Toxic Aging: How Your Organs Can Age At Different Rates & 3 Hidden Threats to Cellular Health | Dr. Will Cole

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What if I told you that no two people ages the same way? And what if I told you that within your own body, your own organs can age at different rates? You can have a very, very youthful heart, and maybe even outer appearance, but your thyroid can be significantly older. And this is what the latest research is showing. Our bodies, not only do we age differently from other people, but within our own bodies, our own tissues, our own organs can age at different rates. And we want to, of course, create homeostasis, get everything working on the same page because we are truly this conglomeration of trillions of cells working together in the community that is you. You don't want to have this robust, beautiful, park-like environment, acres of great community and land. And then you've got low-key when you get over to your gut, it's the slums.

All right? You don't want to have this incredible expression of health and wellness with certain aspects of your body, but then others are suffering. However, this is the case for approximately one out of five adults in the US. And our special guest today is going to tell you about this recent Stanford study detailing this remarkable phenomenon. We're understanding aging at a whole new level. And we're also understanding that there's an emerging paradigm of something called toxic aging.

Toxic aging.

This episode is incredibly important. In this conversation around longevity, a lot of things can be hidden in plain sight. And ignorance is not bliss anymore. When it comes to this, when it comes to our health, when it comes to our biology, we have so many incredible innovations.

And at the same time, we've really got to stack conditions in our favor because we're living in an environment today that is very abnormal, that might be at odds with healthy aging. And so you're going to discover today in this powerful interview, the three hidden threats to your cellular health. And of course, we're very big on action, practicality, what can we do?

And so we're going to talk about how you can start to stack conditions in the favor of healthy cellular aging to completely turn your back on toxic aging and face forward, get locked in on not just increasing your longevity, but also increasing specifically your health span. Not just the lifespan, but your health span. Because we want to be able to perform at a high level. We want to be able to do the things we truly want to do. And when we're looking ahead, we need to pay attention to the present right now and what we can do because we're truly writing the story of what our future health is going to look like. And so very, very excited about this episode. And our special guest came in here. He walks his sock. He had this container. It looked like a bottle of mystery liquid. I thought, I literally generally asked him, I was like, is that PDA light? I thought he was drinking baby drink. All right. But what he actually had was a big bottle of his favorite Jasmine tea.

And so for looking at longevity and understanding the science, there's one beverage that's head and shoulders above others when it comes to this longevity equation. In fact, a study published in 2024 found that people who regularly drink tea age slower than those who do not. That study again was published in The Lancet in 2024, enlightening us to something that has been around for thousands of years. And today we're using our modern technology to affirm the power of, in this case, he's drinking jasmine tea in the way that he was for a reason. And his favorite source of jasmine green tea is from my favorite tea company, Peek. Peek's patented cold extraction method helps to retain these valuable nutrients that we're looking for in incredible teas like this jasmine green tea. If we're talking about the polyphenols, if we're talking about the L-theanine content, an L-theanine is well established to help us to boost those alpha brainwaves, helping to improve focus, helping to improve overall cognitive ability. And by the way, Peek's jasmine green tea is USDA organic without any preservatives, no refined sugar, no weird additives, none of that stuff, just the highest quality jasmine infused green tea in the world. Head over to peeklife.com four slash model right now to take advantage. And you're going to receive up to 20% off plus some limited time free bonuses. All right, so that's peeklife.com four slash model is piquelife.com four slash model for up to 20% off plus some free limited time bonuses. And by the way, you get to try peak tees risk free with a 30 day money back guarantee. Either you'll love it or you'll receive a full refund. Again, that's peeklife.com four slash model to check out some of my favorite award winning tees. And without further ado, let's get to our special guest and topic of the day. Dr. Will Cole is a leading functional medicine expert who consults people around the globe, starting one of the first functional medicine telehealth centers in the world over a decade ago. Named one of the top 50 functional and integrative doctors in the nation, Dr. Will Cole provides a functional medicine approach for thyroid issues, autoimmune conditions, hormonal imbalances, digestive disorders. He's also the host of the popular show, The Art of Wellbeing, and he's a New York Times bestselling author of multiple books, including Intuitive Fasting, Ketoterian, and The Inflammation Spectrum. Let's dive into this conversation with the incredible Dr. Will Cole.