Wylde On Health: Seeking Healthspan

The human body is designed for various physical movements such as pushing, pulling, jumping, squatting, lifting, running, and walking. These movements are made possible by our muscles. However, when we talk about muscle mass, the common image that comes to mind is lifting heavy weights at the gym. Interestingly, muscle mass tends to decrease by around 3-8% per decade after the age of 30, and this decline becomes even more pronounced after reaching 60. Instead of focusing solely on "getting bigger," it is crucial for individuals to adopt the mindset of maintaining their muscle mass throughout their lives to avoid its loss.The involuntary loss of muscle mass, strength, and function is a primary cause of disability in older adults. Research has shown that muscle mass is inversely related to the risk of death, and individuals with sarcopenia (defined as the loss of muscle mass and strength) may experience a 60% higher relative risk of death compared to those without sarcopenia.In this episode, I am joined by Dr. Jonny Bowden, a board-certified nutritionist and renowned expert on fat loss and healthy aging. With his no-nonsense, myth-busting approach, Dr. Bowden has been a sought-after guest on numerous television shows and a popular keynote speaker at various events, including Beijing University and the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. He has also been featured in documentaries such as "Fat Fiction" and "Heart of the Matter." Furthermore, Dr. Bowden is the best-selling author of several books, including "The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth," "The Most Effective Ways to Live Longer," and the groundbreaking book "The Great Cholesterol Myth," co-authored with the late cardiologist Dr. Steven Sinatra.Our guest experts for this episode are Larry Kolb and Shawn Baier. Larry is the co-founder and President of TSI Group LTD. He currently serves as the President of the Innovative Products Division at TSI and has a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Arizona State University. Larry's extensive experience includes roles as Vice President of Charles Bowman and Co. and Marketing Manager for Nurture, Inc. He is also an advisory board member for the United Natural Products Alliance, Nutrition Business Journal, and the University of Montana's World Trade Center.Shawn Baier, the Chief Operating Officer for MTI Biotech and the VP of Business Development Innovative Products Division at TSI, is our other guest expert. He holds a Master of Science degree from Iowa State University and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Iowa. Shawn's career at MTI Biotech began in 1997 as a Research Scientist, where he supervised external research projects focused on HMB and muscle performance. He played a key role in overseeing a year-long NIH/NIA funded research study that explored the benefits of an HMB-containing nutritional supplement on muscle mass and function in older adults.A sneak peek: what exactly is myHMB? It stands for beta-hydroxy beta-methylbutyrate, a metabolite of the essential amino acid leucine that plays a crucial role in preserving muscle tissue. Proteins are vital to our bodies, and amino acids are the building blocks that make up proteins. Leucine is one of these amino acids and is classified as one of the three branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs), along with isoleucine and valine. Leucine is the most potent activator of protein synthesis among all amino acids. Our cells can sense the levels of leucine, and in response, initiate protein synthesis.HMB is a metabolite of leucine that acts as a helper to maintain and repair muscles. While leucine is present in most proteins, it is challenging to consume enough protein through diet alone to

Previous research has shown that children of centenarians – those who live to see their 100th birthday and beyond - have markedly reduced rates of heart attack, stroke, cancer, diabetes, and hypertension compared to people born around the same time who do not have a centenarian parent. Now, a new study, co-authored by School of Public Health, researchers have found that children of centenarians also COGNITIVELY age better compared to older adults without familial longevity. The study was published online in the Journal of Gerontology and it suggests that there are familial factors that may be associated with slower cognitive aging. A sense of meaning and direction in life is also highly associated with living longer and experiencing less disease, disability, and cognitive impairment. In research done at Boston University School of Medicine, scientists found that the children of centenarians are also much more likely than the general population to have a strong sense of purpose. On this episode, Caitlyn Vanderhaeghe, Children's Nutrition expert and President & CEO of KidStar Nutrients, discusses all things kid-healthy with a special focus on iron deficiency.

On this episode we discuss heart health as it relates to healthspan but not in the conventional manner that you’d think. We aren’t discussing cholesterol, blood pressure, or hardening of the arteries. It turns out that monitoring the beat to beat variation and the time intervals between heart contractions, however, provides an incredibly valuable window into what is going inside our body, possibly AS important as our expected lifespan. This biofeedback healthspan hacking measure is known as heart rate variability. We will also discuss how we are all connected on a global scale of synchronization through a global information field that has a lot to do with the heart. My special guest, Dr. Rollin McCraty PhD, has spent his life studying the connection between the heart, mind, body, and energetic fields. He is Director of Research of the HeartMath Research Center at the HeartMath Institute. As a psycho-physiologist, his research interests include the physiology of emotion, heart-brain communication and the global interconnectivity between people and the earth’s energetic systems. Findings from this research have been applied to the development of many educational programs and technologies to optimize individual and organizational health, performance, and quality of life. Dr. McCraty has acted as Principal Investigator in numerous studies examining the effects of emotions on heart–brain coherence and the benefits of self-regulation focused interventions in diverse organizational, educational and clinical populations.

