0:00 Eight signs that somebody over the age
0:02 of 65 is aging very well indeed. How
0:06 many of these can you get? And you might
0:09 be surprised by some of these things.
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0:21 then. Dr. Ben, what have we got? Number
0:24 eight on the list.
0:25 >> Well, this one I think is surprising
0:26 indeed and that is your sense of smell.
0:30 That's weird. Why is that? Well, the
0:32 olfactory nerves are cranial nerves that
0:34 are the only ones that have a direct
0:36 line to the brain that don't stop by a
0:38 relay station first. Why is that
0:41 important? Well, it's important because
0:43 if you are having some degeneration in
0:44 the brain, you often can see it here
0:47 first. So, sometimes, not always, please
0:50 don't have a panic attack if you're
0:52 losing your sense of smell, but if
0:55 you're use losing your sense of smell,
0:57 it could mean there are some problems
0:59 beginning in terms of degeneration in
1:01 the brain. So, what we look for, are you
1:04 losing your sense of smell when it comes
1:06 to kind of strong potent things? And Dr.
1:09 Peter's going to tell you about a test
1:10 you can do at home.
1:11 >> That's true. So, this is a really good
1:13 point and we do see a rise in heart
1:15 disease in people who have a loss of
1:17 smell and everyone loses a bit of smell
1:20 as you age, but it's really a more
1:22 dramatic loss that we get more concerned
1:24 about. So, what I think is always a
1:25 great thing you can do is pick five
1:26 things, coffee grounds, peanut butter,
1:30 cinnamon, mint, and an orange peel. All
1:33 right, have your eyes closed and have
1:35 someone give you each one one by one and
1:38 see if you can identify it. And if you
1:41 can't identify roughly about two out of
1:44 those five, it's something maybe to
1:47 bring up with your primary care next
1:49 time you see them because there is some
1:51 basis to it of not being able to
1:53 recognize these potent smells.
1:55 >> Yeah, I've seen that research. It's why
1:57 it's fascinating. A strong correlation.
1:59 And obviously there are other things
2:00 that can make people lose their sense of
2:02 smell. Some infections can do it. If
2:04 you've got sinus issues, uh but
2:06 hopefully, and we hope that you will got
2:08 a very strong sense of smell. This is a
2:10 very subtle marker that is not talked
2:13 about anywhere nearly enough.
2:14 >> And you make a great point. It doesn't
2:16 have to be a degenerative process in the
2:18 brain, but it's one of those markers
2:21 in combination with others that we like
2:22 to look at is this an early warning sign
2:25 that we need to make some changes and we
2:27 need to start looking out for various
2:29 changes that are occurring.
2:30 >> Absolutely. Thank you, Dr. Mann. That
2:32 was a great one to start with. Number
2:34 seven on the list,
2:36 walking slower. Have you lost the
2:39 ability to walk fast, to have a brisk
2:42 walk?
2:43 This can be rather insidious, but there
2:45 is a ton of research out there.
2:47 Obviously, as anybody gets older,
2:49 walking speed will slow down, but is is
2:52 there a marked slow down?
2:54 We're all familiar, and we hope you're
2:55 there as well, with that vibrant person
2:58 in their 80s who's still walking a lot,
3:00 going along nicely. Now, arthritis can
3:02 play into it, maybe back problems will
3:04 creep in. But this is a very good sign,
3:07 and I'm a huge believer in it being very
3:10 difficult to stop someone who's always
3:13 on the go, who's moving, who's walking a
3:15 lot. Isn't that there uh law of physics
3:18 as well, one of Newton's laws, a body in
3:20 motion. So, can you still walk fast? Can
3:23 you do so feeling relatively good? It's
3:27 really important with each passing year
3:28 to not become more sedentary. I cannot
3:31 stress that point enough. When people
3:33 stop walking, assuming there's no
3:35 physical limitation, that's when big
3:38 problems start to creep in. So, if you
3:39 can do that, it's a good sign.
