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What happens when the body no longer responds to effort the way it used to? Neurosurgeon and founder of Royal Spine Surgery, Dr. Mohamed Abdulhamid joins David Stewart to explain how recovery depends on communication between the brain, nerves, muscles, and joints, especially after surgery, injury, or long periods of compensation. David shares his own experience after knee surgery, when EXOMIND and Emsculpt Neo helped him feel calmer, sleep better, and get dormant muscles firing again. The conversation reframes personal bests as something less tied to youth and more connected to signal quality, resilience, and restoring trust in the body.

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“Interestingly, what we really did is what I call ‘bioelectrical medicine.’”

“I would rather call it a neuromuscular reactivation.”

“I look at mental health and mental wellness as something no different than physical wellness.”

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For a generation raised to admire endurance, Dr. Nicole Moyen makes the case for sleep as a daily form of biological respect. In this conversation, she and David look at why body clocks become more important with age, why sleep regularity may matter more than people think, and why the 3 a.m. wakeup has become such a familiar midlife complaint. Nicole explains the science behind core temperature, deep sleep, REM, light sleep, glucose regulation, hot flashes, sleep apnea, and cardiovascular recovery, including Eight Sleep’s research on temperature regulation for peri- and postmenopausal women. The episode gives listeners a practical framework for thinking about the bedroom as an environment that can either support recovery or work against it.

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“So I would say this is like the forgotten biological lever or key to good quality sleep.”

“And we saw that just sleeping on the pod with active temperature regulation throughout the night reduced hot flashes by 56 % on average.”

“Well, your body is essentially paralyzed. Your muscles are paralyzed during REM sleep. And your temperature regulation is also impaired during REM sleep.”

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Angélica Fuentes, business executive, founder, and women’s equality advocate, belongs to a generation of women refusing the old script that ambition narrows with age, power comes from status, and reinvention has a deadline. She talks about building companies in male-dominated industries, becoming a CEO at 29, advocating for women long before corporate equality became fashionable, and starting NOWFUL in her 60s. Listen to gain a sharper way to think about rest, resilience, self-worth, and the daily practices that make a person harder to break. Fuentes’ story is not about returning to who she was before loss, but about using age, motherhood, and hard-earned wisdom to build from a deeper place.

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"Men and women need to either cooperate or the needle is not going to move very far."

"...teach people that rest is power and that coming back to yourself is knowledge and those two put together will allow you to achieve anything you want, because it's allowed me to do it."

"Your worth is determined only by you alone."

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This week on The AGEIST Podcast, Dr. Suzanne Gilberg explains why menopause care needs more science, more honesty, and more respect for women’s ability to make informed choices. Listeners will learn how to think about HRT, breast cancer risk, testosterone, brain health, bone health, and the limits of one-size-fits-all medical advice. She also explains why community matters, why menopause education has been neglected, and why women should keep asking harder questions of their doctors and the medical system. This episode gives listeners a clearer way to advocate for themselves, assess the flood of menopause information, and build a practical path through midlife health.

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“Science is not a religion. It is not a monolith, it is not unchanging and unmoving. That is not what science is. Science is a process of inquiry. Period. End of sentence.”

“There’s actually quite a bit of data on the potential health benefits of estrogen specifically in all of us and in breast cancer survivors.”

“This is not a disease; this is a state of being alive. So you have options in terms of how you want to live and age well, whatever that means to you.”

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This week on The AGEIST Podcast, Dr. Florence Comite,  clinician-scientist, and author of Invincible: Defy Your Genetic Destiny to Live Better, Longer, explains why “normal” lab results can miss the early signals that shape long-term health. Learn how sugar, insulin, A1C, cholesterol patterns, HDL, and free testosterone can reveal metabolic changes before a conventional diagnosis appears. She makes the case for tools like CGMs, deeper family history, better sleep, strength training, and hormone awareness as practical ways to understand what is happening beneath the surface. The episode gives the audience a clear framework for asking better questions, acting earlier, and taking more precise ownership of the next decades of their health.

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“I want everyone to own their future health destiny.”

“The first phrase that's completely wrong is you're in the normal range and everybody relaxes.”

“Aging is not a disease, it's a gift.”

