What Actually Causes Aging?
The Dr. Hyman Show
Dr. Mark Hyman
4.6 • 8.7K Ratings
🗓️ 3 February 2023
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health and Athletic Greens.
To understand and combat rapid aging, we need to understand what causes aging, chronic diseases, and decline. We call these things the hallmarks of aging—the underlying common pathways or mechanisms of aging. Each hallmark is influenced by the others and affected by various imbalances—too much or too little of certain inputs that can negatively impact the expression and progression of the hallmark. Understanding those interactions and weblike connections is the key to solving the puzzle of aging.
In today’s episode of my series I’m calling Health Bites, I dive into the 10 distinct hallmarks of aging and how to address them. What I’ve discovered has blown my mind and changed the way I approach my own health and the health of my patients. I’ve compiled it all into a new book called Young Forever, which comes out on February 21, 2023. Learn more and preorder the book at youngforeverbook.com.
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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):
- Disrupted hormonal and nutrient signaling (8:08 / 4:40)
- DNA damage and mutations (17:38 / 14:12)
- Telomere shortening (19:19 / 15:52)
- Damaged proteins (20:32 / 17:04)
- Epigenetic damage (22:56 / 19:29)
- Senescent cells (otherwise known as zombie cells) (25:11 / 21:43)
- Depleted energy and mitochondrial decline (26:44 / 23:17)
- The link between gut health and longevity (28:33 / 25:07)
- Stem cell exhaustion (30:38 / 27:14)
- Inflammaging and dysfunction in immune functioning (32:00 / 28:32)
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, Dr. Sarmacy Listeners, it's Dr. Mark here. |
| 0:02.9 | If you've been following me, you know that I'm obsessed with understanding the latest |
| 0:06.3 | research on longevity and how we can apply it to our daily lives. |
| 0:10.0 | So I wrote a book about it. |
| 0:11.2 | Think of it as a roadmap to optimal aging. |
| 0:13.8 | It's called Young Forever and it comes out February 21st, 2023. |
| 0:19.0 | It's never too early or too late to take control of your health. |
| 0:22.3 | And this book will show you how. |
| 0:24.0 | Visit YoungForEverBook.com to learn more and pre-order now. |
| 0:29.4 | Coming up on this episode of The Doctors' Pharmacy. |
| 0:32.6 | It's important to understand why we age. |
| 0:34.6 | And once you understand that, you're more motivated to go, oh, geez, if I do this, it's |
| 0:38.0 | going to script this hallmark. |
| 0:39.2 | You might think twice about it. |
| 0:40.3 | And then you're empowered to deal with the causes of it as well. |
| 0:43.0 | Hey, everyone, it's Dr. Mark. |
| 0:47.4 | As a busy doctor with multiple jobs, I'm all about tools that make my life simpler. |
| 0:51.7 | And since testing is something I rely on to help almost all my patients, I was really |
| 0:55.0 | excited to learn about root-of-health. |
| 0:57.2 | Our hormones, organic acids, nutrient levels, inflammatory factors, and gut bacteria are |
| 1:01.8 | just some of the many things I look at to find the most effective path to optimal health |
| 1:07.0 | for my patients. |
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