3:42 >> It sure do. Now, walking does maintain
3:43 muscle mass, and that is a longevity
3:45 marker. And so, a really a good way of
3:48 kind of gauging how you're doing is if
3:50 you go to, say, an intersection in a
3:52 city or in your town with a crosswalk,
3:55 so when the crosswalk symbol goes up to
3:57 walk across intersection, can you make
4:00 it across that intersection before the
4:03 countdown ends? And so if you can, I
4:05 think overall you're in pretty good
4:07 shape.
4:07 >> Yeah, exactly. And you see this a lot,
4:10 I'm sure in primary care when people
4:11 stop walking, it's a bad sign when they
4:14 slow down a lot.
4:15 >> Yeah, and you have to ask the question
4:16 why. So are you slowing down because
4:19 you're in pain? Are you slowing down
4:21 because you're becoming confused? Are
4:23 you slowing down because you've lost
4:25 strength or you're losing your balance?
4:27 But it's one of those things that you're
4:28 really good indicator that means hey,
4:30 it's time to take a look, something's
4:32 changed and not for the better. Now,
4:34 when I do see a patient that walks
4:36 quickly and their family's always
4:37 rolling their eyes because they can't
4:38 keep up with them, I'm always very happy
4:40 with that cuz that usually means they're
4:42 doing very well.
4:43 >> That's right. And there's actually a
4:44 strong link as well with
4:45 neurodegenerative processes, dementia,
4:48 Parkinson's disease in people who can't
4:50 walk as fast. All right, what have we
4:53 got next on the list, number six, Dr.
4:55 Peter?
4:56 >> Heart rate recovery. So think about your
4:58 heart as an engine and so I break it
5:00 down in two ways. You have the gas pedal
5:02 and the brake pedal. And so the gas
5:05 pedal is when your heart rate increases
5:06 with exercise or your stress response
5:08 and that's
5:09 basically your net your body's natural
5:11 physiological response to exercise. And
5:14 your brake pedal is really run through
5:17 your parasympathetic nervous system,
5:18 which is your vagal fibers. And that is
5:21 basically when you stop exercising and
5:23 cool down, how fast does your heart rate
5:26 recover? And that is a really good sign
5:28 of overall cardiovascular health and
5:31 resilience and really showing how well
5:34 you've trained your body. And so I love
5:36 this really marker because this is
5:38 something unlike other things that you
5:40 can change and you can even change it by
5:41 like the end of the month if you start
5:43 exercising regularly. So we know just as
5:45 a general rule in the first minute after
5:48 exercise, if you can drop your heart
5:50 rate by 20 beats a minute, you're in
5:53 really, really good shape. That's great.
5:54 If you drop it and it goes less than 12
5:58 beats per minute,
6:00 then it's just an eye-opener of what can
6:02 I do to get that in a better recovery
6:05 time. And so, that's just regular
6:07 walking, regular exercise, working your
6:08 core muscles.
6:10 >> Thank you. Well, isn't it great we got
6:12 America's best cardiologist here, very
6:14 appropriate to tell us that. Thank you.
6:16 So, what we're talking about to to
6:17 clarify, and it's very easy to track
6:19 this now on a device like a
6:22 watch, phone can do it as well. If
6:24 you're not into, personally I'm not into
6:27 a wearable device all the time, but you
6:28 can do it for this purpose. So, you're
6:30 talking about after exercise basically
6:33 your heart rate coming back down again.
6:35 And people who whose heart rate stays
6:38 up, that's a sign that they haven't got
6:39 a strong heart. That's it in a nutshell,
6:41 right?
6:42 >> It is, and it's a differentiated from
6:44 heart rate variability, which we find on
6:46 a lot of wearable devices now. So, heart
6:48 rate variability is a beat-to-beat
6:50 variation in time, which goes gives you
6:53 a sense of how your autonomic system is
6:55 working. But, heart rate recovery
6:57 specifically is your body's resilience
6:59 to exercise. So, basically
7:02 you work out or do what you do, walking,
7:05 walk up a hill, going upstairs, and see
7:07 how fast your heart rate comes down in
7:08 the minute after your exercise. And our
7:10 goal is 20 beats or more. But, you can
7:13 work your way up if you're not there
7:14 yet.
7:14 >> I really like that. That's such an
7:16 interesting sign. Have you heard that
7:19 anywhere else before?