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This week on The AGEIST Podcast, David Stewart sits down with Heather Hurlock, founding editor of The Mindset by Super Age, to explain the thinking behind the Super Age Games and the science that shaped them. The conversation breaks down why healthspan, not simply lifespan, is the real target, and how eight trainable markers can help people understand where they are now and what to work on next. Listeners will learn why VO2 max, grip strength, balance, agility, working memory, relational capacity, functional strength, and endurance under load matter for long-term vitality. The episode also makes the case that longevity is not an abstract future goal, but a set of daily practices, tests, and community-based commitments that can be trained now.

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“We don't do any “n of one” studies at super age. We're looking at large data sets that are pointing to actions you can take right now that affect your health span and your lifespan.”

“We were looking for markers that were testable quickly, like in under five minutes at home that don’t require a whole lot of special equipment, but are backed by deep peer-reviewed mortality and health data and then trainable in weeks, not decades.”

“It helps people find the tools and the motivation to build a better life for themselves. That's what we're doing here.”

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A conversation with the Refinery29 founder and mind behind A Tiny Apt. about what midlife sharpens: your sense of what matters, what no longer fits, and how your surroundings affect your mood, sleep, and energy. Christene explains why small changes at home can reduce background stress, why reinvention feels more urgent with age, and how to make choices that reflect who you are now rather than who you used to be. Listeners will come away with a clearer way to think about editing their space, protecting their attention, and moving toward change without waiting for perfect conditions. It is a practical episode about building a life that feels more intentional, more livable, and less crowded by other people’s expectations.

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“And I’m gonna tell you, if you have trouble sleeping, paint your bedroom a dark color, because my husband and I feel like we are in a hotel room every night.”

“I don’t want to leave anything on the table. I want to make it to the end and just be like, I f***ing played that hand so well, and I didn’t play it small. And that can be really scary, you know, especially when you feel like failure is more detrimental as you get older and harder to recover from.”

“You don’t have to conquer your goals overnight, but when you start moving in the direction of it, when you make that decision, it is like, miracles really do start to happen.”

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Ever wonder what holographic communication actually looks like in practice? Joanne Stanway, in tandem with Proto, has her finger on the pulse and plays an active role in the development of the medium, from life-size live beaming to AI personas that can answer questions in real time. She also gives a clear account of late-career reinvention, including what changed when she left a long-term PR role to start a company with her daughter at 62. Listeners will come away with a better understanding of how this technology can improve training, education, and patient communication rather than simply add novelty to an experience. The episode is especially useful for anyone thinking about the future of healthcare, women-led entrepreneurship, and how to keep evolving without aging into someone else’s idea of obsolete.

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"I would give anything to have a hologram of my parents."

"I feel both terrified and exhilarated at the same time."

"This is absolutely the next phase of communications."

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Dr. Chris Rhodes explains what fasting is actually doing in the body, where the benefits begin, and why shorter fasting windows may not deliver what many people expect. He walks us through the science behind fasting mimetics, including how his team studied a 36-hour fast and built a supplement around the molecules that arise during it. You come away with a clearer way to think about hunger control, food noise, metabolic health, and the tradeoffs between fasting, appetite-suppressing drugs, and everyday eating. He also offers a sharp take on saturated fat hype and makes the case for a more personal, evidence-based future in nutrition.

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"What most people do not realize is that they are often not getting the benefits of fasting that they think that they are getting."

“From a biological perspective, it takes around 24 hours without food in order to actually activate that metabolic switch where you're going from, you know, fed metabolism, glucose metabolism, over into ketone metabolism and fasting metabolism.”

"Let's find patterns that work specifically for you."

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Looking for quick strategies for building sustainable fitness habits? This week, we revisit a conversation with former firefighter-turned-osteopath and author David Vaux, where he shares wisdom from a lifetime of grit and strength. We all know that muscle mass will greatly improve our healthspan, but the perfect way to build and maintain that strength can be elusive. Get the inside scoop on balancing physical challenges with proper recovery. Find key guidance on staying fit and resilient, no matter your age.

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“Fast-twitch fibers are the currency of healthy aging.”

“It's not about becoming injured or burnt out; it's about consistency.”

“Strength training is like brushing your teeth: something you just do.”

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