485. “Movement Is Medicine” | Building a Longer, Healthier Life with Michael Clinton

And one of the things that came to mind as you're talking about this convergence is we, and when I say we, I'm talking about Western society, really.

We have built a medical model that is reactive in nature and not proactive and preventative.

And Yeah, this is not a tinfoil hat statement.

The pharmaceutical industry makes its money by keeping us on a hamster wheel, right? Like the number one drug of any class of drugs are statins.

Everybody's got high cholesterol.

Take here, rosuvastatin, atorvastatin, whatever.

And so we all get doled out these statins.

What you talked about is for the first time in human history, using this combination of technology, and stem cells and research and AI and all these different modalities, we can cure stuff.

And so now you're seeing this industry, I'll call it an industry that has emerged, that is a big middle finger to the pharmaceutical industry and the medical model at large.

And it's going to be interesting to observe that war play out because it is a war, right? And so that will be fascinating to observe.

I want to take a step back, though, What you said about the five-year-old today, right? It just made me think, my God, a kid born today has a chance to live over 100.

This is nuts.

So as we talk about these protocols, just foundation, longevity, 101, foundationally, what should somebody listening to the show be thinking about to have a long, healthy, prosperous life?

Yeah.

You know, first of all, most of the studies, the majority of the studies and most epidemiologists and doctors will will confirm that that only 25 percent of your genetics determine your longevity.

Now, there are always a couple of studies here and there that dispute that, but the bulk of the studies support that thesis at this point in time.

And that means 75% of our individual longevity is controlled and controllable by us as individuals.

And so the fundamentals, once again, there's no magic pill, there's no magic anything.

The fundamentals play a really important part in your personal longevity.

And the number one, number one, number one is always movement and exercise because motion is lotion.

And you know that every doctor will tell you that it is the natural medicine for human beings.

And it literally is movement and exercise until the day you die.

because it will ward off so many things, illnesses, organ systems, cardiovascular, your brain health.

And so many of the doctors I talk to for the book, 150 minutes a week, minimally, aerobics, weight, balance, especially as you're living longer and getting older.

So I always say that's the biggest thing, the number one thing.