The Longevity Podcast: Optimizing HealthSpan & MindSpan

Send us Fan Mail Despite the millions of Ukrainian refugees heading to nearby countries, there are still some who choose to stay on the ground and continue to fight. The Russian attacks are horrific atrocities and have caused immense suffering, fear, and heartbreak. These people are the ones experiencing traumas and fears from getting tortured and arrested for no reason. But why would they stay in...

Send us Fan Mail God designed people to be biologically wired to have fear to make us aware of impending danger and take action against it. Fear is an internal mitigation tool against risk. But if not controlled, we easily get manipulated by fear, which holds us back from taking the next step to success. As we live in a feeling-based world, no one can ever invalidate how we feel. But feelings can...

Send us Fan Mail When we think about the soldiers during the wars, we see them as the bravest and most loyal heroes who have sacrificed their lives to defend the nation. They face the battlefield even if it means endangering themselves. Unbeknownst to us, most of them are suffering from PTSD and need emotional and mental healing. In this week’s episode, we are joined by two U.S veterans who bravel...

Send us Fan Mail On February 24th,  Russia began invading Ukraine,  forcing millions of Ukrainian citizens to evacuate for their safety from the chaotic bombings and killings. Poland, a country next to Ukraine, is no stranger to the bitterness of history, having been in the crosshairs of the Second World War. Because of this, they widely opened their doors to the Ukrainian refugees. Millions of re...

Send us Fan Mail Keeping up with the healthcare updates, this week’s episode features a program that can certainly transform our healthcare system. Healthcare is the maintenance or improvement of one’s health delivered by health professionals and allied health fields. As technology continues to progress, we also find ways to go along with it and create more accessible and available healthcare for...

Send us Fan Mail The digital world has become essential to our day-to-day lives and people from all ages and walks of life are engaged in it.  Metaverse , also known as the digital economy, allows its users to create, buy, and sell virtual items from one platform to another. Unlike the real world, Metaverse allows you to create your own persona that you can take everywhere as easily as you can. Li...

Send us Fan Mail Nutrition is a very important part of health and development. Better nutrition is related to being disease-free, a stronger immune system, and increased productivity. However, reality shows that it’s the other way around. The world is faced with a disheartening state of malnutrition that includes both undernutrition and obesity, making nutrition the main cause of death and disease...

Send us Fan Mail Have you tried submerging your body in a tub filled with cold water and ice? You might think that it will only burn you but the truth is – ice baths can improve your life! Many athletes and gym fanatics have been immersing themselves in cold water after a very tiring and strenuous activity because they believe that ice baths are the easiest and quickest ways to soothe muscle pain...

Send us Fan Mail Traditional Chinese medicine is the oldest codified system of medicine in the world. Its basic philosophy is to encourage a healthy body to prevent illnesses and speed up recovery. This medicine believes that chi flows through the body pathways called Meridian and illnesses can only occur if the flow of chi along the meridian is either blocked or unbalanced.  With the evolution of...

Send us Fan Mail “An apple a day keeps the doctors away.” This is a common proverb that each one of us are familiar with. In fact, it is something we often say to remind ourselves that keeping our bodies healthy can offer us several benefits like keeping us from various diseases and illnesses. The human body requires an adequate amount of nutrients to function properly and maintain good health. Th...

Send us Fan Mail Reaching our optimal state of health has gotten more and more difficult - even when our doctors or physicians have already prescribed us an appropriate diet or medications. This is because we are not that motivated and committed enough to change our lifestyles.  Having discipline and drive is very crucial for us to achieve the kind of health condition we want. If we still cannot r...

Send us Fan Mail Every time we face an external challenge, we reveal our strengths we didn't know we possessed. We find people to help us, learn from the failures, and even find ways to overcome them. But, what if these challenges are something that we need to fight on our own?  We are in a constant battle within ourselves. Every day we deal with tasks or other things that can make us questio...

