The Dr. Hyman Show
Reverse Aging Now: The Latest Longevity Breakthroughs | Dr. Eric Verdin
04 Dec 2024
What if aging wasn’t inevitable, but something you could slow—or even reverse? In this episode of “The Dr. Hyman Show,” Dr. Eric Verdin, the president of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, and I dive deep into the science of longevity. Discover how lifestyle choices, mitochondrial health, and cutting-edge research are transforming our understanding of aging. From fasting and nutrient sensing to emerging therapies like CD38 inhibitors, this episode reveals actionable insights to help you live a longer, healthier life. In this episode, we discuss: The Role of Mitochondria in Aging The Critical Role of NAD Levels and Aging Lifestyle Interventions for Longevity Gene Therapy The Importance of CD38 and Enzyme Inhibition View Show Notes From This Episode Get Free Weekly Health Tips from Dr. Hyman Sign Up for Dr. Hyman’s Weekly Longevity Journal This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, BIOptimizers, LMNT, and Fatty 15. Streamline your lab orders with Rupa Health. Access more than 3,500 specialty lab tests and register for a FREE live demo at RupaHealth.com. Don’t let stress take over your holidays. Try Magnesium Breakthrough from BiOptimizers. Head to Bioptimizers.com/Hyman and use code HYMAN10 to save 10%. LMNT is giving listeners a FREE eight-count sample pack of their vital electrolyte drink mix with any purchase. Just visit DrinkLMNT.com/Hyman today. Fatty15 contains pure, award-winning C15:0 in a bioavailable form. Get an exclusive 15% off a 90-day starter kit subscription. Just visit Fatty15.com and use code DRHYMAN10 to get started.
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So aging is the accumulation of disorder. And that disorder is caused by a whole series of external forces over which we have essentially no control. Think about gravity. Think about the gamma rays coming from interstellar radiation. Think about UV. Think about oxygen stress. All of these forces are there and they're always going to be with us.
And we know that they are the driving forces of the aging process.
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That's pharmacy with an F, a place for conversations that matter. And today's conversation matters because it affects all of us. And it's about how we age and perhaps how we may be able to slow down that process. And we're talking with one of the world's experts on aging, Dr. Eric Burden, who's the president and CEO of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging.
a pioneering biomedical research institute dedicated to aging and age-related disease. He's a native of Belgium. He received his MD degree there from the University of Liège and then completed his clinical research training at Harvard Medical School. And he's published over 280 scientific papers in aging and metabolism. He's the guy. who knows more about aging than most people on the planet.
He's worked on the molecular mechanisms of aging, mitochondrial function, inflammation, caloric restriction. He's a pioneer in so many ways. And as a very interesting, great guy, we had a deep conversation today about some really key elements that you probably heard about in the news like mitochondria or The role of our own healing and repair system and activating longevity pathways.
We talked about how do we diagnose, in a sense, the rate of aging. How do we look at our biological age as opposed to our chronological age? We talked about some of the exciting new developments in therapies from things like NMN, NR, which help increase NAD in the body, to some of the key molecules that are being researched on cancer. reversing aging like quercetin and fisetin.
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