April 30, 2025 • 33 mins
Discover the latest innovations to combat aging, including Stem Cell therapy, Hormone replacement, Fatigue and Low Energy treatments. Dr. Jim interviews triple-board-certified physician, Dr. Julian Gershon - founder of the renowned Aspen Institute.
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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Welcome to Live Healthy Longer with Dr Jim.
In this episode, we'll beexploring the field of
regenerative medicine, so let'sget started with our host
healthcare specialist author andvery popular podcaster, dr Jim
Polakoff.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
This is Dr Jim Polakoff, and my episode is
going to focus on the verynature of this podcast Living
Healthy Longer.
A recent study found that mostAmericans desire a longer
lifespan, with 69% ofrespondents wishing to live to
at least 80, but preferably 90to 100 years.
(00:45):
In fact, 9% of those in thestudy were actually hoping to
live more than 100 years.
However, many participantsprioritized quality of life,
with almost two-thirdspreferring a shorter, healthier
life over a longer one withhealth issues.
Now I'm going to discuss thesefactors a bit more following my
(01:07):
interview, but first let's meetan expert who specializes in how
to live longer in good health.
My guest for this episode is DrJulian Gerson, triple board
certified in family medicine andsports medicine, as well as his
specialty being anti-aging andregenerative medicine, he also
(01:30):
holds a fellowship in stem celltherapy.
Dr Garzon is the founder of theAspen Institute for Anti-Aging
and Regenerative Medicine,headquartered in the beautiful
Aspen, colorado area.
Welcome to my podcast, drKershaw.
I must say it's a real treat tohave a guest who embodies our
(01:51):
theme Living longer and goodhealth.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Well, thank you.
Very nice to be here.
I'm excited to be part of thistoday.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Well, I mean, you tie so beautifully into our subject
matter so it does work outquite well.
So, of course, most of ourlisteners are not going to be
able to see it, but you have abeautiful background there of
Aspen, colorado and you knowmost people come to Aspen to
tackle the slopes and defy aging, but you specialize in
(02:23):
preventing the ravages of age.
So, aside from the beauty ofyour area, why did you choose to
practice in Aspen Colorado?
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Well, that goes back a long way, to about age 12, I
think, when I grew up in asnowbank in northern Michigan
skiing and ski racing throughall of high school and college,
and it's just been on my list,you know, since I was a kid and
you know I had a long career insports medicine and lost a
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spouse to cancer in 2009.
And I'm sorry to hear that myboys, my younger two I have five
children, but my youngest twoat that time and packed up and
moved out to Aspen and startedover from scratch and just
decided I was going to limit,you know, my practice to
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anti-aging and regenerativemedicine and, you know, start my
story and go from there.
And so, fortunately, 15 yearslater, a lot of uphill pushing,
but you know, we've gotten to apoint where we have a.
You know, we help a lot ofpeople and what I do is fun, and
as long as I'm having fun doingit, I'll continue for quite a
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while.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Well, I think that's certainly the great attitude and
of course, you know you pickeda beautiful area in any case to
reside in as well as practice in.
Now we're going to get intoyour specialty anti-aging, as
well as your best-selling book,beyond the Fountain of Youth.
But why don't we begin byexamining some conditions that
arrive as we get older, namelyjoint pain and arthritis?
(04:04):
I know some of our listenerssuffer from both, so instead of
drugs and cortisone shots,apparently you turn to
regenerative medicine.
Can you explain your approachto each of these painful
conditions and similar ones?
Speaker 3 (04:20):
Well, sure, I think they all have the same
commonality is, you know, themore we've enjoyed our life when
we're young, the sports weplayed, the things we've done
Over time, there's a price topay.
You know, the cartilage has alifespan.
Cartilage degeneration, tearsof tendons and ligaments,
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overuse injuries, certainlyacute injuries, but you know, it
just happens as we get older.
You know, the number one causeof night shoulder pain, night
pain, is a degenerative rotatorcuff.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Did I do?
Speaker 3 (04:56):
anything last week to it?
No, probably not.
It's that water skiing accident.
You had when you were 20 orwhatever.
You know a number of previousmicrotrauma, and so as our
cartilage wears out, you know,then we start looking for
options.
Chronic pain is no fun.
I just spent this last weekendtraining with a new device
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called a focused shockwavedevice from StemWave.
That is fantastic.
I'm so impressed with thistherapy because there are so
many people with chronic pain,inflammation at a cellular level
, and so this device is anaddition to things that we may
do, like platelet-rich plasmainjections using your own stem
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cells, exosomes, and so I'mreally excited to introduce that
and bring that into thepractice here in the next just
few weeks.
And so, um, I won't, can't.
I won't go into all thespecifics of that now, but it's
a tremendous device that hasbeen around for a while, but,
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like anything, they just keeprefining the technology and it
gets more powerful and morepowerful, and so when we can
pinpoint focus of these shockwaves, which literally travel at
3,300 miles per hour into thetissue, then they can help break
down the scar tissue, theinflammation response, stimulate
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recruitment of stem cells tothat area.
They really do some excitingthings, but you know what I've
been doing now.
I did a stem cell fellowshipback in 2012 through our
anti-aging academy and have beenharvesting and utilizing your
own stem cells Since then.
I've used mine every year since2012.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Well, I definitely want to get into the stem cell
therapy in just a bit, but weget quite a few questions from
our listeners talking about canyou discuss this or that subject
, and one of the things that Iknow that you do treat is
fatigue.
So when you come acrosspatients that complain of
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fatigue, they just don't havethe energy level there Do you
then turn to hormone replacementreplacement, I should say, in
women and men as well.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Well, absolutely.
In fact, just before this call,I had a telemedicine visit with
a 41-year-old gentleman inSerbia whose business partner
lives here in Aspen.
He was a professionalbasketball player and he's only
41.
But at that point where he'stired, he having muscle soreness
(07:46):
, he's gaining a little weight,he doesn't, isn't motivated to
continue to do the things inbusiness he would like.
Just, quality of life ischanging and so, as I told him,
you know, no one is immune tothe effects of aging right.
It starts as young as age 30,we lose one to 5% of our
hormones a year, and so fatigue,energy loss.
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It's at the top of my list,it's number one on.
I have a checklist of, let'ssay, 20 items that I like to
have people fill out before Isee them, and the left side of
the page is never, and the rightside is severe.
