wow, you know, what is this fundamental ticking clock inside of all of our biology? If you look at

what causes wrinkles and grey hair, it's actually the same 10 hallmarks as caused dementia,

as cause cancer, as cause frailty, as cause incontinence, all of these different things that are

associated with aging are caused by these same 10 things. These are diseases that also increase

exponentially with age.

And so if we could understand those processes, we could keep people healthier for longer.

We could potentially tackle all of these different causes of suffering with the same treatments

by treating the underlying ageing process that causes them.

So can we really age in reverse? Well, physicist turned biologist Andrew Steele reckons we can.

This is the Liz Earle well-being show, the podcast, helping us all have a better second half.

I'm Liz Earle and I'm sure, as you know by now, I am on a true mission to find ways for all of us to thrive in our later life by investing in our health and our well-being today.

Well, if you listen to last week's episode with the brilliantly vibrant Joe Good,

you will know that it's my 62nd birthday this month.

So I am dedicating all of our May episodes to being older, bolder and even better than ever. Yes, throughout the month I'm going

to be chatting to people who are really embracing the aging process, like Joe last week,

as well as scientists, nutritionists and medics who are all working to make sure our later

years are as healthy as possible. So today, well, Andrew Steele is a

scientist, writer and campaigner, whose book, Ageless, The New Science of Getting Old,

really captured my attention. What a title, exactly what I love learning about. So is the idea of

reversing our age just a vain quest to banish wrinkles? Or is it a vital concept that could

lessen our physical suffering, immobility, heart disease, cancers in later life? And let me make

this very clear. This conversation isn't about

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