About this episode
The art and science of aging well is a complex business – a nuanced melding of a finely tuned diet, essential exercise and a healthy mind. For over twenty years, Prof. Luigi Fontana has been studying the lifestyle regimes that could help us live a longer, healthier life. One of the world’s leading experts in the field of human longevity, Dr. Fontana, a physician and professor of medicine and nutrition at the University of Sydney, takes a pragmatic approach to the aging process, railing against aspirations to live an excessively long life. The author of ground-breaking research on fasting and nutrition, he explores the wider issues involved in the aging process in a new book, The Path to Longevity: The Secrets to Living a Long, Happy, Healthy Life. In this LLAMA podcast interview, with Peter Bowes, Prof. Fontana argues that medical systems based on treating sick people should be replaced by a more holistic approach to the human body. He also philosophizes about life’s “beautiful journey.”
Connect with Dr. Fontana:
Professor of Medicine and Nutrition, Leonard P. Ullman Chair in Translational Metabolic Health, Director of the Healthy Longevity Research and Clinical Program
University of Sydney website | Twitter | Facebook | Book: The Path to Longevity
In this podcast we cover:
- Working as a longevity scientists in Australia, a country with free healthcare.
- The difference between healthcare and sick care.
- Like unserviced cars, how unhealthy humans are accidents waiting to happen.
- The scourge of obesity, especially in children and the relationship with chronic disease.
- Why living longer by itself is of “no importance”
- Finding happiness and harmony in life.
- The environmental impact of high protein and keto diets.
- Living long thanks to the longevity gene?
- The craziness of magical recipes to live longer.
- The metabolic and molecular pathways that regulate the accumulation of damage.
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The Live Long podcast, a HealthSpan Media LLC production, shares ideas but does not offer medical advice. If you have health concerns of any kind, or you are considering adopting a new diet or exercise regime, you should consult your doctor.