And most are on the right sideor somewhere in between, and, as
I tell them, I'm like look, Iwant you to live on the left
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side of this page.
And so how do we do that?
Well, we find that most and itdoesn't matter men and women,
male or female we start losingall of our hormones.
And testosterone is extremelyimportant for cognitive function
, for energy production, musclemass, body composition, you know
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, across the board, and so notjust we think of it as sexual
function, but it does so muchmore than that, you know, and
decreasing inflammation overall,and we call inflammation the
silent killer.
Well, how do we lower thoselevels?
If you're not optimizing yourhormones, you may not be able to
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, and it's really that simpleand it is not difficult to do.
It's just rather unfortunatethat mainstream medicine is
still very slow to the dance asfar as learning the protocols.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
So you actually replace the hormones?
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Oh, absolutely, absolutely, and sometimes at a
young age.
And so I see, you know, themajority of people I see need
some balancing.
In the case of women, you knowthey lose testosterone and
progesterone, sometimes one ortwo decades before menopause,
(09:47):
and so it can just take smallamounts, but it's a game changer
.
I have a number of differenttestimonials on our website of
women in their 30s and 40s thatfeel great.
You know they've lost 20 or 30pounds.
Everything's changed and theyhave been to multiple providers
and it's just well.
(10:08):
I don't know.
Your levels look okay to me andit's just part of getting older
.
Well, I hate to hear that,because that's not just part of
getting older, not the case.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
So you take a different approach than Wigobi
or Zepbound or Ozempic.
I assume that hormonereplacement.
How do you approach that?
Speaker 3 (10:27):
Well, I do use the GLP-1 inhibitors a fair amount.
You know we're finding that invery low doses they have
significant longevity benefits.
With diabetic patients theywere shown to have over a 33%
reduction in rate of heartattack and stroke, and so that's
now been extrapolated to thegeneral population.
(10:48):
And who wouldn't want to reducetheir risk of serious health
issues by 30 percent and trim alittle body fat at the same time
?
But you know, the key isbalancing all the hormones first
.
That's the most importantfactor, because that's what's
really driving the changes inmuscle metabolism and fat
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metabolism.
You know we don't see many sick20-year-olds or that they have
high sugar, unless they're atype 1 diabetic or high
cholesterol.
Why does that happen as we age?
Because as we lose testosterone, metabolically we don't
function the same.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
Well, in men, men who suffer from sexual dysfunction,
obviously do you go beyondhormone replacement.
Are there other therapies thatyou use to treat men with that
condition?
Speaker 3 (11:38):
Well, there are.
I think that the foundation iswe have to restore testosterone
levels.
We have to look at thyroid,because we see something called
subclinical hypothyroidism,which is low free T3.
To me, the free T3, the amountof thyroid hormone not bound to
protein, that's all that doesanything in our bodies, and
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unfortunately, many physiciansdon't look at it hardly at all,
and so that is important.
We also use different peptidesto help stimulate sexual
function, something called theyall have funny names PT-141.
I use peptides to stimulategrowth hormone production, and
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then vitamins, nutrients, simplethings like B vitamins and
folic acid.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
Right, I want to get into supplements in a moment,
but you're throwing out lettersand I have not heard of this one
.
On your website you have anEB02.
What is an EB02?
Speaker 3 (12:45):
Well, eb02 is high-dose ozone blood
purification and I have the onlysystem in Colorado.
I was trained by Dr Joe Paritain Miami.
He's probably done more stemcell procedures than anyone in
the United States, for sure, andit is actually.
We treat five to seven litersof blood.
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Literally it's coming out ofone arm dark blue and going back
in the other arm bright red.
The blood first goes through adialysis filter, removes heavy
metals, toxins, mycotoxins,viral particles, microplastics,
and then it's supercharged withozone and before it comes back
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in the other side, it goesthrough four wavelengths of UV
light to be totally sterilized.
And when I first heard of itI'm like you have to be kidding.
Whose blood is sterile?
Speaker 2 (13:38):
It is imaginary to a sense.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
Yeah, if it wasn't sterile I'd be dead, but that's
not the case.
You know, we're full of acredit card worth of
microplastics monthly, and so wehave to do things to help
cleanse ourselves of that, andso that's what the high-dose
EVO2 does.
It takes about 60 to 90 minutesto do that procedure, but
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patients notice a significantincrease in energy levels.
We can document that we'reremoving mycotoxins, heavy
metals and such, and so it'sjust an exciting treatment that
we do.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
Now you mentioned supplements.
As a nutritionist, I am awarethat many people go to the
drugstore or supermarkets andthey buy over-the-counter
supplements, and my finding, atleast, is there's definitely a
mediocrity in quality, I shouldsay, but also bioavailability.
Does your brand of supplementsdiffer from what you get
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over-the-counter?
Speaker 3 (14:41):
Well it does, and I'm fairly proud of that.
We use pharmaceutical gradevitamin manufacturers with
natural products that are notwax matrix pills that come out
whole many times and you knowwhen you think about it.
If you're at one of the I'lljust say the big box stores I
(15:02):
won't call names, but you knowthose products they're putting a
lot of dollars into marketing.
They want the cheapest stuffthey can sell you to get you to
make a purchase Exactly.
You need to find and seek out.
And there are some goodcompanies out there that both in
direct sales and in retail,that have good products, but
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there should never be Centrum orStress Tab tabs or one a day, a
wax matrix pill, because theydon't dissolve well, and so it
is important to try to be sureas much as you can.
I have a lot of people that doshop on our website and we ship
vitamins all over the country.
But, yeah, it's important thatyou have vitamins with good
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availability, and sometimesthat's pretty tough to determine
other than just thereputability of the company that
you're buying those from.
Speaker 2 (15:59):
Now you touched upon cognitive function.
To my audience in particular,since most of my audience is 55
plus, how do you approach thisaging challenge?
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Well, again, that is something that is affected very
much by testosterone, by yourhormone, and we find after
someone, and that doesn't matterin the age.
My oldest patient's 84.
So whether we're in our 60s or70s, I'm 72.
And I've been doingtestosterone for 22 years and
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started at about age 50, becauseI believed in being proactive.
And some sports medicinecolleagues and buddies of mine
founded our anti-aging academyand at first I thought they were
nuts which I talk about andjoke about in my book.
And then one day I show up at aconference with thousands of
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physicians from all over theworld, back in around 2000, 2001
, and I was.
I was blown away.
I'm like they're on tosomething.
