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Diabetes Digital Podcast by Food Heaven

How to Actually Embrace Aging

Diabetes Digital Podcast by Food Heaven

Wendy Lopez, Jessica Jones

Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.92.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2020

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

There’s a lot of fear and stigma around getting old, even though it’s something most of us will experience. From the endless anti-wrinkle products to the fear of dementia, aging is usually not embraced in our society. Today we’ll be talking with gerontologist Christina Peoples, who holds a master’s degree in gerontology. She has an online platform dedicated to providing education on aging, called Gero What.  In This Episode We’ll Cover: • What the study of gerontology is and how it’s useful in everyday life • Ageism, age denial, and why these things can be problematic • Common myths and stereotypes about aging • Practical ways to prepare for aging + MORE! 2 Ways You Can Support This Podcast: • Rate • Review For our resources and shownotes, visit foodheavenmadeeasy.com/podcast. Produced by Dear Media See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

The following podcast is a deer media production.

0:03.0

Hi, I'm Wendy.

0:04.1

And I'm Jess and you're listening to the Food Heaven Podcast.

0:07.0

Your online resource for inclusive and accessible wellness.

0:21.2

Welcome back to another episode of the Food Heaven Podcast.

0:25.2

We are so excited about today's episode because

0:29.1

we are going to be talking about aging, which I don't think we've ever covered

0:32.7

on this podcast and everyone kind of goes through it.

0:36.8

So Jess, how do you feel about aging?

0:39.9

Do you have any fears around aging?

0:42.8

That's a good question.

0:44.2

I do have fears.

0:46.0

I think my biggest fear, which she addresses in this episode, is just like losing my memory,

0:52.8

because I feel like that's what I, my memories are what I cherish more than anything,

0:56.4

and I have so many amazing ones.

0:58.1

So to see my, well, Nana, go through all timers and now my grandma on the other side kind

1:06.0

of going through it, that's really scary to me.

1:08.4

And then I think just like being discounted or like counted out by society in general,

1:14.7

I think is something that is common, especially in the United States.

1:17.6

We don't always like look up to our elders the way that we do in other cultures.

1:24.2

And so that's a big fear of mine too, just feeling like not valuable.

1:28.0

As you get older, what about you though?

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