This episode features Dr. Michael Roizen, Chief Wellness Officer Emeritus at Cleveland Clinic. Here, he discusses physiological age compared to biological age, his latest book “The Great Age Reboot: Cracking the Longevity Code for a Younger Tomorrow”, things people can do to change the rate of brain aging, and more.
Summary
Dr. Michael Roizen Discusses Cracking the Longevity Code for a Younger Tomorrow
Physiological Age vs Biological Age
Dr. Michael Roizen, Chief Wellness Officer Emeritus at Cleveland Clinic, is a leading expert on aging. He believes that physiological age is a more accurate indicator of a person's age than biological age. Dr. Roizen has written a book called "The Great Age Reboot: Cracking the Longevity Code for a Younger Tomorrow" which encourages people to make their physiologic age 10 or 20 years younger in just two weeks.
Slowing the Rate of Brain Aging
Dr. Roizen believes that people can slow down the rate of their brain aging through physical activity, diet, and stress management. He suggests that extra virgin olive oil, coffee, and taking Bumex and Viagra are possible solutions to Alzheimer's and dementia. Dr. Roizen also recommends speed of processing games and therapeutic plasma exchange as possible options.
Exercise and Diet
Dr. Roizen advises that physical activity is a critical component to health, making the average 55-year-old female nine years younger and males eight years younger. To achieve these benefits, he suggests a minimum of 10,000 steps per day, 20 minutes of resistance exercise at least once a week, and 20 minutes three times a week at 85% of age-adjusted max heart rate. He also suggests 40 jumps in the morning and evening.
Diet is also important, with the worst to best diet having a benefit of 27 to 30 years. Dr. Roizen recommends avoiding simple sugars, added syrups, simple carbohydrates, red meat, processed red meat, and egg yolks.
Aging Gracefully vs Fighting It
Dr. Roizen encourages individuals to find things they love and engage in them with a healthy diet, exercise, stress management, and friendships. Aging is not something that has to be fought, but it can be embraced with choices that help individuals stay younger and enjoy life more with less disability.
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This episode aired on 10/26/2022 and can be listened here.
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