7:21 Would that correlate very well with
7:22 feeling tired as well? So, people whose
7:24 heart rate is up, they obviously visibly
7:27 they've stressed themselves
7:28 >> It does. Well, then we know that people
7:30 who have elevated heart rates have some
7:31 underlying process going on, especially
7:34 if the heart rate is above a certain
7:36 level inappropriately. So, inappropriate
7:38 elevations in heart rise and heart rates
7:40 actually can be a sign of underlying
7:42 disease as well. Or elevated heart rates
7:44 can be a sign of increased cortisol
7:47 circulating stress. And these are all
7:49 just things that just really tears at
7:51 your body. So, a good lower heart rate
7:54 is great when people are exercising
7:55 regularly, but it's really you could
7:57 have two people who are are nice and
7:59 strong and exercise regularly. But
8:01 really the person who has a better
8:03 recovery time overall we've seen does
8:06 the best in reducing heart disease
8:08 long-term.
8:09 >> Okay. That's actually that was an
8:10 excellent one. Okay then, uh Dr. Ben,
8:13 what we have next on the list? Number
8:15 five.
8:16 >> A great appetite. So, when I see
8:20 patients that come in the office and
8:21 they say, "My appetite's great. I'm
8:23 hungry at the right times. I'm eating
8:26 well. I am happy about food. I still
8:29 have a positive relationship to it." I
8:32 often see they're doing very well
8:34 physically and mentally.
8:36 What makes me nervous is when people
8:38 stop eating. They say, "I just don't
8:39 have an appetite anymore. I'm starting
8:41 to lose weight. I just don't have any
8:43 interest in food. It doesn't smell or
8:45 taste good to me anymore." So, that goes
8:47 back to smell. I start to get nervous
8:49 because it's never good when one of us
8:52 just stops eating altogether or loses
8:55 interest in food when we used to really
8:57 enjoy it. That's something that really
8:59 pricks my ears up and I start asking a
9:01 lot of questions.
9:02 >> Yeah, that's one of which can be subtle,
9:04 but I am a great believer in appetite
9:09 being a a huge mark. Now, obviously this
9:10 has to be balanced against the fact that
9:12 now we have a metabolic health
9:14 catastrophe going on. So, if you're
9:17 eating a lot and also overweight and
9:19 suffering metabolic dysfunction, that's
9:21 not what we're talking about here. We're
9:22 talking about people who are maintaining
9:25 an appetite, doing other things, but I
9:27 always find it's a very ominous sign
9:30 when somebody above a certain age, 65,
9:33 70, when they suddenly start eating
9:35 less. And I'm sure you've seen this
9:37 happen before in people. It can be a
9:39 quick decline. People can get
9:40 malnourished. Their albumin protein
9:42 levels can drop on their blood tests.
9:44 And they just get weaker and weaker. And
9:46 I always I personally love it when I see
9:49 someone who's like 90 years old even in
9:52 the hospital and they've got a great
9:53 appetite. They can't wait for for their
9:54 next meal. And you think that's somebody
9:56 who's doing well. They they need to keep
9:58 eating.
9:58 >> There's nothing better than that. And so
9:59 remember like when people lose their
10:01 appetite, it could be something
10:02 physically or mentally going on. So they
10:04 could be on the line of depression which
10:05 can really cause people to retreat and
10:07 have lost of appetite. But also
10:09 inappropriate weight loss is something
10:10 that we worry about as well. And so, you
10:13 know, appetite I mean you are what you
10:14 eat. So if you're not getting food in,
10:16 your body is just not going to do well
10:18 on turf.
10:18 >> Yeah, appetite is a a great marker. In
10:20 fact, it reminds me of a very
10:21 interesting study that I saw once where
10:24 they were looking at the best marker for
10:27 somebody when somebody's recovering from
10:29 an infection. I believe this study was
10:30 done in Japan. They obviously do common
10:33 sense studies. So they So they were
10:35 looking at everything. Blood tests,
10:36 different markers, fevers. And do you
10:39 know in the end what the number one way
10:41 was that they found when they know
10:43 people are recovering from infection? It
10:45 was they got their appetite back.
10:46 >> Ah, there you go.
