Long life depends on this: Gary Wenk at TEDxColumbus

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Published 2012-10-14

Do you know what will really keep you living and thinking clearly for a long time? Dr. Wenk does. His research explores the intersection of food and drugs and will challenge your biases on what makes a long life. His talk will explore why what we eat, and how much we eat, is the single most important daily decision we make that impacts how we age and how long we live.

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All Comments (21)

@jonathonsdaddy8365 6 years ago

Doctor Wenk Rocks , honest real information with no hidden agenda ......
@A_Dopamine_Molecule 6 years ago

As a biochemistry student, I see this man's work as a very refreshing take on nutrition.
@conniemclaughlin-miley5024 4 years ago

This guy is a brilliant communicator and has done stellar research in this area!
@skylhigh6842 6 years ago

As a senior approaching the age of 73 It is not wanting to live to be 100, but the quality of life that concerns me. About 2 years ago I started having acute OA, first my hands, then my knees. I couldn't hold a knife to cook or turn the key in the door lock. Then about last October as I was volunteering at a historic park, I twisted my right knee. I could hardly walk, I thought like a younger person saying; I can walk this off but as the days past the knee became inflamed and the pain now is acute. As far as my heart and weight I am very, very healthy with the exception of OA. I just had the CMC surgery on my right hand and now scheduled for knee replacement in May. Living a long life isn't important to me, it living a quality life, the ability to do the things I like to do. If I drop dead at 78, so be it. If I live to 93 well, that will be amazing.
@dipak1978 4 years ago

Thanks for scientific and research conclusions. Great help.
@arifali6762 5 years ago

Eat less and wisely. Makes lots of sense. Great talk.
@colemanworldgirl 11 years ago

This was the most entertaining talk of the day in my opinion! Loved TEDx Columbus! :)
@markevo9610 8 years ago

i really appreciat it that the explanation im amaze.
@anandramanathan9416 6 years ago

Great speech. Very useful. Thank you very much
@jmichael366 9 years ago

Awesome Ted Talk - One of the best ones I've seen. (Doesn't hurt that coffee, chocolate and cannabis are 3 of my favorite things to consume haha)
@othmarrey8683 5 years ago

make the best with the TIME you got......... TIME is a ILLUSION love is the only TRUTH everything else is just a smaller or bigger ILLUSION.......... go further on to your higher own PERCEPTION in your HEART and open your PINEAL GLAND
@polo75140 9 years ago

I am 65 now....7 years back I weighted in at 270 lbs and I am 6'4' I agree that it did not help....Now I am 220 llbs. I eat right....Loved your presentation....thanks Thank you for bringing this forward. Charles Adams
@DorianGreer 10 years ago

Best explanation on anti-aging I have ever seen.
@mindvolution 4 years ago

Wonderful research! Popular culture definitely needs few updates on how to eat right and live longer and healthier.
@robbiescrivener8523 5 years ago

Studies have shown that its better to intermittent fast than to do caloric restriction over 3 meals a day, so do anything from 16 to 23 hour fasts each day. Or fast 24 hours once a week or even better do a 5 day fast once every 4 months, its all to do with autophagy which Gary Wenk did not discuss in this video.
@williamdenton6317 4 years ago

Interesting comment about a puff of cannabis per day. Which strain of the 50 varieties of cannabis in the natural world does he use or recommend? I have just watched the following TEDx and it is not as simple as "go smoke a joint": Behind the smokescreen of medical cannabis | Dedi Meiri | TEDxTelAviv. I used to smoke when I was a student but have not touched a joint in 50 years. If I am to start over again, I want to use the best strain available.
@spazaliciousbim 5 years ago

fasting is so amazing. I now do OMAD and it is amazing. Been one meal a day for the last 3 months with a 48 hour fast every week.
@HyacinthMoon 2 years ago

So glad to hear some of the things that I’ve been doing are beneficial 💙
@emmcatherine1460 4 years ago

You will be ok my friend Look to cooking rice, lentils etc along with having ved and fruit along your way.
@marksibert305 4 years ago

I was wondering if breathing, or holding one's breath have anything to do with keeping free radicals in the bloodstream too? When I'm tense, I unconsciously hold back my breathing and feel that from that I've held onto some illnesses longer.