Why We Get Old & How We Can Stop It - Dr Andrew Steele - #265

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
Hello, friends. Welcome back. My guest today is Andrew Steele, scientist, writer and presenter. We're talking about an absolutely fascinating book that he's just written called Ageless. Aging is a phenomenon that we're all familiar with and is completely taken for granted as a fact of reality, but do we actually have to accept it? So today, expect to learn why curing aging might be easier than curing cancer and all of the diseases, the unfortunate truth of fasting for longevity, why the next decade will be the most exciting for lifespan research and much more. I love uncovering things that we all take for granted as just a normal part of everyday reality and then looking at them from first principles. Andrew's absolutely awesome and he's got his own mic set up, so it just sounds so lovely. Props, Andrew. Also, don't forget, I don't really push this too much, but if you enjoy the episode, support the authors that I have on the show by buying their stuff. It's always linked in the show notes below. And if you buy through that link, you'll be supporting the podcast at no extra cost to yourself because Amazon need to pay me a little tiny little bit of commission, but not much, and it doesn't cost you anymore. So yeah, go and support them, buy their stuff. If you enjoy the episode, you'll enjoy the book. In other news, this episode is brought to you by The Protein Works. That's right, we are in the new year, new year, new me, new health regime, and there is nowhere better that I would advise you to start with a new supplementary regime than The Protein Works. If you head to theproteinworks.com/modernwisdom, you can see everything that I use. Often get questions asking about what proteins that I recommend or supplements or foods, healthy foods, stuff like that. Everything that I use and more is on theproteinworks.com/modernwisdom, and you can get 35% off everything with the code modern 35 I would highly recommend getting yourself a steel shaker. That is a life hack that I've totally forgotten about, but I can't believe that people still use plastic shakers. That most of them have got BPA in, which you don't want. It fucks around with your endocrine system, and it just, they snap. You're terrified when you drop them on the floor. Upgrade to a steel shaker. It's less than a tenner, and you won't have to buy a new bottle for two years. Steel shakers, The Protein Works, fantastic. They're green strengths. Vitamin D, there's a pandemic out there. You already know what it is. Head to theproteinworks.com/modernwisdom.
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