Is Age Really Just a Number?

Chasing Life

CNN

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.5 • 8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Getting older is often seen as a negative, or something to avoid. But the reality is, it’s happening to us every minute of every day. Is there a better way to think about our journey through the years? In our first episode of an all-new season, CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta sits down with his parents to talk about their approach to getting older. Plus, did you know changing our mindset around aging can influence our health and longevity? To learn more, Dr. Gupta turns to Professor Becca Levy, a professor of epidemiology and psychology at Yale University and author of Breaking the Age Code. Levy shares her science-backed strategies for living longer by simply re-framing the way we think, and talk, about aging -- useful information, no matter how old you are. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:14.5	I think I enjoyed each phase of my life.
0:20.5	Are you gonna just say the opposite of what that's all about?
0:25.0	No, I want to tell for myself, I don't want to copy.
0:29.0	No, but...
0:32.0	That's me, Sanjay, and my parents, Dementi and Subash.
0:37.0	You know, when I first started thinking about this season of the podcast,
0:40.0	which is all about making the most of our age, my parents,
0:44.0	they were the first people I wanted to talk to.
0:46.0	After all, I've seen them at every stage of life now for the last 53 years.
0:52.0	And as I discovered, somewhat to my surprise, they have a really good attitude
0:57.0	when it comes to getting older.
0:59.0	Someone says they want to talk about aging. What comes to your mind?
1:03.0	Well, the day you're born, you start aging from that day.
1:07.0	That's true.
1:08.0	So you're aging all the time?
1:10.0	Is that a... I mean, you sing as a good thing?
1:13.0	It is a very good thing.
1:15.0	Moms are always right, and today is no different.
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