10:47 >> Not surprising. And everyone knows this
10:50 as well with family members. When you're
10:51 recovering from illness, when you start
10:52 eating again, you feel better. That's
10:54 when you're better.
10:54 >> I know that as doctors too. I've seen
10:55 that in patients when we round in
10:57 hospitals and and see patients at their
10:59 when they're eating or and really have a
11:01 good sense of appetite, we know that
11:02 they're on their way to recovery. So
11:04 that's
11:05 >> Right.
11:06 Okay, next up we have a question. We
11:08 always have a question or comment from
11:10 the week before from one of you fine
11:13 people. And we so appreciate all of you
11:15 who watch our videos. We want to help as
11:17 best we can. And we had a comment from
11:20 Camille
11:21 saying that
11:22 out of all medications
11:25 antibiotics are probably the only
11:27 medicines that truly cure people. All
11:31 other medicines are designed to treat
11:33 symptoms. What a profound statement.
11:37 >> I think that's a fascinating comment and
11:39 I actually love that in a lot of ways.
11:43 She's not wrong in many ways.
11:45 Antibiotics actually treat and cure a
11:48 disease usually fairly quickly. When you
11:51 have a bad infection, you take
11:53 antibiotics and that infection is gone.
11:55 Now, that also has to do with the nature
11:58 of the disease itself. But, it is such a
12:01 good point. There's so many medications
12:03 out there that we think we're taking
12:05 them
12:06 really to cure us or to get us through
12:08 the disease, but really what we're doing
12:10 is just managing kind of the symptoms of
12:12 the disease, right? I mean, if you think
12:13 about heart failure and many of the
12:15 medications you take for heart failure,
12:17 they're just keeping the symptoms at
12:18 bay.
12:19 >> Yes, Troy. I think we totally under
12:20 appreciate the power of antibiotics and
12:22 how simple they are and how they work,
12:23 but they're really measurable and how I
12:25 can see how they work. So, you can have
12:27 an infection and then within 7 days you
12:28 can see what that infection has cleared.
12:31 And so, there is something about that is
12:33 so true and such a good thing to pick up
12:35 on.
12:36 >> It is. Thank you, Camille, for that
12:37 question. And in fact, I I totally
12:39 agree. I can't think of many medications
12:41 that actually cure people. I think Well,
12:43 I remember in medical school
12:45 one of the professors said, "If you want
12:46 to cure people as a doctor, become a
12:48 surgeon." Because they actually do. You
12:51 know, you have a broken bone, orthopedic
12:52 doctor fixes it. You have a ruptured
12:53 appendix, surgeon takes it out. Very few
12:56 cases, I mean, maybe steroids I can
12:58 think of which will actually you could
13:00 make the argument if somebody has a bad
13:02 inflammation or even during the
13:04 pandemic, we saw this it can really like
13:07 reverse that very quickly. But again,
13:09 it's kind of just suppressing a process,
13:11 but antibiotics are wonder drugs and I
13:14 don't think we should ever take them for
13:16 granted when Sir Alexander Fleming in
13:18 his small London lab accidentally
13:21 discovered penicillin, that was a game
13:23 changer. I mean, humanity then
13:25 longevity, people's life expectancy shot
13:28 up after that and then more antibiotics
13:29 were developed. And think about it, for
13:32 most of human history, simple tooth
13:34 infection a simple skin infection would
13:36 kill people.
13:37 >> Think about the black plague that was
13:38 caused by a bacteria called Yersinia
13:40 pestis, which can be treated with
13:42 penicillin. But we didn't know, and that
13:44 wiped out an enormous portion of Europe.
13:47 Had they had penicillin, things could
13:49 have been different. Clyde, it is really
13:51 fascinating. You're right, people died
13:53 from tooth infection, urinary tract
13:54 infection.
13:55 Antibiotics have changed the world in so
13:57 many positive ways. Great comment,
13:59 today.
13:59 >> I consider them miracle drugs. Every
14:02 week I come in the hospital, somebody
14:04 will come in with overwhelming sepsis.
