#58 How to Reverse Ageing (Part 2 of 4). Healthy Ageing with Dr Dan Levitin
The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast
Dr Rupy Aujla
4.7 • 2.7K Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2020
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
For the second part of our reversing ageing series, my guest today is Dr Daniel J. Levitin.
A neuroscientist, cognitive psychologist, and bestselling author. He is Founding Dean of Arts & Humanities at the Minerva Schools at KGI in San Francisco, and Professor Emeritus of psychology and neuroscience at McGill University. He is the bestselling author of This Is Your Brain on Music, The World in Six Songs, The Organized Mind, and A Field Guide to Lies and Statistics.
Daniel is a thought leader in the field of ageing and neuroscience, he has read thousands of research papers on the brain through the ages and his new book draws on cutting-edge research from neuroscience and psychology to demonstrate the cognitive benefits of getting older.
On the show today we talk about:
- The beliefs that surround the ageing process
- Our assumptions around memory loss and our focus on lifespan instead of 'healthspan'
- How our decision-making skills improve as we age
- How happiness improves in age
- Practical and cognitive enhancing tricks for everyone to follow during each decade of their life
- How to age joyously
- We also dive into Dan’s food preferences, flair for music and some incredible stories from his life’s work
I would really recommend to check out Dan's book - The Changing Mind - it really is well worth a read
And do check out The Doctor's Kitchen website for full show notes and do check out all our other podcast episodes too!
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| 0:00.0 | The fact is that although we can't, to a large degree, control what happens to us, we |
| 0:13.3 | can control how we respond. |
| 0:16.1 | And so our personality or mindset has an outsized influence on the way our lives will reveal |
| 0:23.5 | themselves at any age or any stage. |
| 0:27.2 | The idea is that you can change your personality at any age and choose a personality that you |
| 0:34.0 | want, choose a personality that will give you a better chance of being happy and productive |
| 0:39.2 | and living healthy. |
| 0:41.4 | Welcome to the Dr. Dopsys Kitchen Podcast with me, Dr. Rupi, where we discuss the most important |
| 0:51.0 | topics and concepts in the medicinal qualities of food and lifestyle. |
| 0:56.1 | This is the podcast to learn about actionable changes to your diet and your lifestyle that |
| 1:01.4 | can lead to health benefits. |
| 1:03.6 | For the second part of our reversing aging series, my guest is Dr. Daniel J. Levton, |
| 1:10.4 | a neuroscientist, cognitive psychologist and best-selling author. |
| 1:15.9 | He is founding Dean of Arts and Humanities at the Minerva Schools at KGI in San Francisco |
| 1:22.4 | and Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neuroscience at McGill University. |
| 1:27.9 | He is also the best-selling author of This is Your Brain on Music, The World in Six |
| 1:33.3 | Songs, The Organized Mind, which is a personal favourite and a field guide to lies and statistics. |
| 1:40.6 | Daniel is a thought leader in the field of aging and neuroscience. |
| 1:44.9 | He has read thousands of research papers on the brain through the ages and his new book |
| 1:50.9 | Draws on Cutting Edge Research from Neuroscience and Psychology to demonstrate the cognitive |
| 1:57.2 | benefits whilst we get older. |
| 2:00.0 | On today's show, we talk about a whole bunch of things, including beliefs surrounding |
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