Live Longer World

Apr 24 2024 39

The science of aging is moving rapidly and making progress at defeating age-related diseases and aging itself. Live Longer World takes you right where the action is happening! Through conversations with scientists, entrepreneurs, investors and other advocates revolutionizing the field of longevity science, we tell you how you can be disease-free, reverse aging, and maximize longevity in the future. https://livelongerworld.substack.com/

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FDA History and Breast Cancer Drug Controversy | Dr. Mikkael Sekeres

Apr 24 2024 65 mins

Dr. Mikkael Sekeres is the author of the book The Drugs and FDA. He served as the chair of the Oncology Drugs Advisory Committee of the FDA, and was on the jury for the controversial trial of the breast cancer drug Avastin. We discuss: - The history of the FDA, - The trial of Avastin which got FDA approval in 2008 and revoked in 2011 - FDA's funding mechanisms - FDA ties to big

#27 Women's Reproductive Aging, Menopause, & Hormone Replacement Therapy | Dr. Jennifer Garrison

Nov 08 2023 63 mins

Dr. Jennifer Garrison is a an Assistant professor at the Buck Institute for research on aging where she studies women's reproductive aging. In today’s conversation we discussed menopause and it’s effect on women’s health, hormone replacement therapy, and how increasing the number of quality eggs a woman has at age 40 by just 1% can be a game changer. Episode Show Notes:

#26 Scaling Laws in Longevity & Aging | Dr. Geoffrey West, Author of book Scale

Jun 29 2023 123 mins

Dr. Geoffrey West is the author of the bestselling book Scale, the Universal Laws of Life Growth and Death in Organisms, cities and Companies. He is a physicist who got fascinated by the field of aging and longevity and asked the question of why we live as long as we do and no longer. In today's episode, we dive into his research on the scaling laws in biology and longevity. Ep

#25 Caloric Restriction Deep-Dive & Longevity Secrets of Long-Lived Animals | Dr. Steven Austad

Aug 04 2022 68 mins

All platforms / Episode Transcript: https://livelongerworld.substack.com/p/saustad Dr. Steven Austad is a professor in the Healthy Aging department at the University of Alabama and also scientific director of the American Federation for Aging research. He has a fascinating entry into the world of aging research - it all began with training lions! There are many o

#24 Dr. Dominic D'Agostino | Modified Ketogenic Diet for Optimal Health & Exercise (Part 2)

Jun 28 2022 69 mins

All platforms / Episode Transcript & Timestamps: https://livelongerworld.substack.com/p/dom2 Dr. Dom D’Agostino may require no introduction especially in the world of ketosis! He is an Associate Professor with his research focusing on metabolic therapies, ketogenic diets, ketone supplements, and other metabolic based drugs. He is also a research scientist at the Institute of

#23 Dominic D'Agostino | Ketogenic Diet for Brain Health and Longevity (Part 1)

Jun 09 2022 56 mins

All platforms / Episode Transcript & Timestamps: https://livelongerworld.substack.com/p/dom1 Dr. Dom D’Agostino may require no introduction especially in the world of ketosis! He is an Associate Professor with his research focusing on metabolic therapies, ketogenic diets, ketone supplements, and other metabolic based drugs. He is also a research scientist at the Institu

#22 The Cancer Diet Connection & Otto Warburg - Nobel Prize Scientist under Hitler | Sam Apple, Author of Ravenous

May 24 2022 63 mins

All platforms / Episode Show Notes: https://livelongerworld.substack.com/p/sapple Sam Apple is the author of Ravenous: Otto Warburg, The Nazis, and the Search for the Cancer-Diet Connection. Otto Warburg was a Nobel-Prize winning German scientist during the era of Hitler and the Nazi’s and he was the first person to put the metabolic story of cancer on the map. The famous �

#21 Selenium's Dual Role in Health & Aging in the Womb | Dr. Vadim Gladyshev

May 10 2022 60 mins

All platforms / Episode Show Notes: https://livelongerworld.substack.com/p/vgladyshev Dr. Vadim Gladyshev is a professor at Harvard Medical school and a Director of redox medicine at Brigham and Women’s hospital, where he runs his own lab. We had a brilliant discussion which started off by talking about his work on selenium. Selenium is found is Brazil nuts and we dis

#20 Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment & Ketogenic Diets for Heart Health | Dr. Ethan Weiss

May 03 2022 71 mins

Dr. Ethan Weiss is a cardiologist and his special interests include preventive cardiology, genetics of coronary disease, risk assessment, and heart disease in the young. In today’s conversation we spoke about misconceptions people have about heart disease, genetic factors involved in heart disease, how to understand cholesterol and triglycerides in the context of heart dise

#19 Michael Levin | Can Bioelectrical Signals Reverse Aging?

Apr 19 2022 60 mins

Dr. Michael Levin is an American developmental and synthetic biologist at Tufts University where he heads his own lab. He also directs the Tufts Center for Regenerative and Developmental Biology. His groundbreaking research focuses on bioelectrical signals that dictate the collective intelligence of cells and direct it to form tissues and organs. His work on bioelectric sign

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