September 9, 202100:41:51

155- Telomere Length and Impacts on Aging with Doc Misak

A telomere is nucleotide sequences found at the end of chromosomes, which protects the genetic information within our DNA. What we've learned so far is that these telomeres can change in length depending on our exposures and lifestyles, which impacts overall health.In this episode, Dr. Darrell Misak and I will be diving deeper into telomeres and how they can give us information on the aging process of our bodies.What To Expect From This Episode Dr. Misak's 5 phases for improving health What telomeres are and how they impact aging What can be used to increase telomerase and improve cellular function Shownotes* [0:00] Welcome to the Summit For Wellness Podcast* [1:45] Who is Dr. Darrell Misak and what is his background* [3:15] Doc Misak has a unique combination of conventional treatment options through his pharmacy degree and natural approaches to health with his Naturopathic degree* [4:30] There are points where you need conventional treatment, but natural medicine works hard to get to the root cause before disease takes place* [9:30] When it comes to environmental toxins, the outdoors used to be much cleaner for us than indoor air. With increase in problems such as wildfires, is our future going to be spent in filtered indoor spaces* [13:00] What are telomeres* [15:00] What is telomerase and what are ways to increase telomerase activity* [23:30] Are there ways to test the length of your telomeres so you can evaluate how it changes over time* [26:00] Can you use hyperbaric chambers to increase oxygen levels to improve telomere length* [29:00] Can you overlengthen telomeres and cause issues on the other end* [31:00] In the 5 phase method of improving health, can you work on telomere length at any point, or should you wait for a certain phase* [33:00] Final thoughts on anti-aging and telomeres* [35:45] What is Dr. Darrell Misak's vision of health and how does he work towards it daily Resources From This EpisodeSome of these resources may contain affiliate links, which provides a small commission to me (at no extra expense to you).* Use code SUMMIT10 to get 10% off at Vitelometry* Read the book by Nicole Lepera on recognizing your patterns and changing habits Transcript For Episode (Transcripts aren't even close to 100% Accurate) Bryan Carroll: [00:00:15] It's been a little while, since our last podcast episode, the last episode was with Melissa K. Norris, and we talked about different ways. To preserve the food that you grow in your garden.So if you have not listened to that and you have a garden, definitely go back and listen to that episode. But we haven't been just sitting around doing nothing. If you've been watching our YouTube channel, we've been posting a lot more videos this year. That was one of our goals. This year was to get a lot more videos on YouTube.So head on over to summit for wellness.com/youtube, and you can see some of the stuff we've been doing over there. But now we're back in the swing of things with the podcast. We have a lot of great episodes lined up for you. And today we will be talking about telomeres and anti-aging with doc Misak. If you don't know who I am, I'm Bryan Carroll and I help people move more, eat well and be adventurous.And doc Muzak is on the show today to help us. To age gracefully. So we'll be talking about different ways to improve our telomeres, how to really focus on a proper nutrition and reducing exposures to different toxins and whatnot in the environment. So that as we age, we have less load on our systems. So let's jump into my conversation with doc Misak.Thanks doc. MAYSAC for coming onto the show, Dr.

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