This makes complete sense.
As I became an athlete, I wantedto feel my best and interact
with my family.
I've got, you know, 10grandkids and one on the way.
(17:17):
I like to have fun with themand you know if you're wiped out
at five o'clock it's not muchfun, it's hard to even, you know
, keep them out from under yourfeet.
So you know it's aboutreplacing hormones early on.
Nutrients and vitaminscertainly do affect our
cognitive function as well.
We think of the sexual effectsof hormone therapy.
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Oh yeah, sex, energy strength.
But cognitive function is alittle slower to improve, but
it's always impacted by changesin our hormone levels.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
Interesting, very interesting, because many people
don't identify it in thatfashion.
So I think you've hit onsomething interesting here.
Let's get to your specialtystem cell therapy.
I know you have a fellowship inthat area and you've had
success in reducing knee painand improving flexibility by
regrowing cartilage naturally.
(18:10):
Can you describe how this worksand what stem cell therapy is
all about?
Because that's kind of awoo-woo with some people at this
point.
There's not a realunderstanding of it and how it
works.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
It's unfortunate because many people that you
have to go to Costa Rica, youhave to go somewhere else, and
that's not true.
We don't use embryonic stemcells.
Those are illegal, and there'sobviously many ethical reasons
that we don't use cells fromdead babies.
I mean, that's just doesn'teven make sense.
But we can harvest your ownautologous stem cells, your
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cells, in a pretty simple officeprocedure.
It takes less than an hour, andthen about an hour to process
them and have them ready forinjection, and also we send them
to specific facilities for stemcell banking so they can be
used for the rest of your life,which is really exciting,
(19:07):
because I banked mine in 2012and I've used them every year
since.
I've used them for my hip formy knees infusions for general
regenerative purposes.
They're my cells, so whywouldn't I use them?
We know it's safe.
I'm not going to have any kindof a reaction using my own stem
cells.
But interestingly, you know, asmy background in sports
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medicine, I've referred a lot ofpeople to surgeons and and I
have some great friends that aresurgeons and I still send
people to them, not as early on,because there was a point when
I just have to say you know, Idon't know, there's nothing else
I can do.
Maybe it's time for a jointreplacement.
Now half of the clients that Isee have already been told you
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need a joint replacement ifwe're talking about knees,
sometimes shoulders, hips, andafter one injection we see on
average 80 to 90% reduction inpain by anywhere from six weeks
to 90 days.
From six weeks to 90 days bysix months.
It's almost, you know, alwaysthat level or better.
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Over 90% of the time it's oneand done, one injection.
You know if, for me, I wasn'tgonna be happy.
I came out here and hurt myknee, blew it out ski racing,
and I won the old guy nationalsback in 2015 racing.
I fell in the finish line, blewout my ACL, my MCL, my price of
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victory, yeah.
So I got to have areconstruction, but during that
time I dislocated my patella, mykneecap and just shredded all
the cartilage.
So they fixed it and they knowwhat I do and I said, well, I'm
going to do a stem cellinjection in a month.
And their attitude was, yeah,okay, whatever.
So, but I, my kneecap, where Ishredded that cartilage, was so
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bad I couldn't even do the rehab.
And without the rehab, you know,it's very difficult improve at
a rapid rate.
And so I did it one month atsix, that injection.
At six months I did a secondone.
My pain was down from an eightand a nine to a one or two, but
I wasn't going to be happy untilit was zero.
So it was kind of likescaffolding the injection just
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built on what the previous onerepaired and I was skiing in a
knee brace at six months at ayear.
Well, I had no pain long beforethat, but I had zero pain at a
year and it's never bothered mesince, and it's now been 10
years.
So, um, you know, I'm prettyhappy with with the results that
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I received, but it's a loteasier and simpler than you
might think.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
You know so I think the number is over 50 million of
those who suffer from low backpain.
Can that have a beneficialeffect on low back pain as well?
Speaker 3 (21:59):
Well, it can.
It is much more complicatedbecause it's multifaceted.
With low back pain it can bethe facet joints, maybe the disc
, it may be mechanical issues.
So you know, as a DO, as anosteopathic physician, I do
manipulation, I havechiropractor friends, you know,
and so that are effective, andso it's many facets.
(22:24):
It is if it's facet joints yes,we can inject the facet joints.
The success rate with actualdisc injections is lower, but
you know I've done infusions forpeople with their own cells.
They travel through thecirculation, target the areas of
inflammation and can help quitea bit, and so that's a complex
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issue.
The thing I am excited about,as I mentioned earlier with this
focused shockwave therapy,being able to utilize that tool
with low back pain, with spinalinjuries and as well, will be a
great addition to all the otherthings that we can offer, you
would have certainly manythankful patients, I'm sure.
Speaker 2 (23:11):
But a question, a layperson's question, and that
is that, in terms of the stemcells, when you're thinking of
harvesting your own stem cells,if they're not as effective, why
harvest them?
And then how do they becomeeffective all of a sudden if
they were ineffective to beginwith?
Speaker 3 (23:31):
Well, it's not that they're not effective.
The challenge is that the bloodflow to the intra-articular
space, the inside of your knee,let's say, is very poor.
Your stem cells can't get there.
When you sprain your ankle orstrain your shoulder or an elbow
, your stem cells travel throughthe circulation to that area
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and that's what triggers thehealing, that's the repair
process.
They can't get to the cartilage, and so when we harvest the
cells and directly put them intothat environment, then they can
start their healing process,and it works extremely well.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Very interesting.
Now let's sort of change thesubject to a moment and take
anti-aging to the next level.
So we'll discuss yourbestselling book, which is
Beyond the Fountain of Youth.
So can you tell us a little bitabout it and where we would
find it?
Speaker 3 (24:29):
So it's kind of the summary of the passion that I've
had for the last 20 years ofdoing this.
I came up with the title aboutfive years ago and it took me
that long to get completelymotivated to put it down on
paper.
Speaker 2 (24:45):
You went beyond Ponce de Leon, obviously.
Speaker 3 (24:47):
Yes, well, and I almost had a picture of the
Fountain of Youth on the book,but I thought for 72, I didn't
look too bad, so I used mypicture.
But you know, it really justgoes through and I did it in a
conversational way.
So I think anyone canunderstand the things we're
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talking about, from my chapteron ageless living to exciting
topics about red light therapy,about peptides, stem cells.
