Jun 18, 2026 · 43 min · 15 segments
In this episode of IMAGE The Check-in, recorded live at the IMAGE Women’s Health Clinic event at The Conrad Hotel, we unpack the ultimate blueprint to female longevity and optimum health. Host…
Paddy BarrettGuestJohn BeltonGuest
Caitriona RyanGuest
Melanie MorrisHost
So in other words, is it right to say, and Patty, I might start with you, you know, is genetics just 20% of our future or...
But when we talk about longevity, we're really talking about operating within the window of, say, you know, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s.
And the levers that you pull within kind of a lifestyle element and controlling very specific metrics can considerably change the timeframe of when kind of mortality is likely to occur.
What we have learned is that as you go into the years or hundreds, etc., is that that is less so down to the actual behavioral characteristics.
If you look at the behavioral characteristics of the healthy centenarian populations, they're as bad, if not worse, than everybody else.
The number one thing you need to have to actually live a very long and healthy life is very long-lived parents.
You have to say, what is the difference between them and the rest of us? Most adults in the developed world will die from one of three things.
And if you look at the healthy centenarian population, they die from... heart disease, cancer, and dementia.
The key difference between them and us is that they have a phase shift in the timing of that onset by 20 to 25 years.
So we need to look at the specific risk markers that drive those things and not ever prevent them entirely, but create a phase shift that they happen much, much later.
So in other words, is it right to say, and Patty, I might start with you, you know, is genetics just 20% of our future or...
But when we talk about longevity, we're really talking about operating within the window of, say, you know, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s.
And the levers that you pull within kind of a lifestyle element and controlling very specific metrics can considerably change the timeframe of when kind of mortality is likely to occur.
What we have learned is that as you go into the years or hundreds, etc., is that that is less so down to the actual behavioral characteristics.
If you look at the behavioral characteristics of the healthy centenarian populations, they're as bad, if not worse, than everybody else.
The number one thing you need to have to actually live a very long and healthy life is very long-lived parents.
You have to say, what is the difference between them and the rest of us? Most adults in the developed world will die from one of three things.
And if you look at the healthy centenarian population, they die from... heart disease, cancer, and dementia.
The key difference between them and us is that they have a phase shift in the timing of that onset by 20 to 25 years.
So we need to look at the specific risk markers that drive those things and not ever prevent them entirely, but create a phase shift that they happen much, much later.
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