Every $1 You Spend on Quality Food you are likely to Save $10 on Healthcare. Scott Fulton

Ep.87: On this episode we are grateful to have Scott Fulton. Scott works with mission-driven organizations — from financial firms and senior living leaders to healthcare systems and corporate innovators — to equip their executives with a strategic health advantage. Scott is an educator, advisor, and author, translating cutting-edge science into actionable strategy, helping organizations and Individuals extend healthspan — the years of high-performance, active life — and align it with leadership, culture, and the long-term preservation of human and financial capital.

 

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Other Websites mentioned by Scott:  https://www.whealthspan.com  https://www.ewg.org

 

What’s In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/

 

Cleveland Kitchen https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/

 

Donate to Support East Cleveland https://link.clover.com/urlshortener/qQtSD2

 

Breakfast: Oatmeal with Seeds and Nuts  1:23

 

The Journey to Understanding Healthspan  2:18

 

The book WhealthSpan: Age 50 and Beyond  4:36

-        How do you make sure you don’t overspend on Housing and Health

-        Wealth - 52% is Spent there in Retirement 

-        Span – Are you Healthy Enough to Keep Doing the Things You Want and Enjoy Doing

-        You Want to Get in Front of and Delay or Avoid Any Ag Related Disease 

Functional Age  8:38

-        If You are 65 but You Can Walk the Speed of a 50yr old, your Functional Age is 50

-        If You walk the Speed of a 70yr Old, Work on the Areas to Improve That

-        How Far Can You Reach. How is Your Balance. How Long to Walk Up a Flight of Steps.

-        Preparing Yourself as You Age to Be Able to Still Recover from a Fall

MEDAC, Genetics and Aging  16:13

-        MEDAC: Mind, Environment, Diet, Activity, Community

-        Mind: Attitude and Curiosity have a Big Impact on Healthspan

-        Environment: Home and External 

-        Activity: Movement Throughout the Day better than a Run burst and then sitting all day

-        Community: Close Relationships are Important and a Supportive Community

-        Diet: Quality of Food, Variety of Food. Avoid Extreme Diets

-        Blue Zones: Scott has Found 60 US Communities with Life Expectancy over 90

-        Genetics in Terms of Longevity Doesn’t Kick In Until Age 95 

-        80% of Longevity is Lifestyle Choices

Health in Organizations  30:01

-        Better productivity, Less Sick Time, Joy

-        Leadership that focuses on their Health, their Teams Health, the Organizations Health

-        Chronic Disease builds up over time from bad habits, especially from food

-        The body keeps adapting until it can’t anymore

Regenerative Agriculture  35:20

-        Worldwide Agreement on Regenerative Agriculture (fewer/no chemical inputs)

-        A Way for Farmers to Collectively Have a Say in What/How they Grow on their Farms

-        US Farm Bill that told farmers what to grow, not what was best for them or the land

-        GMO Seeds: 95% are Designed to be Paired Herbicides, Pesticides

-        This Approach Kills a lot of the Soils Healthy Organisms

-        This Leads to More Runoff When it Rains, the Runoff includes the TopSoil and Pesticides

-        Largest Concentration of Pesticides is where the Mississippi empties into the Gulf

-        There are Now 150K Chemicals in Our Environment 

-        Less/No Chemicals Means the Farmer is Healthier, His Family is Healthier, His Customers are Healthier

-        But Farmers able to Get Insurance for the Safer Route: GMO and Pesticides 

-        Farmers Starting to See without Costly Chemicals, I can Do Less Work and Make More Money

Food Quality and Health  43:13

-        Over Age 50: For Every $1 More You Spend on Quality Food you’re likely to Save $10 on Healthcare

-        EWG: Environmental Working Group – Strawberries the Worst for Residual Pesticides 

-        Marketing, Social Media: Goal of Advertising – Get You to Buy Something You Would Have Never Bought

First Step(s) to Living Longer  48:58

-        Which of These Five Need the Most Work - MEDAC: Mind, Environment, Diet, Activity, Community

-        Start there. You Don’t Have to Be Perfect. Just Make Smart, Informed Choices.

-        Ask Good Questions. But Not on Social Media.

-        WheathSpan written to Help the Average Person Get Started

The Recipe: Healthy Granola  53:18

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