

Recorded: April 28, 2021 | Read a transcript and show notes at the LLAMA podcast website.

Topics covered in this interview include:

Approaching life science with a diverse academic background, including pure mathematics.
Bioinformatics, molecular evolution and comparative genomics.
Looking at a human bodies as a system of interactions
Why do wallabies and their milk matter?
The importance of peptides - short strings of amino acids - and where they are found.
Harnessing the power of peptides discovered in the fava bean plant to supports muscle health.
Exploring the full potential of food and plants through Nuritas and Elio™.
Translating the positive finding of science to benefit consumer needs.
Supplementation, do I really need it?
Starting conversations with health providers about precision supplementation.
Food as the problem, but also the solution.
Creating healthier versions of food without compromising on taste.
Devising a lifestyle to achieve a good healthspan.
Living longer but also being sicker for longer.
Is living to 120 a realistic goal?

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Jon Pearlman: Unleashing the inner athlete Jun 09, 2021

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Finding the most effective workout and diet regime, with the goal of getting fit and lean, is, for many, the ultimate challenge. Even elite athletes struggle as they strive to achieve their peak level of performance. Jon Pearlman, a former #1 singles player for the Harvard tennis team, learned through personal experience that athletic prowess does not come easy. The two time All-Ivy athlete and ATP-ranked touring professional, had performance setbacks as a young tennis player but he learned through his struggles and now advises others on the best way to build a healthy, lean body for life.
In this episode of the LLAMA podcast, the author of The Lean Body Manual and co-founder of the fitness app, Mission Lean, discusses his mission to help people transform their bodies and defy their age.
In conversation with Peter Bowes, Jon discusses the pros and cons of a 'strength and conditioning' approach to fitness training; explains why he prefers to workout on an empty stomach; and why he believes there's an "inner athlete" just waiting to be discovered in all of us.

This LLAMA podcast episode is co-produced in association with Mission Lean, the fitness app that offers more than 150 on-demand workouts, specifically designed and curated to get you lean.

Recorded: April 27, 2021 | Read a transcript and show notes at the LLAMA podcast website.

Topics covered in this interview include:

Jon's personal journey to peak physical fitness.
Experimenting with different workout regimes.
Overcoming fitness obstacles by focussing on lean fitness methods.
Obsession and determination to achieve peak physical fitness and a performance edge.
Questioning the value of weightlifting and a 'strength and conditioning' approach to fitness training.
The importance of muscle strength for older people.
Achieving optimum fitness and finding the best workout to make it happen.
Takeaway lessons from Jon's experience training with the world's top tennis players
The Lean Body Manual
Defining the fitness goal - physically and mentally - before setting out to achieve it.
Adapting to using an app as a fitness coach.
Heart-rate zone training and a Mediterranean diet.
Lifestyle hacks and how, what and when to eat.
The age-old debate about the most important meal of the day.
Figuring out an "ideal harmony" between working out and eating.
Exercising with an app and developing the right mindset to achieve success.
The impact of Covid on at-home workouts
Personal longevity aspirations and latching on to the inner athlete.
Prolonging healthspan through a commitment to a structured fitness program

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Jenny Etnier: A lifetime of exercise to boost the brain Jun 02, 2021

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Making exercise a daily routine, from childhood, could be the key to preventing or slowing down some of the diseases of old age. Multiple studies have demonstrated the efficacy of physical activity, in improving cognitive health, throughout the human lifespan. Jenny Etnier is a professor of sport and exercise psychology in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of North Carolina. Working with children and older adults she is an advocate for exercise to nurture the mind and stimulate a healthy brain. In this LLAMA podcast episode, with Peter Bowes, Dr. Etnier explains the lifetime benefits of physical education in schools; the meaning of mental toughness; and the reason why we should all enjoy a few minutes of "pure joy" every day.

Recorded: May 4, 2021 | Read a transcript and show notes at the LLAMA podcast website.

Topics covered in this interview include:

Helping children have a more positive youth sport experience
Taking a lifetime approach to physical activity for all ages, for mental health
Making exercise a lifetime habit
The value of physical education in schools.
Jenny's exposure to exercise leading to a lifetime of sport and coaching.
Parents' priorities and goals for their children and sports.
Learning how to self reference for personal joy and improvement.
Walking basketball - why not?
The mental health benefits of physical activity, movement and exercise.
How our lives have changed, for the better, during Covid, emphasizing exercise.
Quantifying the cognitive benefits of physical activity.
Mental toughness and the notion that it also applies to how we live our daily lives - time management and stress.
Physical activity to delay the onset of symptoms for people at risk from Alzheimer's.
Making a regular commitment to sport with a partner.
Setting aside a few minutes for pure joy every day.
Future studies: the timing of a single session of exercise for better memory the next day.

