In this week's episode you will learn about: 

⦾ Common characteristics of centenarians

⦾ The science of longevity

⦾ Positive brain changes through diet and nutrition

⦾ Relation between cultural upbringing and youthfulness

Dr. Valter Longo is the director of the Longevity Institute at USC in Los Angeles, and of the Program on Longevity and Cancer at IFOM (Molecular Oncology FIRC Institute) in Milan. His studies focus on the fundamental mechanisms of aging in simple organisms and mice and on how they can be translated to humans. Not coincidentally, Longo is from a town in Italy that is home to some of the longest-lived people in the world.

Book: The Longevity Diet: Discover the New Science Behind Stem Cell Activation and Regeneration to Slow Aging, Fight Disease, and Optimize Weight

Dr. Mario Martinez is a clinical neuropsychologist. He proposes a new science of hope to replace the limitations of the gloom and doom theories of reductionist science. He is the founder of biocognitive science: a new mind-body paradigm that investigates the inherited causes of health and the cultural learning of longevity.  Dr. Martinez is considered a world expert on healthy longevity. He lives in Montevideo, Uruguay and Miami, Florida, Montevideo, Uruguay and Miami, Florida.

Book: The MindBody Self: How Longevity Is Culturally Learned and the Causes of Health Are Inherited