Send us Fan Mail Passion is the fuel that keeps us doing the things we love. It gives a sense of purpose and meaning to our lives by reminding us of who we truly are. However, life isn’t always rainbows and butterflies - it can also be full of setbacks, failures, and conflicts that often kill our burning fire to do the things we’re passionate about. Nobody wants to live their lives being constantl...

Send us Fan Mail The new year has come, and many of us are still hoping to finally reach the end of the pandemic. However, there are still emerging variants of COVID-19 and many countries are still strictly implementing COVID restrictions to prevent transmission and to lower infection cases. It continuously affects each one of us, our economy, and threatens the future of the younger generation. Ev...

Send us Fan Mail Humanity is facing major global challenges that are transitional in nature and transitional in solution. In these cases, people are striving to attain sustainable development goals such as ensuring access to clean drinking water and delivering good health and well-being to people, especially for the ones living in poverty VerdeWatts is a company passionately committed to improving...

Send us Fan Mail No one can ever deny the power of education. It can change and uplift our lives as it provides us with the knowledge and tools to survive in life. Yet many of us misunderstand the true essence of education and the real reason why learning is important. Education isn’t just about the grade you are trying to get every semester or your professor’s lectures you’re reviewing just to pa...

Send us Fan Mail “Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it.” - Steve Jobs No one is ever really ready to close the circles, shut the doors, and finish the chapters we’ve shared with someone we love. Because even though death is inevitable, you’ll never really know when it will be the last page in the book of life.  Everybody is excited about the birth of a child but there...

Send us Fan Mail A healthcare system is defined by law and regulations that provide primary health services to its population through finances, services, and management. It consists of organizations whose primary goal is to promote, restore, and maintain health.  Every country has its own different healthcare system and understanding what your country has will ensure you the quality of services yo...

Send us Fan Mail The COVID-19 pandemic has brought us stressful and overwhelming challenges to a degree that our level of anxiety and stress have increased . It negatively affects our mental health mainly when we tend to feel more isolated and lonelier due to the sudden health protocol restrictions. People try to cope with stress even at the simplest level that they can until they get run over and...

Send us Fan Mail Starting from childhood to adulthood, we face challenges even in the most basic situations. Everyone, even the most successful people, experiences problems and has its fair share of setbacks and hardships because it is never meant to be easy. Life is full of uncertainties, but it is up to us if we can accept the fact that not everything is within our control. As humans, challenges...

Send us Fan Mail Buddhism is one of the major world religions that focuses on the true nature of life - the state of enlightenment. It is a way to live, seeking the state of inner peace and wisdom instead of focusing on a relationship between The Divine and humanity. “There is no enemy outside our soul. The real enemies live inside us: anger, ego, greed and hate.” - Siddhartha Gautama We are all l...

Send us Fan Mail As much as modern technology and science try to alleviate human suffering, the world has been plagued by numerous health problems afflicting the lives of people. Due to COVID-19, the rate of mortality increased resulting in widespread medical and economic challenges.  Our body has interferon proteins that are part of the natural defenses. They work by interfering with the virus to...

Send us Fan Mail As we continue to talk about Alzheimer’s disease, technological advancements have allowed physicians to detect early signs of this disease. Autopsies, brain scans, and blood tests paved the way for physicians to finally identify cognitive disorders more accurately and thoroughly in a shorter span of time.  Due to a lack of resources and know-how, the medical community used to focu...

Send us Fan Mail Two of the most important issues in administering medication are the right patient and the right drug. Correct medications must be strictly given to the right patient and doctors must ensure that the medications given are up-to-date and as prescribed to prevent drug errors.  Not all medications work for everyone so it is crucial to diagnose the patient correctly to prescribe the c...

Send us Fan Mail Alzheimer’s is a brain disease that destroys the cognitive health of a person through memory, thinking skills, and the ability to do simple tasks. It is one of the top five leading causes of death in Orange Country and the most common type of dementia.  After a "drought" of 18 years, pharmaceutical giant Biogen has finally found a treatment that is currently the only dis...