The Science of Keeping the Brain Healthy | Lifespan with Dr. David Sinclair #7

- Welcome to the Lifespan Podcast, where we discuss the science of aging and how to be healthier at any stage of life. Hi, I'm David Sinclair. I'm a professor at Harvard Medical School in the Department of Genetics, and I'm co-director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for Biology of Aging Research. This podcast is about why we age, and efforts,

and things you can do in your daily life to slow, stop, and even reverse the aging process. In the last episode, we talked about the skin, the largest organ in the body. We talked about how to stay looking young and feeling good about yourself. But today we're talking about perhaps the most important organ in the body,

and that's the brain. I'm joined today, and on all episodes so far, at least, by my- - Wait, so far, at least? - Yeah, well, we'll see how you're doing today. - Wait, do you know something that I don't? - No, just, I'm enjoying this. It's going really well. Matt and I have been together for years.

We wrote the book "Lifespan," and he's also my lovely co-host of this podcast series. - Hey. - Welcome, Matthew. - I'm really terrified now. Like we're coming up on episode eight, and I'm not going to be here for season two. - Well, we're going to do a season two, no doubt. And I would not do this without you by my side.

- Ah, can, Rob, can we make sure that that part of, like that I will not do this without you by my side, we really want to make sure that that gets broadcast. - Though I've been known to change my mind. - [laughs] So so far in this series, we've spoken about how aging impacts our bodies.

And even though very clearly, there's really actually no separation between our bodies and our minds, these are integrated systems, but we've sort of up until this point, not talked a lot or much at all about the brain. And the reason for this is because nobody at all wants to stay healthy in their body