100NO 47: The 3 Genetic Booby Traps

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 epigenetics? These topics and more are covered… Continue reading 100NO 47: The 3 Genetic Booby Traps

100NO 46: A Second Chance at Life: Keith Livingstone

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 his brain, Keith went about not… Continue reading 100NO 46: A Second Chance at Life: Keith Livingstone

100NO 45: Maddy Dychtwald

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 the Better. Maddy shares with us her views on the… Continue reading 100NO 45: Maddy Dychtwald

100NO 44: Ikaria’s longevity secrets with Thea Parikos

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 Ikarian parents and on marrying her Ikarian husband… Continue reading 100NO 44: Ikaria’s longevity secrets with Thea Parikos

100NO 43: Greek Island Longevity Retreat – Official invitation

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 disease and 20% less cancer than the western world. In… Continue reading 100NO 43: Greek Island Longevity Retreat – Official invitation

100NO 42: Prevent the Dement with Professor Michael Woodward

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 common answer is dementia! In this interview with Alzheimer’s… Continue reading 100NO 42: Prevent the Dement with Professor Michael Woodward

100NO 41: Cyndi O’Meara Part 2 – Now and then: The nutritional wisdom of history

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 world-renowned nutritionist Cyndi O’Meara, we… Continue reading 100NO 41: Cyndi O’Meara Part 2 – Now and then: The nutritional wisdom of history

100NO 40: Cholesterol with Cyndi O’Meara

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 Cyndi O’Meara all the big questions.

100NO 39: Bronnie Ware: The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying

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 worked for many years, tending… Continue reading 100NO 39: Bronnie Ware: The Top 5 Regrets of the Dying

100NO 38: Patricia Edgar: In Praise of Ageing

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 founding director of the Australian Children’s Television Foundation.… Continue reading 100NO 38: Patricia Edgar: In Praise of Ageing