I am 91 female. I’ve just come home from my 30 lengths swim - I do this twice a week. I also go to the gym 3 times per week. I like the bike which helps my knees and I love the rowing machine. I am underweight, never been overweight. I would get bored to just sit. I played violin in an orchestra until I was 85. That is now too tiring for me. I won gold medals for swimming in the master games. The last lot when I was 85. Just keep doing all these lovely things until you drop dead🥳Johanna, New Zealand
I want to put in a word of encouragement for anyone who may be thinking they've 'left it too late' or that healthy eating and increased physical activity may longer benefit them. At 69 I had a health scare. I woke up one morning having difficulty breathing. A trip to the doctor confirmed that my health was declining. Not only was my respiratory system crashing, I was also obese and my cholesterol levels were off the charts. That day, I began exercising and, over the next several months, I gradually transitioned to a WFPB diet. I'm 77 now. I weigh what I did in high school (72k), my total cholesterol is around 160, and I can take a deep breath any time I want. Don't give up.
WFPB? Well of course. All lefties and certain religious factions push plants as our only source of nutrition as though denying our carnivore nature is a good thing.
I'm 85, started running in lockdown, now on a mission to complete 100 ultra marathons before my 100th birthday - 8 done so far, 3 more planned for 2023 plus virtual ultras. I've been WFPB for 20 years (arthritis disappeared completely after a couple of months), intermittent fasting for 10 years - a weekly 24hr water fast - and I do loads of exercises such as press ups. I'm on no meds - and living my best life. There's no reason why everyone shouldn't be the same as myself. Would certainly save the NHS!
Pushing the envelope a bit much. Staying active is beneficial to self. Not sure trying to prove something to the masses is. I hope you don’t fall and break a hip doing the latter.
@@nangel270 Well, I guess I am trying to prove something - I aim to show that, as a vegan, you can be fit and healthy and strong into old age. Should I ever get there!😉
Interesting video. I am a 78 female, I have always loved being active but gave up running in my sixties, and now alas skiing. Too risking and breaking a leg or hip would totally change my life. I walk every day ( a dog is essential) enjoy Zumba class once a week, as well as Pilates and a half an hour spin class. I recently paid for a private bone scan as I wanted to find out how healthy my bones are. In fact they are great for my age. I thinking keeping your mind active is equally important: book club, French conversation, Spanish on babble….. I make sourdough bread and Kifir and eat a healthy well balanced diet, not cutting out anything. I probably am blessed with decent genes, but it’s up to each of us to take responsibility for our physical and mental health.
I have just subscribed .... and as I clicked on the bell, Jonathan said, "Welcome Clare, and thank you for joining us". Now, that's what I call service!
When at medical school, some 50 years ago, we were taught that after 60 nothing could improve anymore but could only get worse. Now I'm 88 and still improving certain functions like getting more stable on my legs. And much more. Love your podcast. Adore Tim Spector
Thank god for that I’m 62 , had a baby at 42 been pretty healthy so far. I dislike the way doctors want to give me statins, infact they send them too me but I’ve never taken them
I had high cholesterol and was put on statins tha made me sick. I disconue the use of statins and make changes in my diet that help me a lot and walk 3-5times a week I'm 67 yes of age and doing very well
Excellent advice and so ‘listenable’ for everyone. I’m 70, I run/walk at least 6 km early mornings and every day in any weather and my step count averages 25,000 daily . I retired from midwifery 3 years ago when the stress impacted my life and especially my sleep. Totally agree with dietary discussions- education and inertia being major contributors to a poor diet- not financial. More please on age related topics please Claire and thank you!
That's very impressive my hat is off to you. I thought I was relatively fit walking about 10k per day and 15000 steps average for several years now in my early fifties perhaps I should up my game a bit.
@@gloriasaliba3395 hi Gloria - it’s quite attainable- I go out around first light in the morning- I sleep poorly so use the time to best advantage- and run and walk for around an hour. I go out for a walk in the countryside right in our doorstep or elsewhere later in the day and listen to music or podcasts. And I dress accordingly- our English weather being so unpredictable!
I think you are probably too modest to mention your own significant role in helping to unpack the research and other scientific work that is feeding through to help ordinary people understand their health. Thank you
Wonderful to see your comment here John - does Tim leave congrats on your "talks"? He should! I'm grateful to both of you but tbh I think Zoe/ Tim suffer from confirmation bias. Tim is all over kimchi, which may be fine but is supported by very little research, hardly ever mentions natto, which is enjoying good feedback currently, and simply won't accept the research in favour of vit D and IVM, for instance. You've made some missteps, but your passion, combined with respect for evidence, makes you unbeatable. Tim could learn a thing or two from you! Incidentally, interesting to hear Claire say she had doubts about lockdown early on - so did lots of people but I don't remember Zoe/Tim doing anything other than follow the mainstream narrative. But - what an interesting time we've all had!
How did I miss this? Professor Claire Steves is a genius and a key part of a wider team of geniuses. She is also so amazing at explaining things for the 'non-geniuses' among us. She reminds me of Richard Feynman in that respect. I never fail to learn when I listen to Zoe. Thank you.
I am 65 and found this so good . Wrote down 5 points 1. More physical exercise,Plant based diet,3 sensory awareness,4Sleep good quality I can't remember 5th and mislaid my piece of paper but happy wit 4 out of 5. 😅
Brain stimulation; learning new skills, socially interacting, working provided there’s no stress or disruption to sleep. Hearing aids and spectacles if required to maximise brain stimulation. Physical exercise helps with this too. Not in this podcast but some research has found a direct link between the microbiome and the brain to the degree that the microbiome can inform the brain to perform certain responses. This just increases the importance of wholesome food and minimal sugar.
Really enjoyed this. Thank you. We are in our early 70's and both still very active. We believe a long, fast walk daily of vital importance. Use it or lose it! We have been whole food plant based eaters for 10 years now and feel the benefits. We take no meds whatsoever and keep our brains active daily. Hoping to go into an even more active and healthy 'third age' ;)
Kudos to Jonathan for his fine work hosting these podcasts. He asks good questions, has an affable and inquisitive personality, and provides helpful summaries of the guests' points.
Fascinating. I am 68, and I keep a very active life. I have a family. Son of 4 and daughter of 10. My wife is Spanish, so we mix our diet which is mostly Mediterranean. I drink red wine or cider. I have had an intolerance test. This made a big change. My work, care support is in my mind the most challenging area. It's mentally draining. To get outdoors opens the day. I am very interested in food and follow a number of natural farming methods. I was lucky as I grew up on a farm.
Fantastic information just wanted to point out one info missing (probably because of lack of time). Actually light influence, mainly infrared, is also very important. So always better if the physical activity is outside, best with moderate sun height or in shade (but green space shade when it is sunny) to have much more red/infrared light compared to blue/green. It has influence on mitochondria aging/dying and many other things not all well understood.
One of the best talks I have heard in this series. Claire was really clear, enthusiastic and full of interesting info. Wonderful. A lot I knew but also masses was new to me and for that am very grateful.
Loving this conversation. I can relate, been working out since my 20’s, diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis a few years ago, autoimmune disease. Age 63 in a week, slim and fit, workout at the gym x3 times a week, enjoying spinning classes (very high intensity cycling workout) keeping flexible, yoga and weight training. I’m taking meds for the Colitis and a healthy diet, mostly homemade plant based. Be interesting to see how the workouts effect my health in the future. The one thing I notice about ageing, it takes longer for my joints to recover from very heavy gardening.
