A clear, practical look at fall prevention, with bathroom guidance that is easy to act on.
The piece treats falls as a concrete home-safety concern, with injury, disability, hospitalization, fractures, and loss of independence all in view.

Dr. Gillian Lockitch
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Measured conversations for a longer healthspan.
Growing Older Living Younger treats aging as a biological process that can be influenced, tracked, and discussed with care. Episodes move from fall prevention and bone strength to sleep, nutrition, oxidative stress, body composition, and midlife brain changes.
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Growing Older Living Younger is a prevention-minded healthspan show about the practical and biological work of aging well. Its center of gravity is independence. Recent episodes keep returning to the question of what helps a person stay mobile, clear, resilient, and engaged as the body changes. The show is measured, medically literate, and interview-driven. It does not rush past complexity. A conversation about falls, for example, treats the bathroom as a serious risk environment, moving from a grave account of a missed subdural hematoma into the ordinary details of mats, grab bars, wet tile, steps, and bedroom hazards. That is typical of the show’s method. It starts with a large healthspan concern, then follows it into specific home, body, and behavior questions. Bone health becomes a discussion of osteoporosis, fractures, musculoskeletal strength, travel, movement, and the quiet threat of losing independence. Weight gain becomes more than a number on a scale, especially when medication, atrial fibrillation, stress eating, water retention, body fat, and muscle loss may all be part of the picture. Sleep is framed through chronotypes, memory consolidation, dreams, cellular cleanup, energy replenishment, and the interaction between genes and environment. Nutrition is treated as a contested field where people need better questions, not louder certainty. Other episodes examine oxidative stress, antioxidant protection, brain and eye health, skin, heart health, lasting weight loss, self-doubt in midlife, beauty, biology, and nervous-system change. The show’s strength is its connective tissue. Personal anecdotes are used as entry points, not as conclusions, and technical ideas are translated without being flattened into catchphrases. It suits listeners who are curious about aging at the cellular, behavioral, and household level. The result is a calm, practical companion for people who want to notice risks earlier, understand their bodies more clearly, and make health decisions with more context.
Made for: For adults thinking seriously about aging, prevention, independence, and vitality, especially listeners who prefer careful health conversations over quick wellness advice. It also fits caregivers and older adults looking for practical context around falls, sleep, nutrition, bones, and body changes.
What sets it apart: The show connects medical vocabulary with lived health experience, moving from mechanisms such as oxidative stress or chronotypes to concrete questions about bathrooms, scales, fractures, food choices, and midlife change. Its pace is exploratory rather than promotional.
Welcome to Growing Older, Living Younger, the podcast where you will discover ways to boost your metabolism, enhance your mental and physical energy, and ward off disorders we wrongly think are inevitable as we age. Hosted by Dr. Gillian Lockitch, former specialist in Medical Biochemistry, professor, researcher and international speaker, the show airs weekly every Monday. Each episode is a 30 - 45 minutes, exploring ways in which genetic and epigenetic (gene expression) science and medicine may intersect with ancient, non-western wellness practices to help you extend your health span to live younger. The show features practitioners in mental and physical health...
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Detailed guest conversations connect healthy aging research, practical prevention, and Dr. Gillian Lockitch's personal experience of treatment and rehabilitation.
Growing Older, Living Younger turns healthy aging into a series of detailed guest conversations, with Dr. Gillian Lockitch moving between clinical questions and the ordinary decisions that shape daily health.
A bath mat needs its own safety check; your aging plan might, too.
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A clear, practical look at fall prevention, with bathroom guidance that is easy to act on.
The piece treats falls as a concrete home-safety concern, with injury, disability, hospitalization, fractures, and loss of independence all in view.
A grounded look at why brain training works best when it feels worth coming back to.
Dr. Jillian Lockett opens by tying the show to a familiar aging question: how to stay healthy, happy, and vibrant without turning brain work into a chore. The episode makes its case through Lumosity, treating gamification less like a buzzword and more like a design choice.
A spine-care conversation shaped by lived recovery, access concerns, and the choices around surgery.
Dr. Jillian Lockett's emergency spinal surgery after an incipient cauda equina warning gives the conversation real weight, and the details of TLIF, rehab, and her return to dancing and writing keep it anchored in lived recovery rather than theory. Dr.
A focused look at how a few carotenoids fit into eye and brain health.
Dr. Jillian Lockett's own scare with myopic macular degeneration gives the episode a personal edge, and the discussion around lutein, zeaxanthin, and mesozeaxanthin stays anchored in practical eye and brain health.
A grounded look at preventive aging care where wearables meet traditional Chinese medicine.
A conversation about preventive aging care sits at the center of this episode, with Western biometrics and traditional Chinese medicine presented in the same frame.





Gender, family, logistics, and survival talk.
Falls are not a small household mishap.
This episode explores why scales can be misleading about body composition, particularly regarding body fat, wearables, and aging, through a personal story of weight gain during health challenges.
This episode explores how sleep quality and chronotypes (Lion, Bear, Wolf, Dolphin) impact health and aging, featuring expert insights from Dr.
This episode discusses preventing osteoporosis and building strong bones for a vibrant, active lifestyle as you age, featuring expert Kyle Zagrodzky.
This episode explores whether plant-based nutrition is truly beneficial for health and the planet, featuring an interview with Jayne Buxton amidst the confusing information landscape.
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This episode explores the biological transition of midlife in women, explaining why many feel unwell despite normal lab results, and how understanding brain and nervous system changes can transform the aging experience.
This episode explores food addiction and compares it to other addictive behaviors like alcoholism and drug addiction.
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Aging in poor health is not a foregone conclusion.
Back pain is the hinge here.
Eye health gets personal fast.
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This episode explores how behavioral science and personalized AI-driven care can reverse chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes, empowering listeners to improve metabolic health and lifespan.
A dietitian conducts a 60-day experiment comparing a carnivore diet to whole unprocessed foods, using lab tests and scans to measure health impacts.
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This episode explores the shortcomings of modern medicine, including how big pharma influences healthcare and misrepresents evidence, with Dr.
This episode explores the importance of community and social connections as a key pillar for healthy longevity, featuring insights from Don Cote PhD.
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This episode explores how restoring nature can improve human health and longevity through a conversation with expert Tim Christophersen.
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This episode explores thriving in midlife and beyond by transforming aging into an opportunity through longevity habits and epigenetic science.
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This 200th episode explores the evolution of longevity science from past theories to modern breakthroughs in epigenetics, cellular health, and regenerative medicine, with insights from Dr.
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