I am back today with a repeat guest, Dr. Stephen Cabral, and we talk about how to lower your biological age, live longer, and look younger. And he gives a whole lot of really evidence-based ways to do this. And if you haven’t heard his first interview, I’d highly recommend it. But the short version is that he started experiencing a lot of health complications at age 17, saw over 50 different doctors, tried 100 treatment protocols, and still wasn’t getting any better. And then this began his research into alternative health and how he became well again and his whole entire recovery process. And that was when he knew that would be his life’s work as well.
He completed his doctoral work overseas and he studied with the top doctors, hospitals, and clinics in India, Sri Lanka, China, Europe, and many other places as well. And now his work is helping many others benefit from this knowledge as well. In this episode, we talk about how he read several books a week, 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 to pay attention to and interpret what all-cause mortality in research means, 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%, his surprising take on alcohol, how loneliness is one of the biggest risk factors in health, and why genes play less of a role than we think. And so much more! He’s a wealth of knowledge, and he explained things so clearly. I know that you will enjoy this episode.
Episode Highlights With 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
- The times you might want to consider reducing alcohol and guidelines for safety if you drink
- 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
- Why fasting too much or restricting calories too much can reduce muscle and lead to fat
- 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)
- How sauna use 4-7x/week reduces all cause mortality by 40%
- What research says about supplements for longevity and anti-aging
Resources We Mention
- The Cabral Concept Podcast
- His website
- Huberman Podcast
- The Rain Barrel Effect: How a 6,000 Year Old Answer Holds the Secret to Finally Getting Well, Losing Weight & Feeling Alive Again! by Stephen Cabral
- Life Force: How New Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine Can Transform the Quality of Your Life & Those You Love by Tony Robbins
- Internal Family Systems
- Sauna
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