14:05 They're barely awake. 24 hours of IV
14:07 antibiotics with other things like
14:09 fluids and they're awake and talking. It
14:12 It is a honor and a pleasure to work
14:14 with antibiotics and know that we we
14:16 talk a lot about polypharmacy and the
14:18 ridiculousness of the current situation
14:20 with too many meds, but they are one
14:23 group of medications that have my utmost
14:25 respect and also shouldn't be overused,
14:27 either.
14:27 >> Oh, that's so true.
14:29 >> All right, what do we have next on the
14:31 list? Number four. Dr. Peter.
14:33 >> Grip strength. So, I feel like a good,
14:37 strong handshake is such a good
14:38 predictor of really of how you are in in
14:42 the aging process. So, we know that
14:43 muscle mass is a longevity marker and
14:46 when you lose muscle mass, which is
14:47 called sarcopenia, it really shows that
14:51 actually your nutrition may not be good.
14:53 There could be some underlying
14:54 neurodegenerative process going on
14:56 that's been unidentified yet. So, grip
14:59 strength has been just a sign that we
15:01 know time after time and is a very
15:03 simplistic sign of how are you doing. We
15:06 know that someone with a weaker
15:07 handshake
15:09 can really be an underlying an
15:11 underlying sign of just frailty.
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16:27 >> Yeah, I've seen that research as well.
16:29 Grip strength. Obviously there can be
16:31 other reasons for not having a strong
16:34 grip like maybe arthritis could creep
16:36 in. But there it is a fascinating
16:38 marker. Would you say Dr. Bennett
16:40 correlates well with general muscle
16:41 strength?
16:42 >> It certainly does. But what I think's
16:44 important to consider is it's the change
16:46 that matters. So, some people never had
16:48 a very firm handshake or they just kind
16:50 of didn't do that. And then
16:52 their handshake remained the same. So,
16:54 that doesn't worry me so much. But
16:55 somebody that had a very strong
16:57 handshake, yes, it means they're first
16:59 of all might be losing some of their
17:00 balance, certainly probably losing some
17:02 of their muscle strength. And that
17:04 correlates well to our muscle strength
17:06 loss in the rest of your body and in
17:08 important areas that are important with
17:10 keeping you upright. So, you know, that
17:12 can actually correlate well with the
17:14 risk of falls cuz it means that your
17:15 muscle strength is deteriorating
17:17 overall.
17:18 >> Yeah, that's right. And this is another
17:20 reason why if there's a decline, it can
17:23 be slowed down by focusing on muscle
17:26 strength thing. No excuses. I've seen
17:29 people in wheelchairs do dumbbell
17:31 exercises, resistance bands. Surely you
17:35 have time for 20 minutes day. Hopefully
17:37 you're doing more than that. Hopefully
17:38 you're a superstar, but it becomes
17:40 crucial, especially above the age of 60,
17:43 not talking about becoming a
17:44 bodybuilder, but maintain that muscle
17:46 strength as much as you can and you can
17:48 do dumbbell exercises while you're
17:50 watching TV. However often you can do
17:53 them, please commit to that.
17:55 Okay, number three on the list.
17:58 Too many medications. We touched upon it
18:01 there in the discussion on antibiotics.
18:03 So it's a very good sign
18:06 for longevity and you aging very well if
18:11 you're on fewer medications. Obviously
18:14 sometimes medications can't be helped,
18:16 but there are pretty strong statistics
18:19 that correlate more medications with
18:22 more problems. And now we're in an
18:23 absurd situation where so many
18:25 medications are prescribed to treat side
18:27 effects of the original medication. So
18:29 the more that you can keep focusing on
18:31 your metabolic health, hopefully avoid
18:33 medications. And if you are prescribed a
18:36 medication, hold your doctor to account.
18:39 Ask them what the exit strategy is from
18:41 that medicine.
18:42 >> Exit strategy is absolutely vital. You
18:45 know, there are few medications that
18:47 should be lifelong. So most of the time,
18:51 vast majority of the time, if you're put
18:52 on a medication, you just say, "Okay,
18:54 when are we reassessing? What has to
18:56 happen for me to be able to come off of
18:58 this blood pressure medication, this
19:00 diuretic, this pain medication, this
19:02 nerve?" Whatever it be, there should be
19:05 an exit strategy and that needs to be
19:07 talked about right away. I will tell you
19:09 with older patients that I've had, they
19:11 are very careful with adding new
19:14 medications. If you try to add something
19:16 in somebody who's very healthy, has done
19:18 well for many, many years, they're
19:20 usually very aggressive. They say,
19:21 "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, what are we
19:22 talking about here? Why do I have to do
19:23 this? How do I get off it if I start?"
