Live Longer World

About Live Longer World

Deep‑dive interviews with frontier scientists on longevity and the biophysics of health. https://livelongerworld.com/

Publisher

Aastha JS

Category

science

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

4 Oct 2021

Latest episode

25 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

1 of 51 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   25 Sept 2026

   UCL Neuroscientist: Infrared Light Is Exercise For Your Brain (And It's Slowing Parkinson's) | John Mitrofanis

   Our brains run on infrared light. Mitochondria in the brain absorb red and near-infrared light and use it to boost cognition and energy. And mitochondrial dysfunction is a hallmark of Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and depression. John Mitrofanis has spent 20 years on the question: If infrared light restores the mitochondria, can it save the brain cells that die in Parkinson's? John Mitrofanis is a neuroanatomist and Scientific Director of Fonds Clinatec in Grenoble, France, the research center founded by Alim-Louis Benabid, the father of deep brain stimulation. He is also an honorary Professor at University College London's Institute of Ophthalmology, and was Professor of Anatomy at the University of Sydney for over a decade. He is the author of Run in the Light: Exploring Exercise and Photobiomodulation in Parkinson's Disease. Episode show notes + practical takeaways: https://livelongerworld.com/p/jmitrofanis He explains: ◼️How infrared light and exercise release the same molecules in the brain, and what BDNF does. ◼️How red and near-infrared light restores mitochondrial function in cells that are dying ◼️How Parkinson’s may begin in the gut ◼️Why current Parkinson’s drugs and deep brain stimulation relieve symptoms but don’t stop the cells from dying ◼️ Red light and sleep: the glymphatic system, brain fog, and why he uses a helmet every day ◼️ Biophotons: the light your cells emit, and why stressed cells and healthy cells emit differently TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Cells use light to repair each other 01:00 Red light and exercise work on the same mechanism 02:50 BDNF: the molecule both exercise and light release 06:11 Blue light suppresses melatonin, red light repairs cells 09:00 The Nobel Prize won with red light, and the laser that failed to cure cancer 14:02 What deep brain stimulation actually does 14:54 Why the Parkinson's brain becomes "very, very naughty" 16:17 The beauty of deep brain stimulation, and its limit 18:40 "You apply red light on it." And I laughed 20:57 The light-treated mice kept more dopamine cells alive 23:36 Results of red light to the brain clinical trial 24:16 Is it already too late once symptoms appear? 26:48 Where he disagrees with Glen Jeffery on how deep light penetrates 28:58 Light on the body that reached the brain 31:33 Microvesicles: how cells in trouble call for help 33:12 Does Parkinson's start in the gut? 37:32 Could you skip the device and just sit in the sun? 42:06 What other Parkinson's trials are actually running 44:43 Epilepsy, autism, and cancer 45:56 The cancer evidence that cuts both ways 47:01 What's holding the trials back 48:10 Red light and sleep 49:05 We still don't know why we sleep 01:00:17 He wears the helmet every day 01:02:27 Health Stacked 01:03:15 Red light after a heart attack 01:06:41 670, 810 or 850: which wavelength and how deep 01:11:32 Why 40 hertz seems to be the magic number 01:12:03 Does the time of day matter? 01:16:00 Biophotons: the light inside us 01:22:28 Cancer cells and UV 01:30:22 Biophotons are the frontier AASTHA, LIVE LONGER WORLD: Join 2,400+ for practical health protocols on circadian alignment, light, EMF, and non-toxic living: https://livelongerworld.com/ X: https://x.com/aasthajs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aasthajs/ My health stack: https://www.healthstacked.com/aasthajs LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aasthajs/ HEALTH PRODUCTS I LOVE: ◼️VivaRays 4 in 1 Blue Blockers and UV transmitters: https://vivarays.com/livelongerworld or discount code LIVELONGERWORLD for 10% off ◼️Healthy Home Shop Circadian Bulbs: https://thehealthyhome.shop/livelongerworld for 10% off Dr. John Mitrofanis: Profile: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/46795-john-mitrofanis Introducing HEALTH STACKED: https://www.healthstacked.com/ RELATED POSTS: Boost Mitochondria with Infrared & Sunlight | Glen Jeffery: https://www.livelongerworld.com/p/gjeffery 97 Year Old Brain Scientist: This One Nutrient Prevents Dementia: https://www.livelongerworld.com/p/mcrawford

