Stay Young - Ep 3: Stay Sharp
Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley
BBC
4.6 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 12 July 2023
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Summary
Want to get the mental sharpness of someone decades younger? Challenging your brain with something difficult, like learning a new language or taking up juggling, can trigger your brain to form new connections, increasing your brain’s white matter and making it more resilient against age-related decline. In this episode, Michael speaks to Dr Rachel Wu from the University of California Riverside who has discovered that learning three new skills at the same time can significantly boost the memory in older adults - so much so that they performed as well as someone 50 years younger in a series of cognitive tests. Superager Lord Richard Wilson shares his top tips for a sharper mind and the role of grit, determination, and insatiable curiosity. Producer: Catherine Wyler Assistant Producer: Gulnar Mimaroglu Executive Producer: Zoe Heron A BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds / BBC Radio 4.
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| 0:00.0 | If you could have a conversation with your younger self, what would you tell them? |
| 0:06.0 | Anonymity is our most valuable gift. |
| 0:09.0 | I'm Kristi Young, and in Young again, I'll be asking my guests what honest advice they would give their past self. |
| 0:16.0 | Believe it when they say that loving yourself is the answer. |
| 0:20.0 | Among those joining me will be Jamie Oliver, Jeda Pinkett Smith and Mel B. |
| 0:24.1 | I knew that I had a voice and I knew that I wanted to say certain things and represent certain things. |
| 0:30.0 | Young again, with me, Kirstie Young. |
| 0:33.0 | Listen on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:35.0 | BBC Sounds, Music Radio Podcasts. |
| 0:40.0 | Jong-Y. |
| 0:41.0 | Jong-Y. |
| 0:42.0 | Jong-Yh, Nay Day. We all want to live life to the fullest feeling and looking our best. |
| 0:58.0 | But as we get older, things can start to dwindle, droop or decline. |
| 1:02.0 | So can you slow or even stop that happening? Keep that useful glow and energy. |
| 1:05.0 | Well, if you have science on your side, you can. |
| 1:09.0 | I'm Dr Michael Mosley, and this is Stay Young, |
| 1:12.0 | a BBC Radio 4 podcast series where each |
| 1:15.8 | episode we pick out one simple scientifically proven thing you can start doing |
| 1:20.6 | today to rejuvenate yourself from the inside out. |
| 1:27.0 | Hi, okay. |
| 1:31.0 | Hi, okay. Joy Jin. |
| 1:35.0 | Today I'm doing something that I've been meaning to do for years. I am learning Cantonese. |
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