There's so many things that thefoundation, as I like to say,
baking the cake is hormonetherapy, and then we can ice it
with all kinds of thingspeptides, growth hormone,
micronutrients, many things butthe foundation is reestablishing
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using natural, safe,bioidentical hormones.
It's on, the book is on Amazonand the e-book is there as well.
We have an audio book that willbe out within the next one to
two weeks.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
Oh good, Did you narrate the audio book yourself?
Speaker 3 (25:54):
I did and that is also will be on Spotify.
I think it's launching in thenext couple of days.
I have a team.
Speaker 2 (26:01):
Well, it's the biggest platform.
Speaker 3 (26:01):
at this point, I have them helping me with all that.
That's very familiar Many ofour listeners come from Spotify.
Yeah, because the technicalfeatures are a little beyond me
at times, but I have someonehelping with that, fortunately.
Speaker 2 (26:16):
So it's called Beyond the Fountain of Youth.
Of course everyone knowsamazoncom and you can get it
there and soon the audio versionon Spotify.
So that's good to know becauseobviously you know we've sort of
touched the surface of thisinterview and I'm sure you go
into a lot more depth for thosewho want to learn more about
what you've been talking about.
Now we're just about out oftime at this point.
(26:40):
I was just checking ourtimeframe here and you've been
obviously very enlightening.
I do have a question thoughAspen, colorado, which is where
you practice, do you find thatmany patients actually fly into
Aspen to be treated by you?
Speaker 3 (26:55):
Well, I do, and I also have an office in Denver
and for some people I have folksthat come from a number of
states.
They might choose to see medown there.
I'm not there as much, but youknow Aspen, we see people from
all over the world and it'spretty easy to get here.
Once I've seen someone, we cando our follow-ups, as I say,
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till the cows come home, viatelemedicine, because legally I
have to see someone in person toinitiate therapy with
testosterone, which is right nowstill a controlled substance.
It shouldn't be any differentthan the rest of your hormones,
but that's another story.
But so we send people toLabCorp all over the country.
(27:38):
I talk about on my podcast, youknow, click on the link schedule
something.
We send labs to any LabCorp inAmerica.
You can walk in and get yourlabs done.
We can do a consult first bytelemedicine and then decide if
someone's a candidate and mostpeople are, and they kind of
know who they are, they know howthey're feeling and they know
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what they've been told by theirfriends and other providers and
they're just not satisfied.
And so I think it's imperativethat you try to search out the
answers, because you know it'sto me it's not a new field I've
been doing this 22 years butit's medicine.
Speaker 2 (28:17):
Well, it's a new field to many and of course, you
know my listeners are all overthe country and it's a great
excuse perhaps to visit Aspen,colorado.
What a nice getaway.
Meet a great doctor and you gofrom there, and then the rest
can be done, you know, viatelemedicine, as you say.
So that's very interesting andobviously, just so I make sure
(28:39):
that we have it right, we'regoing to mention this again in
our program.
We're also going to have yourinformation about your book, as
well as your website on ourwebsite, but it's
aspen-regenerativemedicinecom,am I correct?
Speaker 3 (28:56):
Yes, sir.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
All right, as I mentioned, we're going to
mention that again.
I want to thank you because DrGajan has been very enlightening
and I think our listeners arequite appreciative of what
you've been able to convey andthey're probably going to want
to know more.
Speaker 3 (29:13):
So I thank you for joining us.
Well, I thank you and I lookforward to contributing any way
I can.
Speaker 1 (29:18):
Once again, you can learn more about Dr Julian
Gershon and his Aspen Institutefor Anti-Aging and Regenerative
Medicine by going toaspen-regenerativemedicinecom,
but you can also find thisinformation, along with many
other great podcasts, by comingdirectly to our website,
(29:41):
jamespolakoffcom.
That's James P-O-L-A-K-O-Fcom,again jamespolakoffcom.
We also have two great books tosuggest.
My first recommendation takes adeep dive into the topic of
today's episode.
It's Live Healthy Longer withDr Jim, written by our own Dr
(30:03):
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But remember, you need to addwith Dr Jim to the title Live
Healthy Longer Again.
That's Live Healthy Longer withDr Jim.
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(30:26):
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It is called Love in the Pinesand it's also available on
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Now back to Dr Jim.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
Thanks again to Dr Gershon for highlighting his
approach to anti-aging.
Now, you may recall that Ibegan this episode discussing a
study where most Americansdesire a longer lifespan,
preferably between 90 to 100years of age.
The why behind this desire isquite simple People want more
time to pursue their passions,spend time with loved ones and
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continue contributing to society.
Of course, I also related that,while a majority desired a
longer life, a significantportion nearly two-thirds would
choose a shorter, healthier lifeover one with health problems.
So, with this in mind, whilemost Americans want to live
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longer, there are studies thatalso reveal that many are not
taking the necessary steps toachieve such a goal.
This includes neglectingpreventive care, not
prioritizing healthy habits andfailing to engage in activities
that promote well-being.
Nearly three in four Americanssay they have relied on their
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primary care physician to helptrack or manage their health,
yet fewer than half haveactually discussed this with
their doctor.
I'm talking about those keyfactors that influence longevity
, including aerobic exercise andstrength training, sleep,
stress management and, onoccasion, depression.
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In all fairness, though, let'sface it, primary care doctors
are limited in the amount oftime they can spend with a
patient.
The national average is only15.7 minutes After a typical
examination.
How much time does your doctoractually have left to discuss
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all the things you need to knowto lead a long, healthy life?
This means that you need totake it upon yourself to be
proactive.
As mentioned earlier, you couldcertainly begin by reading my
book Live Healthy Longer with DrJim.
It's available on Amazoncom foronly $9.95, and I think that
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would be helpful.
But at least please go to myrecent blog entitled Lifestyle
Strategies for Living a Healthy,long Life.
It's easy to find and it's free.
You can find it on our website,jamespolikoffcom.
All you need to do once you getthere is click on blogs and
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give it a read.
You'll probably discover morethan what your doctor has
actually had time to tell you.
This is Dr Jim Polakoff, andthank you for joining me once
again, but remember a newepisode of Live Healthy Longer
is available each and everyWednesday on our website, as
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well as 22 other platforms wherepodcasts are heard.
Welcome to Live Healthy Longer with Dr Jim.
In this episode, we'll beexploring the field of
regenerative medicine, so let'sget started with our host
healthcare specialist author andvery popular podcaster, dr Jim
Polakoff.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
This is Dr Jim Polakoff, and my episode is
going to focus on the verynature of this podcast Living
Healthy Longer.