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   11 Sept 2026

   Why Cancer Cells Are Dehydrated and How Sunlight Hydrates Your Cells | Dr. Gerald Pollack

   Most biology textbooks treat the water in our body as background, a solvent that DNA and proteins float around in. But what if a large portion of the energy in our body is actually coming from the water in our cells? And what if a disturbance to the structure of that water is a hallmark of cancer and other diseases? Dr. Gerald Pollack is a Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Washington and one of the few scientists studying what water is actually doing inside our cells. He says water is not the background, it is doing the work. It is a battery, and it is supplying us energy. Episode show notes + some bonus clips from this episode I only released for premium subscribers, find them: https://livelongerworld.com/p/gpollackHe explains: ◼️ How 99% of the molecules in our body are water molecules, and how water is not just a background solvent ◼️ How water is a battery and gives us energy ◼️ Why every cancer cell is dehydrated with low electrical potential ◼️ The role of infrared light and sunlight on water in our cells ◼️ What builds EZ water: sun, sauna, red light, grounding, juicing, deuterium depleted water, turmeric, holy basil and ghee ◼️ The effect of Hyperbaric oxygen, PEMF and magnets on EZ water ◼️ The link between dementia and EZ water TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Water in our cells is central to every disease 00:38 Why almost nobody in biology studies water 01:18 99% of your molecules are water. So why is it treated as filler? 03:41 What water is actually doing inside a cell 07:44 Gilbert Ling, and the book that made his students say all of biology is wrong 11:25 The experiment that started structured water research 14:09 Why cellular water behaves more like a gel than a liquid 16:29 The moment they realized water is a battery 18:29 What charges the water battery, and it isn't food 18:52 Health Stacked 19:43 Is all the water in your cells this kind of water? 23:46 Why he says we shouldn't even call it water 24:57 Does energy actually come from ATP? 27:23 If ATP isn't the fuel, what is it doing there? 30:38 What every cancer cell has in common 33:47 Free things that rebuild the structure of your cellular water 34:48 Turmeric, holy basil and ghee: what his lab found when they tested them 35:11 Morning sun, red light, saunas and grounding 36:22 Hyperbaric oxygen, and how he went looking for it 37:26 PEMF, FSM, and the magnet result that surprised him 41:42 Do WiFi routers shrink the water in your cells? 43:47 The dementia case & water connection 46:32 His answer to the strongest criticism of his work 51:13 Healers, water memory, and the paper he's about to publish 54:36 What anesthesia does to the water in your cells 55:07 What changes if he turns out to be right 57:30 One thing behind almost every disease? 59:07 Why he thinks water drives volcanoes and earthquakes AASTHA, LIVE LONGER WORLD: Join 2,400+ for practical health protocols on circadian alignment, light, EMF, and non-toxic living: https://livelongerworld.com/ X: https://x.com/aasthajs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aasthajs/ My health stack: https://www.healthstacked.com/aasthajs LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aasthajs/ HEALTH PRODUCTS I LOVE: ◼️VivaRays 4 in 1 Blue Blockers and UV transmitters: https://vivarays.com/livelongerworld or discount code LIVELONGERWORLD for 10% off ◼️Healthy Home Shop Circadian Bulbs: https://thehealthyhome.shop/livelongerworld for 10% off ◼️Daylight Computer No-blue screen: https://buy.daylightcomputer.com/livelongerworld for $25 offFull list of health products I use: https://www.healthstacked.com/aasthajs Dr. Gerald Pollack: Website: https://www.pollacklab.org/ Books: https://www.pollacklab.org/publications RELATED POSTS: Avoiding the sun kills more people than skin cancer: https://www.livelongerworld.com/p/sunsmoking I covered my WiFi router in foil & reduced EMF radiation 50x: https://www.livelongerworld.com/p/emfphone Why I Stopped Taking Vitamin D Supplements: https://www.livelongerworld.com/p/vitd

