Longevity Doctor - This is How to Live Longer | Dr. Mark Sherwood

What this episode is about

Dr. Mark Sherwood discusses the growing obsession with longevity, fueled by recent global health crises and technological advancements in health and medicine. He believes that while humans have the potential to live actively and independently into their early 100s, the focus is on not just extending life but enhancing the quality of health as we age.

Key takeaways

• Obsessed with longevity? Blame recent waves of loss mixed with a tech-fueled hope for healthier futures.
• Forget traditional age limits: we could live active and vital well into our early 100s, or more!
• Eat real food, move a lot, stress less—simple keys to hack your health and possibly extend your lifespan.
• Historically, the oldest lived to 122. With advancements, we might just rewrite longevity records in our lifetime.
• In a world of wellness fads, it’s refreshing that thriving in later years boils down to common sense!

Who speaks in this episode?

• Dan (Guest) · 9 min speaking
• Dr. Mark Sherwood (Guest) · 13 min speaking

What is discussed, and when

1. 0:00 – 5:00: Mark Sherwood
2. 10:00 – 15:00: NAD
3. 15:00 – 20:00: BPC 157
4. 20:00 – 22:20: Mark Sherwood, Hope, Health, and Freedom

Notable quotes from "Longevity Doctor - This is How to Live Longer | Dr. Mark Sherwood"

• So, Dr. Mark Sherwood, something that I'm seeing a lot about now is longevity.

  about Mark Sherwood · at 1:01

• Obviously, I like NAD nicotenomide adinine ducleotide. I like using molecular hydrogen whether I consume it or I breathe it. I think those are outstanding for that. And frankly, I.

  about NAD · at 14:54

• Which is a mitochondrial biogenesis cater helps us create more gasoline for our bodies. I like BPC 157 that prepares tissue, cells, joints. some of the thymusins, thyosin alpha 1, thymosin beta 4 can activate the immune system to make us.

  about BPC 157 · at 17:27

• Go to drm marksherwood.com. You can scroll down the page and there's a nice cool ebook that my wife, Dr. Michelle, and I wrote. It's called Hope, Health, and Freedom. And it's we'd love you to.

  about Hope, Health, and Freedom · at 21:26

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

• Mark Sherwood — Person · Main guest · 2 mentions · first at 1:01
  He is interviewed as a longevity-focused doctor, sharing views on lifespan/healthspan, mindset, and interventions like NAD and peptides, plus his background in SWAT operations.

Books & papers

• Hope, Health, and Freedom — Book · Primary recommendation · 1 mention · first at 21:32
  Recommended by Dr. Mark Sherwood as a resource for improving health and longevity.

Products & tech

• NAD — Product · Business focus · 1 mention · first at 14:54
  Discussed as a supplement for mitochondrial health and longevity.
• BPC 157 — Product · Business focus · 1 mention · first at 17:35
  Mentioned as a peptide beneficial for tissue, cells, and joints.

Full transcript with timestamps

0:00 Everybody is obsessed with wanting to live longer, but not just live longer, live healthier as we age.

0:07 I think there's two reasons. Number one, I think is the negative side of it. We've [snorts] been touched by so much death over the last four to five years. It's been a conversation piece that has reached epic perform proportions across the world. The other side is that there's a lot of technology right now. We're seeing some incredible breakthroughs, miracles I would say, in the idea of how can we live healthier longer. And there's a lot of people that believe that it's possible to live up into the mid50s.

0:34 How long do you think we can live? Probably from everything I've seen and read, whether it be biblical text or actual science data, records keeping over the years, probably about 120 is the organ span of our bodies. But I do believe that people could be active, vibrant, living independently well into their early 100s. There's no question about that. So, Dr. Mark Sherwood, something that I'm seeing a lot about now is longevity. It seems like it's not just the billionaires who want to live longer. It's everybody is obsessed with wanting to live longer, but not just live longer, live healthier as we age. And I think it's great that we're seeing people like 50s and 60s that they're still capable of doing everything because I feel like before it felt like if you get to your 50s or 60s it's like life is over. Why do you think right now in almost 2026 we are so obsessed with of with longevity?