A recent study found that mostAmericans desire a longer
lifespan, with 69% ofrespondents wishing to live to
at least 80, but preferably 90to 100 years.
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In fact, 9% of those in thestudy were actually hoping to
live more than 100 years.
However, many participantsprioritized quality of life,
with almost two-thirdspreferring a shorter, healthier
life over a longer one withhealth issues.
Now I'm going to discuss thesefactors a bit more following my
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interview, but first let's meetan expert who specializes in how
to live longer in good health.
My guest for this episode is DrJulian Gerson, triple board
certified in family medicine andsports medicine, as well as his
specialty being anti-aging andregenerative medicine, he also
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holds a fellowship in stem celltherapy.
Dr Garzon is the founder of theAspen Institute for Anti-Aging
and Regenerative Medicine,headquartered in the beautiful
Aspen, colorado area.
Welcome to my podcast, drKershaw.
I must say it's a real treat tohave a guest who embodies our
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theme Living longer and goodhealth.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Well, thank you.
Very nice to be here.
I'm excited to be part of thistoday.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
Well, I mean, you tie so beautifully into our subject
matter so it does work outquite well.
So, of course, most of ourlisteners are not going to be
able to see it, but you have abeautiful background there of
Aspen, colorado and you knowmost people come to Aspen to
tackle the slopes and defy aging, but you specialize in
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preventing the ravages of age.
So, aside from the beauty ofyour area, why did you choose to
practice in Aspen Colorado?
Speaker 3 (02:32):
Well, that goes back a long way, to about age 12, I
think, when I grew up in asnowbank in northern Michigan
skiing and ski racing throughall of high school and college,
and it's just been on my list,you know, since I was a kid and
you know I had a long career insports medicine and lost a
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spouse to cancer in 2009.
And I'm sorry to hear that myboys, my younger two I have five
children, but my youngest twoat that time and packed up and
moved out to Aspen and startedover from scratch and just
decided I was going to limit,you know, my practice to
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anti-aging and regenerativemedicine and, you know, start my
story and go from there.
And so, fortunately, 15 yearslater, a lot of uphill pushing,
but you know, we've gotten to apoint where we have a.
You know, we help a lot ofpeople and what I do is fun, and
as long as I'm having fun doingit, I'll continue for quite a
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while.
Speaker 2 (03:41):
Well, I think that's certainly the great attitude and
of course, you know you pickeda beautiful area in any case to
reside in as well as practice in.
Now we're going to get intoyour specialty anti-aging, as
well as your best-selling book,beyond the Fountain of Youth.
But why don't we begin byexamining some conditions that
arrive as we get older, namelyjoint pain and arthritis?
(04:04):
I know some of our listenerssuffer from both, so instead of
drugs and cortisone shots,apparently you turn to
regenerative medicine.
Can you explain your approachto each of these painful
conditions and similar ones?
Speaker 3 (04:20):
Well, sure, I think they all have the same
commonality is, you know, themore we've enjoyed our life when
we're young, the sports weplayed, the things we've done
Over time, there's a price topay.
You know, the cartilage has alifespan.
Cartilage degeneration, tearsof tendons and ligaments,
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overuse injuries, certainlyacute injuries, but you know, it
just happens as we get older.
You know, the number one causeof night shoulder pain, night
pain, is a degenerative rotatorcuff.
Speaker 2 (04:56):
Did I do?
Speaker 3 (04:56):
anything last week to it?
No, probably not.
It's that water skiing accident.
You had when you were 20 orwhatever.
You know a number of previousmicrotrauma, and so as our
cartilage wears out, you know,then we start looking for
options.
Chronic pain is no fun.
I just spent this last weekendtraining with a new device
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called a focused shockwavedevice from StemWave.
That is fantastic.
I'm so impressed with thistherapy because there are so
many people with chronic pain,inflammation at a cellular level
, and so this device is anaddition to things that we may
do, like platelet-rich plasmainjections using your own stem
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cells, exosomes, and so I'mreally excited to introduce that
and bring that into thepractice here in the next just
few weeks.
And so, um, I won't, can't.
I won't go into all thespecifics of that now, but it's
a tremendous device that hasbeen around for a while, but,
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like anything, they just keeprefining the technology and it
gets more powerful and morepowerful, and so when we can
pinpoint focus of these shockwaves, which literally travel at
3,300 miles per hour into thetissue, then they can help break
down the scar tissue, theinflammation response, stimulate
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recruitment of stem cells tothat area.
They really do some excitingthings, but you know what I've
been doing now.
I did a stem cell fellowshipback in 2012 through our
anti-aging academy and have beenharvesting and utilizing your
own stem cells Since then.
I've used mine every year since2012.
Speaker 2 (06:52):
Well, I definitely want to get into the stem cell
therapy in just a bit, but weget quite a few questions from
our listeners talking about canyou discuss this or that subject
, and one of the things that Iknow that you do treat is
fatigue.
So when you come acrosspatients that complain of
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fatigue, they just don't havethe energy level there Do you
then turn to hormone replacementreplacement, I should say, in
women and men as well.
Speaker 3 (07:24):
Well, absolutely.
In fact, just before this call,I had a telemedicine visit with
a 41-year-old gentleman inSerbia whose business partner
lives here in Aspen.
He was a professionalbasketball player and he's only
41.
But at that point where he'stired, he having muscle soreness
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, he's gaining a little weight,he doesn't, isn't motivated to
continue to do the things inbusiness he would like.
Just, quality of life ischanging and so, as I told him,
you know, no one is immune tothe effects of aging right.
It starts as young as age 30,we lose one to 5% of our
hormones a year, and so fatigue,energy loss.
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It's at the top of my list,it's number one on.
I have a checklist of, let'ssay, 20 items that I like to
have people fill out before Isee them, and the left side of
the page is never, and the rightside is severe.
And most are on the right sideor somewhere in between, and, as
I tell them, I'm like look, Iwant you to live on the left
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side of this page.
And so how do we do that?
Well, we find that most and itdoesn't matter men and women,
male or female we start losingall of our hormones.
And testosterone is extremelyimportant for cognitive function
, for energy production, musclemass, body composition, you know
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, across the board, and so notjust we think of it as sexual
function, but it does so muchmore than that, you know, and
decreasing inflammation overall,and we call inflammation the
silent killer.