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   12 Aug 2026

   Oxford Biologist: Health is NOT in your Genes | Denis Noble

   Oxford physiologist Denis Noble reveals why your genes are not the blueprint for life, why evolution itself works nothing like the selfish gene made us believe, and why the failed promise to cure disease by reading our DNA points to a completely different understanding of health and aging! Denis Noble built the first working mathematical model of the heart in 1960 and is one of the founding figures of systems biology. He is a professor at Oxford with a career spent studying how living systems work, and he now argues that the genome is a database the living cell draws on, not the program running the show. He explains: ◼️Why the Human Genome Project never delivered the cures we were promised ◼️Why your DNA cannot actually predict most disease ◼️The CD analogy: why studying genes tells you nothing about the music of life ◼️His long-running clash with Richard Dawkins and the selfish gene ◼️Why purpose and intelligence run all the way down, from your immune system to a predator hunting its prey Episode Show Notes: https://livelongerworld.com/p/denisnoble TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 The Selfish Gene Is Just Not Correct 00:21 What Are Functional Networks, Really? 02:09 Genes Build the Muscles, But Don't Move Them 09:42 Your Genes Are a CD, Not the CD Player 12:11 Can Your DNA Predict Your Disease? 14:23 If Not Genes, How Do We Find Cures? 18:18 Then Does Gene Therapy Even Work? 21:32 Why Scientists Can't Let the Paradigm Go 24:08 What Darwin and Lamarck Actually Said 31:42 Do Animals Choose? Darwin Thought So 38:07 The Finite Monkeys Problem With Evolution 45:15 Inheritance Without Changing Your DNA 49:31 How Do You Actually Reproduce Denis Noble? 50:49 Is the Selfish Gene Right From Evolution's View? 54:45 Answering Jerry Coyne: Isn't DNA the Recipe? 59:51 Who Wrote the Genetic Code? 1:08:22 The Problem of Form: You Can't Get It From Genes 1:12:01 The Mitochondria Accident That Made Complex Life 1:13:05 Why Big Life Needs a Heart 1:17:54 Why Mars Is a Pipe Dream 1:18:45 Mike Levin and the Alignment of the Body 1:21:29 What Does Denis Disagree With Mike Levin On 1:24:59 The Biggest Taboo: Purpose in Biology 1:27:35 Is Consciousness Just Expensive Energy? 1:28:55 What Your Immune System Knows 1:42:01 How Birds at Altitude Prove the Point 1:44:29 Final Thoughts: Life Is More Interesting Than You Think DENIS NOBLE: Website: https://www.denisnoble.com/ Books: https://www.denisnoble.com/buy/ AASTHA, LIVE LONGER WORLD: Newsletter: https://livelongerworld.com/ X: https://x.com/aasthajs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aasthajs/ My health stack: https://www.healthstacked.com/aasthajs Full list of health products I use: https://www.healthstacked.com/aasthajs CAMERON, RICCI FLOW NUTRITION: Newsletter: https://ricciflow.substack.com/ X: https://x.com/ricciflowhealth Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ricciflownutrition/ PREVIOUS PODCAST WITH DENIS NOBLE & MICHAEL LEVIN on Biology's Functional Networks, NOT Genes, are key for Longevity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_Ak-1rbbWg&t=3823s

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#27 Women's Reproductive Aging, Menopause, & Hormone Replacement Therapy | Dr. Jennifer Garrison

Published 8 Nov 2023 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And so for those conversations, it's really important to bring in your doctor. But in general, HRT is beneficial for most women. And while you need to start it as close to menopause as possible, you know, there's there's huge benefit in terms of cardiovascular, disease risk in terms of osteoporosis, right? 80 % of the people in the planet who have osteoporosis are women. And that's because estrogen and progesterone signaling to your bone is really important for maintaining bone density. So there's there's a lot of good reasons to take it. And I think I'm very hopeful that we have a lot of entrepreneurs and a lot of companies that are interested in this. […]

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