60 – Liz Earle on how to age well
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What is the significance of Liz Earle's new book 'How to Age'?
So Liz, Earl, you've been on this podcast a few times. I feel like you're a regular guest, but there's always more we can talk about. And today is a really exciting day for me, but more exciting for you. So can you just explain why it's so exciting?
Oh my gosh. Well, thank you, Louise. Thank you so much for having me back on. Today, publication day, How to Age. Now you know about this because you're featured in this tome and it's been a real labour of love. It's It's my best book yet. I don't know whether you feel that about your books when you write them. I think we gain knowledge, don't we? Experience and passion. And yeah, it's a good one. So I'm thrilled. So thank you for having me on today.
Oh, I think it's brilliant because, well, there's lots of good things about the book, but one of the great things about you is that you're very evidence-based and you research things. So although you have a massive connection of people who you lean to and ask for advice, you don't just take their opinion. You use it as a vehicle to get more information. And then some of the so-called experts that you might connect with are not then the ones that you think are quite so credible because you work it out for yourself. And you've always been, you know, you're, I guess in some ways very similar because you're very critical and you ask lots of questions and you're very reflective. You don't just absorb and take things as face value, which a lot of people could do.
Well, I think it's kind of you to say I'm very fortunate to connect with a lot of world-class academics and medics and researchers and people like yourself, real experts in the field. Because I'm not a medic. I'm not a doctor. I'm not an academic. I'm not even a scientific researcher. I think my role is as a communicator and somebody who can go in without a medical or scientific background and ask those questions. And I always think, you know, if I can understand something, if I can ask these amazing academics and people working in their ivory towers and their labs or whatever to explain things to me really in a simple way, I can then hopefully translate that and give that information across to the public.
How can understanding hormones impact our aging process?
You know, particularly when you look at something like ageing, because, you know, we're all ageing and there's so much that's really super interesting that's going on in the labs and in the world of academia behind closed doors, which will probably take Well, they say, don't they, 17 years from bench to bedside. Well, I haven't got 17 years to wait. I'm mid-60s. So thank you very much. I'd like to know about this now if it's going to help me. And I need to go into those labs now and get the information and pull it out before, even before it's published in many cases.
Yeah. And I like, I mean, I love the title of your book because it's how to age rather than anti-aging because we all age. And I think there's so much market and confusion out there about what aging really is. There's a great paper you might have read. It came out many years ago about, is aging a disease? And it's a philosophical debate. And it does fill the criteria for a disease, although it affects all populations. So some purists will say, well, you can't have a disease that affects 100% of the population. But I'm very interested in accelerated aging. Like what happens with, and a lot of people still, and I don't think it's as much now with your name on it, but maybe it would have done if you'd produced this book 20 years ago.
I think it's just about skin and it's about how you look. And I think there's two things. Partly it is because the skin is an organ. And if your skin is healthy, your internal organs are healthy. It's a window into your organs. So I don't think it's a bad thing. But the other thing is it's taken as it's whatever you put on your face. And that's the way, how healthy you are. And that's completely wrong, isn't it?
Absolutely. I mean, it's funny going back in the day. So obviously I'm known for having founded a beauty company, but even when my co-founder Kim and I were in the beauty company, we have no connection to it now.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the significance of Liz Earle's new book 'How to Age'?
0:00–1:26
2
How can understanding hormones impact our aging process?
1:26–3:11
3
What role do mitochondria play in aging and health?
3:11–5:26
4
How does circadian rhythm affect our overall well-being?
5:26–7:02
5
What simple lifestyle changes can support healthy aging?
7:02–9:16
6
How does inflammation influence aging and health?
9:16–11:28
7
What are the benefits of resistance training as we age?
11:28–16:59
8
What are the three key tips for aging well according to Liz Earle?
16:59–20:18
Speakers
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