Very interesting. Strangely, as I get older( now late 60s) my body is telling me to eat more plant based foods. I am really not interested in meat any more but still love fish. I think listening to and understanding your body is important.
I cut out meat in 2009, dairy three years ago...SO glad I did. Walk outside daily a mile or two...no marathons. People take me for many years younger than my biological age. Good luck!
I have started to eat mainly meat and have cut my carb/grains/seed oil intake, my arthritis is all but gone,I am no longer pre-diabetic and I feel great. I'm 61 and I wish I had done this years ago.
I've found this as well. I do eat meat but prefer a nice plant based meal, like pesto over pasta. I'm very healthy at 78 and don't buy the keto/low carb nonsense. I eat a lot of carb foods, like plants and whole grains.
The alternative is not good, one go at life so much to see and do thus a well functioning body is necessary. Sitting on the sofa with medical issues as days and years pass by is not a high quality of living.
C. minute 36:00, I totally refute the notion that a healthful diet is automatically more expensive than an average diet or fast/junk food. We all have the potential to grow more of what we eat and to eat more of what we grow.....and to gather from Nature....and to share with friends, relatives, neighbours, coworkers for FREE. In the end, I have proven in every country that I have visited, that buying meals is much more expensive than making them at home....and those who choose fast food and junk food will pay ultimately far more: both up front in the overpriced packages that emphasise presentation over substance/nutrition...and then again later, multiplied, when the cumulative decay, attrition, toxicity, and acidity of poor dietary patterns lead to lost decades (not just years) of healthy lifespan....and shorten overall lifespan itself....plus the enormous costs of preventable illnesses, lost productivity, pain, diminished quality of life, and the increased need of nursing care and assisted living....which costs much more than regular living....
In the old days people said dancers were dumb, but we knew better. And then there was legitimate research showing that athletic activity used more regions of the brain than solving complex mathematics problems. Touche'.
My periods (32 years) worse than my menopause symptoms (3 years). Diets was the biggest difference. MAD diet for most of my life, but changed to a WFPB way of eating and found menopause an easy transition. My skin especially on my face is my only aging sign.
Thank you so much ! I got “ you are what you eat “ and “ use it or loose it” and get decent sleep because that’s when your body does it’s cleaning and repair this all sounds very sound , logical and achievable advice 😊 we just need to go for it and age well😊👍
I wish you would do a show on exercise motivation. And maybe a show on caffeine as well. Here is what I discovered recently: many people lose motivation as they get older. There is a long video interview with (nutrition expert from Loma Londa) Dr. John Scharffenberg, at age ninety-nine, toward the end of which he is asked about exercise. He knows full well the value of exercise, yet he doesn't do it because of low motivational energy. What I discovered (in my late sixties, a little over a year ago now) is that caffeine can be an absolute godsend. I'm not exaggerating. For my entire life previously I avoided all such things. But when I started experimenting with various forms of caffeine, it transformed my life. One aspect is the exercise. It gets me exercising and being active much, much more - which, as your guest points out, is extremely beneficial. There has been a ton of research on caffeine's safety. I've spent many hours reviewing it. I'm careful with my health. I'm comfortable with using caffeine. It also seems to help with preventing, warding off, or mitigating Alzheimers. What form or forms of caffeine are best? In my experience, number one is yerba mate (Stanford neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Huberman also prefers it. So does Lionel Messi and his World Cup-winning teammates. They credit it for improving their performance). I prefer the "sin palo" (no twigs) versions of yerba mate. My favorite brand rhymes with, sounds like, and is spelled almost like canary as (I'm not sure that I can mention the specific brand names in the comments). You can find it online. It's also a favorite of Lionel Messi and his teammates. You can prepare it as you would any other loose leaf tea. You don't need the special equipment that is used in some parts of the world. You can also just blend it in with smoothies. Or you can incorporate it in with various other foods. I like it better than coffee, black tea, green tea, matcha, etc. There are also sustained-release caffeine capsules that stand out (like Puritans). I've also experimented with various energy drinks and pre-workout mixes. Some are pretty good, especially the nutri cost pre-workout (esp. the peach-mango) - not only for the taste, but also and mainly for the effects as well. I can't say I like the pre-workout mix better than I like the favorite yerba mate mentioned above. I would put them about on a par overall. Each has its strengths. I often mix the two half-and-half. These not only boost physical performance (with many studies backing this up), but also boost mental performance (again with many studies backing this up). Chess players use caffeine products to up their game. They definitely up my game, and do so across the board. I feel alive again. I feel like I'm living again.
Great guest, information & insights! Like many things, longevity & good health is a probability game! Do the right things, and you have a better chance of a better outcome. As pointed out in a comment or two, don't throw in the towel, even if transitioning to instituting these ideas (pointed out in this podcast) after unhealthy living for a long period and/or at an extreme level. What have you got to lose?
I knew it was good for my physical health, riding my bicycle ... but now I know it's more than that! Thank you for saying so. I'll make even more bicycle trips! (I'm 67 now) Btw during 'lockdown' too I went cycling.
Fantastic. If there were a genetic test for risk of alzheimer's, I don't know if I'd have the courage to take it. A plant-based diet I can do, more exercise I can do.
Hi Claire and Jonathan, thank you for this insightful interview. I thoroughly enjoyed it and have learnt new information. In your podcast, you highlighted the importance of a good night's sleep to prevent or slow down dementia. May I know if taking a nap on days when we are sleep deprived can still help to undo or lessen the damages of a poor night's sleep? Looking forward to hear from you about this. Thanks again!
I’m a terrible sleeper today and an afternoon siesta whenever possible really works for me -nothing else does.eg ‘sleep hygiene’ - probably many years of shift work especially night shifts haven’t helped. The terror of sleep deprivation dementia holds huge horrors for me.
I worked with the chief actuary of BUPA in the 90s in looking at underwriting who have a lot of information on predictable of done demographics and genetics. I would recommend you talk with those chief actuaries to get there information which will help, Most is about genetics and how it reacts to how you treat it. I am 74, do 10km on my road bike at 30kph averaging 24kph at least 3 times a week and when motivated every day.
Learning to use a drum kit or learning different routines on African drum in a drum circle has dramatic effects on the brain - used in helping geriatric patients and autistic children. Stimiulating neural pathways relating to empathy. University of Chichester is doiing a lot in this area.
My ideal for a long life is to put away childish things by the time one reaches the age of 60: stop eating all animal products; stop drinking alcohol; eat no salt food (my blood-pressure has fallen throughout my 60s and I'm now 69); eat only whole foods; exercise daily, move your body daily. And when you reach retirement age, retire and spend your time in play! By the way, three activities I've recently added for poise, fluidity and accuracy of my muscles is darts, archery and jumping rope. Jump rope has changed in recent years and it can be very challenging.
That's all good advice and mirrors my program, at 78 I'm close to the same weight as a high school grad. there is a ton of evidence that mammal meat is not healthy in large quantities. Exercise every day and eat a plant based diet with a little fish and occasional meat. That sounds like a Blue Zones diet of the longest living people in the world!
@@allencrider There is a difference between putting more time in your life, and putting more life in your time. I'm 66, I survived cancer, I play racquet sports 3 or 4 times a week, I play in a band, I travel, I enjoy life. And while I follow a low-carbs protocol, take NMN and a few other important supplements, the idea of not drinking some good wine over the weekend, a nice piece of barbecue meat or rocking in a stadium would represent for me not living. But to each his own, just don't evangelise. What works for you works for you, and may not work for others.
