Optimizing Nutrition in Aging: A Podcast with Anna Pleet, Elizabeth Eckstrom, and Emily Johnston
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GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine Podcast
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Welcome to the Jerry Powell Podcast. This is Eric Widera. This is Alex Smith. And Alex, today we're going to be talking about nutrition and aging, optimizing nutrition and aging. Who do we have with us on this podcast today?
We are delighted to welcome Anna Pleat, who did her medical training in Italy and is now doing internal medicine residency in the United States. And she is on YouTube at Anna Pleat MD. Anna, welcome to the Jerry Powell Podcast.
Thank you so much. Great to be here.
And we're delighted to welcome Emily Johnston, who's a registered dietitian and research assistant professor of medicine at NYU. Emily, welcome to the Jerry Powell podcast.
Thanks for having me.
And we're delighted to welcome back Elizabeth Ekstrom, who's a geriatrician extraordinaire and professor of medicine at OHSU. That's Oregon Health Sciences University, and whose new book is The Gift of Aging. Elizabeth, welcome back to Jerry Powell.
Thank you, Alex. Glad to be here again. So
we've got a lot to cover on nutrition and aging, but before we jump into that, we always have a song request. Elizabeth, I think you have the song request. She's embarrassed to say it.
I'm completely embarrassed, but the song I came up with was Cheeseburger in Paradise.
Why are you embarrassed? This is
our second
Jimmy Buffett
song. The late, great Jimmy Buffett. I think
he died in
memoriam
even. In
memoriam.
I'm not even going to be able to sing along. I don't know the words, but go for it. I'd love to hear you.
What? In college, I worked security for Jimmy Buckfoot's concert in Orange County. Did you really? Yeah. With the parrot heads. There's so much smoke. I could imagine. I would say what's in that smoke, but there is a lot of smoke. What other song do we do for Jimmy Buffett?
We did one recently. I don't remember. I
remember
talking
about the parrot heads.
Yeah. Yeah.
All right. Let's hear it, Alex. Okay.
Tried to amend my carnivorous habits. Made it nearly 70 days. Losing weight without speed. Eating sunflower seeds. Drinking lots of carrot juice and soaking up rays. But at night I'd have these wonderful dreams. Some kind of sensuous treat. Not zucchini, fettuccine, or polka wheat. But a big warm bun and a huge chunk of meat. It
starts off very apropos to what we're going to be talking about.
Sunflower seeds, zucchini, bulgur wheat. It
kind of swerves off into a particular
direction. The cheeseburger.
Okay. So I got to ask, I'm going to start off this. I'd love to hear all of your, your thoughts on this. So we're going to be talking about optimizing nutrition and aging. How important is it? Like I'm, I'm about to be 50 years old. I feel like my diet is like, I'm paying attention to my diet a lot more now, eating a lot more fruits and vegetables, taking in more fiber, doing a lot of things. Uh,
Why did the hosts share a Jimmy Buffett song request and how does it relate to the discussion?
How important is it that we also think about that when people are in their 70s, 80s? They've been eating probably the same diet for 70 or 80 years. Why change now?
It's never too late. It's ideal to have a good, healthy, balanced diet through your whole life, but it's never too late. And you can work at different levels of prevention. So if you already have a condition, you might be able to prevent events. You could improve quality of life. have better bowel habits, less constipation. You can have short term things as well as long term things at any age. So it's never too late. And, you know, based on our song choice, if people
are
dreaming about a big juicy cheeseburger because they're really depriving themselves during the day, that's not balance either. So, you know, there's a really there's an argument for having balance throughout life. And that's important at any age.
all things in moderation, including moderation. I
love
that
line.
Yogi bear are one upping the Buddha.
Um, and I'm going to turn to you, save question from your thoughts. Cause you actually have a YouTube channel that focused on like public education around this. Do you know if like, is your audience of mostly younger people, older people mix?
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
What is the main focus of the episode and who are the guests?
0:00–3:37
2
Why did the hosts share a Jimmy Buffett song request and how does it relate to the discussion?
3:37–11:47
3
How important is nutrition for people in their 50s, 70s, and beyond?
11:47–22:04
4
Who is watching the Mediterranean‑diet videos and what does the audience data reveal?
22:04–33:49
5
What does Elizabeth’s book *The Gift of Aging* say about nutrition and aging?
33:49–41:02
6
How long does it take for the Mediterranean diet to improve the gut microbiome?
41:02–48:25
7
What does a typical Mediterranean‑style breakfast, lunch, and dinner look like?
48:25–51:41
Speakers
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