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Morgan Levine: Using epigenetic clocks to determine biological age May 25, 2021

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We are all used to feeling younger than our years and occasionally older than our birth date would suggest. In effect, we have two ages - chronological and biological. Chronological age simply states the number of years that we have been alive, whereas biological age is a measure of how well our bodies are performing, in relation to the rest of the population.
So how is it determined? LLAMA host Peter Bowes delved into the science with Elysium Health, which has developed Index, a DNA test that tracks how fast we have been aging, based on our epigenome, which regulates the way genes work.
In this episode, Peter meets Dr. Morgan Levine, an assistant professor of pathology at Yale School of Medicine and an advisor to Elysium Health. They discuss the background to Index, its use of epigenetic clocks to put a number to our biological age, as well as the test's accuracy and implications for healthy living.
Recorded: April 21, 2021 | Read a transcript and show notes at the LLAMA podcast website.
Topics covered in this interview include:

Defining biological age and chronological age.
Age as a risk factor for death and disease
Having an older parent and developing an interest in aging
A lack of consensus over what exactly is meant by aging.
How much of aging can be defined as damage to the body, at a cellular level, as we grow older?
How do we measure biological age?
Genes, genomes and the epigenome.
Developing systems that determine biological age based on epigenetic clocks.
Exploring the Index epigenetic, at-home saliva test, to determine biological age.
Privacy concerns related to sharing personal medical information.
Revealing Peter's biological versus chronological age. What does it mean?
Interpreting the test results and taking action based on the findings.
Does the test reveal information specific to potential medical conditions?
How do doctors - primary care physicians - respond to the information gleaned from such tests?
The paradigm shift from disease treatment to interventions that delay illness.
Lifestyle interventions that promote a long, healthy life.
The reliability of biological age tests. Do repeat tests over a short space of time generate the same results?
To what extent do results vary between young and older people?
Lifespan and healthspan aspirations.

Disclosure: For review purposes, Elysium Health provided Peter Bowes with an Index test kit, free of charge .

This episode is brought to you in association with Clinique La Prairie, the award-winning spa-clinic and pioneering health and wellness destination - nestled on the shores of Lake Geneva in Montreux, Switzerland. Combining preventative medicine with bespoke lifestyle and nutrition plans, Clinique La Prairie offers a holistic approach to living fuller, healthier and longer lives.
The Live Long and Master Aging podcast, a HealthSpan Media LLC production, shares ideas but does not offer medical advice. If you have health concerns of any kind, or you are considering adopting a new diet or exercise regime, you should consult your doctor.

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Daniel Kennedy: Longevity secrets from around the world May 19, 2021

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Some of the world's healthiest people spend little or no time pondering their propensity to live a long life. They just do it. Their lifestyles are a model for longevity. There is much we can learn from these vibrant populations, in countries such as Italy, India, Japan, and (even) parts of the United States. In this episode of the LLAMA podcast with Peter Bowes, filmmaker Daniel Kennedy discusses his quest to better understand global food and ancient healing traditions. Daniel's documentary series, Healthy Long Life, is an exploratory journey around the globe and considers the discrepancy between lifespan and healthspan; he asks why, for many people, the final years of life are spent in sickness and pain and shares observations about spirituality, mealtime traditions and chronic diseases.

Recorded: April 19, 2021 | Read a transcript and show notes at the LLAMA podcast website.
Topics covered in this interview include:

Filming Healthy, Long Life over four years and Daniel's motivation behind the project
Lifespan vs healthspan and what it means for our children and grandchildren
Are chronic diseases pre-determined? Searching for answers.
Deriving inspiration from people with cancer to help others avoid the disease
Meeting physicians who use plants as medicine, including T. Colin Campbell, the author of the China Project
Pinpointing the world's longevity hotspots and learning from ancient healing traditions
Fighting illness or promoting health?
Plant based diets and the risk of contracting cancer
Science, spirituality, food and faith
The long lives of Seventh Day Adventists from Loma Linda, California
The idea that "genetics may load the gun but it's diet and lifestyle that pull the trigger."
The relative benefits of a healthy dietary regime and a life full of physical activity.
Is there a French paradox - wine, cheese, butter and good health?
Portion size and caloric restriction.

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Sandra Kaufmann: Setting the bar high to stop aging May 12, 2021

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The science of aging is so infinitely fascinating that Dr. Sandra Kaufmann decided to immerse herself in the field, as a hobby. A pediatric anesthesiologist from Florida, Dr. Kaufmann, is also an athlete who manages to fit swimming, running and rock climbing around her busy hospital schedule. Determined to enjoy physical activity for as long as possible, she decided to carry out an extensive review of the scientific literature, to better understand our bodies as we grow old. She focussed on the mechanisms of aging at a cellular level and set out to sort fact from fiction when it comes to the substances or interventions that might help us age more slowly. The result is, The Kaufmann Protocol: Why We Age and How to Stop It, a book in which she sets out seven key tenets to maintaining optimum health. In this LLAMA podcast conversation, with Peter Bowes, Dr Kaufmann explains everything from the importance of mitochondrial health and the maintenance of metabolic pathways, to her live and let live attitude towards eating a donut a day.

In this interview we cover:

Setting the bar high to "overcome all aging"
The most ornate out-of-control hobby anybody can have
A light-bulb moment having off a cliff.
Is it selfish to focus on the science of 'stopping' aging?
Becoming a human guinea pig to try to figure out why cells age.
Nurturing the seven protocols
Debunking myths - or ideas behind grandma's remedies - about interventions to slow down the aging process
Junk food, including a donut a day. Really?
Being an exercise junkie
Biohacking: striving to improve what we are, but is the term realistic?
Feeling like a teenager at 52

This episode is brought to you in association with Clinique La Prairie, the award-winning spa-clinic - and pioneering health and wellness destination - nestled on the shores of Lake Geneva in Montreux, Switzerland. Combining preventative medicine with bespoke lifestyle and nutrition plans, Clinique La Prairie offers a holistic approach to living fuller, healthier and longer lives.
The Live Long and Master Aging podcast, a HealthSpan Media LLC production, shares ideas but does not offer medical advice. If you have health concerns of any kind, or you are considering adopting a new diet or exercise regime, you should consult your doctor.

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