Welcome to Growing Older, Living Younger
Growing Older, Living Younger (GOLY) will empower you to change your aging process at the cellular level, to feel vibrant, healthy and energetic as you age. Through the lens of epigenetic science, we will explore the small steps you can take on a daily basis, to change your aging trajectory and promote health span over lifespan.
New research reveals that what you think, how you move, what you eat, how you interact with others, stimulate your mind or challenge yourself, can modulate expression of your genes. You inherit your genetic blueprint from your parents. But you construct the person that you become.
The GOLY Roadmap to healthy aging is based on modulating gene expression through lifestyle changes in 7 core areas, as introduced in my book Growing Older, Living Younger: The Science of Aging Gracefully and the Art of Retiring Comfortably.
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056 Dr. Katharine Grabek. How Animal Genomics Can Inform Human Health
In today’s episode we discuss how the study of animal genes may shed light on human disorders of aging such as stroke, heart disease and Alzheimer’s disease. We know that our circadian wake and sleep rhythms are controlled by a biological master clock deep in the...
055 David Loud: Facing the Music
As I was thinking about my upcoming conversation with David Loud, author of "Facing the Music", a quote from piano man, Billy Joel, struck a chord with me. Joel said “I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's...
054 Dr. Ben Behnam: Hair Loss: Causes, Prevention and Treatments.
As I was preparing to record this episode, fixing my hair and checking my appearance, I was pondering the importance of hair to the image we present to the world. Two things came to mind. Hair is a constantly renewable resource and that means we can experiment to...
053 Chris Westfall: Make Your Life Easier
Today I talk with Chris Westfall, about how to make life easier in these troubling times. One of my all-time most admired and respected actors, Robert Redford, commented “ I’m interested in that thing that happens where there's a breaking point for some...
052 Dr. Helen Knaggs. Your Skin: A Window to Your Health.
Audrey Hepburn, a Screen Legend and a truly iconic beauty, said “The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.” I was reflecting on previous discussions I have had on ageism as I read yet another comment on beauty and aging youthfully. The debate centered...
051 David Rosell: Failure is NOT an Option. Creating Retirement Certainty
In several earlier conversations on this show, guests have pointed out that these days many people are living into their nineties and that in many locales, centenarians are the fastest growing segment of the population. Yet as longevity increases, many people...
050 Dr. Paul Alan Cox: Plants, People and Culture. How Ethnobotanical Research has Changed Our Lives
“Walk into any pharmacy and ask to examine a bottle of prescription medicine chosen at random. There is a one in four chance that the prescription medication you hold in your hand has an active ingredient derived from a plant. Most of these plant-derived drugs were...
049 Gary Rogers. I Won’t Retire till They Bury Me.
“You can’t help getting older, but you don’t have to get old” (George Burns) “I Won’t retire till they bury me.“ (Gary Rogers) Today’s guest, Gary Rogers, exemplifies one who is “older but not old”. I met Gary at an online networking event about a year ago. I...
048 Maria Lucassen. Secrets for a Blissful Retirement
"I see retirement as just another of these reinventions, another chance to do new things and be a new version of myself." (Walt Mossberg) When I was contemplating early retirement from my hospital and university work, like Walt Mossberg, I believe that...
047 Marjorie Saulson. Three Crucial Keys to Communicating with Confidence
As I was reflecting on my upcoming conversation on public speaking with today’s guest, I came across this quote from Jane Fonda. She said “People think actresses find public speaking easy, and it’s not easy at all: we’re used to hiding behind masks” Hiding...