19:25 And I love that. I think that's great.
19:28 >> Yeah, I think really just being on less
19:29 medication. We know that so many people
19:32 end up in the hospital from over being
19:34 over medicated. And once you enter the
19:35 hospital, you always come out with
19:37 another medication. And that's a whole
19:38 really bad prescribing cascade. And so,
19:42 less medications always means less side
19:43 effects. People feel better on less
19:45 medications. So, if you feel better,
19:47 it's a whole positive reinforcement.
19:48 You're going to You're going to work out
19:50 more. When people work out more, they
19:51 have less health problems. You eat
19:52 better. So, without a doubt, I am a true
19:55 believer that few medications really
19:58 equates to better longevity.
19:59 >> Yeah, we really hope you can stay away
20:01 as much as possible. And if you do need
20:03 to be on medicines, hopefully you're
20:05 able to be weaned off those medications.
20:08 Polypharmacy is a a huge red flag out
20:12 there. And in fact, coming back to what
20:14 you said, Dr. Ben, I tend to find that
20:16 what extremes of age, like people in
20:18 their like late 80s, 90s who are doing
20:21 great. If I try to prescribe a
20:23 medication, obviously if they're in the
20:24 hospital, they know they need it. But
20:26 even upon discharge,
20:28 it's absolute music to my ears to hear,
20:31 "Doc, I don't want to be on this pill.
20:32 How am I going to get off it? Can you
20:34 not let me be on this forever?" Because
20:35 often these 90-year-olds are not on any
20:38 medicines. And they've lived life in
20:40 their right ear very skeptical. And
20:42 they're saying, "Why do you need to
20:46 give me this medicine?" I mean, my I
20:48 just shudder at the thought how many
20:50 90-plus-year-old patients in America
20:52 were prescribed a high-dose statin, for
20:55 instance, today when these groups
20:57 weren't even studied. I mean, what we
20:58 do?
20:59 >> I would say that most of my patients who
21:01 are in their 90s are not on a lot of
21:02 medications.
21:03 >> Yeah.
21:04 >> I'm trying to think now, and I just
21:06 don't have a lot that are on the whole
21:07 slew of medications. And that population
21:11 is is fascinating to begin with and I
21:13 always say that I could learn from you
21:15 now you learn from me.
21:17 But is if you do try to talk to about
21:20 being on some things, they're I feel
21:22 like they question you more than than
21:24 anything which is fascinating. I think
21:26 it's there there is is this something
21:28 about medications as you get older it's
21:31 not a natural process of aging to be on
21:33 medications.
21:34 >> Yeah.
21:35 >> Well, I
21:36 find that that group often has one
21:38 shared characteristic and that's they
21:40 almost always take responsibility for
21:42 them their lives, themselves, their
21:44 health. It is their problem and their
21:46 responsibility and they see more as a
21:48 guide. They might respect you, they
21:50 might say nice things, they might
21:51 appreciate your opinion, but it is their
21:53 body and you're not putting anything in
21:55 it without making damn sure they need
21:57 it. They're very clear on that and I
21:59 love that. I think that's a a healthier
22:00 way to approach a relationship with
22:02 health care.
22:03 >> Yeah, and I've actually gotten to a lot
22:05 of debates online. Debates would be a
22:07 mild word as you can imagine with
22:09 various establishment doctors out there
22:11 who when I talk about this they always
22:13 say, "Oh, there's survivorship bias
22:15 there. People who make it to 90." No,
22:17 that's nonsense. You're talking complete
22:19 and utter rubbish. I've actually told
22:21 doctors online that because there's much
22:23 more to it. People are going in with a
22:25 certain attitude, they're taking charge
22:27 of their health and it's a pleasure. The
22:29 best doctors should always want their
22:31 patients not to be on medications. Dr.
