What to Eat When with Dr. Michael Roizen PH103

“If you look at the data really carefully now, we’re not sure but we think that aging can be… we’re slowing it now, we’re doing what we call rejuvenation. Meaning, if you slow the rate of aging by physical activity, … Continued

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“If you look at the data really carefully now, we’re not sure but we think that aging can be… we’re slowing it now, we’re doing what we call rejuvenation. Meaning, if you slow the rate of aging by physical activity, by food choices, by stress management, you can probably be 30 years younger than your calendar age at age 55. So, at age 55 you can be functionally 25. But we’re undergoing -there’s a real sense in the aging community- the amount of money in aging research has now logarithmically expanded for about 25 years and that’s beginning to turn the concept of what aging is, the research is, to the point where maybe we can get much younger than our calendar age.” – Dr. Michael Roizen

Michael F. Roizen, MD, is an internist and anesthesiologist who is passionate about helping people choose to live younger and healthier lives.

He is the Chief Wellness Officer at Cleveland Clinic, the co-founder of RealAge Inc, a five-time number one New York Times best-selling author, and the Chief Medical Consultant on the Dr. Oz Show. An accomplished lecturer, researcher, CEO, television personality and author, Dr. Roizen’s myriad achievements are too numerous to count.

Dr. Roizen continues to practice internal medicine, using the RealAge metric to motivate his patients. He routinely sees patients who are in the midst of struggling with tobacco, heart, diabetic or arthritic problems and coaches them with simple (but persistent) lifestyle changes to be able to live, feel, look and be years younger. He really enjoys getting them to throw away their medications when they no longer need them, and teaches the role of food and other simple steps in reversing disease processes.

I had the opportunity to work with Dr. Roizen during my medical school studies, and I was thrilled to catch up with him at his home to talk about the benefits he’s witnessed since Cleveland Clinic implemented an Employee Health Plan, the most important lifestyle factors we can change to improve our overall health and wellness, and his take on What to Eat When.

Bio adapted from ClevelandClinic.org

In this episode we discuss:

How implementing an Employee Health Plan has saved Cleveland Clinic AND employees money, and how the savings continue to multiply as employees get healthier
Dr. Roizen’s thoughts on the challenge of implementing a similar program on a national level, and why he expects we will see it begin at the state level
Dr. Roizen’s background: what sparked his interest in medicine and how he ultimately decided to focus on wellness
The most important factors for reducing your RealAge
How dedicated exercise vs physical activity throughout day can impact your overall physiological age
What we can do to buffer the effects of stressful events on our health
Habits Dr. Roizen includes in his daily life to improve his longevity
Dr. Roizen’s exercise routine and the lessons he learned from his time as a competitive squash player
His stress management practice
The supplements Dr. Roizen takes on a regular basis
Dr. Roizen’s advice to eat when the sun is out
How shift workers can adhere to this advice, and his plans to carry out a study with nurses in order to collect more data
A typical day of food for Dr. Roizen
His take on coffee and health
Three things Dr. Roizen does on a regular basis that have the biggest positive impact on his health
One thing he struggles to implement that could have a big impact on his health
What a healthy life looks like to him

You can follow Dr. Roizen on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. You can purchase of copy of his most recent book, What to Eat When, here.

Links:

Dr. Roizen’s Tips for Living to 100
Find your RealAge
Stress Free Now
Urban Squash Cleveland
Timing of food intake predicts weight loss effectiveness
Circadian system and glucose metabolism: implications for physiology and disease
Dr. Oz Show: Find out your Age with the RealAge Test
What to Eat When: A Strategic Plan to Improve Your Health and Life Through Food by Dr. Michael Roizen & Dr. Michael Crupain
YOU: The Owner’s Manual: An Insider’s Guide to the Body That Will Make You Healthier and Younger by Dr. Michael Roizen & Dr. Mehmet Oz

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Ep 66 – Cleveland Clinic CEO Dr. Toby Cosgrove on Lifestyle, Healthcare, and Persistence

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Ep 99 – Dr. Axel Pflueger on Fighting Chronic Disease with Fitness

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