BITESIZE | The #1 Secret to Living a Longer and Healthier Life | Professor Rose Anne Kenny #486

Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Alternative Health, Mental Health

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🗓️ 17 October 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Today's guest brings valuable insights about what we can do to make sure we age healthily and happily. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests. Today’s clip is from episode 400 of the podcast with Professor Rose Anne Kenny. Professor Kenny is a medical gerontologist and Regius Professor of Physic and Chair of Medical Gerontology at Trinity College Dublin. She’s the Founding Principal Investigator of Ireland’s largest population study of ageing (TILDA) and the author of the international bestseller Age Proof: The New Science of Living a Longer and Healthier Life. In our conversation, she revealed that while 20% of ageing is genetic and can’t be changed, 80% is epigenetic. In other words, we have the power to influence how quickly or how slowly we age. In this clip, she shares some of the simple, practical things we can all do to embrace the 80% that's within our control. Thanks to our sponsor https://www.drinkag1.com/livemore Support the podcast and enjoy Ad-Free episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/feelbetterlivemore. For other podcast platforms go to https://fblm.supercast.com. Show notes and the full podcast are available at https://drchatterjee.com/400 DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to constitute or be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or other qualified health care provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.

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0:47.3	Welcome to Feel Better Live More bite size, your weekly dose of positivity and optimism to get you ready for the weekend.
0:57.7	Today's clip is from episode 400 of my podcast with Professor Roseanne Kenny, author of
1:05.4	Age Proof, the new science of living a longer and healthier life. In our conversation, Roseanne reveals that whilst 20% of aging is genetic and can't be changed,
1:18.6	80% is epigenetic.
1:21.6	In other words, we have the power to influence how quickly or how slowly we age.
1:29.3	In this clip, she shares some of the simple, practical things that we can all do
1:34.3	to embrace the 80% that's within our control.
1:41.3	One of the central messages in your book is that 80% of our aging biology is within our control.
1:52.9	So I thought we'd start with some practical tips.
1:56.8	Let's say if someone's in midlife in their 40s or 50s, and you were going to say one or two things for them to focus on, what would you say?
2:06.9	I give my top three, and the first one I'd start with would be friendship and to culture friendship, how important that is.
2:14.7	Maybe we're going to take a step back.
2:15.9	You mentioned there that 80% is in our control.
2:18.4	And isn't that wonderful? Because everybody assumes it's genes. You know, aging is about your
2:23.3	genes and you are stuck more or less at the moment anyway with whatever genes you've got. But that isn't the case. Genes only contribute to 20% of the aging process. 80% is within our control. So that's fantastic.
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