Stay Younger: Charlie Rose & Mehmet Oz

PBS-Charlie Rose in the third episode of the Charlie Rose Science Series had experts examine the science of living longer.  I was totally focused and  refrained from multitasking. It was an amazing discusion with Paul Nurse of The Rockefeller University, Leonard Guarente of M.I.T., Cynthia Kenyon of UC San Francisco, Richard Weindruch of the Wisconsin National Primate Center, Robert Butler, President of the International Longevity Center, Jay Olshansky of the University of Illinois, Chicago, and Sue Levkoff of Harvard Medical School.

Charlie mentioned getting enough sleep, exercise, less stress and eating the right foods but listen as they speak about 'caloric restriction' and how that extends life in animals.

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All we have to do is cut back on the high glycemic carbs that turn to sugar quickly.  In calorie restriction, inflammation in atipose tissue was reduced by 70% meaning more lean muscle mass which ends up burning more calories at a quicker rate.

Cynthia Kenyon of UC San Francisco made the point that since sugar makes us want to eat more, we should  just cut sugar out of our diets and  we won't be hungry.

By the way, I just listened to Connie Bennett(author of Sugar Shock) interview Mehmet Oz, MD who stated that our waist size should be half of our height..in inches.  Measure your waist and if it's more than half your height, you're at risk.  Stay tuned for more on Dr Oz's new book, YOU, Staying Young, where he and Dr Michael Roizen show you how to cut your health risk and your waist size…and stay young longer.

Take a look….and listen to the Charlie Rose discussion.

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