“Maybe 17 years ago, as I was doing orthopaedics, I just started to feel like ‘oh my god, these people, much like myself with my injuries, never really get better’ right? You kind of get them sort of better – you have a broken leg, you can fix a broken leg and come back (to normal) but most injuries just end up being ongoing, nagging problems.”
Dr Elizabeth Yurth is the Co-Founder and Medical Director of Boulder Longevity Institute, Colorado.
She’s been providing Tomorrow’s Medicine Today since 2006.
What does that actually mean?!
Literally regenerating people.
Think 1985 science-fiction comedy-drama film ‘Cocoon’ but in real life!
She’s the most extensive professionally accredited individual I’ve ever had on the Doing Epic Stuff podcast. Seriously, she has multiple paragraphs of medical industry certifications. It’s actually a little bit intimidating!
An avid skier since childhood, plagued by repeated debilitating injuries, @dryurth, now THE authority on regenerative/longevity medicine and co-founder of @boulderlongevityinstitute , initially sought to break the repeat injury cycle by seriously leaning into a career in orthopaedics: surgery concerned with the musculoskeletal system.
Eventually, stonewalled by those very same frustrations (patients returning with repeat injusries) and a system which appeared to be counterintuitive to long-term patient rehabilitation, she went maverick! Doubling down on epigenetics and other innovative regenerative treatments in combination with a holistic approach to wellness that is at the sharpest part of the cutting edge of this medicine.
This is a seriously valuable conversation for anyone interested in living longer and better, improving lifestyle or just optimising your you. I even manage to sneak in a Keto diet question from past DES podcast guest: @sylviemuay aka Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu, the Muay Thai legend with 268 professional fights and no signs of slowing down. EPIC!
Subject matter
Blue Zones
Longevity hacks
Community and its effect on your longevity
Epigenetics (modifying our genes)
Genetics misnomers
Why you should NEVER stop pumping iron
The best cardio format for longevity (hint; it isn’t running)
Where does Pilates fit in the longevity puzzle?
Powernaps: Good? Bad? Ugly?
The importance of restoring and maintaining your circadian rhythm and how to do it.
Fasting: why it’s good for us and recommended methods for optimal results
Sex: is ‘getting busy’ killing us?!
EPIC Stuff
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Show notes
- Lumosity the brain training mobile app I personally use to prep for a podcast/stave off laziness/punish myself for a hangover and combat cognitive degeneration. https://www.lumosity.com/en/
- Action Bronson (aka my favourite rapper living) who has successfully transformed from blunt smoking, extravagant eating, behemoth to fitness obsessed, extravagant eating in smaller portions, fit-behemoth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qumFCN1yLOA
- Learn about Blue Zones: places around the globe where people are living longer, happier lives: https://www.bluezones.com/
- Not sure where to begin on your own Longevity Quest? Check out Dr Yurth’s ‘What to fix first’ course:&
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