Thank-you for this fascinating video. It's great to be able to access information that is so clearly explained and dynamically presented. And, trustworthy too!
I've changed my diet, cycle about 90 miles a month, semi retired in my 60's but really find sleep difficult, even after cycling and working in a physical job a few hours. Insomnia is a real challenge that I find difficult to combat...
@@padmeshsethuraman5617 I've tried Magnesium but it really upset my stomach and sent it into spasms for weeks,think my body didn't need it. Not tried the zinc though.
Magnseium oxide gives people diarrhoea, M taurate is ok but i still have to take a multi vit+ minerals incl. Iron tablet to balance the loosening effect. Most people are magnesium deficient as most of us eat non organic food which is nutrient poor. You can get magnesium as a skin gel or spray from the chemist but I find that a bit itchy or take Epson salt baths but you have to soak for 12 mins+ for it to absorb. I use podcasts to help me get to sleep if I don't drop off within a few mins, never fails.
0:00: 🧠 Wearing a hearing aid may delay the onset of dementia and improve brain function. 6:50: 🏋♀ Physical activity and fitness play a significant role in healthy aging, impacting physical health, bone health, immune system, and cognitive function. 11:53: 😮 The microbiome plays a role in aging and can be influenced by environmental factors such as diet. 17:50: ✨ Intervening early in the development of age-related conditions can significantly delay their progression. 26:13: 🧠 Dementia is a progressive cognitive change caused by protein deposition in the brain, with Alzheimer's disease affecting the para hippocampus and hippocampus first, leading to short-term memory loss. 29:43: 🧠 Good dietary uptake, wearing a hearing aid, and being socially active can help maintain a healthy brain and potentially delay dementia. 35:33: ✅ There are challenges in studying diets over many years due to differences in groups and social factors, but diet plays a significant role in health outcomes and can be improved. 41:24: 🧠 Aging is a natural process with abilities improving until our 40s, plateauing, and then declining at different rates for different people. 46:52: 🧠 Taking care of your brain health is important for delaying the aging process. Recap by Tammy AI
This was interesting, my grandfather lived to 102 finally passing away due to Covid in the care home. He walked 2-4 miles twice a day and ate home grown veg with boiled potatoes and some meat every day. In his 80s he was delivering meals on wheels to people younger than him. In his 90s he developed macular degeneration and slowly lost almost all his site, but he kept walking the same amount every day holding his white stick in the air, cars had to drive around him. Eventually in his late 90s no longer able to grow his own veg and struggling to cook he turned to delivered ready meals and started to develop a sensitive stomach. After a couple of falls, still walking but getting frail he ended up at 99 in a care home. He really struggled with the food, and the fact they seved breakfast after 6am 😂 but his stomach became a daily issue but he did 10 laps of the nursing home every day pushing his walker. My conclusion is both food quality and basic movement is the best recipe to stay fit as long as possible.
Godfathers, I need to do more exercise 😬 Great discussion & it's definitely worth making sure that I have a varied fresh veggy diet. Getting my fermentation going this week 👍
One approach I’ve found to be helpful in motivating me to exercise daily is to focus on the immediate and short term benefits rather than the long term benefits. So when I really don’t want to workout (most days) I’ll tell myself that in just 30 short minutes I’ll be so much happier that I exercised. And immediately after, I’ll notice how much less stress I feel and how good it feels psychologically to know I’ve done my exercise for the day. I’ll also notice how I fall asleep easier and sleep better that night, and I’ll notice how my exercise makes me want to eat healthier than when I don’t. But when I used to tell myself that if I exercised I would live a longer and healthier life, and would have a better looking body, it was never motivating because the rewards were far off in the future rather than something I’d experience the same day.
Thanks for the VDO. Very interesting. Additionally it would have been interested to understand how Claire thinks about the epic genetics and what role they play in ageing and how to influence them.
I wish I could be more social, but I find so many people very dramatic, distasteful liars and it makes me so uncomfortable. I would much rather spend my free time with my pets and in my garden talking to plants and insects, creatures that are honest and real.
The importance of social interaction is interesting. Cognitive stimulation from social interaction is understandable but I wonder if there’s any significance differences with decline between introvert and extrovert cases. This would be the happiness part of it. Extroverts are happy with a lot of social interaction, introverts with a minimum of it. Would this be just a matter of an optimum amount for individuals? Are introverts more likely to get dementia than extroverts, each given the interaction they might need.
I'm happy with little social interaction. Today people are so hypersensitive that you can't say anything with hurting their delicate feelings. I do enjoy a good conversation but that doesn't include pretending I'm something I'm not.
I do ask people who are long lived and seem healthy. Sleep, diet and activity are very variable among them. There are those who smoked into their 90’s and function well. 🤷♀️
Wonderful video, with lots of great information. => One wonders if the amount social interaction and exposure to diseases from others was at least a contributor to the increased immune function for the bikers referenced. Was there a consideration of this as a confounding factor in the paper Clare referenced? => Interesting way Clare holds her head, a bit to the right - still engaging, but non-confrontational. Seems very effective to me. Whether intentional or not, I would encourage her to continue this. Strikingly reminding me of a particularly effective, periodic colleague I was blessed to work with years ago. But for this history, perhaps this aspect would have escaped my conscious notice. => 13:33 Have you thought that the microbiome might be aging and bringing the host along, similar to the disease caused by the normal death of particular works under infected people’s skin? Perhaps there are aging of particular bacteria (a repeating pattern of accumulated mutations from seeding effective bacteria) or interactions of bacteria species. One can imagine that particular mutations of particular bacteria best for seeding an infant’s gut, whilst the infant is nursing (or formula). Infants can start with generalizable similar gut bacteria packages, which then start reproducing, heading to generalizable results over general times, similar to a very complex computer game of life, where the generalize result, after many, many iterations and mutations is about the same. So, my question is did this idea occur to you? Regardless, how would one test such an idea? Perhaps looking for age specific mutations in particular bacteria hidden among all the trillions of gut bacteria? Seems as if this idea might support any number of research projects and PhD thesis. Just a thought, which I freely share in response to your video, from which the idea sprang. => 40: Why not have menopause to help their son’s children, rather than your claim to support daughter’s infants? Given high birthing death rates, one might think that supporting one’s live son’s infants would be more likely than one’s dead daughter’s infants. => Thanks for a fine podcast.
Exactly. I'm 40 years old and live in the center of beautiful Heidelberg Germany. I inhabit a flat with 2 students, to save money. I can walk to work (ICU nurse), but I have an old used bike for less then 200 bucks. I don't need to travel. Heidelberg is paradise. No car, no kids. I only work part time so I have enough money for my hobbies: Bouldering, Running, Gaming on Sony PlayStation and Nintendo Switch (when our house burns down, I can't lose those games, I own them in the cloud). Life is beautiful nowadays, why would I waste it at work. I only buy cloths when I really need them, mostly cheap. You can eat healthy for 5 bucks a day (coffee included). I consider whole grain pasta to be healthy, but you should have them split up in to maximum 2 meals a day, and with a good amount of healthy plant seed oils (I prefer olive). Other than that I eat nuts and vegetables. Only drink water, coffee, and tea without milk or sugar. If you're vegan have your vit.B12 and a good source of omega-3 fatty acids (like algae oil), maybe vit.D if you're a nightshift worker or not out in the sun much, and you're good. I'm 40 years old, athletic, everyone thinks I'm much younger. Take good care of your bodies folks and enjoy life 💟
Often aging people don't eat a balanced diet / nutrient intake is reduced and this would automatically impact the microbiome and health. My parents one in the 90s eats mostly sweet things in the diet, the other in late 80s diagnosed with alzheimers who eats very little. Mostly (but not all) people in this age group just want to do precisely what they want and disregard any suggestions from others.
