Ep. 197: How to Extend Your Lifespan
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A recent report showed that Canada’s national life expectancy dropped for the third year in a row—now sitting at an average of 81.3 years. Why are experts calling this decline a historical change? How does your own life expectancy compare, and how can you make tweaks in your routine to help you increase your lifespan and your healthspan?
Here, Dr. Peter Nord is joined by Dr. Doug Manuel, MD, (pictured above) director of the Big Life Lab at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and expert in preventive medicine. The two docs explore the implications of a shorter national life expectancy on your life, and the most important things you can do to avoid becoming part of that statistic.
LINKS
Want to learn more about how your lifestyle affects your lifespan? Book an Annual Health Assessment at Medcan by emailing bookingteam@medcan.com or calling 1-416-350-5900.
Visit ProjectBigLife.ca to calculate metrics like your lifespan or your sodium intake.
Read the report by Statistics Canada: Deaths, 2022
INSIGHTS
03:40 Meet Dr. Doug Manuel and hear how long he’s expected to live.
04:18 Project Big Life, the lifespan calculator
08:40 Using simulations to predict the future
09:42 The decline in Canada’s life expectancy is a massive historical event.
11:22 Most of Canada’s common conditions are preventable
12:44 How does Canada’s life expectancy compare to other countries?
17:01 Dr. Manuel’s prediction for the future of Canada’s life expectancy
19:00 Can you change your own life expectancy?
22:13 Want to live to be 100? Do these things.
27:50 It can be hard to eat well and exercise when you’re not mentally healthy.
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