How do you die young, at a very old age? By learning how to appropriately care for your mind and body, and by aging well, you can reduce the likelihood of Alzheimer’s, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and more. Tune in to learn the secrets to defy aging. 

This week, Jenn is joined by author and host of the Longevity Health Summit, Chris Burres. Chris explains the Longevity Health Summit, and the results of the 50+ interviews that he conducted with experts about longevity and improving health as we age. He describes the silver bullets that he went out to uncover as well as some of the top surprises and takeaways that he found through the interviews. Jenn and Chris go on to talk about why people have a hard time sticking with things or even getting started with new healthy habits. Tune in for this informative episode to learn how you can improve your day to day habits to increase your longevity and extend your life! 

The Salad With a Side of Fries podcast is hosted by Jenn Trepeck, discussing wellness and weight loss for real life, clearing up the myths, misinformation, bad science & marketing surrounding our nutrition knowledge and the food industry. Let’s dive into wellness and weight loss for real life, including drinking, eating out, and skipping the grocery store. 

IN THIS EPISODE: 

• [6:21] Chris shares his history as a scientist and discovering a molecule. 
• [10:22] What was the Longevity Health Summit and what experts were a part of it? 
• [14:50] What were the two silver bullets that Chris went into the Summit trying to find?
• [21:45] What is the age escape velocity? 
• [24:29] Chris asked experts in wellness and longevity how long people are going to live.
• [30:48] Are we in control of how long we live and what type of health we are in? 
• [35:47] What were the biggest surprises Chris learned from all of his interviews at the longevity summit?
• [44:27] Why do we not take action on the information we know would help us improve our health? What is getting in our way? 

KEY TAKEAWAYS: 

• [16:51] If you address aging, then you’ll also address Alzheimer’s, arthritis, cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes. 
• [40:51] Mindset is the most important thing when it comes to your health. If you don’t have the mindset to make changes and create healthier habits for yourself, then you ultimately won’t do any of those other habits that increase longevity and prevent disease. 
• [44:31] You’re not where you want to be, not because of what you don’t know, it’s because of what you do know and you’re not doing.
• [47:55] Choosing to overcome something that you really don’t want to do, such as a cold plunge, or a cold shower, or making the bed is great for your brain. 

QUOTES: 

• [15:22] “I hope everybody understands what you just said, that if we call aging a disease, then we can get funding for it, because health does not have funding.” - Jenn Trepeck
• "We need to be addressing aging and you need to be doing everything you possibly can because there's a finish line, and at some point, I believe, there will be the last person to die of natural causes." - Chris Burres     
• "We currently don't separate living longer from living in an infirm state." - Chris Burres
• "In 1950 medical information doubled every 50 years. Today, medical information doubles every 73 days." - Chris Burres
• [45:56] “In any endeavor, I describe it this way, that success is ultimately kind of boring. Whether you think about the success of Michael Phelps, he swam probably at the same pool, at the same time, for decades. He ate the same huge amount of calories every day for decades. This doesn’t sound exciting, this sounds like I wouldn't want to do that, which is why it’s so amazing that he did that. So you really do have to kind of buckle into some of these things that are going to be boring, and they’re really good for you, and you’ve got to be focused on the long haul.” - Chris Burres

RESOURCES:

Carbon-Nano What? Episode

Become A Member of Salad with a Side of Fries

Jenn’s Free Menu Plan

A Salad With a Side of Fries

A Salad With A Side Of Fries Merch

A Salad With a Side of Fries Instagram

GUEST RESOURCES

MyVitalC Website 

My Vital C Facebook

My Vital C Instagram

My Vital C TikTok

My Vital C Twitter

Chris Burres' Instagram

Chris Burres' LinkedIn

GUEST BIO

Published author, Host of the Uncovering the Secrets to Longevity Health Summit, patent holder with a surprising twist – he’s not just a visionary scientist but also a master of comedy improv.  Chris Burres is the founder and chief scientist at MyVitalC, where he manufactures a Nobel Prize winning molecule responsible for the single longest longevity experimental result in history, a full 90% extension of life.  He is the intersection where science meets laughter and his life’s mission is to help people live longer, healthier, happier, pain-free lives one dose at a time.