Well, how do we lower thoselevels?
If you're not optimizing yourhormones, you may not be able to
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, and it's really that simpleand it is not difficult to do.
It's just rather unfortunatethat mainstream medicine is
still very slow to the dance asfar as learning the protocols.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
So you actually replace the hormones?
Speaker 3 (09:27):
Oh, absolutely, absolutely, and sometimes at a
young age.
And so I see, you know, themajority of people I see need
some balancing.
In the case of women, you knowthey lose testosterone and
progesterone, sometimes one ortwo decades before menopause,
(09:47):
and so it can just take smallamounts, but it's a game changer
.
I have a number of differenttestimonials on our website of
women in their 30s and 40s thatfeel great.
You know they've lost 20 or 30pounds.
Everything's changed and theyhave been to multiple providers
and it's just well.
(10:08):
I don't know.
Your levels look okay to me andit's just part of getting older
.
Well, I hate to hear that,because that's not just part of
getting older, not the case.
Speaker 2 (10:18):
So you take a different approach than Wigobi
or Zepbound or Ozempic.
I assume that hormonereplacement.
How do you approach that?
Speaker 3 (10:27):
Well, I do use the GLP-1 inhibitors a fair amount.
You know we're finding that invery low doses they have
significant longevity benefits.
With diabetic patients theywere shown to have over a 33%
reduction in rate of heartattack and stroke, and so that's
now been extrapolated to thegeneral population.
(10:48):
And who wouldn't want to reducetheir risk of serious health
issues by 30 percent and trim alittle body fat at the same time
?
But you know, the key isbalancing all the hormones first
.
That's the most importantfactor, because that's what's
really driving the changes inmuscle metabolism and fat
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metabolism.
You know we don't see many sick20-year-olds or that they have
high sugar, unless they're atype 1 diabetic or high
cholesterol.
Why does that happen as we age?
Because as we lose testosterone, metabolically we don't
function the same.
Speaker 2 (11:25):
Well, in men, men who suffer from sexual dysfunction,
obviously do you go beyondhormone replacement.
Are there other therapies thatyou use to treat men with that
condition?
Speaker 3 (11:38):
Well, there are.
I think that the foundation iswe have to restore testosterone
levels.
We have to look at thyroid,because we see something called
subclinical hypothyroidism,which is low free T3.
To me, the free T3, the amountof thyroid hormone not bound to
protein, that's all that doesanything in our bodies, and
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unfortunately, many physiciansdon't look at it hardly at all,
and so that is important.
We also use different peptidesto help stimulate sexual
function, something called theyall have funny names PT-141.
I use peptides to stimulategrowth hormone production, and
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then vitamins, nutrients, simplethings like B vitamins and
folic acid.
Speaker 2 (12:29):
Right, I want to get into supplements in a moment,
but you're throwing out lettersand I have not heard of this one
.
On your website you have anEB02.
What is an EB02?
Speaker 3 (12:45):
Well, eb02 is high-dose ozone blood
purification and I have the onlysystem in Colorado.
I was trained by Dr Joe Paritain Miami.
He's probably done more stemcell procedures than anyone in
the United States, for sure, andit is actually.
We treat five to seven litersof blood.
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Literally it's coming out ofone arm dark blue and going back
in the other arm bright red.
The blood first goes through adialysis filter, removes heavy
metals, toxins, mycotoxins,viral particles, microplastics,
and then it's supercharged withozone and before it comes back
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in the other side, it goesthrough four wavelengths of UV
light to be totally sterilized.
And when I first heard of itI'm like you have to be kidding.
Whose blood is sterile?
Speaker 2 (13:38):
It is imaginary to a sense.
Speaker 3 (13:41):
Yeah, if it wasn't sterile I'd be dead, but that's
not the case.
You know, we're full of acredit card worth of
microplastics monthly, and so wehave to do things to help
cleanse ourselves of that, andso that's what the high-dose
EVO2 does.
It takes about 60 to 90 minutesto do that procedure, but
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patients notice a significantincrease in energy levels.
We can document that we'reremoving mycotoxins, heavy
metals and such, and so it'sjust an exciting treatment that
we do.
Speaker 2 (14:18):
Now you mentioned supplements.
As a nutritionist, I am awarethat many people go to the
drugstore or supermarkets andthey buy over-the-counter
supplements, and my finding, atleast, is there's definitely a
mediocrity in quality, I shouldsay, but also bioavailability.
Does your brand of supplementsdiffer from what you get
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over-the-counter?
Speaker 3 (14:41):
Well it does, and I'm fairly proud of that.
We use pharmaceutical gradevitamin manufacturers with
natural products that are notwax matrix pills that come out
whole many times and you knowwhen you think about it.
If you're at one of the I'lljust say the big box stores I
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won't call names, but you knowthose products they're putting a
lot of dollars into marketing.
They want the cheapest stuffthey can sell you to get you to
make a purchase Exactly.
You need to find and seek out.
And there are some goodcompanies out there that both in
direct sales and in retail,that have good products, but
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there should never be Centrum orStress Tab tabs or one a day, a
wax matrix pill, because theydon't dissolve well, and so it
is important to try to be sureas much as you can.
I have a lot of people that doshop on our website and we ship
vitamins all over the country.
But, yeah, it's important thatyou have vitamins with good
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availability, and sometimesthat's pretty tough to determine
other than just thereputability of the company that
you're buying those from.
Speaker 2 (15:59):
Now you touched upon cognitive function.
To my audience in particular,since most of my audience is 55
plus, how do you approach thisaging challenge?
Speaker 3 (16:12):
Well, again, that is something that is affected very
much by testosterone, by yourhormone, and we find after
someone, and that doesn't matterin the age.
My oldest patient's 84.
So whether we're in our 60s or70s, I'm 72.
And I've been doingtestosterone for 22 years and
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started at about age 50, becauseI believed in being proactive.
And some sports medicinecolleagues and buddies of mine
founded our anti-aging academyand at first I thought they were
nuts which I talk about andjoke about in my book.
And then one day I show up at aconference with thousands of
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physicians from all over theworld, back in around 2000, 2001
, and I was.
I was blown away.
I'm like they're on tosomething.
This makes complete sense.
As I became an athlete, I wantedto feel my best and interact
with my family.
I've got, you know, 10grandkids and one on the way.
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I like to have fun with themand you know if you're wiped out
at five o'clock it's not muchfun, it's hard to even, you know
, keep them out from under yourfeet.