Julie Daniluk is a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and a highly-sought-after anti-inflammatory expert, speaker, and award-winning author of 4 bestselling books. Her latest book Becoming Sugar-free is a #1 National bestseller and is shortlisted for the 2022 Taste Canada Cookbook awards. Julie's passion is to speak in venues around North America where she blends her skills and experience in fun and positive ways to provide breakthrough results with her audiences. Julie has appeared on hundreds of TV programs including The Dr. Oz Show, Evolve with John Edward, CTV News, Global TV, The Social, Canada AM and CBC Radio. You may know her best as a resident nutrition expert for the The Marilyn Denis Show. In this episode, we discuss refined sugars, carbohydrates, the Glycemic Index, and Glycemic Load. We talk bad and good fats, the microbiome, mushrooms, and some of Julies favourite foods and spices. We also cover her Anti-Inflammatory Transformation Program and the amazing outcome of her most recent study.

Dr Dale Bredesen graduated from Caltech and received a medical degree from Duke University. He served as chief resident in neurology at the University of California, San Francisco and a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Nobel Laureate Professor Stanley Prusiner. Dr Bredesen is currently professor at UCLA and provided first descriptions of the reversal of cognitive decline in patients with Alzheimer's or pre-Alzheimer's, and has a recent successful trial published just last year. When we think about our health we think about our heart – blood pressure, cholesterol levels, the impact of stress; we know we should keep a healthy weight – to prevent diabetes and multiple diseases that relate to carrying around too much fat, liver health – watch our alcohol intake, etc… but more often than not, we don’t think about brain health until it’s too late!...

JJ Virgin is a triple-board certified nutrition expert and Fitness Hall of Famer who has made it her mission is to help YOU stay fired up, healthy, and always feeling your best - throughout your 40’s, 50’s, 60’s and well beyond! JJ is the author of FOUR New York Times bestselling books including The Virgin Diet and JJ Virgin’s Sugar Impact Diet. JJ is also a prominent TV and media personality, host of the very popular Ask the Health Expert podcast, and founder of the premier health entrepreneur event and community, called The Mindshare Summit. This podcast is loaded with JJ's tips around slowing down the aging process including some of most important things anyone can do from a nutritional perspective to "de-age"!

Dr Jonny Bowden is revered far and wide as "The Nutrition Myth Buster". He is a board-certified nutritionist, a nationally known expert on weight loss and healthy aging, and best-selling author of thirteen books including "The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth", “The Great Cholesterol Myth”, and “The Most Effective Ways to Live Longer”. His no-nonsense, myth-busting approach has made him a popular guest on television including The Dr. Oz show, the Doctors, CNN, Fox News, and dozens of morning shows throughout North America. One of his best-selling books “The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth” discusses the surprising, unbiased truth about what you should eat and why. In this episode, we talk about some of those foods and we need to eat more of to live a longer, healthier life including some of the latest superfoods on his radar - one of which includes a superfruit you have likely never heard of before: Graviola (aka Soursop).

On this episode, Dr. Bill Sears tells us how healthspan and longevity starts in the womb and some wonderful tips on brain and gut health. After raising eight children and practicing pediatric medicine for more than 50 years, Dr Bill and Martha Sears have made it their life’s mission to help little people and all people stay healthy! Together they have written 46 books, advised tens of thousands of parents, and helped millions more through their incredible books focused on pediatric health, endless articles in parenting magazines, and countless appearances on more than 100 television programs including Oprah, Good Morning America, CBS, CNN, NBC’s Today Show, and Dateline not to mention a feature on the cover of Time Magazine!

In this podcast episode, I interview Robb Wolf, a former research biochemist and multiple New York Times Best Selling author of The Paleo Solution and Wired To Eat about his concepts on the Paleo diet, movement, and general advice for improving healthspan. Robb has transformed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people around the world via his top ranked iTunes podcast, many books and seminars. Robb deals in real world, sensible, innovative, evidence based health advice!