5:30 pm mt time. Excellent video and presentation concerning WALKING . I try to walk with a walker everyday as I fell, had 3 fractures and because I've been a walker for years, i recovered quickly but the walker gives me security when I'm walking for exercise, about 45 min. Each day.,I'm 86 years young. I'd love to see the video again and would like to share it with others . Please Let me know how to share., Thank you.
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Are you sure about Italy and low intake of processed foods? I'm certainly an Italophile, having worked there for some time, but I would say pizza and pasta are a staple and the diet is high in sugar too, think of all that amazing gelato.
I agree, I used to live there for 4 years, and there is also not as much whole grain in the mediterranean diet as dietists would like to believe. Most of it is white flour and sugar laden stuff.
Elder cyclists are not your regular guys - not sure you can draw conclusion from them - they seem different. Physical activity and health are a virtuous cycle, not a linear causation. Professor Claire has obviously young parents, otherwise she would know that elderly people often skip meals and eat precooked food, because they are tired (find hard to sleep due to aches and pains) and lack of energy (because of skipped meals) : it is a vicious cycle. This is a more likely explanation for the change in macrobiome and of course, activity levels.
Veggies are not more expensive than packaged foods. In England most people have access to super markets where they are price matching the budget price super markets. I’ve always lived on a low budget especially through the years when I had my family. We always ate fruit and veg but little if any packaged food.
Social interaction is fine if you can get it. Not everyone has family and what of those who have mental health difficulties? Currently there is nothing on offer in my local area. I get very bored and at times my mood takes a dive. We don't all have family or a circle of friends. I get most exersise walking my dog though she can't go so far now as she is 12 and has arthritis. Occasionally l get to chat with other dog owners but not often. Fewer activities are available because of rising costs. I might as well be still in lockdown.
Is there really nothing in your area? I had that feeling too some years back. I even thought of moving (emigrating). Suddenly I came in contact with a few 'likeminded' people in my neighbourhood. My social network started to grow. But the first contact started when I took a 'first step' (out of my comfort zone).
Always have a good chuckle with you guys. No mention of the role of insulin resistance. You had to get the anti meat bit in though. Still mentioning 'cholesterol' without clarification. Who funds these studies, podcasts?
Around 44:00 he's not listening to her. She says yes stress is important and he doubles down on "it's really not the stress." Work is not the same as stress, as she clearly says that it depends on whether you love your work. If you love your work then it's not stress. If your work is causing you stress then, yes, that stress is killing you, separate from diet and exercise.
If you have to work a lot of hours, you don't really have time to cook from scratch every night. Of course, meat adds great expense to your diet also. So it's not that simple about cost/poverty. I do try to make a GOAT (greatest of all time) vegetable and cheese on whole grain sandwich to take for lunch every day (and not processed cheese either!) But by the time I get home, I'm ready to drop pasta and flavor packet into boiling water and that's dinner.
I suggest keeping it simple. Steam some vegetables and open a can of beans or packet of tofu to go with the pasta. Look out for tips from others that may work for you. Eg. I boil potatoes in their skins and they keep for a week in the fridge, I find the nicest time to make my favourite sauces so they're ready to go on the fresh/ steamed vegetables, and cooking one tasty bean stew/ chili a week is very useful, I find.
UK have Aldi and Waitrose pre-prepared small pack (with a knob of butter and herbs) for £1:40ish and microwave heat able in about 3 mins. Easy, lazy but healthy!!! ✅👍🏻
Vegetable tray bakes are good. Slap them in and sit down with a cuppa. Also fish parcels, with herbs, spice and oil, one or two minutes prep, cook for 20 mins in oven or steamer. Or microwave.
I am 91 female. I’ve just come home from my 30 lengths swim - I do this twice a week. I also go to the gym 3 times per week. I like the bike which helps my knees and I love the rowing machine. I am underweight, never been overweight. I would get bored to just sit. I played violin in an orchestra until I was 85. That is now too tiring for me. I won gold medals for swimming in the master games. The last lot when I was 85. Just keep doing all these lovely things until you drop dead🥳Johanna, New Zealand
My 94 y o mom is not allowed to use her community pool because incontinence. But she used to swim and that's why she's 94.
Well done I’m 63 and these stories inspire me as I need to seriously look at health issues now.
Jesus C you're giving me an inferiority complex here.
I want to put in a word of encouragement for anyone who may be thinking they've 'left it too late' or that healthy eating and increased physical activity may longer benefit them. At 69 I had a health scare. I woke up one morning having difficulty breathing. A trip to the doctor confirmed that my health was declining. Not only was my respiratory system crashing, I was also obese and my cholesterol levels were off the charts. That day, I began exercising and, over the next several months, I gradually transitioned to a WFPB diet. I'm 77 now. I weigh what I did in high school (72k), my total cholesterol is around 160, and I can take a deep breath any time I want. Don't give up.
Brilliant inspiration. Our health is in our hands in so many ways.
WFPB?
Well of course. All lefties and certain religious factions push plants as our only source of nutrition as though denying our carnivore nature is a good thing.
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I'm 85, started running in lockdown, now on a mission to complete 100 ultra marathons before my 100th birthday - 8 done so far, 3 more planned for 2023 plus virtual ultras. I've been WFPB for 20 years (arthritis disappeared completely after a couple of months), intermittent fasting for 10 years - a weekly 24hr water fast - and I do loads of exercises such as press ups. I'm on no meds - and living my best life. There's no reason why everyone shouldn't be the same as myself. Would certainly save the NHS!
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Pushing the envelope a bit much. Staying active is beneficial to self. Not sure trying to prove something to the masses is. I hope you don’t fall and break a hip doing the latter.
@nangel270 I think there are morel people who break their hips for lack of excercise than for over excercise.
@@nangel270 Well, I guess I am trying to prove something - I aim to show that, as a vegan, you can be fit and healthy and strong into old age. Should I ever get there!😉
Hi Paul, where did you have arthritis? Great that you got rid of it.👌
Interesting video. I am a 78 female, I have always loved being active but gave up running in my sixties, and now alas skiing. Too risking and breaking a leg or hip would totally change my life.
I walk every day ( a dog is essential) enjoy Zumba class once a week, as well as Pilates and a half an hour spin class. I recently paid for a private bone scan as I wanted to find out how healthy my bones are. In fact they are great for my age. I thinking keeping your mind active is equally important: book club, French conversation, Spanish on babble…..
I make sourdough bread and Kifir and eat a healthy well balanced diet, not cutting out anything.
I probably am blessed with decent genes, but it’s up to each of us to take responsibility for our physical and mental health.
I have just subscribed .... and as I clicked on the bell, Jonathan said, "Welcome Clare, and thank you for joining us". Now, that's what I call service!
When at medical school, some 50 years ago, we were taught that after 60 nothing could improve anymore but could only get worse.
Now I'm 88 and still improving certain functions like getting more stable on my legs. And much more.
Love your podcast.