So you know it's aboutreplacing hormones early on.
Nutrients and vitaminscertainly do affect our
cognitive function as well.
We think of the sexual effectsof hormone therapy.
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Oh yeah, sex, energy strength.
But cognitive function is alittle slower to improve, but
it's always impacted by changesin our hormone levels.
Speaker 2 (17:49):
Interesting, very interesting, because many people
don't identify it in thatfashion.
So I think you've hit onsomething interesting here.
Let's get to your specialtystem cell therapy.
I know you have a fellowship inthat area and you've had
success in reducing knee painand improving flexibility by
regrowing cartilage naturally.
(18:10):
Can you describe how this worksand what stem cell therapy is
all about?
Because that's kind of awoo-woo with some people at this
point.
There's not a realunderstanding of it and how it
works.
Speaker 3 (18:22):
It's unfortunate because many people that you
have to go to Costa Rica, youhave to go somewhere else, and
that's not true.
We don't use embryonic stemcells.
Those are illegal, and there'sobviously many ethical reasons
that we don't use cells fromdead babies.
I mean, that's just doesn'teven make sense.
But we can harvest your ownautologous stem cells, your
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cells, in a pretty simple officeprocedure.
It takes less than an hour, andthen about an hour to process
them and have them ready forinjection, and also we send them
to specific facilities for stemcell banking so they can be
used for the rest of your life,which is really exciting,
(19:07):
because I banked mine in 2012and I've used them every year
since.
I've used them for my hip formy knees infusions for general
regenerative purposes.
They're my cells, so whywouldn't I use them?
We know it's safe.
I'm not going to have any kindof a reaction using my own stem
cells.
But interestingly, you know, asmy background in sports
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medicine, I've referred a lot ofpeople to surgeons and and I
have some great friends that aresurgeons and I still send
people to them, not as early on,because there was a point when
I just have to say you know, Idon't know, there's nothing else
I can do.
Maybe it's time for a jointreplacement.
Now half of the clients that Isee have already been told you
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need a joint replacement ifwe're talking about knees,
sometimes shoulders, hips, andafter one injection we see on
average 80 to 90% reduction inpain by anywhere from six weeks
to 90 days.
From six weeks to 90 days bysix months.
It's almost, you know, alwaysthat level or better.
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Over 90% of the time it's oneand done, one injection.
You know if, for me, I wasn'tgonna be happy.
I came out here and hurt myknee, blew it out ski racing,
and I won the old guy nationalsback in 2015 racing.
I fell in the finish line, blewout my ACL, my MCL, my price of
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victory, yeah.
So I got to have areconstruction, but during that
time I dislocated my patella, mykneecap and just shredded all
the cartilage.
So they fixed it and they knowwhat I do and I said, well, I'm
going to do a stem cellinjection in a month.
And their attitude was, yeah,okay, whatever.
So, but I, my kneecap, where Ishredded that cartilage, was so
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bad I couldn't even do the rehab.
And without the rehab, you know,it's very difficult improve at
a rapid rate.
And so I did it one month atsix, that injection.
At six months I did a secondone.
My pain was down from an eightand a nine to a one or two, but
I wasn't going to be happy untilit was zero.
So it was kind of likescaffolding the injection just
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built on what the previous onerepaired and I was skiing in a
knee brace at six months at ayear.
Well, I had no pain long beforethat, but I had zero pain at a
year and it's never bothered mesince, and it's now been 10
years.
So, um, you know, I'm prettyhappy with with the results that
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I received, but it's a loteasier and simpler than you
might think.
Speaker 2 (21:48):
You know so I think the number is over 50 million of
those who suffer from low backpain.
Can that have a beneficialeffect on low back pain as well?
Speaker 3 (21:59):
Well, it can.
It is much more complicatedbecause it's multifaceted.
With low back pain it can bethe facet joints, maybe the disc
, it may be mechanical issues.
So you know, as a DO, as anosteopathic physician, I do
manipulation, I havechiropractor friends, you know,
and so that are effective, andso it's many facets.
(22:24):
It is if it's facet joints yes,we can inject the facet joints.
The success rate with actualdisc injections is lower, but
you know I've done infusions forpeople with their own cells.
They travel through thecirculation, target the areas of
inflammation and can help quitea bit, and so that's a complex
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issue.
The thing I am excited about,as I mentioned earlier with this
focused shockwave therapy,being able to utilize that tool
with low back pain, with spinalinjuries and as well, will be a
great addition to all the otherthings that we can offer, you
would have certainly manythankful patients, I'm sure.
Speaker 2 (23:11):
But a question, a layperson's question, and that
is that, in terms of the stemcells, when you're thinking of
harvesting your own stem cells,if they're not as effective, why
harvest them?
And then how do they becomeeffective all of a sudden if
they were ineffective to beginwith?
Speaker 3 (23:31):
Well, it's not that they're not effective.
The challenge is that the bloodflow to the intra-articular
space, the inside of your knee,let's say, is very poor.
Your stem cells can't get there.
When you sprain your ankle orstrain your shoulder or an elbow
, your stem cells travel throughthe circulation to that area
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and that's what triggers thehealing, that's the repair
process.
They can't get to the cartilage, and so when we harvest the
cells and directly put them intothat environment, then they can
start their healing process,and it works extremely well.
Speaker 2 (24:11):
Very interesting.
Now let's sort of change thesubject to a moment and take
anti-aging to the next level.
So we'll discuss yourbestselling book, which is
Beyond the Fountain of Youth.
So can you tell us a little bitabout it and where we would
find it?
Speaker 3 (24:29):
So it's kind of the summary of the passion that I've
had for the last 20 years ofdoing this.
I came up with the title aboutfive years ago and it took me
that long to get completelymotivated to put it down on
paper.
Speaker 2 (24:45):
You went beyond Ponce de Leon, obviously.
Speaker 3 (24:47):
Yes, well, and I almost had a picture of the
Fountain of Youth on the book,but I thought for 72, I didn't
look too bad, so I used mypicture.
But you know, it really justgoes through and I did it in a
conversational way.
So I think anyone canunderstand the things we're
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talking about, from my chapteron ageless living to exciting
topics about red light therapy,about peptides, stem cells.
There's so many things that thefoundation, as I like to say,
baking the cake is hormonetherapy, and then we can ice it
with all kinds of thingspeptides, growth hormone,
micronutrients, many things butthe foundation is reestablishing
(25:33):
using natural, safe,bioidentical hormones.
