39: The Big Changes to Medicare in 2016 with Diane Daniels
Release Date: 01/12/2016
Victoria Hahn, MS, RDN, talks about the many benefits of prolonged fasting with the Fasting Mimicking Diet ®
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In episode 60, I have a fascinating conversation with Victoria Hahn, MS, RDN, about prolonged fasting with the Fasting Mimicking Diet ® Victoria is the Nutrition Science Liaison for L-Nutra, the leaders in the field of nutrition related to longevity and health-span. L-Nutra develops nutri-technologies that mimic the effects of fasting, to enhance the body’s natural ability to rejuvenate itself and promote longevity. Victoria is a Registered Dietitian and Nutrition Science Liaison with a Master of Science in Nutrition, Health-span, and Longevity from the University of Southern...
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How Autophagy Can Add Years of Great Health For Us Boomers!
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Hello and welcome to health bites! HEALTH BITES is a short podcast meant to provide you with some basic understanding of the often-times complex concepts that are central to the many biological processes responsible for extending our health span. Today, I want to share with you the awe and mystery of autophagy. Autophagy plays a leading role in many of the life-hacks that have a major impact on your health-span. We touched a bit on it back when I talked about Mechanism of cellular authophagy, illustration for Nobel Prize Award in Medicine 2016. 3D illustration showing fusion of lysosome with...
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Heads Up Baby Boomers! This is the Wake Up Call That Could Save Your Life!
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What if I told you that there has been a scientific breakthrough for a new medication that has been proven to protect you from cancer, heart disease, diabetes, colds and the flu? And… that this medication has a powerful healing effect on every system and cell in your body… And, this amazing medication can also enhance your learning ability, memory, and creativity, all, while making you happier, looking younger, thinner, and even improves your sex life? Plus, this new medication has no negative side effects and is completely free. Would this be of interest to you? If so, then I have some...
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Help! I Have Zombie Cells and Don't Know What to Do!
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In this edition of Health Bites, Jim Jensen talks about how our cells can become zombies and what to do about it if they do.
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Jim Jensen, shares how simply reducing processed sugar from your diet can quickly improve your health and add healthy years or decades to your life.
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In episode 57, I share a lifestyle hack that can provide very quick benefits to your present health, as well as adding many healthy years to your life. This important lifestyle hack is the drastic reduction of refined sugar from your life. Get your free companion PDF 13 Sure-Fire Tips to Eliminate Refined Sugar From Your Life Click on the button below to download your PDF Most people are aware that too much sugar can cause health issues like diabetes, childhood obesity, tooth decay and hyper-active kids and that sugary soft drinks are becoming a target for law-makers and TV talk shows...
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In the first Health Bites, Jim Jensen talks about HORMESIS, and why it is such an important concept for understanding how to extend our health spans.
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In this premier Health Bites podcast, Jim Jensen, founder of The Essential Boomer, talks about Hormesis and why it is such an important concept to the process of extending your healthy years while avoiding those terrible chronic conditions typically associated with aging. Boomers! Check it out!
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55: How the Sauna Habit Can Make You Younger, Healthier & Happier
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The simple life hack that can change your life. In episode 55 I talk about a simple life-hack that is relatively new to me, but I’ve felt its positive effects in just the few short months since I incorporated it into my weekly routine. The hack I’m talking about is the regular use of the dry sauna. Maybe you’ve been hearing a bit about its beneficial effects in the news or on social media. I first heard about the benefits of sauna use from listening to a podcast by my hero, Rhonda Patrick, PhD. If you’re a regular follower of The Essential Boomer and have been listening to...
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53: Jim Jensen shares a simple lifestyle hack called TIME RESTRICTED EATING that can add years of good health to your life.
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One of the subjects that I have recently been fascinated by, to the point of obsession, is the concept of health extension, or how to increase our health span. Health span is the time in our lives where we are functional and relatively free of the many serious chronic diseases that are usually associated with aging. I’m now 66 and statistically entering the limits of my health span, so it is of vital interest to me and for you too, if you are a baby boomer or beyond. There has been an enormous amount of exciting research, both animal and human, in this area, particularly over the last...
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52: How you can easily grow a powerful little sprout that can protect you from cancer!
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This is a special relaunch of The Essential Boomer Podcast so I want to share with you a great topic that can be of immense benefit to you, and everybody else who listens. Therefore, I have chosen to share with you the awe and wonder of…. Sulforaphane... Okay, now don’t get all bleary-eyed on me now. I promise that if you listen to, or read, this whole podcast that you will be consuming sulforaphane within a week. So hang in here with me. It will be worth it. Now, What if I were to tell you that there is a natural food supplement available that has been researched extensively...
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51 :Paul Zavagno gives us a powerful, in-depth look into his mission to empower people through life coaching with THE WORK of Byron Katie.
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Episode 51 marks the one-year anniversary of the essential boomer podcast and in honor of the of this I’m bringing back the guest who started it all for me back in episode one, Paul Zavagno. Paul is an educator, a retired school principal, a great humanitarian and a certified facilitator of the work of Byron Katie and he is my life-long friend. So in this episode we do a deep-dive into Paul’s actual coaching practice. In the interview Paul answers the following questions: Can you tell us the story of how you were attracted to this particular practice of life coaching? Will you tell...
info_outlineFor Episode 39, I’m very excited to bring back Diane Daniels. You may remember her from episode 25 where she gave us the low-down on the present state of Medicare.
Diane is a renowned authority on Medicare and is the founder of the service, Senior Advisors for Medicare & Medicaid. She is also the Author of The Medicare Survival Guide and the Host of the weekly podcast – Medicare Nation. Heads up boomers! This is important information that will affect you.
In this interview Diane talks about:
- Why and how to drop your Medicare Advantage Plan. If you are dissatisfied with your Medicare Advantage Plan, from January 1st to February 14th 2016 you can drop your Medicare Advantage Plan and go back on your regular Medicare Plan.
- Why the cost of your premium for Medicare Part B may be higher.
- How delaying your Social Security Benefits may cause you to pay higher rates in Medicare Part – B.
- Who really pays for people on Medicare and Medicaid?
- The changes to Medicare Part D, your prescription drug plan, and why it will cost you more.
- The irons that Diane has in the fire for 2016 and beyond.