The Anti-Aging Diet That Actually Works | Dr. Michael Greger Explains
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 6 May 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
What if you could slow down aging—without supplements, gimmicks, or starvation? Dr. Michael Greger, bestselling author of How Not to Die, returns to The Exam Room with an anti-aging blueprint.
In this conversation with Chuck Carroll, we dive into his latest project, The How Not to Age Cookbook, and explore how to use everyday ingredients to support longevity, prevent disease, and feel energized at any age. From the science behind protein, muscle, and hormones, to the surprising foods that boost sexual health, brain function, and skin appearance—Dr. Greger breaks it all down.
😁 Diet and a great sex life later in life
🥦 The power of walnuts and broccoli
💪The truth about protein and aging
🥛 Calcium and iron needs for women
🏋 Maintaining and building muscle over 50
🍽️ Favorite anti-aging recipes from his new cookbook
If you're curious about plant-based eating but want evidence, not hype—this one's for you.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the exam room. |
| 0:04.0 | There may be no such thing as dying of old age. |
| 0:07.0 | 42,000 consecutive autopsies, centenarians. |
| 0:11.0 | Most were considered even by their physicians to have been healthy. |
| 0:15.0 | Just prior to the death, not a single one died of old age. |
| 0:21.7 | Welcome to the exam room podcast, brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:25.6 | Hi, I'm the weight loss champion, Chuck Carroll, raising health IQs coast to coast and around the world. |
| 0:31.6 | Hi to the exam room. He's listening in Victorville, California, New Haven, Connecticut, and Kingston, Ontario, Canada. |
| 0:39.9 | Wherever you are, we appreciate you helping to make the world a healthier place. |
| 0:44.4 | This is episode 38 of Season 8, number 637 overall. |
| 0:49.8 | And today we are talking about potentially the single best researched cookbook of all time. |
| 0:56.2 | We are talking about 300 plus references tucked into the back of a beautiful blend of deliciousness and knowledge. |
| 1:05.6 | What we're talking about is the companion to the best selling book, How Not to Age. |
| 1:13.7 | We are talking about the How Not to Age Cookbook that is now available. Recipes and age-defying science are in here, and we're biting |
| 1:20.6 | down on both with Dr. Michael Greger on the show today. So on deck, his anti-aging eight and a surprising link between your |
| 1:30.4 | diet and sex life as you get older, plus the particularly powerful benefits of broccoli and |
| 1:37.7 | walnuts and calcium and iron for women as they grow older, plus maintaining muscle mass and a lot more. But before we get to that, |
| 1:47.8 | if you have a health transformation that you would like to share with us, please go ahead and |
| 1:52.3 | message me on Instagram or Facebook. I am at Chuck Carroll, WLC, or leave a five-star rating |
| 1:58.3 | and tell us about your journey in a review of the podcast on Apple Podcast or Spotify or wherever it is that you get your shows. |
| 2:06.4 | But right now, let's go ahead and get ready to learn how not to age deliciously. |
| 2:12.6 | This is a special exam room live with Dr. Michael Greger. |
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