It's on, the book is on Amazonand the e-book is there as well.
We have an audio book that willbe out within the next one to
two weeks.
Speaker 2 (25:50):
Oh good, Did you narrate the audio book yourself?
Speaker 3 (25:54):
I did and that is also will be on Spotify.
I think it's launching in thenext couple of days.
I have a team.
Speaker 2 (26:01):
Well, it's the biggest platform.
Speaker 3 (26:01):
at this point, I have them helping me with all that.
That's very familiar Many ofour listeners come from Spotify.
Yeah, because the technicalfeatures are a little beyond me
at times, but I have someonehelping with that, fortunately.
Speaker 2 (26:16):
So it's called Beyond the Fountain of Youth.
Of course everyone knowsamazoncom and you can get it
there and soon the audio versionon Spotify.
So that's good to know becauseobviously you know we've sort of
touched the surface of thisinterview and I'm sure you go
into a lot more depth for thosewho want to learn more about
what you've been talking about.
Now we're just about out oftime at this point.
(26:40):
I was just checking ourtimeframe here and you've been
obviously very enlightening.
I do have a question thoughAspen, colorado, which is where
you practice, do you find thatmany patients actually fly into
Aspen to be treated by you?
Speaker 3 (26:55):
Well, I do, and I also have an office in Denver
and for some people I have folksthat come from a number of
states.
They might choose to see medown there.
I'm not there as much, but youknow Aspen, we see people from
all over the world and it'spretty easy to get here.
Once I've seen someone, we cando our follow-ups, as I say,
(27:16):
till the cows come home, viatelemedicine, because legally I
have to see someone in person toinitiate therapy with
testosterone, which is right nowstill a controlled substance.
It shouldn't be any differentthan the rest of your hormones,
but that's another story.
But so we send people toLabCorp all over the country.
(27:38):
I talk about on my podcast, youknow, click on the link schedule
something.
We send labs to any LabCorp inAmerica.
You can walk in and get yourlabs done.
We can do a consult first bytelemedicine and then decide if
someone's a candidate and mostpeople are, and they kind of
know who they are, they know howthey're feeling and they know
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what they've been told by theirfriends and other providers and
they're just not satisfied.
And so I think it's imperativethat you try to search out the
answers, because you know it'sto me it's not a new field I've
been doing this 22 years butit's medicine.
Speaker 2 (28:17):
Well, it's a new field to many and of course, you
know my listeners are all overthe country and it's a great
excuse perhaps to visit Aspen,colorado.
What a nice getaway.
Meet a great doctor and you gofrom there, and then the rest
can be done, you know, viatelemedicine, as you say.
So that's very interesting andobviously, just so I make sure
(28:39):
that we have it right, we'regoing to mention this again in
our program.
We're also going to have yourinformation about your book, as
well as your website on ourwebsite, but it's
aspen-regenerativemedicinecom,am I correct?
Speaker 3 (28:56):
Yes, sir.
Speaker 2 (28:57):
All right, as I mentioned, we're going to
mention that again.
I want to thank you because DrGajan has been very enlightening
and I think our listeners arequite appreciative of what
you've been able to convey andthey're probably going to want
to know more.
Speaker 3 (29:13):
So I thank you for joining us.
Well, I thank you and I lookforward to contributing any way
I can.
Speaker 1 (29:18):
Once again, you can learn more about Dr Julian
Gershon and his Aspen Institutefor Anti-Aging and Regenerative
Medicine by going toaspen-regenerativemedicinecom,
but you can also find thisinformation, along with many
other great podcasts, by comingdirectly to our website,
(29:41):
jamespolakoffcom.
That's James P-O-L-A-K-O-Fcom,again jamespolakoffcom.
We also have two great books tosuggest.
My first recommendation takes adeep dive into the topic of
today's episode.
It's Live Healthy Longer withDr Jim, written by our own Dr
(30:03):
Jim Polakoff.
But remember, you need to addwith Dr Jim to the title Live
Healthy Longer Again.
That's Live Healthy Longer withDr Jim.
Plus, you'll also find a seriesof terrific reviews for Dr
Jim's exciting, informative bookon Amazon.
Also, it's spring and for thosewho love golf, we have a
(30:26):
terrific book about romance.
It is called Love in the Pinesand it's also available on
Amazon.
Now back to Dr Jim.
Speaker 2 (30:41):
Thanks again to Dr Gershon for highlighting his
approach to anti-aging.
Now, you may recall that Ibegan this episode discussing a
study where most Americansdesire a longer lifespan,
preferably between 90 to 100years of age.
The why behind this desire isquite simple People want more
time to pursue their passions,spend time with loved ones and
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continue contributing to society.
Of course, I also related that,while a majority desired a
longer life, a significantportion nearly two-thirds would
choose a shorter, healthier lifeover one with health problems.
So, with this in mind, whilemost Americans want to live
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longer, there are studies thatalso reveal that many are not
taking the necessary steps toachieve such a goal.
This includes neglectingpreventive care, not
prioritizing healthy habits andfailing to engage in activities
that promote well-being.
Nearly three in four Americanssay they have relied on their
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primary care physician to helptrack or manage their health,
yet fewer than half haveactually discussed this with
their doctor.
I'm talking about those keyfactors that influence longevity
, including aerobic exercise andstrength training, sleep,
stress management and, onoccasion, depression.
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In all fairness, though, let'sface it, primary care doctors
are limited in the amount oftime they can spend with a
patient.
The national average is only15.7 minutes After a typical
examination.
How much time does your doctoractually have left to discuss
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all the things you need to knowto lead a long, healthy life?
This means that you need totake it upon yourself to be
proactive.
As mentioned earlier, you couldcertainly begin by reading my
book Live Healthy Longer with DrJim.
It's available on Amazoncom foronly $9.95, and I think that
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would be helpful.
But at least please go to myrecent blog entitled Lifestyle
Strategies for Living a Healthy,long Life.
It's easy to find and it's free.
You can find it on our website,jamespolikoffcom.
All you need to do once you getthere is click on blogs and
(33:14):
give it a read.
You'll probably discover morethan what your doctor has
actually had time to tell you.
This is Dr Jim Polakoff, andthank you for joining me once
again, but remember a newepisode of Live Healthy Longer
is available each and everyWednesday on our website, as
(33:35):
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