Welcome to the Commune Podcast. My name is Jeff Krasnow. As we approach 700 episodes on the

Commian podcast, we are now republishing some of our most popular interviews with teachers who now have

full-length courses over on the commune course platform. So this interview is from

23 with my friend Dr. Mark Hyman. Mark is an internationally recognized leader, speaker,

and educator in the field of functional medicine,

and a 14-time New York Times bestselling author. At the time this episode was recorded, Mark's book

Young Forever was just hitting the shelves. In this book, Mark challenges us to reimagine aging,

not as a slow decline into frailty and decrepitude, but as a process

over which you have considerable agency. In our conversation, we discuss the primary

hallmarks of aging and their root causes. We talk about finding balance between systems of growth and repair, and Mark

outlines simple diet and lifestyle protocols that can optimize your body for long-term well-being,

as well as the more cutting-edge protocols like ozone therapy and hyperbaric chambers. We discuss

adversity memetics, or what I sometimes call good

stress protocols, including fasting, cold and heat immersion, light therapy, and resistance training

that can turn on your body's longevity switches. And finally, Mark talks about which foods and

eating patterns result in beneficial gene expression

and what promising advances are now appearing on the horizon to prime your body for longevity.

So get ready for this fascinating conversation with Dr. Mark Hyman right after the break.

Hey, it's Jeff, and I'm aiming to take better care of my skin, which we should all be doing.

After all, it's our largest organ.

So for 10 minutes every day, I wear a face mask.

That's right, but not just any old face mask.

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