1:38 I think there's two reasons. Number one I think is the negative side of it. We've been touched by so much death over the last four to five years. It's been a conversation piece that has reached uh epic perform proportions across the world. So no question um we've had death touch our lives close to us with uh various epidemics and things like that. Uh the other side is that there's a lot of technology right now. We're seeing some incredible breakthroughs, miracles I would say in the idea of how can we live healthier longer. So with AI, with the ability to mine data, to do studies in a very quick manner, uh we're really learning how to quote unquote hack the system better to give the possibility of living longer. And there's a lot of people that believe that it's possible to live up into the mid50s or so, something like that. Now, I'm not sure I'm in that camp or not, but I do know, as we were saying before we went live,

2:36 you know, that we are going to die. I believe that. But I do not believe that we have to die as early as we're dying. And I don't believe we have to have this decrease in health span the way it's happening. I think we can have an actual increase in health span. And along with that, conjunctively, we could have a longer lifespan as well. So based on the data, based on everything that you're seeing, the people that you're helping, how long do you think we can live? And how healthy do you think we can be as we get into those later years?

3:08 I believe the organ systems probably from everything I've seen and read, whether it be biblical texts or actual science data, records keeping over the years, probably about 120 is the organ span of our bodies. Having said that, I see no reason why we have to have brain decay or brain decrepidation where we're losing our mind. Therefore, I think we can be very sharp. Physically speaking, we have to preserve capital as my wife likes to say. You can't don't do dumb things, you know, as you get into your 60s, 70s, and 80s. But I do believe that people could be active, vibrant, living independently, very um health related uh as well, well into their um early 100s.

3:52 There's no question about that. I know data tells us the oldest person's ever lived was 122 uh living in France. The oldest person alive as of today the time of this recording was 118 living in Japan. So having said that I believe that uh history does tell us a story. History sort of unravels a mystery for us. But we have an exciting future there. I think our expectations uh probably should change towards that. So, what are two or three things that you do right now in your life that you feel will allow you to live to that 120?

4:25 Maybe you'll break the record. Maybe you'll hit 130. Well, I believe there's three things that we really ought to do, you know, and this is perhaps oversimpl simplification, but I do believe, Dan, that there's probably over complication of things. It's not that hard. I think number one is this. You have to eat real food. So, you eat intentionally. And what I mean by that is if you you have a real food that's created, if it grows from the ground or uh in the ground, on the ground, on a tree, swimming through the water, flying through the sky or walking through the forest, it's probably food. So, eat that. But there was no uh doughut trees in the Garden of Eden. I'm just using that as a little bit of a humorous ploy there. But if we eat real food, we're actually getting real nutrients to the cells. Nutrients are information. Our body runs on micronutrients, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fatty acids as

5:16 opposed to calories. So high nutrient foods is key. So number one is eat intentionally. Number two, I think is probably move purposely, which is activity. The only day that you should not move is the day you're dead. And the only day you don't exercise, therefore, is the day you're dead. Movement is life. Lack of movement is rigor mortise. So we need to move more, set less. I'm not talking about going to the gym. You can, but we do need to be active. Activity is something that sort of metabolizes adrenaline which helps us minimize stress and stress is the thing that actually is an overt killer today, right? So, we have to move purposely every day. Number three is kind of tagging on to what I just said. It's live at peace.

6:05 We live in a world where media can be so negative and so hopeless, you know, so just absolutely just miserable, fear-based, and and it gets a lot of clicks. I'll admit that. It might sell some tickets, but it doesn't generate life. And I find that troubling. And we've got to learn to live peacefully with people. So, you know, I'm wear these wristbands um that I give away, and it I don't if you can see it, but it says hope dealer. And I believe that giving hope to someone else is what we should be about. So, you know, I've said many times, I believe hope should be the thing that becomes the new infectious uh disease around the country and world. And I think that would be a good thing. But living peacefully with people, man, having conversations, open dialogue. I'm not saying agree, but how about learning to love people again? And and that gives us a chance to have some peace in our lives.

