
Dr. Stephen Cabral is back on the podcast today and I always enjoy speaking with him. He is such a wealth of knowledge and information. We spend our time today talking about how to lower your biological age, live longer, and look younger. And he gives a lot of evidence-based ways to do this. In our first interview, he shared how he started experiencing health complications at age 17, saw over 50 different doctors, tried 100 treatment protocols, and still wasn’t healing. And this experience began his research into alternative health and how he became healthy again. That was when he knew that would be his life’s work.
He has studied with the top doctors, hospitals, and clinics in India, Sri Lanka, China, Europe, and many other places as well. In this episode, we talk about fascinating new research in ways to live longer, and we go deep on a lot of these. He talks about the Big Rocks Theory of Longevity, how we can reduce our chance of dying early by 80% by doing only four things, the one thing that increases cancer risk by over 4,000%, the movement metric that reduces all-cause mortality by 17% and the whole equation of caloric restriction, time-restricted eating, fasting, etc., for longevity.
Episode Highlights With Dr. Stephen Cabral
- How he reads several books a week
- Fascinating new research on ways to live longer
- The top four causes of death: heart disease, stroke, diabetes and cancer
- Big rocks theory of longevity
- How to pay attention to and interpret “all cause mortality” in research
- Preventable vs non preventable causes of mortality
- How we can all reduce our chance of dying early by 80% by doing only four things
- One thing that increases risk of cancer by over 4000%
- The movement metric that reduces all cause mortality by 17% (it’s easy)
- His take on alcohol and if it is harmful in the long term or not
- Why loneliness is one of the biggest risk factors and those highest in emotional loneliness are at highest risk for early death
- How big of a role genes play in longevity (less than you think)
- How to use time restricted eating, fasting or caloric restriction for longevity
- The importance of balancing caloric restriction or TRE with strength training
- How sauna is the closest thing to a silver bullet we have for health and is an exercise mimetic
- The sauna protocol that decreased cardiovascular risk by 63% (19 minutes minimum)
- What research says about supplements for longevity and anti-aging
Resources We Mention
- Dr. Stephen Cabral
- The Cabral Concept Podcast
- Huberman Lab Podcast
- The Rain Barrel Effect by Dr. Stephen Cabral
- Life Force by Tony Robbins
- IFS: Internal Family Systems
- Barrel Saunas
- Sunlighten Saunas
- The Best Recommended Books by Podcast Guests
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