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Retrain Your Brain for Greater Longevity & Quality of Life with Bill McManus (Ep. 59)

Retrain Your Brain for Greater Longevity & Quality of Life with Bill McManus (Ep. 59)

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What are the financial implications of cognitive decline, such as Alzheimer’s and dementia? 

What proactive steps can you take to safeguard your longevity and cognitive well-being?

Join Brent Mekosh and guest Bill McManus from Hartford Funds as they discuss the importance of maintaining good health and a positive outlook on aging.  

Brent and Bill emphasize the importance of brain health and how our lifestyle choices can significantly impact it while highlighting the value of social connectivity and lifestyle when it comes to cognitive decline and overall well-being.

Main talking points include:

  • How does longevity impact financial and lifestyle planning
  • What are the financial costs associated with Alzheimer’s and dementia
  • The lifestyle factors that contribute to cognitive health
  • The value of maintaining good health and energy as we age
  • And more!

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About Our Guest:

With nearly 20 years of experience in financial services, Bill McManus has worked with countless financial professionals and their clients. He’s got a knack for simplifying complex financial planning and investing strategies to engage and educate clients and prospects. He’s also passionate about helping them look toward the future to anticipate and prepare for lifestyle changes that lay ahead.

Among other practice-management strategies, Bill shows financial professionals how they can optimize their prospecting strategies in a tech-driven world.

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Rethinking Medicine: Dr. Lufkin’s Quest for Authentic Health Wisdom (Ep. 53)

Rethinking Medicine: Dr. Lufkin’s Quest for Authentic Health Wisdom (Ep. 53)

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With an unprecedented rise in cardiovascular diseases, Alzheimer’s, and diabetes, health and wellness are on everyone’s minds. 

What has led to the increase of these chronic diseases? How to change our lifestyle to improve our health? 

In this episode, Brent Mekosh is joined by Dr. Robert Lufkin, a physician and medical professor at UCLA and USC, in discussing the role of our metabolism and its connection to chronic diseases, the impact of nutrition on health, and the benefits of a low-carb diet. 

Dr. Lufkin stresses the value of steering clear of junk food, going back to the basics with unprocessed foods, and making those little everyday changes that can really boost our health.

Dr. Lufkin explores:

  • The current health scenario in the United States 
  • The role of our metabolism in the development of chronic diseases
  • Ways our diet influences certain types of diseases 
  • Reasons exercise is crucial for our overall health
  • And more!

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About Our Guest:

Dr. Robert Lufkin is a physician/medical school professor (UCLA & USC) focusing on the applied science of health, longevity, and consciousness. Dr. Lufkin helps to reimagine the conventional healthcare model with evidence-based, clinically proven lifestyle modifications and other tools. Through this, we prevent/reverse chronic diseases, cultivate consciousness, and live life to the fullest.

Author of over 200 peer-reviewed scientific papers, 32 chapters, and 13 books translated into five languages on medical imaging. Dr. Lufkin has been elected President of the American Society of Head and Neck Radiology and President of the Society for Magnetic Resonance Imaging and awarded the society’s highest honor for his research. 

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