Adore Tim Spector
Thank god for that I’m 62 , had a baby at 42 been pretty healthy so far. I dislike the way doctors want to give me statins, infact they send them too me but I’ve never taken them
I had high cholesterol and was put on statins tha made me sick. I disconue the use of statins and make changes in my diet that help me a lot and walk 3-5times a week I'm 67 yes of age and doing very well
He interrupts too much and why is everything repeated. If details are missed then you just watch clip again.
Excellent advice and so ‘listenable’ for everyone. I’m 70, I run/walk at least 6 km early mornings and every day in any weather and my step count averages 25,000 daily . I retired from midwifery 3 years ago when the stress impacted my life and especially my sleep. Totally agree with dietary discussions- education and inertia being major contributors to a poor diet- not financial. More please on age related topics please Claire and thank you!
Extraordinary 25.000 steps a DAY? 👍
Wow
That's very impressive my hat is off to you. I thought I was relatively fit walking about 10k per day and 15000 steps average for several years now in my early fifties perhaps I should up my game a bit.
Wow - how many hours required to walk so man steps?
@@gloriasaliba3395 hi Gloria - it’s quite attainable- I go out around first light in the morning- I sleep poorly so use the time to best advantage- and run and walk for around an hour. I go out for a walk in the countryside right in our doorstep or elsewhere later in the day and listen to music or podcasts. And I dress accordingly- our English weather being so unpredictable!
This discussion is excellent, I commend you on providing a world class public service.
So nice to see you here Dr Campbell
We love all your You Tube videos .. from India
I think you are probably too modest to mention your own significant role in helping to unpack the research and other scientific work that is feeding through to help ordinary people understand their health. Thank you
@@charlespaynter8987a doctor whom is a nurse campbell & anti vaccine theory is horrific dont trust this guy
Wonderful to see your comment here John - does Tim leave congrats on your "talks"? He should! I'm grateful to both of you but tbh I think Zoe/ Tim suffer from confirmation bias. Tim is all over kimchi, which may be fine but is supported by very little research, hardly ever mentions natto, which is enjoying good feedback currently, and simply won't accept the research in favour of vit D and IVM, for instance. You've made some missteps, but your passion, combined with respect for evidence, makes you unbeatable. Tim could learn a thing or two from you! Incidentally, interesting to hear Claire say she had doubts about lockdown early on - so did lots of people but I don't remember Zoe/Tim doing anything other than follow the mainstream narrative.
But - what an interesting time we've all had!
How did I miss this? Professor Claire Steves is a genius and a key part of a wider team of geniuses. She is also so amazing at explaining things for the 'non-geniuses' among us. She reminds me of Richard Feynman in that respect. I never fail to learn when I listen to Zoe. Thank you.
I am 65 and found this so good . Wrote down 5 points 1. More physical exercise,Plant based diet,3 sensory awareness,4Sleep good quality I can't remember 5th and mislaid my piece of paper but happy wit 4 out of 5. 😅
Brain stimulation; learning new skills, socially interacting, working provided there’s no stress or disruption to sleep. Hearing aids and spectacles if required to maximise brain stimulation. Physical exercise helps with this too. Not in this podcast but some research has found a direct link between the microbiome and the brain to the degree that the microbiome can inform the brain to perform certain responses. This just increases the importance of wholesome food and minimal sugar.
I hear you. 😂
Really enjoyed this. Thank you. We are in our early 70's and both still very active. We believe a long, fast walk daily of vital importance. Use it or lose it! We have been whole food plant based eaters for 10 years now and feel the benefits. We take no meds whatsoever and keep our brains active daily. Hoping to go into an even more active and healthy 'third age' ;)
Excellent. See you in the gym!
@Bob Adams
Thanks Jonathan as usual. I am really struggling with falling asleep and will be very grateful if I I can be referred for help.
@@oluyemisiopaneye6121Did you intend to leave your comment under/ as a response to Charlotte's comment?
You sound like my parents. They had a garden, walked, DID stuff to stay young, and they were sharp as tacks into OLD age! Love your attitude!!
So glad you mentioned menopause and a different way to look at it. Need more on this please
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Kudos to Jonathan for his fine work hosting these podcasts. He asks good questions, has an affable and inquisitive personality, and provides helpful summaries of the guests' points.
Fascinating. I am 68, and I keep a very active life. I have a family. Son of 4 and daughter of 10. My wife is Spanish, so we mix our diet which is mostly Mediterranean. I drink red wine or cider. I have had an intolerance test. This made a big change. My work, care support is in my mind the most challenging area. It's mentally draining. To get outdoors opens the day. I am very interested in food and follow a number of natural farming methods. I was lucky as I grew up on a farm.
Wow. All of your 'calls' are outstanding. I could sit back and listen to Professor Claire Steves all day long.
Fantastic information just wanted to point out one info missing (probably because of lack of time). Actually light influence, mainly infrared, is also very important. So always better if the physical activity is outside, best with moderate sun height or in shade (but green space shade when it is sunny) to have much more red/infrared light compared to blue/green. It has influence on mitochondria aging/dying and many other things not all well understood.
Who is this wonderful person giving such beneficial information?
@@gloriareszler4196 agree
One of the best talks I have heard in this series. Claire was really clear, enthusiastic and full of interesting info. Wonderful. A lot I knew but also masses was new to me and for that am very grateful.
Excellent hosting by Jonathan as ever and Claire’s explanations succinct and clear in layman’s language. Well done
Loving this conversation. I can relate, been working out since my 20’s, diagnosed with Ulcerative Colitis a few years ago, autoimmune disease. Age 63 in a week, slim and fit, workout at the gym x3 times a week, enjoying spinning classes (very high intensity cycling workout) keeping flexible, yoga and weight training. I’m taking meds for the Colitis and a healthy diet, mostly homemade plant based. Be interesting to see how the workouts effect my health in the future. The one thing I notice about ageing, it takes longer for my joints to recover from very heavy gardening.
These brilliant people do a wonderful job of explaining these important ideas in an accessible way. This is invaluable. Thanks so much.
Thanks for allowing this bright and, one might say, driven woman to speak on these topics.
Very interesting. Strangely, as I get older( now late 60s) my body is telling me to eat more plant based foods. I am really not interested in meat any more but still love fish. I think listening to and understanding your body is important.
Yes digestive issues around meat cheese and dairy
I'm the opposite. Eating more protein and less grains and starchy veg. Lots of aches and pains went.
I cut out meat in 2009, dairy three years ago...SO glad I did. Walk outside daily a mile or two...no marathons. People take me for many years younger than my biological age. Good luck!
I have started to eat mainly meat and have cut my carb/grains/seed oil intake, my arthritis is all but gone,I am no longer pre-diabetic and I feel great. I'm 61 and I wish I had done this years ago.
I've found this as well. I do eat meat but prefer a nice plant based meal, like pesto over pasta. I'm very healthy at 78 and don't buy the keto/low carb nonsense. I eat a lot of carb foods, like plants and whole grains.
Loved this whole episode I am 55 trying to learn the best way of getting to 100 healthy.
Try Peter Attia.
why? whats so special about reaching 100?
The alternative is not good, one go at life so much to see and do thus a well functioning body is necessary. Sitting on the sofa with medical issues as days and years pass by is not a high quality of living.
@@angeladavies but some us didnt have a choice in the matter , what then? try getting a high quality of life whwn you have no control over issues
I hope just listening to intelligent podcasts like this helps to ward off dementia. Thank you to you both!