6:57 I like peace in my life. So, I'm with you. It crazy enough. It sounds like that is the that could be the hardest thing for people just because like you said, we're on our phones all the time. We're addicted to what's in our phones. But I'm hearing that younger generations are actually starting to use social media and starting to they want to be more in person. Like they want to be around each other more. So maybe they're maybe they'll be the savior to our society. So, going back to your life, you went from SWAT operations and near-death moments to becoming the country's one of the country's most respected longevity doctors. So, what is something that you learned from SWAT operations that you h you've been able to carry over? Well, I learned that anybody is capable of anything and learn that death life is a fragile subject. to see da death death occur in front of you, to watch people commit suicide, to

7:52 see murders, to see death and and see people take their last breath. I I remember one particular occasion we were on a SWAT operation and uh one of the snipers had to um you know use force to stop a hostage situation and I was the first person uh to reach that individual and it was a cold night and Dan I'll never forget this as long as I live it was I could you could see the breath and I remember I saw his breath come out of his lungs that last time and it it changed and shocked me you know because you you see it you hear But when you're right there in the middle of it, it does something to you internally. And I realized that in a moment's time, you can go from death or from life to death.

8:38 So, how can we make life better? I realized that we're again, like I said, we're capable of anything, both good and bad. I am one moment away, one breath away, one word away from being an idiot or a blessing. And I'm going to choose to be a blessing. And so that shifted the way I looked at things. It shifted the way I look at people. And um since then, I mean people think it's a unique perhaps transition from SWAT team to a naturopathic longevity oriented doctor, but it's really not. I'm just expanded my area of protection and service. You know, I want to protect people from the cells and and perhaps serve them better.

9:17 So is there something that you learned about leadership? Because I imagine like you said, I mean these are life and death situations. So is there something that you learned about leadership in that moment that you think could carry over into business, not just your business, but just something that people could apply to their business as well.

9:37 Yeah. You have to own it. And I'm talking about owning physical, emotional, spiritual health. You have to own it. It's not anybody's responsibility to make you do anything. And I think with leadership, no one will go higher than you go. No one will go farther than you go. No one will be higher level than your your you are. So you set the bar. You set the tone for your business. The leader is the person everybody looks at. The leader sometimes stands alone. But the times the leader stands alone, that's the time the leader stands out doing the right thing, doing the best thing. all the time. Setting the bar high with excellence, never accepting that it's okay. Striving for perfection, but realizing you're going to hit excellence on the way is probably where you want to be, but never accepting a C-level grade. We should always strive for A+ every time. And the leader is the one that sets that tone

10:37 for the entire organization. And it's it's not just about health, it's about financial stability as well. and we have to really master it physical, emotional, spiritual, and financial.

10:49 I know you've said health isn't luck, it's leadership. Um, so I I appreciate you you sharing that. You've also talked about when your entire life changed, the moment you realize that what people face isn't physical, that it's internal. And I have to say that is my battle. Like my mind is definitely my I battle with that every day. And it's something I want to get better. But when did you realize that it was an internal? It was your mind that's actually battling against you and how how do you then rewire yourself to change?

11:24 I think my biggest turning point in life, Dan, was when um I discovered and was told that my mother committed suicide. No kidding. It was a shock to my system. But I realized at the time that her mind went in a different direction than was the best direction. And I realized that she believed a lie, that she wasn't valuable. And when I experienced those things, it changes you. And you have to begin to make the decision to whether you're valuable or not. Yes, we all have this battlefield of the mind, I suppose. But the mind is made up, not by the way you feel. And this is very important.

12:06 The feelings have to follow the actions. It doesn't matter how you feel. Your actions have to lead. The feelings match up which creates predictable results and creates consistency and that leads to a trustworthiness that you have with yourself. Therefore, you don't become a perpetual liar to self, but you become a perpetual truth teller to self. Meaning, you can now trust your own word. Therefore giving you a solid stable mindset that is foundational going forward. And when you do that, there's really nothing you can achieve. And I think health is not just about that physical thing around us, you know, and not about just what you eat. It's it's it's what you believe. It's the framework. I mean, do you think about sickness or do you think about wellness? Do you think about leadership or do you think about following everybody else? Do you think about being an example or do you get wor down from not you know being able to

13:04 stay out front? So it is about mindset and and that's some of the patterns that I've learned over time. So when you look at the this whole biohacking space, do you see anything that you're like, "Wow, you know what that actually what people are saying is great thing like like should I be going into the sauna and should I be going into the cold plunge and I mean it seems like there's a there's a whole lot of things right that we're just seeing from this I'm I'm using you know quote unquote biohacking. Is there something out there where you're like wow you know what I would I would do that or or and or is there something where you're like I would never do that?

