Anti-Aging Expert: "STOP These 3 Habits After 40+! – They Predict Early Death" | Rose Anne Kenny

Rangan Chatterjee

Jul 30, 2025

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Longevity is a hot topic these days. We’re obsessed with anti-ageing, as if getting older should be avoided or even reversed at all costs! Of course, we can’t do that and I’m not sure we’d really want to. But today’s guest brings valuable insights about what we can do, to make sure we age healthily and happily.

Professor Rose Anne Kenny is a medical gerontologist and Regius Professor of Physic and Chair of Medical Gerontology at Trinity College Dublin. She’s the Founding Principal Investigator of Ireland’s largest population study of ageing (TILDA) and the author of the international bestseller Age Proof: The New Science of Living a Longer and Healthier Life.

In today’s conversation, Professor Kenny reveals that while 20 percent of ageing is genetic and can’t be changed, 80 percent is epigenetic – in other words, we have the power to influence how quickly or how slowly we age.


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Episode description

This episode is sponsored by:
AG1: Get 10 FREE Travel Packs and Welcome Kit worth $80 visit: https://bit.ly/43FwxQl

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Longevity is a hot topic these days. We’re obsessed with anti-ageing, as if getting older should be avoided or even reversed at all costs! Of course, we can’t do that and I’m not sure we’d really want to. But today’s guest brings valuable insights about what we can do, to make sure we age healthily and happily.

Professor Rose Anne Kenny is a medical gerontologist and Regius Professor of Physic and Chair of Medical Gerontology at Trinity College Dublin. She’s the Founding Principal Investigator of Ireland’s largest population study of ageing (TILDA) and the author of the international bestseller Age Proof: The New Science of Living a Longer and Healthier Life.

In today’s conversation, Professor Kenny reveals that while 20 percent of ageing is genetic and can’t be changed, 80 percent is epigenetic – in other words, we have the power to influence how quickly or how slowly we age.


#feelbetterlivemore #feelbetterlivemorepodcast

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Mindsip insights from this episode:

Recognize biological age variability to enhance health outcomes

A study of people who were all chronologically 38 years old found their biological ages ranged from 28 to 48, a 20-year difference driven by early life experiences.

Address socioeconomic disparities to reverse slowing human longevity

After centuries of linear increases, the human longevity curve began to slow and flatten around 2012, primarily due to growing socioeconomic disparities.

Feel younger to enhance health and cognition

The saying 'you are as young as you feel' has scientific validity, as people who perceive themselves as younger are biologically fitter and cognitively sharper.

Identify your sleep chronotype to optimize daily structure

Understanding if you are a dolphin, lion, bear, or wolf chronotype can help you structure your day, as society is primarily built for lions and bears, putting wolves at a disadvantage.

Combat loneliness to reduce inflammation and boost immunity

Social isolation is biologically toxic, with animal studies showing it upregulates genes for inflammation and downregulates genes that protect our immune system.

Take control of aging by managing lifestyle and environment

Genes only contribute to 20% of the aging process, while the other 80% is within our control through lifestyle and environment.

Increase activity and variety each year after 50

Contrary to the idea of slowing down, the advice for people over 50 is to do a little bit more each year in terms of exercise, dietary variety, and creativity.

Prioritize community bonds over perfect diet for longevity

The Roseto study showed that a town of immigrants with a poor diet had exceptional longevity, which was attributed to their incredibly strong social and community bonds.

Reverse biological age in eight weeks with lifestyle changes

A recent study showed that simple lifestyle changes in diet, exercise, stress, and sleep reversed participants' biological age by over three years in just eight weeks.

Enhance quality of life after age 50

Research shows that quality of life consistently improves from age 50 and doesn't return to that baseline level until age 84, unless impacted by physical illness.

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