As you age, it is normal to notice a FEW changes in your vision. Some common ones for older adults may include losing the ability to see up close, having trouble distinguishing colors, such as blue from black, and needing more time to adjust to changing levels of light. BUT, to keep good vision and eye health into late age is possible if you take care of your peepers! Maintaining your eye and vision health is critical to healthspan curve. If you lose your vision, your quality of life suffers incredibly. Losing your eyesight in the final years of your life will dramatically impact what you are able to get out of it. Dr. Joshua Mali is a board-certified ophthalmologist and award-winning retinal specialist in private practice in Sarasota, Florida and is an Attending Physician at Manatee Memorial Hospital where he performs retinal surgeries. He also serves as the Medical Director for the Macular Degeneration Association, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating and empowering age-related macular degeneration patients. Dr. Mali has published research in esteemed medical publications including JAMA Ophthalmology, is a regular contributing author for Ophthalmology Times, and serves on the editorial advisory board of Ocular Surgery News. Join us on another episode of Wylde On Health: Seeking Healthspan!

Tea has been used for thousands of years to help everything from the common cold, digestive complaints, and headaches owing largely to its impressive antioxidant content which is also incredible for heart and brain health. The health benefits of tea are wide ranging beyond its medicinal effects and is often used for metabolic regulation, mood enhancement, and improved energy. But it’s also the preferred beverage of the Blue Zones where those who tend to live beyond 100 years old are revered as centenarians. Published research has shown that drinking tea at least three times a week is linked with a longer and healthier life! Todays special guest is Nigel Melican. Nigel has spent 40 years as a tea technology consultant, he’s processed tea on six continents, and he is one of the most accomplished tea professionals on the planet. He is also prolific tea drinker, fit, and still working at the YOUNG age of 81, Nigel schools us on all things Graviola Tea which may just be a secret to healthspan!

Aging is a natural biological process that occurs in all living creatures. In humans, the speed at which you age depends on a number of internal and external factors, such as nutrition, lifestyle, physical and mental stress, the environment, and genetics. In fact, variations in your genes can influence how well you manage all the factors that ultimately influence your aging process. Kashif Khan is the Founder and CEO of The DNA Company, where personalized medicine is being pioneered through unique insights into the human genome. With the largest study of its kind globally, The DNA Company has developed a functional approach to genomic interpretation overlaying environment, nutrition, and lifestyle on the genetic blueprint to create personalized and deterministic health outcomes.

This podcast is focuses on skin health because it is the most visible aspect of aging. It also mirrors to some degree how we are aging from the inside out. If we want to add healthspan to our skin and the rest of our body, optimal nutrition is probably one of the most important areas of focus. Joy McCarthy joins as guest expert. Joy is a Holistic Nutritionist and founder of the award winning website JoyousHealth.com, author of three bestselling cookbooks: Joyous Health, The Joyous Cookbook and Joyous Detox which is a World Gourmand Cookbook Award recipient; and she co-hosts the Joyous Health Podcast.

This episode is loaded with ways to consider slowing down your cellular aging. My special guest is Dr. Charles Brenner, the world's leading expert on NAD metabolism. Dr. Brenner is known for discovering the Nicotinamide Riboside pathway that leads to this special NAD molecule. Dr. Brenner is also the Alfred E Mann Family Foundation Chair of Diabetes & Cancer Metabolism at City of Hope in Los Angeles, California and Chief Scientific Advisor for ChromaDex, which has developed an ingredient called Tru Niagen on the basis his work on Nicotinamide Riboside. Dr. Brenner is a valued skeptic on overreaching claims about longevity genes and lifespan extension but an advocate for physical and mental activity and what he calls following mom's advice: eat your vegetables, don't smoke or do drugs, etc.

In this episode I once again cover brain health including REST genes, blood sugar balance, Lion's Mane for optimizing your brain, my supplement scorecard for Vinpocetine, and my special guest is Dr. Mark Gordon. He is a thought leader in the field of endocrinology and neuroendocrinology who takes a special interest in Traumatic AND Non-Traumatic Brain Injuries. He recently starred in the documentary “Quiet Explosions: Healing the Brain” which won the 2021 Most Important Film Award. Dr. Gordon is the CEO of Millennium Health Centers in Los Angeles, California, predicated on the development of unique laboratory biomarker testing which informs treatment protocols that help optimize brain health. His product development division has recently released three new brain health formulations clinically tested for many years before being released to the public.

In this inaugural pre-release episode of Wylde On Health: Seeking Healthspan, I have the pleasure of interviewing the GOAT of Alternative Medicine, Dr. Andrew Weil on Brain Health. Dr. Andrew Weil is a world-renowned leader and pioneer in the field of integrative medicine. He takes a healing-oriented approach to health care which encompasses body, mind, and spirit. Dr. Weil is an internationally recognized expert for his views on leading a healthy lifestyle, his philosophy of healthy aging, and his critique of the future of medicine and health care. Combining a Harvard education and a lifetime of practicing natural and preventive medicine, Dr. Weil is the founder and director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, where he also holds the Lovell-Jones Endowed Chair in Integrative Rheumatology, and is Clinical Professor of Medicine and Professor of Public Health.