This Blunt Force Truth episode is a special bonus from Mark's other podcast, Living Beyond 120, featuring Suzanne Somers and her husband Alan Hamel. Get ready for an entertaining and informative adventure about how to battle aging.

 

Mark and Dr. Gladden are joined by Suzanne and Alan, who explore their secrets to staying happy and healthy in their marriage; what they're doing regularly and deliberately to extend their longevity; and how important hormones are to the process. Finding your deficiencies and addressing them is crucial to maintaining youthfulness and living a long life.

They discuss the failures of traditional medicine, how alternative therapies can become lifesaving and how food is key to survival. Suzanne relates the story of her cancer diagnosis and the steps of recovery and maintaining her health. Alan discusses the circumstances of his misdiagnoses of Parkinson's disease, illustrating the interconnectedness of the body and the mind.

Listen now for a lively, engaging discussion on health and well-being with a couple who has been together for 50 years and plans for decades more to come.

Find more Living Beyond 120 here: https://livingbeyond120.com/.

About the guests:

A trusted health advocate, successful entrepreneur and star of two hit TV series, Suzanne Somers has written 26 books, including 14 New York Times bestsellers, five of which were #1 New York Times bestsellers. Her most recent book was her most personal, intimate, and inspiring title yet: TWO'S COMPANY: A Fifty-Year Romance with Lessons Learned in Love, Life & Business (Harmony; November 2017). There are currently more than 25 million copies of Suzanne's books in print.

Suzanne hit the dance floor with ABC-TV's Dancing with the Stars 10th anniversary season, and received raves for her bawdy, fun, romantic show, SUZANNE Sizzles, in residence at Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino. She received an Emmy nomination as Outstanding Host for The SUZANNE Show.

After 17 record-breaking years at HSN, Suzanne brought her products to ShopHQ. She now enjoys success at QVC with her RestoreLife Vitamins and Supplements and her show, A New Way to Age. She is a founder of ForeverHealth.com, an online resource to connect patients with doctors specializing in natural hormone therapy, also on www.SuzanneSomers.com, and a partner and ambassador for Livewave.com. For more information, visit SuzanneSomers.com. Follow her on Facebook and @SuzanneSomers.

Alan Hamel is a successful business entrepreneur, producer, TV Star and marketer who has enjoyed 60 years of continued professional achievement. He's built on his thriving career as a television, film & Broadway producer, actor and writer. Producer of The Blonde In the Thunderbird on Broadway, CBS music specials "Suzanne Somers & 7000 Sailors," "Suzanne Somers & 10,000 G.I's," several series, and movies that have aired on ABC, CBS, and NBC, he also shared a rewarding partnership with dear friend Dick Clark, developing two television series syndicated in the U.S. and Canada.

Chairman and CEO of the flourishing Somers companies Port Carling Corporation and ELO, Somers Licensing Company, he unabashedly refers to his business as his loving mistress, with approval from Suzanne Somers, his life partner of 50 years - an anomaly by Hollywood standards. He met Suzanne, then a struggling young actress, on the set of his show "The Anniversary Game" when she was hired as the prize model; they've been together ever since that day.

Alan's more than 3,000 hours on Canadian network television began at the CBC Network in 1955 and ended 25 years later with "The Alan Hamel Show" on the CTV Network in 1980. He starred in the CBC shows Razzle Dazzle, Nightcap, The Observer, Sightline,...