Advice From the #1 Longevity Doctor: Add 10 Years to Your Life With 3 Simple Habits

I wanna read to you from your book, because you had some strong words about the anti-aging industry. This is a scientist and doctor whose work has been cited 365,000 times. What do you wanna say about the anti-aging craze and all the marketing around it?

I mean, there's all kinds of stuff going on right now. It's pretty scary. People keep talking about longevity.

Right.

What we wanna do is improve our health span. Turns out that exercise is the only thing we know that lowers our biological age.

What are the top three things, Dr. Topol, that most people are doing that are actually aging them faster?

The problem, Mel, is the things that they're not doing. Poor diet, not nearly enough exercise, and then, of course, this is what I think most people don't understand. Ultimately, if you do all the things that we're talking about that's been study after study, this extends healthy aging by seven to 10 years.

Wait. No, hold on. So... Hey, it's your friend Mel and welcome to The Mel Robbins Podcast. I am so excited that you're here. I'm excited that I'm here, and I am really excited that our guest, Dr. Eric Topol, is here today. It's always such an honor to spend time with you and to be together, and if you're a new listener, I just wanna take a moment and personally welcome you to The Mel Robbins Podcast family. I'm glad you're here. And because you made the time to listen to this particular episode, here's what I know about you. I know that you're the kind of person who not only values your time, but you value your health and you're interested in longevity, and you could not have picked a better conversation to spend your time on because this is gonna be one of the most valuable things you could ever listen to on longevity, on the science of aging, because you're gonna be learning from one of the most respected living medical researchers and scientists alive today. And if you're listening right now because somebody in your life shared this with you, I wanna point something out. That's really cool because it means you have people in your life that care about you and that care about your health and they wanted you to have the opportunity to learn from one of the top researchers in the world about simple things that you can do based on the evidence to live longer, to be healthier, and to have a better life, because that's exactly what you and I are gonna talk about today with the extraordinary Dr. Eric Topol. Dr. Topol is a pioneering physician scientist. He's a cardiologist who practiced for almost four decades and is one of the most renowned researchers in the world. He is the founder and director of the world renowned Scripps Research Translational Institute where he currently serves as the executive vice president and professor of molecular medicine. Previously, Dr. Topol was the chairman of cardiovascular medicine at Cleveland Clinic, one of the top hospitals in the world, and it was ranked number one in heart care for over a decade during Dr. Topol's tenure. And if you're thinking, "What else could this guy possibly do?" well, he's also among the top 10 most cited researchers in medicine in the world. He's published over 1,370 peer-reviewed articles, which is an enormous number, and his research is so respected that it's been cited by other researchers more than 365,000 times. I mean, just to put that into perspective, that's more than 99.99% of all scientists globally. He's also the author of several best-selling books, including his newest mega best-seller, SuperAgers: An Evidence-Based Approach to Longevity, which has already been endorsed by, check this out, five Nobel laureates and several of the world's top medical researchers. I am absolutely honored that he chose the Mel Robbins Podcast and a conversation with you and me as the very first interview that he granted for his new book. Dr. Eric Topol, thank you so much for getting on a plane, flying across the country, and being here on the Mel Robbins Podcast. I'm absolutely thrilled to unpack SuperAgers with you, your brand new book.