Dr. Mike Roizen: 90 Is The New 40 (How To Hack Your Longevity) | E72

I go , my fingers goes to the belly button and I just deep breathe through it . So , I've talked about flu shots and a lot of your research and how regularly taking flu shots over the years increases your life expectancy . I haven't heard a lot .

Dr. Mike Roizen: 90 Is The New 40 (How To Hack Your Longevity) | E72

Um But uh as you know , I'm an old guy and I don't have comorbidities that I know of , but I'm an old guy and so I'm scared of the inflammation . And when we go back to the flu vaccine , you get the flu vaccine 10 years in a row , you decrease risk of dementia by 40% as opposed to people who get it irregularly during that period or , and not consistently every year . That's due to the inflammation that the flu itself causes that you dampen down if you get the flu vaccines .

Dr. Mike Roizen: 90 Is The New 40 (How To Hack Your Longevity) | E72

And when we go back to the flu vaccine , you get the flu vaccine 10 years in a row , you decrease risk of dementia by 40% as opposed to people who get it irregularly during that period or , and not consistently every year . That's due to the inflammation that the flu itself causes that you dampen down if you get the flu vaccines . So let's hit another big one and I think this is common sense to most people , but you have made some recommendations with respect to food and how food eating the right types of food can increase our longevity as well .

Dr. Mike Roizen: 90 Is The New 40 (How To Hack Your Longevity) | E72

Uh uh the vaccine itself , there's a lot of controversy over the COVID vaccine . A lot of people worry about its effectiveness and then health issues , risk issues , especially because they've only been around for a couple of years and we've seen so many vaccines throughout the years , not work out well over the long term . People just don't know , there's not a lot of uh tests going back that far .

Dr. Mike Roizen: 90 Is The New 40 (How To Hack Your Longevity) | E72

But the more recent , if you've gotten two boosters , the 3rd and 4th booster in the Cleveland Clinic owned employee database inhibits your ability to prevent COVID-19 . So it is as though you're getting an allergy shot if you get more than four boosters . Um at this time , meaning that allergy shot in it is something to decrease your reaction to the allergen .