22:33 Ben, what do we have next? Number two on
22:35 the list.
22:36 >> This is making future plans in being
22:38 adaptable. What does that mean? It
22:41 basically means you're not throwing in
22:43 the towel, you haven't give it up,
22:44 you're still planning for the future.
22:46 So, when I see somebody saying, "Oh,
22:48 yeah, I'm thinking about going to Italy
22:50 or we're thinking about going to this
22:52 country or I'm going to go see the
22:53 grandkids or we're going to go view this
22:57 site I've never gotten to see before.
22:59 I'm so excited cuz they're living,
23:01 they're making plans and they're
23:02 adapting with change. So, that could
23:04 really hard as time goes on. That's
23:06 really hard. Now, it gets harder as time
23:08 goes on as well. But, it's important
23:10 because the world keeps changing in the
23:13 obstacles in your way keep changing.
23:15 But, if you can stay adaptable to a
23:17 degree, you're far better able to handle
23:19 what comes to you.
23:21 >> I think that's such a good point because
23:22 people in terms in times of of great
23:24 stress when they have sudden change
23:26 their lives, really I see it all the
23:28 time people get high blood pressure. So,
23:30 I do think that being able to be
23:32 adaptable and having future plans is
23:34 really a good sign not only of good like
23:36 mental health, but good physical
23:38 resilience and a good training of your
23:40 autonomic nervous system. So, people
23:42 again who can react to stress and still
23:45 feel well, really are are training
23:48 themselves and increasing the resilience
23:50 of their body.
23:51 >> Yeah, exactly. And
23:53 almost touches on purpose, doesn't it?
23:55 It's
23:56 What is purpose? Purpose means different
23:58 things to different people, but
24:00 I'm a great believer, as I know all
24:02 three of us are, that you have to have
24:04 purpose to have a reason to keep going.
24:07 And I find that the people who look very
24:09 vibrant above the age of 65 always have
24:12 these plans. And it can be something as
24:14 little as going with your grandchild to
24:16 a sports game next month or going and
24:19 making your garden really nice, entering
24:21 a competition, whatever works for for
24:24 you, whatever your interests are.
24:25 Vacations are a big one as well, but
24:28 always have that future plans. And
24:30 always have that future plan and in
24:32 ability to adapt as well because a lot
24:35 of people get set in their ways, but I
24:37 find that people who are comfortable
24:39 with change, as the saying goes, the one
24:40 constant in life is change. People who
24:42 are very comfortable with that, oh, we
24:44 need to move house, no big deal, we'll
24:46 get around it. Or this big change is
24:48 happening, family's moving here. We'll
24:50 deal with it. Like it's a really good
24:51 attitude to have.
24:52 >> Absolutely. Continuing to grow and
24:54 adapt, that doesn't need to stop at any
24:56 age. As as matter of fact, that should
24:58 continue forever for your whole life.
24:59 You should continue to grow and adapt
25:01 and learn. And there's no reason to let
25:04 that stop. And people that continue to
25:06 behave in that way, I see do very well.
25:08 >> Yes, thank you. Doctor Ben to that. Good
25:10 one. All right. Number one on the list
25:14 is a quick recovery from illness.
25:18 This may surprise you, but this is
25:20 absolutely huge. And I want you to
25:23 understand the importance of this.
25:25 Above a certain age, it's inevitable
25:28 that things are going to happen.
25:31 How quickly do you bounce back? Because
25:33 the people who are capable of bouncing
25:35 back very fast, it is an excellent sign
25:39 of healthy aging and longevity.
25:42 And I always like to say that you take
25:44 say a 25 or 30-year-old and you give
25:46 them a hit, they go down like this,
25:49 imagine. They will come right back up.
25:51 But above a certain age, a fair chunk of
25:54 people
25:55 will take a hit. Could be something like
25:58 a fracture,
25:59 uh reas- another reason for hospital
26:01 admission, an infection, and they take
26:03 longer to recover and don't get back
26:06 again.
