This week is Brain Health Awareness week so there’s no better time to talk about the involvement that fat plays in the functioning of the brain. Clinical nutritionist Warren Maginn joins us to discuss Omega 3, 6 and 9, the different types of fish oils, what to be...
Whilst the discussion around genes is all the rage in the health world, it’s a complex issue to get our head around. In this episode the guys interview Dianne Scranton – a naturopath and genomic wellness practitioner – on the topic of gene profiling (also known as...
What exactly ARE genes? What do they do and why are they important to your health and longevity? How important is family history when it comes to measuring your longevity? Why do the mass media present genes as the be all and end all of health? What about...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Whilst most of us aware that the processing of food has undergone a major overhaul in the last 50 years, very few of us are actually quite sure what it means, how it affects us, and what we can do about it. In the second instalment of our interview with...
High cholesterol is something over 6 million Aussies have to their name – but what does it mean? Is it a normal part of ageing? And are there risks outside of heart disease for having high cholesterol? We ask Up For a Chat co-host and world-leading nutritionist...
This episode of 100 Not Out is inspired by a woman named Bronnie Ware. Bronnie was working in a job which gave her no satisfaction whatsoever … and so she began to look for work with more meaning, more heart. So Bronnie decided to work in palliative care, where she...
If the thought of getting old scares you and you feel like the ageing population is going to be (or already is) a burden on society then Patricia Edgar is just about to flip it all upside down. Patricia is an author, television producer, educator, sociologist the...