#136 David Sinclair: Reversing the Aging Process

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Shane Parrish

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🗓️ 3 May 2022

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Biologist and genetics expert Dr. David Sinclair is out to prove he can live past 100 years old, and he thinks you can too. On this episode Sinclair goes in-depth on the process of aging and the techniques you can incorporate into your life that help you live a longer, healthier life, including optimizing your diet, the benefits of exercise, the role of a positive attitude, the importance of sleep, the three supplements he takes every day, why it’s never too late to slow the process of aging, and so much more.

Dr. Sinclair is a professor of genetics and co-director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for Biology of Aging Research at Harvard Medical School, and he is best known for his research on aging, with a focus on epigenetics. He’s been called one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World by Time, and in 2019 he released the New York Times bestselling book, Lifespan: Why We Age – and Why We Don't Have To.

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0:00.0	The reason I'm talking to you today is to wake people up and realize there is no law that says we have to age.
0:05.4	Now if you forced me to give you a number, I'd love to live the under 100.
0:09.8	I wouldn't say no to 120 and I wouldn't say no to 150.
0:13.2	Right now there's a limit because that's what we've seen happens,
0:16.4	but the people that live over 100 typically don't take care of themselves.
0:20.0	A lot of them smoke and some of them smoke and drink and don't eat good food.
0:24.8	So what happens when you have great genes, which is 20%,
0:28.4	plus people who do the optimal lifestyle and take the optimal supplements and take the optimal drugs,
0:34.7	there's no reason why 120 needs to be the maximum human lifespan.
0:39.2	And there is nothing in biology that says that there is a limit.
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1:39.2	Today I'm joined by Dr. David Sinclair, tenured professor of genetics at Harvard Medical
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