- Approaching life science with a diverse academic background, including pure mathematics.
- Bioinformatics, molecular evolution and comparative genomics.
- Looking at a human bodies as a system of interactions
- Why do wallabies and their milk matter?
- The importance of peptides - short strings of amino acids - and where they are found.
- Harnessing the power of peptides discovered in the fava bean plant to supports muscle health.
- Exploring the full potential of food and plants through Nuritas and Elio™.
- Translating the positive finding of science to benefit consumer needs.
- Supplementation, do I really need it?
- Starting conversations with health providers about precision supplementation.
- Food as the problem, but also the solution.
- Creating healthier versions of food without compromising on taste.
- Devising a lifestyle to achieve a good healthspan.
- Living longer but also being sicker for longer.
- Is living to 120 a realistic goal?
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Nora Khaldi: Plants, peptides and wallabies
Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Jon Pearlman: Mission Lean
- Jon's personal journey to peak physical fitness.
- Experimenting with different workout regimes.
- Overcoming fitness obstacles by focussing on lean fitness methods.
- Obsession and determination to achieve peak physical fitness and a performance edge.
- Questioning the value of weightlifting and a 'strength and conditioning' approach to fitness training.
- The importance of muscle strength for older people.
- Achieving optimum fitness and finding the best workout to make it happen.
- Takeaway lessons from Jon's experience training with the world's top tennis players
- The Lean Body Manual
- Defining the fitness goal - physically and mentally - before setting out to achieve it.
- Adapting to using an app as a fitness coach.
- Heart-rate zone training and a Mediterranean diet.
- Lifestyle hacks and how, what and when to eat.
- The age-old debate about the most important meal of the day.
- Figuring out an "ideal harmony" between working out and eating.
- Exercising with an app and developing the right mindset to achieve success.
- The impact of Covid on at-home workouts
- Personal longevity aspirations and latching on to the inner athlete.
- Prolonging healthspan through a commitment to a structured fitness program
Wednesday, June 2, 2021
Jenny Etnier: University of North Carolina
Making exercise a daily routine, from childhood, could be the key to preventing or slowing down some of the diseases of old age. Multiple studies have demonstrated the efficacy of physical activity, in improving cognitive health, throughout the human lifespan. Jenny Etnier is a professor of sport and exercise psychology in the Department of Kinesiology at the University of North Carolina. Working with children and older adults she is an advocate for exercise to nurture the mind and stimulate a healthy brain. In this LLAMA podcast episode, with Peter Bowes, Dr. Etnier explains the lifetime benefits of physical education in schools; the meaning of mental toughness; and the reason why we should all enjoy a few minutes of "pure joy" every day.
- Helping children have a more positive youth sport experience
- Taking a lifetime approach to physical activity for all ages, for mental health
- Making exercise a lifetime habit
- The value of physical education in schools.
- Jenny's exposure to exercise leading to a lifetime of sport and coaching.
- Parents' priorities and goals for their children and sports.
- Learning how to self reference for personal joy and improvement.
- Walking basketball - why not?
- The mental health benefits of physical activity, movement and exercise.
- How our lives have changed, for the better, during Covid, emphasizing exercise.
- Quantifying the cognitive benefits of physical activity.
- Mental toughness and the notion that it also applies to how we live our daily lives - time management and stress.
- Physical activity to delay the onset of symptoms for people at risk from Alzheimer's.
- Making a regular commitment to sport with a partner.
- Setting aside a few minutes for pure joy every day.
- Future studies: the timing of a single session of exercise for better memory the next day.