13:39 Yeah. Everything should be focused on the mitochondria in my opinion and second behind that is resiliency. So let's start with the second one first. Resiliency would be something uh akin to using the cold plunge and the the sauna. When you go to the extreme with cold and or hot, you activate what's called heat shock proteins. And those things are the proteins that prevent uh cellular damage. And so when you have this ability to tolerate the cold plunge, the 40 to 50 degree water for, you know, three or four or five or six minutes and you have the ability to tolerate the 140°ree, you know, sauna for, you know, 25 30 minutes, you actually train your heat shock proteins that these extremities are something you can tolerate. Building resilience and that resilience goes in all parts of life, of course. The first one though is mitochondrial health. Realizing the mitochondria is the centerpiece of the

14:38 energy production of our cells. With mitochondria production, the cells will operate efficiently. Without mitochondrial function, the cells die efficiently. So, it's all about pushing the envelope with those. And there's a few things you can do with that. Obviously, uh I like NAD nicotenomide adinine ducleotide. I like using molecular hydrogen whether I consume it or I breathe it. I think those are outstanding for that. And frankly, I like using peptides. I think these are great. And those modalities right there as far as what we can do to help our bodies create resilience, create life, become more functionally healthy in a time are very very important. And and I you know again go back to the three things I mentioned earlier. You got to eat right, move right, and and think right. So, when it comes to NAD, I've been looking at this NAD or NAD+. I don't know if there's any difference there. Is it more

15:34 of a like a a supplementation like a pill supplementation or does it have to be injection? I'm just seeing so much of it now. I don't know like what's legit, what's not.

15:43 There's a lot of push out there right now in the biohacking space in the longevity world. You're going to get a lot of people selling stuff. Um, personally, I use it in a subcutaneous manner to get it inside of my system. So, I inject it. You can also do inter muscular injection. You can also do a slow push IV as well. Um, I haven't had good success with oral forms yet. There's some people out there now today that are developing um, you know, forms that are, you know, liposomaal delivery forms and and I haven't tried those yet because I've been doing the real thing, you know, for so long. So, I suppose there's other ways out there, but it's very good. If people don't know the effects of that, basically it's required to recycle your body's chief antioxidant called glutathione. If you can't recycle glutathione, oxidative stress runs a muck in your system, which creates damage and inflammation inside the mitochondria.

16:43 Wow. What about peptides? I'm fascinated with the amount of peptides there are. I've seen uh ones where you mix a bunch of different peptides and they one does this or one does that and I I know a lot of friends who are doing it. I mean they look phenomenal. Like you're saying I have a friend she's in her 60s and she looks better than when I met her when she was in her 50s. So is there is there something when it comes to the peptides that you're using or that you think is has been really beneficial?

17:10 Yeah, I use a lot of peptides. I I'll just a few of them that I have and do use tessamorin uh which is more of a build muscle, burn fat, protect the brain and the heart. I like SS31 which is a mitochondrial membrane stabilizer. I like uh MOS C which is a mitochondrial biogenesis cater helps us create more uh more gasoline for our bodies. Uh I like BPC 157 that prepares um tissue, cells, joints. Uh some of the thymusins, thyosin alpha 1, thymosin beta 4 can activate the immune system to make us younger in our recovery and our ability to defend themselves. And I should say peptides are nothing more or less than amino acids that are structured together. So they're not unnatural. The safety profile is absolutely tremendous and uh frankly um we should be using them more. Now, I know there's a lot of uh regulatory push back on those things, but that'll probably continue as most things do. You know, some things that

18:09 work well, um they are um kind of attacked from time to time, but they they are helpful and we're very experienced in those things and I'm a full believer in those.

