The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/18 at 07:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 18, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/18 at 07:00 EDT

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much. Thank you. Thank you. I've been speaking with Aravind Sitaan Paripallay, who is a financial planner at Ironwood Wealth Management Group, and Preet Banerjee, who is a consultant in the wealth management industry. I'm Sorochie Quelo. Just Asking is live across the country on CBC Radio 1 on Saturday afternoons, 4 p.m. Eastern, 1 p.m. Pacific.

You can download the CBC News app for free. Use the local tab to stream us live. And if you want to get in touch with us during our live show, the number to call is 1-888-416-8333. That's 1-888-416-8333. You can find and follow us wherever you get your podcasts. Where are we with the fountain of youth? I've become the most measured person in human history. We want to maximally slow my speed of aging and reverse aging damage. There are thousands of companies and researchers working in longevity today. Fitness, sleep, nutrition, mouth tape, whatever. I think exercise is the single most important longevity drug we have.

I highly recommend cold plunging. Cold is a stressor and if you can learn to control your reaction to that stress, then you can learn how to control other stressors in your life. What to look for in foods that help slow down aging. So you want to look for foods that reduce inflammation and foods that help build collagen. It certainly sends a message that, you know, if you can't afford a $700,000 fallastatin gene therapy, you're hosed. The promise of a long, long life without the aches and pains of aging. Who wouldn't want that?

The longevity movement is the 21st century fountain of youth promise. Cold plunges, plasma exchanges, even taking drugs that were originally intended for transplant patients. Some folks will try anything for just a little bit more time. But which of these trends is scientifically proven to lengthen your life? And sorting the fact from the fiction, that can be really tough, especially when there are social media posts so glittering, so convincing as age-resistant influencers tell you about their latest trend or trick. So the promise of that red light sleeping bag that's going to have you aging in reverse

or supplements that are going to have your collagen levels soaring, is any of it real? What questions do you have about the health trends that promise to extend your life? Timothy Caulfield is a professor in the Faculty of Law at the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta. He's returning to us today. He's also an author and an expert in health misinformation. Andy DeSantis joins me as well. He is a registered dietitian, and they are both taking your questions at 1-888-416-8333. Again, with your questions about health trends that promise to extend your life, 1-888-416-8333. Tim and Andy, welcome to the show. Thanks for having me on.

Thanks for having me. Looking forward to it. So, Tim, it's so nice to have you back. So we're talking here about the longevity movement, but let's go a little bit deeper. What are some of the things that people who are really at the forefront of this movement are doing to try and live a little longer, a little better? Well, you touched on some of them right off the top, right? You know, their story. Well, people are injecting young blood into themselves.

Brian Johnson, who is a well-known longevity influencer, is a good example of that. People, yes, cold plunges, they're doing extreme diets and supplements, so many supplements, so many supplements. And the reality is, the reality is, there is no good evidence for any of it. And as someone who's been following the wellness industry for decades, it's just remarkable to me how these things are recycled over and over and over again. And the promise is, you know, always the same. One of the big differences, I think, with the current longevity movement is that there

is now this sort of science-y veneer to it. It's a phenomenon I call scienceploitation. They take a little bit of real science and a language from real science to give this veneer of legitimacy to their promises. But the reality is...