How to Live Younger, Longer

The Longevity Blueprint: Summary

In this episode, The Longevity Blueprint, host Evan Transue engages with Dr. Jeffrey Gladden, a renowned interventional cardiologist and founder of Gladden Longevity. They delve into Dr. Gladden’s personal health journey, which began in his fifties when he faced significant health challenges including exhaustion, weight gain, anxiety, and depression. Dissatisfied with traditional allopathic solutions, he transitioned into functional and integrative medicine, finding substantial improvements in his health through genetic insights and personalized treatments.

Dr. Gladden discusses the importance of a psychospiritual foundation and introduces his methodology for longevity, emphasizing the need for an exponential approach to counteract the exponential nature of aging. He explains five critical areas: life energy, longevity, health, performance, and environment. They touch on practical measures like heart rate variability for assessing parasympathetic tone and stress resilience.

Dr. Gladden advocates identifying with a youthful age rather than chronological age to drive proactive health and fitness behaviors. The podcast highlights the forthcoming Gladden Longevity Wingman app, which aims to democratize access to personalized health coaching. For more information, listeners are directed to Gladden Longevity’s website, podcast, and book.