How We Age and What We Should Do About It

My guest today is a revolutionary thinker and medical doctor who’s on a mission to make you younger. Scientists now know that short-term acute “stress” has powerful health and longevity benefits, as long as the stress subsides at some point. For example, it’s long been known that exercise is good for us, but it wasn’t exactly clear why. Hormesis is the likely explanation. Consuming nothing at all can also put your body into a temporary state of nutritional adversity. Extended malnourishmen...

An episode of the The Neuro Experience podcast, hosted by Louisa Nicola & Pursuit Network, titled "How We Age and What We Should Do About It" was published on November 3, 2021 and runs 24 minutes.

November 3, 2021 ·24m · The Neuro Experience

Summary

My guest today is a revolutionary thinker and medical doctor who’s on a mission to make you younger. Scientists now know that short-term acute “stress” has powerful health and longevity benefits, as long as the stress subsides at some point.For example, it’s long been known that exercise is good for us, but it wasn’t exactly clear why. Hormesis is the likely explanation.Consuming nothing at all can also put your body into a temporary state of nutritional adversity. Extended malnourishment is not good, but smaller doses of calorie restriction can help promote longevity. Adam is the Chief medical officer and co-founder of Span Health. He is also a medical doctor focused on longevity and aging. His background is in internal medicine and oncology with an MSc in genomics. In this episode Adam teaches us:The Long-Term Benefits of Short-Term StressWhy ‘hormesis’ is key to your health and longevityHow to age backwards What Metformin is and who should consume it. How tech is revolutionising the health space You can listen to the full episode here - Thank you to our sponsors: Span Health- get 35% off using code LOUISAhttps://www.span.health/louisaEight Sleep- get $150 off using code NEUROhttps://www.eightsleep.com/neuroMUSE - get 10% off using code NEURO https://bit.ly/3pWQZvnFind Adam and Span Health here:https://twitter.com/DrAdamBathttps://www.span.health/louisaYou can follow me or contact me here ---Newsletter: https://bit.ly/3ewI5P0Instagram: thediamondboss_Twitter : louisanicola_Please leave a review on Apple iTunes!The information provided in this show is not medical advice, nor should it be taken or applied as a replacement for medical advice. The Neuro Experience podcast, its employees, guests and affiliates assume no liability for the application of the information discussed.  The Neuro Athletics Newsletter Instagram: @louisanicola_Twitter : @louisanicola_YouTube: @Louisa NicolaThe Neuro Experience Podcast is proud to have hosted: Dr Andrew Huberman, Dr Gabrielle Lyon, Dr Layne Norton, Thomas DeLauer, Shawn Stevenson, Dr. Rocio Salas-Whalen, Saad Alam, Uma Naidoo, Dr. Lanna Cheuck, Angela Lee Pucci, Jillian Turecki, Dr. Jordan Feigenbaum, Dr. Darren Candow, Dr. Sue Varma, Evy Poumpouras, Dr Casey Means, Renee Deehan, Dr Chris Palmer, Dr Charles Brenner, Dr Joe Zundell, Dr Ray Dorsy, Dr Dale Bredeson, Dr. Ben Bikman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Episode Description