Yes I really think it might as we are focusing, trying to remember and learning
C. minute 36:00, I totally refute the notion that a healthful diet is automatically more expensive than an average diet or fast/junk food. We all have the potential to grow more of what we eat and to eat more of what we grow.....and to gather from Nature....and to share with friends, relatives, neighbours, coworkers for FREE. In the end, I have proven in every country that I have visited, that buying meals is much more expensive than making them at home....and those who choose fast food and junk food will pay ultimately far more: both up front in the overpriced packages that emphasise presentation over substance/nutrition...and then again later, multiplied, when the cumulative decay, attrition, toxicity, and acidity of poor dietary patterns lead to lost decades (not just years) of healthy lifespan....and shorten overall lifespan itself....plus the enormous costs of preventable illnesses, lost productivity, pain, diminished quality of life, and the increased need of nursing care and assisted living....which costs much more than regular living....
In the old days people said dancers were dumb, but we knew better. And then there was legitimate research showing that athletic activity used more regions of the brain than solving complex mathematics problems. Touche'.
Jonathan does the best end of talk summaries on utube.
My periods (32 years) worse than my menopause symptoms (3 years). Diets was the biggest difference. MAD diet for most of my life, but changed to a WFPB way of eating and found menopause an easy transition. My skin especially on my face is my only aging sign.
What is WFPB?
@@nzuri5459 Whole food plant based nutrition
What is MAD short for?
@@sharinaross1865 Not sure, Sharina - but SAD stands for Standard American Diet, so, Mainly American Diet??
@@breadanwine Modified Atkins Diet. 10-20 grams of carbs a day. Another blend of the macronutrients groups.
Never wanted to get old. Couldn't stand the alternatives. Thanks for some relief!
Thank you so much ! I got “ you are what you eat “ and “ use it or loose it” and get decent sleep because that’s when your body does it’s cleaning and repair this all sounds very sound , logical and achievable advice 😊 we just need to go for it and age well😊👍
Great video!! Lots of useful advice. Thank you so much for your research and for sharing it on line.
I wish you would do a show on exercise motivation.
And maybe a show on caffeine as well.
Here is what I discovered recently: many people lose motivation as they get older. There is a long video interview with (nutrition expert from Loma Londa) Dr. John Scharffenberg, at age ninety-nine, toward the end of which he is asked about exercise. He knows full well the value of exercise, yet he doesn't do it because of low motivational energy.
What I discovered (in my late sixties, a little over a year ago now) is that caffeine can be an absolute godsend. I'm not exaggerating. For my entire life previously I avoided all such things. But when I started experimenting with various forms of caffeine, it transformed my life.
One aspect is the exercise. It gets me exercising and being active much, much more - which, as your guest points out, is extremely beneficial.
There has been a ton of research on caffeine's safety. I've spent many hours reviewing it. I'm careful with my health. I'm comfortable with using caffeine.
It also seems to help with preventing, warding off, or mitigating Alzheimers.
What form or forms of caffeine are best?
In my experience, number one is yerba mate (Stanford neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Huberman also prefers it. So does Lionel Messi and his World Cup-winning teammates. They credit it for improving their performance).
I prefer the "sin palo" (no twigs) versions of yerba mate. My favorite brand rhymes with, sounds like, and is spelled almost like canary as (I'm not sure that I can mention the specific brand names in the comments). You can find it online. It's also a favorite of Lionel Messi and his teammates.
You can prepare it as you would any other loose leaf tea. You don't need the special equipment that is used in some parts of the world. You can also just blend it in with smoothies. Or you can incorporate it in with various other foods.
I like it better than coffee, black tea, green tea, matcha, etc.
There are also sustained-release caffeine capsules that stand out (like Puritans).
I've also experimented with various energy drinks and pre-workout mixes. Some are pretty good, especially the nutri cost pre-workout (esp. the peach-mango) - not only for the taste, but also and mainly for the effects as well.
I can't say I like the pre-workout mix better than I like the favorite yerba mate mentioned above. I would put them about on a par overall. Each has its strengths. I often mix the two half-and-half.
These not only boost physical performance (with many studies backing this up), but also boost mental performance (again with many studies backing this up). Chess players use caffeine products to up their game.
They definitely up my game, and do so across the board.
I feel alive again. I feel like I'm living again.
Great guest, information & insights! Like many things, longevity & good health is a probability game! Do the right things, and you have a better chance of a better outcome. As pointed out in a comment or two, don't throw in the towel, even if transitioning to instituting these ideas (pointed out in this podcast) after unhealthy living for a long period and/or at an extreme level. What have you got to lose?
I knew it was good for my physical health, riding my bicycle ... but now I know it's more than that! Thank you for saying so. I'll make even more bicycle trips! (I'm 67 now)
Btw during 'lockdown' too I went cycling.
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Super. Thanks for covering the topic. (I never expected this topic & would love to learn more.)
Thank you very much for sharing .Really first class public service
Fantastic. If there were a genetic test for risk of alzheimer's, I don't know if I'd have the courage to take it. A plant-based diet I can do, more exercise I can do.
A family garden is very important & a top priority in both the Italian culture and the Japanese culture.
Alas, exemplary diets in both countries! 😊👍
Hi Claire and Jonathan, thank you for this insightful interview. I thoroughly enjoyed it and have learnt new information. In your podcast, you highlighted the importance of a good night's sleep to prevent or slow down dementia. May I know if taking a nap on days when we are sleep deprived can still help to undo or lessen the damages of a poor night's sleep? Looking forward to hear from you about this. Thanks again!
I’m a terrible sleeper today and an afternoon siesta whenever possible really works for me -nothing else does.eg ‘sleep hygiene’ - probably many years of shift work especially night shifts haven’t helped. The terror of sleep deprivation dementia holds huge horrors for me.
The podcast Inside Health did a piece on sleep/naps. Naps do not make up fully for lack of sleep apparently.
This episode blew my mind - the microbiome research in particular 🤯
Loved todays show x
An excellent and fascinating series of discussions. Many thanks.
Excellent. Thank you!
I worked with the chief actuary of BUPA in the 90s in looking at underwriting who have a lot of information on predictable of done demographics and genetics. I would recommend you talk with those chief actuaries to get there information which will help, Most is about genetics and how it reacts to how you treat it. I am 74, do 10km on my road bike at 30kph averaging 24kph at least 3 times a week and when motivated every day.
I’m glad you mentioned the role of infections. I think we are learning so much more about this now.
Learning to use a drum kit or learning different routines on African drum in a drum circle has dramatic effects on the brain - used in helping geriatric patients and autistic children. Stimiulating neural pathways relating to empathy. University of Chichester is doiing a lot in this area.
Excellent information. More of this please
My ideal for a long life is to put away childish things by the time one reaches the age of 60: stop eating all animal products; stop drinking alcohol; eat no salt food (my blood-pressure has fallen throughout my 60s and I'm now 69); eat only whole foods; exercise daily, move your body daily. And when you reach retirement age, retire and spend your time in play!
By the way, three activities I've recently added for poise, fluidity and accuracy of my muscles is darts, archery and jumping rope. Jump rope has changed in recent years and it can be very challenging.
@Betty Amber if you believe in facts, then maybe you should stop being a cholesterol denier.
That's all good advice and mirrors my program, at 78 I'm close to the same weight as a high school grad. there is a ton of evidence that mammal meat is not healthy in large quantities. Exercise every day and eat a plant based diet with a little fish and occasional meat. That sounds like a Blue Zones diet of the longest living people in the world!
