The Scam Behind "Longevity Experts" | Dr. Eric Topol
The Checkup with Doctor Mike
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🗓️ 18 May 2025
⏱️ 117 minutes
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00:00 Intro
01:12 The Absence Of Doctors Online
08:26 Full Body MRI / Peter Attia
18:21 Bryan Johnson / Deep Sleep
23:38 Hyper-Optimization / Biological Clock
28:37 Alzheimer's / Ozempic
40:05 Changing Guidelines
41:52 Continuous Glucose Monitors
48:22 Predatory Health Creators Online
53:37 RFK Jr.
1:02:14 Anti-vaxxers
1:07:48 NIH Cuts
1:18:42 Over-Processed Foods
1:24:27 AI
1:37:46 Tips For Longevity
1:46:38 Wearables / Trackers
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| 0:00.0 | I think that anybody who's selling supplements who calls himself a longevity, you know, |
| 0:05.9 | scientists or expert, has lost their credibility because there's no supplements that have been shown |
| 0:11.8 | to reverse aging, slow aging is a totally unregulated jungeloid space. And he's, unfortunately, |
| 0:19.5 | he's one of the people that are that are doing this now |
| 0:22.4 | longevity clinics are selling two thousand dollar life-saving full-body MRIs |
| 0:28.5 | TikTok influencers hawk glucose monitors to people without diabetes and best-selling authors are |
| 0:34.0 | pushing supplements to prolong life all with zero zero real evidence. To unpack what the |
| 0:39.2 | data actually shows, I'm joined on this episode by Dr. Eric Topold, world-renowned cardiologist, |
| 0:45.4 | researcher, and founder of the Scripps Research Translational Institute. He's the author of the |
| 0:50.5 | new book Super Agers, which takes an evidence-based look at the science behind |
| 0:54.9 | living longer. It's not bells and whistles. This is the real science that will help you age gracefully. |
| 1:00.7 | In this episode, we'll discuss aging, the hucksters capitalizing on your fear of aging, as well as |
| 1:06.2 | what innovations we can expect to see from AI within our lifetimes. Without further ado, please welcome Dr. Eric Topal |
| 1:12.2 | to the Checkup podcast. Sitting quietly once you've made the house all shiny. Down time can be just |
| 1:19.1 | fine, plain bangers from them 90s. Tea break. Love to break. Maybe listen to the outbreak. |
| 1:25.8 | Sometimes it's not time for some tombola, right? |
| 1:28.7 | It's enjoying lasagna time, chilling with a book time, or time to visit your nan time. |
| 1:34.6 | Go on, play some other time. |
| 1:36.4 | Put your phone down. |
| 1:37.6 | Tombola. |
| 1:38.5 | Open for fun. |
| 1:40.2 | Terms apply 18 plus gambleaware.org. |
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