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#332: Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan - Longevity Science EXPOSED? Nobel Prize Winner Reveals the Truth
Venki Ramakrishnan is a Nobel Prize winning scientist, Former President of the Royal Society, a structural biologist at the University of Cambridge and author. Scientific and public interest into anti-aging has reached an all time high. With this has come a series of medical breakthroughs, as well as a detailed understanding of promising mechanisms that need to be targeted to slow down the aging process. However, there has also been a proliferation of misinformation, ineffective treatments and speculative claims, such as individuals suggesting that they may never die. To sort the fact from the fiction, we invited Venki on to share his thoughts on the current state of the anti-aging movement. 00:00 - Why enter the conversation? 03:15 - Is the desire to live forever a modern phenomena? 05:45 - Where does the state of the anti-aging field lay? 07:30 - Should we tackle specific diseases or aging? 12:20 - Should aging be classified as a disease? 14:10 - Is aging inevitable? 15:10 - What is the maximum age that we could live to? 17:45 - Would we live forever if we eradicated all disease? 19:30 - Metformin, NAD boosters, NMN, Rapamycin - effective or not? 27:20 - Are blood transfusions effective? 30:10 - What actually causes aging? 33:01 - What happens when we die? 34:30 - Hormesis, Exercise, Diet & Sleep 42:10 - Venki's opinion on the anti-aging community and death 45:10 - Philosophical ideas on death 47:10 - Connect with Venki 49:50 - What makes a life worth living Connect with Venki: Why We Die: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Why-We-Die-S... Profile: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-... Connect with us: youtube.com/freedompact Instagram.com/freedompact twitter.com/freedompactpod TikTok.com/personaldevelopment
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