Basically you stopped living…
@@PierreDybman No, I backpacked the Pacific Crest Trail at age 68. You wouldn't understand.
@@allencrider There is a difference between putting more time in your life, and putting more life in your time. I'm 66, I survived cancer, I play racquet sports 3 or 4 times a week, I play in a band, I travel, I enjoy life. And while I follow a low-carbs protocol, take NMN and a few other important supplements, the idea of not drinking some good wine over the weekend, a nice piece of barbecue meat or rocking in a stadium would represent for me not living. But to each his own, just don't evangelise. What works for you works for you, and may not work for others.
Maximizing your health at any age..is to live in Peace. ❤😊
Thank-you for this fascinating video. It's great to be able to access information that is so clearly explained and dynamically presented. And, trustworthy too!
Very informative and interesting. I always felt social activity was important for brain health as is physical activity to delay many disease in aging
Having a child late (38yo) triggered menopause for me at 42. Went through it fast but really challenging with a toddler!
Incredibly interesting podcast... Thank you
I've changed my diet, cycle about 90 miles a month, semi retired in my 60's but really find sleep difficult, even after cycling and working in a physical job a few hours. Insomnia is a real challenge that I find difficult to combat...
Zinc and Magnesium can help
@@padmeshsethuraman5617 I've tried Magnesium but it really upset my stomach and sent it into spasms for weeks,think my body didn't need it. Not tried the zinc though.
I have the same problem, tried alot, and recently have better sleep using ashwaganda before bed.
@@VTVT1306 interesting, I've been trying that also and my sleep has improved but still struggle on and off...
Magnseium oxide gives people diarrhoea, M taurate is ok but i still have to take a multi vit+ minerals incl. Iron tablet to balance the loosening effect. Most people are magnesium deficient as most of us eat non organic food which is nutrient poor. You can get magnesium as a skin gel or spray from the chemist but I find that a bit itchy or take Epson salt baths but you have to soak for 12 mins+ for it to absorb.
I use podcasts to help me get to sleep if I don't drop off within a few mins, never fails.
Absolutely brilliant so much positive information and hope for a healthier later life. I'm definitely going to get my hearing tested first ! Thanks
0:00: 🧠 Wearing a hearing aid may delay the onset of dementia and improve brain function.
6:50: 🏋♀ Physical activity and fitness play a significant role in healthy aging, impacting physical health, bone health, immune system, and cognitive function.
11:53: 😮 The microbiome plays a role in aging and can be influenced by environmental factors such as diet.
17:50: ✨ Intervening early in the development of age-related conditions can significantly delay their progression.
26:13: 🧠 Dementia is a progressive cognitive change caused by protein deposition in the brain, with Alzheimer's disease affecting the para hippocampus and hippocampus first, leading to short-term memory loss.
29:43: 🧠 Good dietary uptake, wearing a hearing aid, and being socially active can help maintain a healthy brain and potentially delay dementia.
35:33: ✅ There are challenges in studying diets over many years due to differences in groups and social factors, but diet plays a significant role in health outcomes and can be improved.
41:24: 🧠 Aging is a natural process with abilities improving until our 40s, plateauing, and then declining at different rates for different people.
46:52: 🧠 Taking care of your brain health is important for delaying the aging process.
Recap by Tammy AI
This was interesting, my grandfather lived to 102 finally passing away due to Covid in the care home. He walked 2-4 miles twice a day and ate home grown veg with boiled potatoes and some meat every day. In his 80s he was delivering meals on wheels to people younger than him. In his 90s he developed macular degeneration and slowly lost almost all his site, but he kept walking the same amount every day holding his white stick in the air, cars had to drive around him. Eventually in his late 90s no longer able to grow his own veg and struggling to cook he turned to delivered ready meals and started to develop a sensitive stomach. After a couple of falls, still walking but getting frail he ended up at 99 in a care home. He really struggled with the food, and the fact they seved breakfast after 6am 😂 but his stomach became a daily issue but he did 10 laps of the nursing home every day pushing his walker. My conclusion is both food quality and basic movement is the best recipe to stay fit as long as possible.
I am surprised that I do not see discussions of omega 3/6 ratios. Thanks for all your excellent podcasts and research.
Godfathers, I need to do more exercise 😬 Great discussion & it's definitely worth making sure that I have a varied fresh veggy diet. Getting my fermentation going this week 👍
Kefir? Kombucha?
One approach I’ve found to be helpful in motivating me to exercise daily is to focus on the immediate and short term benefits rather than the long term benefits. So when I really don’t want to workout (most days) I’ll tell myself that in just 30 short minutes I’ll be so much happier that I exercised. And immediately after, I’ll notice how much less stress I feel and how good it feels psychologically to know I’ve done my exercise for the day. I’ll also notice how I fall asleep easier and sleep better that night, and I’ll notice how my exercise makes me want to eat healthier than when I don’t. But when I used to tell myself that if I exercised I would live a longer and healthier life, and would have a better looking body, it was never motivating because the rewards were far off in the future rather than something I’d experience the same day.
Thanks. Good reply 😊👍
Good information, thanks 🙏
Very interesting!! I think ads pave the way to poor eating. More and more ads EVERYWHERE in our society normalize the eating of junk food.
Thanks for the VDO. Very interesting. Additionally it would have been interested to understand how Claire thinks about the epic genetics and what role they play in ageing and how to influence them.
Epigenetics. Autocorrect?
Great video! Thanks for the info!
I wish I could be more social, but I find so many people very dramatic, distasteful liars and it makes me so uncomfortable. I would much rather spend my free time with my pets and in my garden talking to plants and insects, creatures that are honest and real.
Thank you. Really useful information
Really enjoyed the talk but can't understand why people say poverty when you can get loads of veg for the price of a takeaway
The importance of social interaction is interesting. Cognitive stimulation from social interaction is understandable but I wonder if there’s any significance differences with decline between introvert and extrovert cases. This would be the happiness part of it. Extroverts are happy with a lot of social interaction, introverts with a minimum of it. Would this be just a matter of an optimum amount for individuals? Are introverts more likely to get dementia than extroverts, each given the interaction they might need.
This is a really interesting question, I’ve always wondered the same.
It would be a good idea to do research on that. Is there any relationship between dementia and being introvert/extravert?
I'm happy with little social interaction. Today people are so hypersensitive that you can't say anything with hurting their delicate feelings. I do enjoy a good conversation but that doesn't include pretending I'm something I'm not.
great information thank you
I do ask people who are long lived and seem healthy. Sleep, diet and activity are very variable among them. There are those who smoked into their 90’s and function well. 🤷♀️
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Wonderful video, with lots of great information. => One wonders if the amount social interaction and exposure to diseases from others was at least a contributor to the increased immune function for the bikers referenced. Was there a consideration of this as a confounding factor in the paper Clare referenced? => Interesting way Clare holds her head, a bit to the right - still engaging, but non-confrontational. Seems very effective to me. Whether intentional or not, I would encourage her to continue this. Strikingly reminding me of a particularly effective, periodic colleague I was blessed to work with years ago. But for this history, perhaps this aspect would have escaped my conscious notice. => 13:33 Have you thought that the microbiome might be aging and bringing the host along, similar to the disease caused by the normal death of particular works under infected people’s skin? Perhaps there are aging of particular bacteria (a repeating pattern of accumulated mutations from seeding effective bacteria) or interactions of bacteria species. One can imagine that particular mutations of particular bacteria best for seeding an infant’s gut, whilst the infant is nursing (or formula). Infants can start with generalizable similar gut bacteria packages, which then start reproducing, heading to generalizable results over general times, similar to a very complex computer game of life, where the generalize result, after many, many iterations and mutations is about the same. So, my question is did this idea occur to you? Regardless, how would one test such an idea? Perhaps looking for age specific mutations in particular bacteria hidden among all the trillions of gut bacteria? Seems as if this idea might support any number of research projects and PhD thesis. Just a thought, which I freely share in response to your video, from which the idea sprang. => 40: Why not have menopause to help their son’s children, rather than your claim to support daughter’s infants? Given high birthing death rates, one might think that supporting one’s live son’s infants would be more likely than one’s dead daughter’s infants. => Thanks for a fine podcast.
