42: The Truth about Medical Marijuana - Is it Right For You?
Release Date: 02/03/2016
Victoria Hahn, MS, RDN, talks about the many benefits of prolonged fasting with the Fasting Mimicking Diet ®
Aging Well For Life
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!
Aging Well For Life
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.
Aging Well For Life
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.
Aging Well For Life
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_outlineJim Jensen has an illuminating conversation with Amanda Reiman PhD, MSW, of The Drug Policy Alliance, where she shares the truth about medical marijuana.
Amanda is Manager of Marijuana Law and Policy at the Drug Policy Alliance, which is the nation's leading organization promoting drug policies that are grounded in science, compassion, health and human rights.
Amanda works to develop the Drug Policy Alliance’s marijuana reform work as it relates to litigation, legislative and initiative drafting, campaign strategy, policy advocacy, media relations, fundraising, and public education in the local, state, federal, and international jurisdictions in which the Drug Policy Alliance is active.
Amanda joined the Drug Policy Alliance in 2012 after working as director of research and patient services for the Berkeley Patients Group, a renowned medical marijuana dispensary. She has conducted many studies on medical marijuana dispensaries, patients and the use of marijuana as a treatment for addiction and regularly presents her research at the conferences of the American Public Health Association, American Psychiatric Association, International Cannabinoid Research Society and the Harm Reduction Coalition. When it comes to medicinal marijuana, she knows what she’s talking about.
Amanda discusses the following topics:
• Her work with the Drug Policy Alliance
• How she become interested in medicinal marijuana
• The recent changes in federal policy and how it affects the medical marijuana industry
• Marijuana as a schedule 1 drug
• The social and economic effects of legalizing recreational marijuana in 4 states
• The medicinal components of marijuana
• The urban myth of the two most well-known strains of marijuana – Sativa and Indica
• How marijuana affects the body and the mind
• The dangers of marijuana
• The present state of marijuana research for medicinal purposes
• Her experiences with how the use of medicinal marijuana has helped her and others with chronic conditions
• The different ways that marijuana can be consumed
• The biggest misconceptions that people have about marijuana
• Advice for somebody who may benefit from medicinal marijuana but is having a hard time resolving deep-seated biases
• Where people can go for more information on medicinal marijuana and its potential benefits
Resources Mentioned
Click Here to go to The Drug Policy Alliance
Click Here to go to NORML (The National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws)
Click Here to go to Americans for Safe Access
Click Here to Email Amanda Reiman PhD MSW
Click Here to Email Jim Jensen