Today on the root cause medicine podcast.

Eaging is the biggest risk factor for chronic disease. I mean, that's really the bottom

line. And more than chronic disease, it's the biggest risk factor for acute disease as well,

for COVID, for influenza, et cetera. As we age, our risk for developing those diseases just

rises exponentially.

And once we develop one of them, one begets another, begets another, be gets another,

and it's a slippery slope to spending the final decades on the planet sick.

None of us, you're not sitting here, thinking anybody listening to this, is not planning for

their final 20 years to be really sick.

That's not how we're hard-wired to think at all.

And yet that is the trajectory for us.

That is what happens unless very intentionally choose to live a different life.

Well, hello there. I'm Dr. Kate. And today on the root cause medicine podcast, we're talking

with Dr. Kara Fitzgerald. She's an incredible clinician and researcher who's published

the book Younger You. I absolutely adore this book. It's about easy, practical, affordable ways to reverse

your biological age and amplify your health, all based on the evidence. You will love today's

conversation if you're someone who's interested in living as long as possible, as healthfully as

possible for the sake of you and your loved ones.

These tips that she's going to talk about are not only feasible for adults to do,

but can be done for the whole family.

I know you'll love today's episode,

and if you're a clinician who wants to be trained in the Younger You method,

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