Exactly. I'm 40 years old and live in the center of beautiful Heidelberg Germany. I inhabit a flat with 2 students, to save money. I can walk to work (ICU nurse), but I have an old used bike for less then 200 bucks. I don't need to travel. Heidelberg is paradise. No car, no kids. I only work part time so I have enough money for my hobbies: Bouldering, Running, Gaming on Sony PlayStation and Nintendo Switch (when our house burns down, I can't lose those games, I own them in the cloud). Life is beautiful nowadays, why would I waste it at work. I only buy cloths when I really need them, mostly cheap.
You can eat healthy for 5 bucks a day (coffee included). I consider whole grain pasta to be healthy, but you should have them split up in to maximum 2 meals a day, and with a good amount of healthy plant seed oils (I prefer olive). Other than that I eat nuts and vegetables. Only drink water, coffee, and tea without milk or sugar. If you're vegan have your vit.B12 and a good source of omega-3 fatty acids (like algae oil), maybe vit.D if you're a nightshift worker or not out in the sun much, and you're good. I'm 40 years old, athletic, everyone thinks I'm much younger. Take good care of your bodies folks and enjoy life 💟
Thank you so much. Very informative vlog. I’m 80 years, very aktiv, vegetarian, social interaktiv. Sleep 8 h,. So let’s see how far I’m going.😀😀👍👍🇩🇪🇩🇪
Thank you, so inspirational and interesting! Going to get my hearing tested!
Often aging people don't eat a balanced diet / nutrient intake is reduced and this would automatically impact the microbiome and health. My parents one in the 90s eats mostly sweet things in the diet, the other in late 80s diagnosed with alzheimers who eats very little. Mostly (but not all) people in this age group just want to do precisely what they want and disregard any suggestions from others.
Outstanding!!!
I've been "whole food plant based" for over 6 yrs. & it is not more expensive. My costliest item is brocoli which last me a week.
Such a positive video with really helpful advice thankyou.
This talk is so good. Can I ask how many steps should an 80 year old do.
Great episode! 👏
I´m from Brasil , thank you for the excellent advice
5:30 pm mt time. Excellent video and presentation concerning WALKING . I try to walk with a walker everyday as I fell, had 3 fractures and because I've been a walker for years, i recovered quickly but the walker gives me security when I'm walking for exercise, about 45 min. Each day.,I'm 86 years young. I'd love to see the video again and would like to share it with others . Please Let me know how to share., Thank you.
Have the screen n landscape f watching on phone. Hit X on top right corner f screen so there is now no symbols on screen at all. Now tap anywhere on screen on bottom left corner 5 boxes n a few dots show up. Hit the 5th box with arrow tilted the right n u get..
Hit the Share symbol under the picture to email or copy the link. Easy, peasy 👍
Are you sure about Italy and low intake of processed foods? I'm certainly an Italophile, having worked there for some time, but I would say pizza and pasta are a staple and the diet is high in sugar too, think of all that amazing gelato.
I agree, I used to live there for 4 years, and there is also not as much whole grain in the mediterranean diet as dietists would like to believe. Most of it is white flour and sugar laden stuff.
Thank you
Excellent topic love your channel ❤❤❤❤
Brilliant interview! Thank you both for this sterling research❤
Elder cyclists are not your regular guys - not sure you can draw conclusion from them - they seem different. Physical activity and health are a virtuous cycle, not a linear causation. Professor Claire has obviously young parents, otherwise she would know that elderly people often skip meals and eat precooked food, because they are tired (find hard to sleep due to aches and pains) and lack of energy (because of skipped meals) : it is a vicious cycle. This is a more likely explanation for the change in macrobiome and of course, activity levels.
Fascinating
Prof. Tim Spector was born in July 1958, I would not have guessed he was so old.
Veggies are not more expensive than packaged foods. In England most people have access to super markets where they are price matching the budget price super markets. I’ve always lived on a low budget especially through the years when I had my family. We always ate fruit and veg but little if any packaged food.
I'm trying to find something by zoe regarding oxylates. So many scare stories out there.
Brilliant!
Social interaction is fine if you can get it. Not everyone has family and what of those who have mental health difficulties? Currently there is nothing on offer in my local area. I get very bored and at times my mood takes a dive. We don't all have family or a circle of friends. I get most exersise walking my dog though she can't go so far now as she is 12 and has arthritis. Occasionally l get to chat with other dog owners but not often. Fewer activities are available because of rising costs. I might as well be still in lockdown.
Is there really nothing in your area? I had that feeling too some years back. I even thought of moving (emigrating). Suddenly I came in contact with a few 'likeminded' people in my neighbourhood. My social network started to grow. But the first contact started when I took a 'first step' (out of my comfort zone).
No comment regarding all the positive aspects of fasting and intermittent fasting . Or did I miss that?
Always have a good chuckle with you guys. No mention of the role of insulin resistance. You had to get the anti meat bit in though. Still mentioning 'cholesterol' without clarification. Who funds these studies, podcasts?
I am 61. I want to thank those who left such inspiring comments!!!
Sleep and I sent podcast to my 39 year old daughter telling her I wished this was available when I was her age!!😅
good podcast
Are you worried about the quality changes to vegetables etc brought about the impetus to make them look more attractive and increase shelf life?
Around 44:00 he's not listening to her. She says yes stress is important and he doubles down on "it's really not the stress." Work is not the same as stress, as she clearly says that it depends on whether you love your work. If you love your work then it's not stress. If your work is causing you stress then, yes, that stress is killing you, separate from diet and exercise.
If you have to work a lot of hours, you don't really have time to cook from scratch every night. Of course, meat adds great expense to your diet also. So it's not that simple about cost/poverty. I do try to make a GOAT (greatest of all time) vegetable and cheese on whole grain sandwich to take for lunch every day (and not processed cheese either!) But by the time I get home, I'm ready to drop pasta and flavor packet into boiling water and that's dinner.
I suggest keeping it simple. Steam some vegetables and open a can of beans or packet of tofu to go with the pasta. Look out for tips from others that may work for you. Eg. I boil potatoes in their skins and they keep for a week in the fridge, I find the nicest time to make my favourite sauces so they're ready to go on the fresh/ steamed vegetables, and cooking one tasty bean stew/ chili a week is very useful, I find.
UK have Aldi and Waitrose pre-prepared small pack (with a knob of butter and herbs) for £1:40ish and microwave heat able in about 3 mins. Easy, lazy but healthy!!! ✅👍🏻
Vegetable tray bakes are good. Slap them in and sit down with a cuppa. Also fish parcels, with herbs, spice and oil, one or two minutes prep, cook for 20 mins in oven or steamer. Or microwave.