26:07 And there's a lot that can be done to
26:10 make sure that anybody bounces back. Are
26:13 you getting up and moving as quickly as
26:15 possible so that you don't get
26:17 deconditioned, weak muscles? Are you
26:19 optimizing your nutrition? So when
26:21 you're in the hospital, don't do sadly
26:22 what most people do, which is well, it's
26:24 also the fault of hospitals, get fed
26:26 processed food, carbs and sugar. Are you
26:28 focusing on protein and antioxidants?
26:31 Are you having an attitude of
26:34 determination? That's key as well.
26:37 But the ability to recover quickly from
26:40 an illness is a superb sign that you
26:45 have it in you to have an excellent
26:48 aging process and good longevity.
26:50 >> Yeah, these can be
26:52 pretty bad insults when you end up
26:54 getting hospitalized for a fracture, you
26:56 can end up getting hospitalized for a
26:59 heart attack or an infection, but if you
27:02 can work aggressively at your recovery,
27:04 you can have a nice bounce back. Now,
27:06 how you went in is very important. So,
27:10 as Dr. Sunil said, if you go into the
27:13 hospital
27:14 very
27:16 poorly managed, you have very bad
27:17 metabolic health, you're not walking a
27:19 lot, you don't eat well, you're insulin
27:22 resistant, your your chances of bouncing
27:24 back and doing going to be very poor,
27:26 but if you're strong, you're determined,
27:28 you eat well, you're going to continue
27:30 those habits, you're going to bounce
27:31 back a heck of a lot better.
27:32 >> And so, quick recovery actually kind of
27:34 encompasses a lot of what we just talked
27:36 about. So, if you have good grip
27:37 strength and good muscle mass, you had
27:40 really great heart rate recovery time
27:41 before meaning that you were exercising
27:43 regularly, you're eating well, these are
27:45 all really are are just signs that you
27:48 will have a quick recovery. And I can
27:49 see even my patients that are about to
27:52 go under open heart surgery
27:54 that there are good predictors of who
27:56 recover better, and those are the people
27:57 that are going in who have really
27:59 tried to take care of themselves and are
28:02 maybe going under heart surgery not
28:03 because they're unhealthy, but because
28:05 there's some other condition that was
28:06 discovered. And so, these are all things
28:08 that really funnel down to to a quick
28:10 recovery.
28:11 >> That's right.
28:12 Well, we hope you found that list
28:14 helpful. The closing statements then
28:16 from each of us. Dr. Ben, want to go
28:18 first?
28:19 >> It's not necessary that you have all of
28:22 these, just think about working toward
28:24 the right goals. Keep up your strength,
28:26 make sure your diet is good, make sure
28:29 you're continuing to enjoy the
28:30 activities that you're doing, continue
28:32 to be excited and explore the world.
28:34 It's still a fun place out there.
28:36 There's still a lot of good stuff to do.
28:38 And if you really take care of yourself
28:39 and learn, you can do very, very well.
28:42 >> It's all about being proactive. These
28:44 are all little subtle signs, and these
28:46 subtle signs that I find fascinating can
28:48 be predictors of possible things in the
28:51 future that could be health issues. So,
28:53 by really identifying them now, it
28:55 doesn't mean that everything we listed,
28:56 if you have any of those, that something
28:58 bad will happen, but it's just again
29:00 about being proactive. And if there are
29:01 some subtle things that you noticing,
29:03 it's good to talk about it with your
29:04 doctor to see like what may happen down
29:07 the road or years from now, cuz again,
29:09 we don't want to wait until you're sick
29:12 to go back and realize that these signs
29:14 have been there for the past 10 years.
29:16 >> Exactly. Yeah, nothing is inevitable.
29:19 Aging is a process,
29:21 and it's a fight. Let's be quite honest,
29:24 it's a battle, but we know that you are
29:25 champions. That's why you're here. We
29:28 read your comments and we so appreciate
29:30 all your kind words. Our goal for you is
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29:35 we see. We have a pretty [snorts]
29:37 terrible system that may or may not be
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29:45 You are going to have pharmaceutical
29:46 products showered upon you, which may or
29:49 may not even be beneficial for you. It's
29:51 a very sorry state of affairs. Doctors
29:53 are not bad people, we're not saying
29:55 that, but it's an awful system.
29:57 You have to be proactive. And if any of
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