Ep #67: Longevity Tips From Centenarians with Dr. Thomas Perls

Andrea Donsky, nutritionist, Menopause Researcher and Educator, interviews Dr. Thomas Perls, Founder and director of the New England Centenarian Study, the largest study of centenarians and their families in the world.

1:07 Introduction to Dr. Perls and the longevity connection to women having babies in their 40s

4:00 Dr. Perls shares some of his research on centenarians. 85% of centenarians are women. He studies how they escape agin related diseases and their subjects are as old as 112.

6:00 The reasons they are able to live so long in a disease-free way.

10:15 Red meat and cardiovascular disease and the complexity of the relationship with iron and menopause.

22:10 The symptoms of perimenopause and menopause and fatigue and other things like thyroid health to keep in mind and the tests to ask your doctor for.

30:19 The importance of protein and other sources

32:00 Genetics and menopause, child-bearing, and longevity

44:10 Cognitive health and life expectancy and how it relates to women, longevity and dementia or Alzheimer's disease

50:50 Tips for brain health 

54:51 The one thing he has incorporated into his life from what he has learned

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