Aging – Fighting the Health Effects of Getting Older – Episode #7

Show Notes

3.30 – Aging can be classed as a disease or a degenerative condition in some ways.

5.10 – “That’s normal for your age” is normal for some doctors to say to patients.

8.00 – ICD codes are the worldwide standard for classifying disease.

10.00 – How do insurance companies view a disease?

11.30 – You are on your own until you have an active ICD code and a disease.

13.20 – Preventative medicine is not classed as guideline treatment standards for doctors.

15.00 – What is actually happening as you age?

17.20 – On a cellular level you are actually aging from when you are born.

18.00 – Cell senescence is when cells cease to be able to divide themselves.

21.40 – Metabolic disease is the biggest threat to human health ever.

27.00 – Can you potentially boost human lifespan by understanding and applying the science?

28.50 – Sharks never develop cancer.

30.40 – As long as your cells have the ability to repair, you can manage disease better.

32.00 – How Dr.Sam helps clients understand what they need to do themselves.

37.00 – An accumulation of damaged DNA leads to cell senescence.

42.10 – If you want to slow down disease, slow down DNA damage.

45.40 – It’s the patient’s decision whether to engage in this type of medicine or not.

48.10 – Education is the key to effective treatment.

50.00 – We can use a wide range of biomarkers as an indication of health.

53.00 – How do you manage a client in life who’s cells are already senescent?

57.00 – Senescent cells are not dead, they can still function.

58.00 – Age is not particularly relevant to functional medicine treatments.

1.03.00 – Aging and it’s effects are unique to every individual.

1.07.30 – It’s never too late to treat a client with a functional approach.

Check out our previous podcast – Functional Medicine – Managing Disease or Promoting Health?