Mark Hyman, MD is a board-certified physician, a leader in the field of functional medicine, host of The Doctor's Farmacy podcast, and author of several New York Times bestselling books. His latest offering is Young Forever: The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life.
What you'll learn from this episode:
The underlying causes of aging, the difference between biological age and chronological age, and how it’s never too late to improve your health and roll back the clock on your biological age.
How the RDA (Recommended Daily Allowance) is based on the amount of nutrients needed to prevent diseases of deficiency—not for optimal health—and why you may need 1.1-2g of protein per kilogram of ideal body weight, depending on your age and activity level.
Food is a key modifier of our biology, and consuming high-quality animal protein can provide benefits such as a richer fatty-acid profile. In some cases, protein from foraging sheep and goats can also contain phytochemicals.
How to find the right balance between activating mTOR to build muscle—as muscle mass is tied with longevity—and inhibiting mTOR to activate autophagy, which is an important process that aids in cleaning up and repairing cells.
How hormesis—the positive effects of small amounts of stress on the body—can be brought about by saunas (which can activate heat shock protein), hyperbaric oxygen therapy (for eliminating zombie cells), and hot and cold baths (found to be beneficial for overall health).
And much more!
Resources from this episode:
Young Forever: The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life by Mark Hyman, MD | Amazon
How to Save Money, Your Health, and the Planet at Every Meal: Mark Hyman, MD | The Genius Life 95
End the Confusion! Separating Nutrition Fact From Fiction: Mark Hyman, MD | The Genius Life 172
Robbins & Cotran Pathologic Basis of Disease by Vinay Kumar, Abul Abbas, and Jon C. Aster | Amazon
Rapamycin for Longevity: Opinion | PMC
Long-Latency Deficiency Disease: Insights from Calcium and Vitamin D | PubMed
Heat Shock Proteins: A Therapeutic Target Worth to Consider | PMC
To Stay Young, Kill Zombie Cells | Nature
A Low-Carb Diet for Reversal of Type 2 Diabetes – Dr. Sarah Hallberg | Diet Doctor
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