18:19 Yeah, thank you for sharing that because I I went to a place recently, they had so many things and they're like, "What do you want?" I'm like, "I have no I have no idea what I want." Like like tell me what I should what I should take. Uh, but I'm really really interested because I I was super into taking supplements and things since I was probably around 15 16 years old up and through my 30s and then I kind of fell off a little bit. So, I want to get back in because I just see I just see incredible results happening for people and I'm in my 40s now. So, I'm like really starting to think these thing through. You know, Dr. Mark, like when when I get into my 50s, 60s, like I really want to remain healthy and it, you know, like, you know, it's it's almost scary thinking like, wow, my life could be halfway done. But it's like, but it but if I'm in my 70s and 80s and I can't do anything, then I feel like my

19:12 life is kind of over. So, I'm glad that, you know, I'm glad that there's hope here uh for us and thank you for for sharing that. So, when it comes to some of the testimonials that you're seeing with reversing the aging process, can you share those?

19:26 Yeah, I've got some really cool ones, Dan. I think, uh, you know, being in my 60s, I can relate to what you just said. So, it's like, wow, man. You know, but ultimately, um, we're able to test the biological immune system of people. We're able to test biological organ systems of people now. And it it's it's really fascinating about what we can quantify and analyze right now through epigenetic testing. and some other testing such as glyen testing. Um, but I have seen people routinely have a 30-year younger immune system functionality. So, if you're 60, I've seen people have an immune system functionality of 30. And that's very, very routine with our therapies. And what does that mean? That means you're going to have more resiliency within the ability to defend oneself to uh, you know, viruses, bacteria, injuries, etc. Just recover faster. Uh it it and again I had one guy who is in his 70s. He has a biological

20:23 age immune system wise of 29. So it's it's shocking what you can achieve. Now again is it going to advance? Of course it is. But nonetheless, it does give people a lot of hope. Well, you look like you're 30, so I don't know. Oh man, that's very nice of you. Thank you.

20:41 So that that I'm giving you that biological age. Um, so I know you have an ebook. I know you have a lot of information that people want to read. I'm sure there's so much to digest from this. Um, I I want to say it's probably maybe it's my social media feed, but it's like all that I'm seeing is all about longevity, biohacking, things that we can do, which I think is great. You know, I think it's great that we're that we as a society seem to be moving towards something as positive as this. Um, and I I hope that we all have, you know, connection with one another, the peace that you mentioned, that we're all at peace. Um, but I learned a lot today.

21:21 So, if people want to get if you want to find out more information, they want to get the ebook. How can they do so?

21:26 Go to drm marksherwood.com. You can scroll down the page and there's a nice cool ebook that my wife, Dr. Michelle, and I wrote. It's called Hope, Health, and Freedom. And it's we'd love you to have it. It's it's about 20 some odd pages. It's got everything I talked about some and some more stuff in there that you'll you want to have. Put that in practice. Put it in your life and your life will be better.

21:45 Man, I could tell you're just so positive and I think that's like a breath of fresh air nowadays. But uh I hope everyone gets the ebook. It's free. Like why would you not get this, you know? But Dr. Dr. Mark Sherwood, thank you so much for joining us today and sharing all your wisdom and the impact that you're going to have on people's lives is, you know, this is why I think we all show up every day is we want to make sure that not only we're having a great life, but that others around us are. So, thank you for joining us on Founders Story. Dan, thanks for having me. It's been an honor to be with you.

Questions about this episode

Who speaks in "Longevity Doctor - This is How to Live Longer | Dr. Mark Sherwood"?

Dan (Guest), Dr. Mark Sherwood (Guest).

What is "Longevity Doctor - This is How to Live Longer | Dr. Mark Sherwood" about?

Dr. Mark Sherwood discusses the growing obsession with longevity, fueled by recent global health crises and technological advancements in health and medicine. He believes that while humans have the potential to live actively and independently into their early 100s, the focus is on not just extending life but enhancing the quality of health as we age.

What is mentioned in this Founder's Story episode?

4 people, works and ideas are mentioned, including Mark Sherwood, NAD, Hope, Health, and Freedom, BPC 157. Each one on this page links to its own page with every episode that mentions it.

How long is "Longevity Doctor - This is How to Live Longer | Dr. Mark Sherwood"?

The episode runs 22 min; the transcript is about 4,104 words in 35 timestamped sections.

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