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Live Long and Master Aging

Live Long and Master Aging

HealthSpan Media

The Live Long podcast is devoted to health optimization and mastering the aging process. Peter Bowes discusses lifestyles and science-based interventions that promote a long healthspan - i.e. the number of years that we enjoy the best of health, delaying chronic diseases for as long as possible. We are pro-aging, not anti. Growing older is a privilege and we approach it with ambitious but realistic expectations. Enjoy every minute.

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Live Long and Master Aging - Vegetable oils: Friend or foe? | Dr. Cate Shanahan
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08/29/24 • 43 min

Vegetable oils are sometimes referred to as seed oils because they come from the seeds of plants. The most commonly used include corn, soybean, canola, palm, peanut, safflower, and sunflower oil. They are widely touted as an alternative to butter, but Dr. Cate Shanahan, a physician-scientist, challenges the notion that these oils are a heart-healthy, pro-aging option.
Navigating the dietary landscape can be a daunting task, with mixed messages creating widespread confusion. The inclusion of vegetable oils in our diet is a controversial and disputed topic. This interview presents the argument against their use. We will explore alternative views in future episodes.
In her latest book, Dark Calories: How Vegetable Oils Destroy Our Health and How We Can Get It Back, Dr. Shanahan identifies what she calls the "Hateful Eight" - oils used in cooking that she says are "the root cause of inflammatory disease" and "sugar cravings for most people".
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Live Long and Master Aging - Stem cell therapy: Longevity’s next frontier? | Dr. Joy Kong
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03/14/25 • 43 min

Stem cell therapy is a growing field of medical intervention that is being used to enhance longevity and healthspan. Advancements in research, biotechnology, and regenerative medicine have expanded its potential applications but it also raises both ethical and efficacy concerns. The primary ethical issue comes from the use of human embryos, which some people believe is morally problematic. While many countries regulate or restrict their use, others allow research with oversight.

In this interview with Dr. Joy Kong, a stem cell specialist at Chara Health Center in Los Angeles, we explore the practical aspects of treatment as well as the wider considerations surrounding stem cell sources, the long-term effects of therapy, and Dr. Kong's personal journey in regenerative medicine.

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Live Long and Master Aging - Algae for lunch to live longer? | Catharine Arnston
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04/14/24 • 50 min

Could the regular consumption of algae help us age better and live healthier lives?
Catherine Arnston, founder and CEO of EnergyBits, is on a mission to introduce algae to everyday diets for health and longevity. Touted for its potent healing and nourishing properties, algae, particularly spirulina and chlorella, have garnered support from organizations like the United Nations and NASA for their dense nutritional profiles and potential in combating world hunger.
In this interview with Peter Bowes, Arnston focusses on the apparent benefits for mitochondrial health — a key factor in energy production and aging. Highlighting the ease of incorporating algae into daily routines through tablets, she believes it to be a simple yet effective tool to extend healthspan - the number of years that we enjoy the best of health.
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▸ Read a transcript of this conversation and additional show-notes at http://www.llamapodcast.com/Catharine-Arnston-2
Eating algae to age better
LISTEN to our 2022 interview with Catharine Arnston

▸ DISCLAIMER: This site includes affiliate links from which we derive a small commission, if you click on the product links and use the code LLAMA at checkout. This helps support the channel and allows us to continue sharing conversations like this. LLAMA is available, free of charge, wherever you get your podcasts. Our mission is to explore the science and lifestyle interventions that could help us live longer and better. Thank you f

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Live Long and Master Aging - Empowering women through biology | Dr. Stephanie Estima
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02/09/25 • 53 min

Dr. Stephanie Estima is on a mission to empower women by unlocking the potential of their biology. For too long seen as “smaller archetypes of men” she says there is now a growing understanding of the “cadences of women” and their distinct health journeys. In this interview we explore the significance of tracking cycles, understanding the different stages in life, including menstrual and perimenopausal phases, the impact of dietary choices, the profound effects of resistance training and importance of mitochondrial health.

Dr. Estima is a doctor of chiropractic with a special interest in metabolism, body composition, functional neurology, and female physiology. She is the author of The Betty Body: A Geeky Goddess' Guide to Intuitive Eating, Balanced Hormones, and Transformative Sex and host of the podcast, Better! With Dr. Stephanie.

This episode, recorded at the 2024 Longevity Fest meeting of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, in Las Vegas, is a co-production with Time-line, the Swiss longevity biotech company which is pioneering a new category of clinically validated dietary supplements, called mitoceuticals, to support healthy aging. Mitopure deliverers Urolithin A which has been shown to enhance cellular energy, muscle strength and the health of our skin.

