July 27, 2024 • 5 mins
The idea of naturally expanding your lifespan - and even reversing the impact of aging - has gotten popular with many people.
Slowing the ageing process is the holy grail for some scientists and everything from drugs to blood infusions and laughter is being investigated.
Naturopath and wellness expert Erin O'Hara explains further.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
You're listening to the Sunday Session podcast with Francesca Rudkin
from News Talks. I'd be joining me now.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
I have got Aaron o'haran natural path to talk wellness.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Good morning, Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
You were talking about biohacking and longevity, and look, all
I know about this is the books that I've read
that have been written about billionaires who are obsessed about
living forever and how they're going about doing it, and
a lot of that stuff does not seem terribly practical
to a normal persons such as myself.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Yeah, it can seem really extreme, and a lot of
people like biohackings quite extreme. And why would you want
to live to one hundred and eighty or one hundred
and fifty years old? Some people would question that as well.
If you don't know what biohacker hacking is, its various
tips and tricks for enhancing the body's ability to function
at its peak performance. Now, some of these can be
(00:59):
more lifestyle based and other things are more like biotechnology
based devices for tracking all sorts of things in your
health and well being. And so you can look at
trying to get it so your body runs like an
optimal machine through all the testing that you would do
and then the changes that you would implement. Now a
(01:20):
lot of these new therapies are becoming really really popular,
but actually scientifically based that diet and exercise remains the
most scientifically proven thing that you can do for achieving longevity,
Which is interesting because we love trying out new hacks
and devices, but actually always comes back to basics. Can't
(01:42):
go past the diet and the exercise and putting that
into place. Now, some of these biohacks that might seem
a bit extreme is things like hyper oxygen chambers, which
is super super trending, especially in New Zealand at the moment.
You can even hire them out for a month, and
that's one that's got some research. Some of it's convincing,
(02:03):
some of it are questionable to me. Chiro Therapy cryotherapy
is if you look at it like when you go
and get a warp burnt off, that's chirotherapy. But you
can actually go into these kind of booths that are
cold and they sort of snap everything and they'll help
reduce inflammation and all sorts of supposed to health benefits.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Just go for a swim in the sea, you could
do that.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
It wouldn't be as cold as going in one of
these little boots. But yeah, yeah, your ice baths are
definitely on the list of your bio hacks. Compression boots,
which I remember back when I race triathlon was a
big thing where you put on these big sort of
space boots. They blow up and they help with supposally
and getting the circulation through the lower legs, your saunas,
your breath work, meditation, self message tools, intravenous vitamins. So
(02:53):
it's really just a lot of it.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
It's varied from an ice bath and some breathing through
to some quite complicated machinery involved such a range of
things and you could spend a lot of money if
you're going down that machinery pathway of the bar technology.
You just reminded me, of course that you used to
race for New Zealand as a triethelete. Where you look
at all the stuff available now apart from the blow
up boots, is there anything else that you go gota
(03:17):
wish that was around when I was racing, Well, i'd
use that now.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Not particularly. We probably did a lot of these biohacks already,
like the ice baths when I lived in Boulder, we
would jump into the river that would have all the
water sort of running down from the rocky mountains, and
obviously just like an ice bath. But I think that
a lot of the things that are on these lists
things that have been around for a lot of a
long time, especially more of the sort of natural things
(03:43):
that you can do without requiring gadgets and gadgets and
devices are things that most of us would consider if
you were looking at your house. So your lifestyle, like
your nutrition, whether you're looking into like intermitted fasting or
elimination diets or anti inflammatory kind of diets. If you
had a health condition, you're going to look into those
sorts of things. Breath work, meditation, consistent exercise which could
(04:09):
be walking, could be running, could be weights, whatever if
it takes your fancy, but more movement basically really good
bio hack for your body. And if you're wanting to
look into the biotechnology, if you're really tech savy person,
then wearables can be helpful. If that keeps you motivated
for keeping healthy, then maybe it's getting a smart watch
or an aura ring that tracks you know your sleep
(04:32):
and whether you're stressed, how much movement, all sorts of
things that these devices contry.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
Too much information can be unhelpful.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
I personally think that, and when I race trathon, a
lot of people would have all sorts of devices on
their bikes for tracking all sorts of things. And I
actually think that we really know our body best, and
I think that sometimes it takes that trust away from
our own innate ability to monitor our own self, and
actually we start monitoring just through devices. And I think
(05:02):
also when it comes to things like sleep, when we
have these sort of devices, a specially if they're monitoring
sleep like an aura ring, we can actually then get
stressed about.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
The how's my WORR ring? Why did I sleep?
Speaker 3 (05:13):
How did I sleep? Every morning? And then you go
to bed the next time and you're like, I need
a really good sleep, I need more deep sleep than
it can actually make you feel a little bit more stressed.
So I think there's two sides to it, and I
think that kind of take it with a grain of salt.
Do what really resonates with you. You don't have to do everything.
