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#115 | Winning Athletic Longevity | Dr Rick Cohen & Daniel Tawfik of Healthspan

One of the major bummers for the older athlete, is that no one knows how to make people younger.  All we can do is slow down the rate of aging.  The healthier we are, the slower we age….meaning the more slowly we progress toward that visit to the pearly gates. 

How can we balance risk and reward, prioritize which interventions to pursue first, how to tell is we are getting a positive or negative result from our interventions including pharmaceuticals and nutritional supplements. These are the questions answered by Daniel and Rick.

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#97–The Natural Pharmacist: a Passion for Life Extension

Bio: Ross Pelton, R.Ph., Ph.D., CCN Ross Pelton received his BS degree in pharmacy from the University of Wisconsin, has a Ph.D. in psychology and is a Certified Clinical Nutritionist (CCN). In October 1999, Ross was named one to the Top 50 Most Influential Pharmacists in America by American Druggist magazine for his work in…

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#96 — What is Longevity Medicine?…w/ Daniel Tawfik, Co-Founder of Healthspan

According to Healthspan, a normal part of the aging process that we all are going through right now…. we are accumulating more damaged and dysfunctional cells that are unable to carry out their original functions. Some of these cells—senescent cells—go a step further and recruit healthy cells to be dysfunctional as well. Healthspan says the interventions they focus on, which includes rapamycin, metformin, and acarbose, target three areas to prevent, resolve, and reduce the impact of senescent cells

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#95 — The Next Rapamycin?: Ora Biomedical’s Million Molecule Moonshot w/CEO Mitchell Lee, PhD

Today we are talking with Mitchell Lee, PhD about the biology of aging and how pharmaceutical and natural product interventions can help older athletes prolong our healthy, active lives while fighting disease by addressing the root causes of aging. This conversation is aimed at the lay-person to allow us non-scientists to benefit from Dr Lee’s deep knowledge of this topic.

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