On a very typical day in 2007, Keith Livingstone’s life took a very sharp 180 degree turn. Some would call it a turn for the worst – passing out in the surrounds of his new, heavily-financed chiropractic centre. Upon learning that he had fainted due to a tumour in his brain, Keith went about not only rebuilding and re-shaping his life, but doing it against the odds. Keith’s story is a great reality check for all of us as we gain a new perspective on what the challenges in our lives truly represent.

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Behind every great man is an even greater woman and Maddy Dychtwald is the greater woman behind one of the doyens of healthy ageing, Dr Ken Dychtwald. Maddy is a demographer and author of Influence: How Women’s Soaring Economic Power Will Transform Our World for the Better. Maddy shares with us her views on the perceptions of ageing, dementia, the importance of relationships, the different roles of men and women as they age, and taking good care of ourselves.

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When Ikaria was being officially discovered as a “Blue Zone” and outlier for longevity, the National Geographic team set themselves up at Thea’s Inn – the Trip Advisor #1 Greek B&B on the island of Ikaria. Thea Parikos was born and raised in the States by her Ikarian parents and on marrying her Ikarian husband Ilias decided to move to Ikaria. Now she has two boys, runs Thea’s Inn and Thea’s Restaurant, providing the town and the small tourist population the amazing food Ikaria is renowned for. Thea will be hosting us in Ikaria for our Longevity Retreat and we wanted to find out from her on what we can expect to find on this idyllic island.

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It’s official, Damian and Marcus are taking a select group of 10-30 people to the Greek Island of Ikaria for a 7day 8-night retreat to experience the world’s longest living people. This small island of only 8000 people suffer 80% less dementia, 50% less heart disease and 20% less cancer than the western world. In this episode we go through all the details of the event (whilst finding it difficult to curb our enthusiasm!), including our early bird special. For full details go to the Official 100 Not Out website.

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Dementia is getting ugly in the western world. Now referred to as diabetes if the brain, dementia is quickly becoming the most burdensome chronic disease in the modern world. If you asked most people what chronic disease they would LEAST like to die from the most common answer is dementia! In this interview with Alzheimer’s Australia Victorian Chief Medical Advisor Professor Michael Woodward we explore what we can do TODAY to prevent dementia.

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