Live Long and Master Aging

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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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.

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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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.

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.

There has been a surge in interest in the use of full body MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) scans as a screening tool to spot early signs of disease. Influencers and celebrities have posted about their experiences, creating an additional buzz around these screening interventions. At a cost of up to $2,500 the scans are touted as a tool to catch medical problems, such as cancer, at a stage when they can be treated. Unlike X-ray and CT scans, MRI does not involve exposure to radiation.
To try to learn more about the process from the perspective of a patient, Peter Bowes recently accepted the offer a complimentary scan from the US company Prenuvo.
In this interview, Prenuvo's founder, Andrew Lacy, addresses the balance between personal and population-level health. He explains that the main draw for many is peace of mind, believing that early intervention could prevent severe health issues, while acknowledging that more research is needed fully to understand the propriety of such scans for the general population.
Watch this interview at YouTube | Read additional show-notes
The procedure has been widely criticized by professional medical bodies and is generally not covered by health insurance. The president of the American College of Preventive Medicine, Dr. Mirza Rahman, argues that there isn't sufficient evidence to justify screening asymptomatic patients, given that they can result in unnecessary anxiety and costly follow-up procedures to check out small abnormalities that are harmless and usually require no treatment.
Watch Peter's interview with Dr. Rahman at YouTube
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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

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

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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.