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Recorded at the 2024 Longevity Fest meeting of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, in Las Vegas.
Timeline

This episode is a co-production with Timeline, the Swiss longevity biotech company, which is pioneering a new category of clinically validated dietary supplements called mitoceuticals, to support healthy aging. Mitopure deliverers Urolithin A which has been shown to enhance cellular energy, muscle strength and the health of our skin.
Time-line is offering a 10% discount on its Mitopure products - Mitopure Powder, Softgels, Mitopure + Protein and skin creams - which support improvements in mitochondrial function and muscle strength.
Use the code LLAMA at checkout here:

Fit, Healthy & Happy Podcast
Welcome to the Fit, Healthy and Happy Podcast hosted by Josh and Kyle from Colossus...

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The Live Long and Master Aging (LLAMA) 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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Live Long and Master Aging - Sandra Kaufmann: Setting the bar high to stop aging
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05/12/21 • 31 min

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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The Live Long and Master Aging (LLAMA) 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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Live Long and Master Aging - Andrew G. Marshall: Aging in a meaningful way
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02/16/22 • 40 min

What is it about life that makes it worth living? Sure, living a long time with good health and vitality is an aspirational goal, but do you know how to age in a meaningful way? In fact, what is it about living that gives it value and substance? Are we able to mine the wisdom of our years to enhance life's experiences as we grow older? Andrew G. Marshall is marital therapist, a prolific author of books and host of the podcast, The Meaningful Life. In this LLAMA podcast conversation, Andrew, who is based in Berlin, discusses his longtime search for answers to these vexing questions.
Interview recorded: November 24, 2021 | Read a transcript at the LLAMA podcast website.
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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Welcome to the Fit, Healthy and Happy Podcast hosted by Josh and Kyle from Colossus...

Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

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The Live Long and Master Aging (LLAMA) 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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Live Long and Master Aging - Greg Macpherson: Little cells, big ideas for living longer
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11/16/21 • 37 min

To maintain mental and physical vitality, the status of the most basic building blocks of our bodies is all important. There has been an explosion in research relating to cellular health and the measures we can take to nurture their wellbeing. Greg Macpherson is a biotechnologist, pharmacist and the author of Harnessing the Nine Hallmarks of Aging: Turning Our Cells Into Little Pharmaceutical Factories. But how does that way of thinking apply to our everyday lives? In this interview with Peter Bowes, Greg explains the significance of recent scientific breakthroughs and why he believes it is realistic for more of us to contemplate life as a centenarian in the coming decades.
Recorded: Aug 31, 2021 | Read a transcript and show notes at the LLAMA podcast website.
The Live Long and Master Aging podcast shares ideas but does not offer medical advice. If you have health concerns of any kind you should consult your own doctor or professional health adviser.

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Welcome to the Fit, Healthy and Happy Podcast hosted by Josh and Kyle from Colossus...

Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

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The Live Long and Master Aging (LLAMA) 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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Live Long and Master Aging - Julie Andersen: Could better gut health help prevent Alzheimer's?
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02/15/21 • 49 min

Cognitive decline is an all-too-familiar hallmark of age-related diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. While there is much research that focuses exclusively on functional changes in the brain, the so-called gut-brain axis - a connection between the digestive system and the central nervous system - also appears to play a pivotal role. It raises the question: Could nutritional interventions, to nurture the health of the gut microbiome, also help prevent or reverse age-related dementia? In 2018, Dr. Julie Andersen, a scientist at the Buck Institute for Research On Aging, in California, received a $3.8 million grant to explore the hypothesis. In this LLAMA podcast episode, Dr. Andersen discusses the work of her laboratory, and the idea that a gut metabolite, urolithin A, could play an important role in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

Recorded: February 9, 2021 | Read a transcript and show notes at the LLAMA podcast website.

Topics covered in this interview include:

  • Working at the Buck Institute for Research On Aging - the only freestanding institute studying aging and age-related disease.
  • A multi-disciplinary approach to aging research, embracing a range of diseases and mechanisms that drive-age related conditions.
  • Evolving definitions of aging.
  • Exploring autophagy, mitochondrial function, urolithin A and muscle health, in relation to Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease.
  • The science and logic behind restoring an older person's gut microbiome to that of a younger person.
  • Building on "exciting" clinical trials, by Amazentis, looking at the efficacy, in older humans, of Urolithin A, to enhance muscle function.
  • Exploring the relatively new area of study known as the gut-brain axis.
  • Explaining the scientific process, grants and clinical trials.
  • How preliminary preclinical trial data suggests urolithin fed to mice may prevent cognitive loss associated with Alzheimer's disease.
  • Turning 60 and aspirations for a long healthspan.

This episode is brought to you in association with Amazentis, a Swiss life science company, that is pioneering cutting edge, clinically validated cellular nutrition, under its Timeline brand.
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Fit, Healthy & Happy Podcast
Welcome to the Fit, Healthy and Happy Podcast hosted by Josh and Kyle from Colossus...

Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

Support the show

The Live Long and Master Aging (LLAMA) 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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Live Long and Master Aging - Leslie Kenny: Biohacking and spermidine for life-enhancement
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01/27/21 • 43 min

After a diagnosis of lupus, in her 30s, Leslie Kenny was told she had a life expectancy of five years. The prognosis focussed the Berkeley and Harvard grad's mind like never before. Long before biohacking was a thing, Leslie set about changing her lifestyle, embracing safe, natural solutions, in a fight for her life. Now 56, she is aging well, healthy and a fully signed up biohacker. She is the founder of Oxford Healthspan, a UK-based company, working with leading scientists to identify safe compounds as nutritional supplements. In this LLAMA podcast conversation with Peter Bowes, Leslie discusses her own unique journey, as well as the science and life-enhancing potential of spermidine, a compound that has been shown to be vital to myriad bodily functions.

Recorded: January 19, 2021 | Read a transcript and show notes at the LLAMA podcast website.

This episode is brought to you by AgeUp, a new financial product that provides guaranteed supplemental income for people who worry about the financial impact of longevity. To find out more, visit Age-Up.com

Topics covered in this interview include:

  • Leslie's journey from Swiss banking to biohacking
  • Facing up to Lupus and a five-year life expectancy
  • One's own mortality and the limits of longevity
  • Pillars of preventative healthcare: sleep, movement , diet, friendship, family
  • Why your health is your wealth
  • Discovering the polyamine compound spermidine and establishing Oxford Healthspan
  • Where does the name spermidine come from and what is it?
  • The evidence for the benefits of spermidine - epidemiological studies and clinical trials
  • Is spermidine supplementation safe?
  • How do consumers make decisions about which supplements to take?
  • Living life with the promise of healthspan rather than lifespan
  • Disease prevention versus disease care
  • The lifestyle of a biohacker - sleep hygiene, good food, lowered stress

The Live Long and Master Aging podcast 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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Enhance your wellness journey with PartiQlar supplements. No magic formulas, just pure single ingredients, like NMN, L-Glutathione, Spermidine, Resveratrol, TMG and Quercetin.
Get a 15% discount with the code MASTERAGING15 at PartiQlar

Fit, Healthy & Happy Podcast
Welcome to the Fit, Healthy and Happy Podcast hosted by Josh and Kyle from Colossus...

Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

Support the show

The Live Long and Master Aging (LLAMA) 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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Live Long and Master Aging - Dominic Denk | Pomegranates, cancer and immunity
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04/17/23 • 28 min

Researchers in Germany have found that a compound found in pomegranates may play a key role in fighting cancer.

Human trials are needed to establish whether findings seen in mice and test tubes also apply to people, but early results look promising.

Let's dive into the detail.

Pomegranates and other foods, such as nuts, contain ellagitannins. We use them to produce Urolithin A (UA) which is important for the health of our mitochondria, the energy centers of cells. Scientists say it also improves the function of immune cells in their fight against cancer.

We don't all produce UA at the same rate, but a supplement exists, in a highly pure form, which is used to boost cellular energy and muscle strength. Could it also aid the body's natural defense against cancer?

Dr. Dominic Denk, a physician at Frankfurt University Hospital was part of the team that carried out the latest research with the Frankfurt Cancer Institute.
In this interview we cover:

  • The complexities involved in researching and combatting different types of cancer
  • The "generous" nature of cancer cells and what drives the disease's progression
  • The role of UA and the importance of mitophagy - the renewal of mitochondria
  • The different extents to which we produce UA and the impact of aging
  • What drives cancer and how the body responds to the disease
  • The impact of exposing the immune system to UA and its impact on cancerous cells
  • The next step: Clinical trials with healthy people to assess the impact of UA, through supplementation, on T cells.
  • The benefit of having already approved forms of UA supplementation to further the research
  • Why "cure" is a dangerous word, especially when dealing with cancer
  • A cautious approach to supplementation and the importance of tried and testing health interventions such as optimizing sleep and getting enough exercise.
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Welcome to the Fit, Healthy and Happy Podcast hosted by Josh and Kyle from Colossus...

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The Live Long and Master Aging (LLAMA) 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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How many episodes does Live Long and Master Aging have?

Live Long and Master Aging currently has 276 episodes available.

What topics does Live Long and Master Aging cover?

The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Exercise, Nutrition, Aging, Fitness, Podcasts, Fasting, Diet, Health, Longevity, Food and Life.

What is the most popular episode on Live Long and Master Aging?

The episode title 'Nichola Conlon: Slowing aging | My Day | My Life' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Live Long and Master Aging?

The average episode length on Live Long and Master Aging is 39 minutes.

How often are episodes of Live Long and Master Aging released?

Episodes of Live Long and Master Aging are typically released every 8 days, 1 hour.

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The first episode of Live Long and Master Aging was released on Mar 2, 2017.

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