A Longevity Professor Shares Surprisingly Simple Everyday Habits That Extend Lifespan and Healthspan with Professor Rose Anne Kenny

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Dhru Purohit

Medicine, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health

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🗓️ 11 January 2024

⏱️ 97 minutes

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As the New Year starts, we may be exposed to the new trends marketed to help us kickstart our health. But we know that consistently doubling down on the fundamentals is the key to longevity.

Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru sits down with Professor Rose Anne Kenny to discuss the science of aging and the key factors that can help us age well. Professor Kenny shares her decades of research on aging and tests that can help us identify if we are aging optimally. She also discusses the importance of consistently focusing on resistance training, diet, exposure to nature, and community.

Professor Kenny reminds us that we are not all doomed and that 80% of how we age is based on the habits and fundamentals we engage in daily. If you want motivation and inspiration to hone in on simple changes we know are tried and true, this episode is for you.

Rose Anne Kenny holds the chair of medical gerontology at Trinity College Dublin and St. James’s Hospital and is director of Mercer’s Institute for Successful Aging. Before her present appointment, Kenny held the chair of cardiovascular research at the University of Newcastle, where she was head of academic and clinical departments of medical gerontology for 12 years. She has published extensively on cardiovascular risk factors for falls and cognitive decline in aging. Her recently published book “Age Proof – The New Science of Living a Longer and Healthier Life” was shortlisted for the Royal Society Science Book Prize 2022.

In this episode, Dhru and Professor Kenny dive into (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):

The importance of quality social relationships for longevity (2:55 / 2:55)
The misconceptions about aging and going back to the fundamentals (9:37 / 6:33)
How do you know if you are aging well (19:33 / 16:33)
Focusing on blood pressure testing and optimal ranges (26:17 / 21:47)
Lipid panel and the critical tests for metabolic health (42:57 / 38:20)
Grip strength and measuring V02 max as factors of aging (48:28 / 43:52)
Professor Kenny’s longitudinal studies and the importance of nature, approaching life with curiosity, and healing childhood traumas (56:50 / 52:25)
The importance of hormesis through cold therapy (1:06:42 / 1:02:08)
80% of aging is epigenetics (1:10:56 / 1:06:20)
Roseto effect and the impact of close-knit community (1:15:04 / 1:10:30)
Four factors that accelerated aging (1:23:14 / 1:18:11)
The fears around aging (1:27:11 / 1:22:35)

For more on Professor Kenny follow her on Twitter @RoseAnnekenny1

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0:00.0	There is very robust research to show that if you feel 10 years younger than your chronological age,
0:07.0	it would appear that your attitude to how your age actually influences the biological pace of aging.
0:16.3	So the dictum you are as young as you feel is actually true, scientifically. So attitude matters and having a positive attitude matters.
0:29.7	Happy 2024 you know right around this time year, so many people are looking for that next pill or supplement or new magical device that can help us with our health goals and all those things are great and I'll dabble in some of those here
0:44.1	and there but my recommendation to my audience is never forget about the basics and when it comes to
0:50.3	health when it comes to wellness when it comes to our longevity journey to hit to a hundred and hopefully beyond,
0:56.5	that's what I wish for me, what I wish for you, it truly comes down to doubling down on the basics first.
1:03.0	That next pill, that next device,
1:05.0	they can be all great things, potentially,
1:08.0	and some are overblown and overhiked,
1:10.0	but they don't matter if we don't have the basics and today's interview we have a top
1:14.8	expert in this field of longevity here to remind us of those basics that are worth
1:20.8	doubling down on hi everyone Drewop road here this week's guest on the podcast is professor
1:26.5	Rose Ann Kenny and she's here to talk to us about the new science of living a longer
1:31.5	and healthier life she's a researcher in the space and has a ton of insights from her
1:36.7	landmark research that's come out of Ireland. Roseanne holds the chair of medical gerontology at Trinity College Dublin in St. James Hospital
1:46.3	and is the director of Mercer Institute's successful aging program.
1:50.7	Before her present appointment, Professor Roseanne Kenny held the chair of
1:54.9	Cardiovascular Research at the University of Newcastle where she was head of
1:58.4	academic and clinical departments of medical gerontology for 12 years.
2:03.7	She's published extensively on cardiovascular risk for falls and cognitive cline
2:08.8	when they come to aging and their relationship to aging.
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