The list can go on and on, and I think
just coming back to basic well being, good nutrition, good
(05:35):
to exercise, and that's a good basic to buy A
hacky body thank you so much. Erin good to catch
up
Speaker 1 (05:41):
For more from the Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin, Listen
live to news Talks it'd be from nine am Sunday,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
You're listening to the Sunday Session podcast with Francesca Rudkin
from News Talks. I'd be joining me now.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
I have got Aaron o'haran natural path to talk wellness.
Speaker 3 (00:16):
Good morning, Good morning.
Speaker 2 (00:17):
You were talking about biohacking and longevity, and look, all
I know about this is the books that I've read
that have been written about billionaires who are obsessed about
living forever and how they're going about doing it, and
a lot of that stuff does not seem terribly practical
to a normal persons such as myself.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Yeah, it can seem really extreme, and a lot of
people like biohackings quite extreme. And why would you want
to live to one hundred and eighty or one hundred
and fifty years old? Some people would question that as well.
If you don't know what biohacker hacking is, its various
tips and tricks for enhancing the body's ability to function
at its peak performance. Now, some of these can be
(00:59):
more lifestyle based and other things are more like biotechnology
based devices for tracking all sorts of things in your
health and well being. And so you can look at
trying to get it so your body runs like an
optimal machine through all the testing that you would do
and then the changes that you would implement. Now a
(01:20):
lot of these new therapies are becoming really really popular,
but actually scientifically based that diet and exercise remains the
most scientifically proven thing that you can do for achieving longevity,
Which is interesting because we love trying out new hacks
and devices, but actually always comes back to basics. Can't
(01:42):
go past the diet and the exercise and putting that
into place. Now, some of these biohacks that might seem
a bit extreme is things like hyper oxygen chambers, which
is super super trending, especially in New Zealand at the moment.
You can even hire them out for a month, and
that's one that's got some research. Some of it's convincing,
(02:03):
some of it are questionable to me. Chiro Therapy cryotherapy
is if you look at it like when you go
and get a warp burnt off, that's chirotherapy. But you
can actually go into these kind of booths that are
cold and they sort of snap everything and they'll help
reduce inflammation and all sorts of supposed to health benefits.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
Just go for a swim in the sea, you could
do that.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
It wouldn't be as cold as going in one of
these little boots. But yeah, yeah, your ice baths are
definitely on the list of your bio hacks. Compression boots,
which I remember back when I race triathlon was a
big thing where you put on these big sort of
space boots. They blow up and they help with supposally
and getting the circulation through the lower legs, your saunas,
your breath work, meditation, self message tools, intravenous vitamins. So
(02:53):
it's really just a lot of it.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
It's varied from an ice bath and some breathing through
to some quite complicated machinery involved such a range of
things and you could spend a lot of money if
you're going down that machinery pathway of the bar technology.
You just reminded me, of course that you used to
race for New Zealand as a triethelete. Where you look
at all the stuff available now apart from the blow
up boots, is there anything else that you go gota
(03:17):
wish that was around when I was racing, Well, i'd
use that now.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
Not particularly. We probably did a lot of these biohacks already,
like the ice baths when I lived in Boulder, we
would jump into the river that would have all the
water sort of running down from the rocky mountains, and
obviously just like an ice bath. But I think that
a lot of the things that are on these lists
things that have been around for a lot of a
long time, especially more of the sort of natural things
(03:43):
that you can do without requiring gadgets and gadgets and
devices are things that most of us would consider if
you were looking at your house. So your lifestyle, like
your nutrition, whether you're looking into like intermitted fasting or
elimination diets or anti inflammatory kind of diets. If you
had a health condition, you're going to look into those
sorts of things. Breath work, meditation, consistent exercise which could
(04:09):
be walking, could be running, could be weights, whatever if
it takes your fancy, but more movement basically really good
bio hack for your body. And if you're wanting to
look into the biotechnology, if you're really tech savy person,
then wearables can be helpful. If that keeps you motivated
for keeping healthy, then maybe it's getting a smart watch
or an aura ring that tracks you know your sleep
(04:32):
and whether you're stressed, how much movement, all sorts of
things that these devices contry.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
Too much information can be unhelpful.
Speaker 3 (04:39):
I personally think that, and when I race trathon, a
lot of people would have all sorts of devices on
their bikes for tracking all sorts of things. And I
actually think that we really know our body best, and
I think that sometimes it takes that trust away from
our own innate ability to monitor our own self, and
actually we start monitoring just through devices. And I think
(05:02):
also when it comes to things like sleep, when we
have these sort of devices, a specially if they're monitoring
sleep like an aura ring, we can actually then get
stressed about.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
The how's my WORR ring? Why did I sleep?
Speaker 3 (05:13):
How did I sleep? Every morning? And then you go
to bed the next time and you're like, I need
a really good sleep, I need more deep sleep than
it can actually make you feel a little bit more stressed.
So I think there's two sides to it, and I
think that kind of take it with a grain of salt.
Do what really resonates with you. You don't have to do everything.
The list can go on and on, and I think
just coming back to basic well being, good nutrition, good
(05:35):
to exercise, and that's a good basic to buy A
hacky body thank you so much. Erin good to catch
up
Speaker 1 (05:41):
For more from the Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin, Listen
live to news Talks it'd be from nine am Sunday,
or follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
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