You have built-in longevity programming; you just have to learn how to turn it on!
In The Emerging Science of Longevity, Dr. Mark Hyman overturns the previous paradigm of aging and offers a new, empowering vision in which you have vastly more agency over your biology. He walks you through not only the root causes of aging, but also how you can optimize your body for long-term wellbeing through simple diet and lifestyle strategies — and, if you choose, cutting-edge therapies.
Learn why some areas of the world produce so many more centenarians, how adversity and abundance mimetics can kickstart your innate healing and repair mechanisms, which foods and eating patterns result in beneficial gene expression, and what promising advances are now appearing on the horizon to prime your body for longevity.
By the end of this course, you will come away with both a fundamental understanding of the science as well as specific protocols for living healthier for longer… maybe much longer.
Mark Hyman, MD is a practicing family physician and internationally recognized leader, speaker, and educator in the field of Functional Medicine. He is the founder and director of The UltraWellness Center, Senior Advisor for the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine, and a fourteen-time New York Times best-selling author.
Dr. Hyman is also the founder and chairman of the Food Fix Campaign, dedicated to transforming our food and agriculture system through policy, the host The Doctor’s Farmacy podcast with 125+ million downloads, and a regular medical contributor to shows such as CBS This Morning, Today, Good Morning America, The View, and CNN.
~ Mark Hyman, MD
There is no biological reason we have to age the way we do. In fact, most of what we see in our society is abnormal aging.
The body has inherent systems to slow and even reverse aging. When you activate these systems you increase stem cell production, reduce inflammation, increase antioxidant enzymes, build muscle, lose fat, and increase cognitive capacity.
We are on the verge of a revolution in science and medicine that allows you to truly understand the mystery of your biology in empowering, life-extending new ways.
In this lesson, Dr. Hyman shares:
Get ready to activate your body’s innate regenerative ability.
Eating for Longevity
Now that we understand the root causes of aging, how do we actually address the hallmarks of aging? What are the levers we have to optimize our health and longevity? Because medicine has it all wrong. We don’t need to treat disease. When we focus on fostering optimal health, disease goes away as a side effect.
Optimizing Health with the Fundamentals
There are basic fundamental ways we can optimize our health, starting with topics we’ve already discussed, like eating well and exercising appropriately. But, just as important for health and longevity is the need to rest, relax, and connect with each other. Community is essential, and being of service to one another can help you heal.
Adversity Mimetics to Activate Healing and Repair
Too much stress will take you down, but the right amount of stress at the right time can activate your body’s repair and healing mechanisms. What natural elements stress our system in such a way that it then activates the body to heal?
Abundance Mimetics to Activate Longevity Pathways
If you get a brand new Toyota Camry, you can probably drive it for ten years without much attention. But if you have a 1938 Mercedes-Benz, it takes more love and care to keep it running. As we age, we become like that classic car, needing extra love and care.
Measuring Health & Aging
Are there biomarkers we can measure that determine our biological age and the state of our operating system? How do we start to measure DNA methylation? What about our telomeres? How do we measure protein changes, or all the various nutrient sensing pathways that have gone awry, and could we use precision medicine to get to “longevity escape velocity” — i.e. the extension of lifespan indefinitely?
Optimizing Biology with Advanced Therapies
How can we optimize our biology beyond straightforward diet and lifestyle approaches? There are certain natural compounds, whether phytochemicals in plants or things your body creates (like stem cells) that hold promise as longevity therapies.
When Trauma Becomes Pathology
We all have trauma. And research is not showing that things we think of as medical diseases are often manifestations of deep trauma that hasn’t been healed. Our life story is translated through biological systems into pathology. In this video, Dr. Hyman discusses different therapies to heal, transmute trauma, and reset the brain.
The Future of Aging Research
There’s a Hebrew prayer, a blessing, which says, May you live to be 120 years old. Pretty soon we’ll need to change it to May you live to be 220 years old. To close this program, Dr. Hyman discusses innovative technologies that are helping us take advantage of the science of longevity.
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