What Causes Rapid Aging?
The Dr. Hyman Show
Dr. Mark Hyman
4.6 • 8.7K Ratings
🗓️ 23 May 2022
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, InsideTracker, and Pendulum.
Aging shouldn’t be something we dread; it should be something we celebrate. Yet, as a society, we are sicker than ever. We are so fixated on keeping people alive longer, but what about keeping people healthier? This is the difference between healthspan and life span. Your life span is how long you live. Your healthspan is how long you live a healthy, vibrant life.
I’ve learned so much about this topic over the last few years that my team at The UltraWellness Center and I got together to make a docu-series about the Functional Medicine approach to longevity. Over the next few weeks, I’m excited to share this series with you here. In this episode, we dive into an overview of the seven systems of Functional Medicine and how you can optimize these systems to improve your healthspan.
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In this series, I am joined by my colleagues at The UltraWellness Center: Elizabeth Boham, MD, MS, RD, Medical Director and Physician; Todd LePine, MD, Physician; and George Papanicolaou, DO, Physician.
This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, InsideTracker, and Pendulum.
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Here are more details from our interview (audio version / Apple Subscriber version):
- The difference between life span and healthspan (6:05 / 2:57)
- The science of creating health (10:54 / 7:44)
- The unified theory of aging (14:06 / 10:51)
- What role does genetics play in aging? (16:19 / 13:00)
- This determines 90 percent of our health status (18:19 / 15:08)
- Our body’s seven basic systems (19:01 / 15:22)
- When inflammation leads to rapid aging (24:03 / 19:45)
- What are zombie cells? (27:44 / 23:12)
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| 0:00.0 | Coming up on this episode of the doctor's pharmacy. |
| 0:03.6 | We can't change our genes, but we can change how they are expressed. |
| 0:08.8 | We may have a predisposition to diabetes or dementia, but we're not predestined. |
| 0:16.0 | Hey everyone, it's Dr. Mark. |
| 0:18.2 | As a busy doctor with multiple jobs, I'm all about tools that make my life simpler. |
| 0:22.5 | And since testing is something I rely on to help almost all my patients, |
| 0:25.6 | I was really excited to learn about root-by-health. |
| 0:28.0 | Hormones, organic acids, nutrient levels, inflammatory factors, |
| 0:31.8 | and gut bacteria are just some of the many things I look at |
| 0:35.8 | to find the most effective path to optimal health for my patients. |
| 0:39.4 | But that means I'm placing orders through multiple labs, |
| 0:41.7 | which is just an overall pain. |
| 0:43.0 | And it also makes keeping track of results more difficult for me and my patients |
| 0:47.3 | and other doctors. |
| 0:48.6 | Root-by-health has totally changed that. |
| 0:51.2 | They've made functional medicine testing simpler and more convenient than ever, |
| 0:54.9 | so that practitioners like me can focus on helping their patients. |
| 0:59.0 | With Root-by-health functional medicine practitioners can access more than |
| 1:02.3 | 2,000, especially lab tests from over 20 labs, like Dutch, |
| 1:05.7 | vibrant America, Genova, great planes, and more. |
| 1:08.2 | It's 90% faster, letting you simplify the process of getting the functional tests you need |
| 1:13.2 | and providing a noticeably better patient experience. |
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