{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#623 Breaking the Age Code - Dr. Becca Levy","description":"Breaking the Age Code - Dr. Becca Levy The Not Old Better Show, Science of Aging Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show on radio and podcast.  I\u2019m Paul Vogelzang and today\u2019s show will give you some aging insights to live longer and more joyfully.   Sometimes life isn\u2019t so joyful, and we\u2019ve all had moments of frustration when we can\u2019t remember someone\u2019s name or where we put the car keys. If this happens to you and you\u2019re 25, you shrug it off as a temporary lapse of memory. If you\u2019re over 60, like so many in our Not Old Better Show audience, you likely label it as a \u2018senior moment\u201d and start to question your cognitive abilities. According to our guest today, Yale Professor Becca Levy, PhD and author of the new book, Breaking the Age Code: How Your Age Beliefs Determine How Long and Well You Live, labeling this a \u2018senior moment\u2019 is an example of an ageist belief. Dr. Levy tells us today these \u201cmoments of forgetfulness can happen at any age. Sometimes memory simply short circuits and it happens to everyone.\u201d People\u2019s beliefs about aging have a profound impact on their health, influencing everything from their memory and sensory perceptions to how well they walk, how fully they recover from disabling illness, and how long they live, including where they live, and interestingly enough, living in Japan, of all places has some real aging and longevity benefits. That of course is our guest today, Dr. Becca Levy reading from her new book, \u2018Breaking The Age Code.\u2019 Available HERE on Apple Books. We are talking aging today with Becca Levy and know right out of the gate that age, according to our audience and Dr. Levy is not seen as a negative experience, characterized by terms such as decrepit, incompetent, dependent, and senile.  Join us today to learn about when our views are positive we are more likely to be active and resilient and to have a stronger will to live joyfully. Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show on radio and podcast, Dr. Becca Levy. My thanks today to Dr. Becca Levy for her generous reading, her expertise, and research, and her new book, \u2018Breaking the Age Code,\u2019 available HERE on Apple Books.  We\u2019ll have links in the show notes to Dr. Levy and her new book\u2026please check it out at NotOld-Better.com.  Talk About Better\u2122 The Not Old Better Show on Radio & Podcast! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co\/privacy-policy for more information. ","author_name":"The Not Old - Better Show","author_url":"https:\/\/www.notold-better.com\/","html":"