237 Healthy Aging Made Practical: Mind, Environment, Diet, Activity, Community with Scott Fulton
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,
Release Date: 12/01/2025
237 Healthy Aging Made Practical: Mind, Environment, Diet, Activity, Community with Scott Fulton
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,
In Episode 237, in conversation with Dr. Gillian Lockitch, Scott Fulton reframes “successful aging” as more years, more moments, more money. He unpacks his MEDAC model—Mind, Environment, Diet, Activity, Community—and shows how small, practical tweaks compound: design homes for longevity, manage toxin exposure sensibly, eat for quality/variety/fiber, move all day (not just “exercise”), train balance, and build supportive community. They also explore simple ways to measure what matters and why stepping outside your comfort zone is a powerful aging tool. Scott Fulton is...
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236 Bamboozled by "Evidence": Go Beyond Guidelines, Read the Studies and Question Dogma with Dr. Joseph Jacko
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,
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235 The Summiteers Community: A Blueprint for Healthy Longevity with Don Cote PhD
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,
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234 The Akashic Records: A Spiritual Map to Your Passion, Purpose and Vitality with Natasha Rocha
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,
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233 Generation Restoration: Healing Nature and Ourselves with Tim Christophersen
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,
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232 Primal Health Design: Reverse Your Biological Age with Dr. Kavin Mistry
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,
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002 Darlene Shearer: On Entrepreneurship
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,
'Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work .' (Thomas Edison) 'People tell me ‘you’re not the same person that I was 20 years ago’ and I say good! I don’t want to be that same person, I want to grow' (Darlene Shearer) Darlene Shearer is an entrepreneur who, over the past 3 decades has built and run a global business in health, beauty, and anti-aging. As the first Team Elite in Canada, she has mentored and trained new entrepreneurs of diverse ages, backgrounds and cultures. Darlene has more energy, optimism, and passion for life than many...
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231 Midlife Reset: Building Longevity Habits with Allison McCune Davis
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,
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230 Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, Interstitial Cystitis. What the Immune System Reveals with Dr. Bruce Gillis
Growing Older Living Younger: About longevity, wellness, healthspan,
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info_outlineIn Episode 237, in conversation with Dr. Gillian Lockitch, Scott Fulton reframes “successful aging” as more years, more moments, more money. He unpacks his MEDAC model—Mind, Environment, Diet, Activity, Community—and shows how small, practical tweaks compound: design homes for longevity, manage toxin exposure sensibly, eat for quality/variety/fiber, move all day (not just “exercise”), train balance, and build supportive community. They also explore simple ways to measure what matters and why stepping outside your comfort zone is a powerful aging tool.
Scott Fulton is a longevity educator and positive-aging innovator whose work sits at the intersection of health and housing. He teaches adult learners about healthspan and aging (Northwestern, UVA, University of Delaware), created the MEDAC system (Mind, Environment, Diet, Activity, Community), is a member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and the True Health Initiative Council, and served as President of the National Aging in Place Council. He and his wife live in Charlottesville, VA, in a demonstration home designed for optimal aging.
Timeline:
00:00 – 03:20 | Why “Wealthspan” now
Gillian’s introduction: aging is inevitable, poor health isn’t. Scott’s thesis: extend health, life, and financial security—so you can collect more meaningful moments.
03:21 – 09:58 | Designing a home that ages with you
One-step entries, wider doors, “free-flow” layouts, smart use of terrain. Beauty + function beats “clinical” design and prevents future injuries/barriers.
09:59 – 18:13 | From big systems to positive aging, Scott’s career pivot: apply systems thinking to aging. Against siloed care; for measurable, holistic balance (homeostasis) and innovation that actually changes outcomes.
18:14 – 26:59 | MEDAC: Mind & Environment
Stay curious; protect cognition. Shape two environments: your home and your exposures. You can’t avoid toxins entirely—reduce risk and diversify behaviors.
27:00 – 31:53 | MEDAC: Diet & Activity
Start with quality, add variety, and count fiber. Activity ≠ just workouts: build cardio, strength, balance, and move through the day to fight sedentariness.
31:54 – 40:52 | MEDAC: Community + Resilience & the “one bold thing” rule
Social connection protects brain and practical living. Gillian and Scott on mindset, brain training, and choosing something outside your comfort zone to spark growth.
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