ANTI-AGING DR WARNS STOP DOING THIS IF YOU WANT TO STAY YOUNG

Why Blood Plasma Matters

SPEAKER_00 0:00

53 to 55% of cold blood is plasma. The majority of that is water, but that 10% is a rich cocktail of proteins, hormones, cytokine, most importantly, these amazing extracellular vesicles or exosome.

Dr Pompa 0:18

If your brain stays healthy, your mitochondria stay healthy, then everything, your immune system is better. Obviously, your cognitive function, your brain's better, you age slower, it affects everything. A lot of our thyroid cases, they have what we call cavitations. They get teeth pulled as a kid, say, and then it heals over, but a cavitation forms. An infection lies there. And man doesn't affect the thyroid.

SPEAKER_00 0:47

We know now aging is the biggest cause of morbidity and mortality.

Meet The 58 Year Old Competitor

Dr Pompa 0:55

Wait till you see my next guest. Oh, you'll never guess how old she is. So we're gonna talk about everything. Anti-aging, because whatever she's doing, you want. I want, we all want, but we're gonna have a great conversation. She is one of the top regenerative clinics in the nation in Austin, Texas. And my next guest, I can't wait to talk about all these anti-aging tricks that you do. But Dr. Con Wen, uh, MD medical doctor, and wait to hear her story. Oh my gosh, wait to hear. We're going right there. But uh, listen, Ben Greenfield said, Dan, you have to interview her and you have to go see her because you need to do all the stuff she's doing in her clinic. We're gonna talk about all of it. Some uh plasmapharesis, all of it. I can't wait. So welcome.

SPEAKER_00 1:41

I'm so excited. I'm sorry.

Dr Pompa 1:42

All right, I already got like a frog in my throat. So all right. Isn't she amazing? Did I did I lie? Okay, can I tell him your age?

SPEAKER_00 1:52

Sure.

Dr Pompa 1:52

Yeah. She'd pause, so maybe I shouldn't. You know, you should be proud. You should be proud. I am.

SPEAKER_00 1:58

I am, yeah.

Dr Pompa 1:59

She's 58 years old. Uh, not long, just won a literally a physique contest. And you know, maybe we'll have you stand up because she is rock fit. I'm telling you. She is amazing. My assistant said, what she's doing is working. And uh, so we're gonna find out everything you're doing. I can't wait to do that. But first, you have an incredible story. Your family, you grew up in Vietnam. Okay. Well, partly. Um, and then you came to the US. I want to hear the story. I can't wait. I've been waiting to ask this. How you came to the US?

Escape From Vietnam On A Raft

SPEAKER_01 2:34

Yes.

Dr Pompa 2:34

So how you, I should say it this way, how you ended up in the US, how you got to the US, because that's an incredible story. I read a little bit.

SPEAKER_00 2:41

Yeah. So it's just a jump of faith. And um I love that already. I yeah, I mean, it's just like ignorance and and faith. Um, so I was born in Vietnam, family of six. My dad was a physician. So the plan was uh for me to follow his footstep because I knew from day one, very, very early on, that I wanted to be a doctor. Uh but in 1975, when the communists took over, my dad was uh taken away to uh the re-education camp because he used to work for the US Army as a re-education means you're gonna believe communism, we're gonna make it, and I'm sure there's a little torture involved there.

Dr Pompa 3:30

Right. That's typically what re-education means. Did that happen?

SPEAKER_00 3:33

Right. That that yes, that did happen. So that's another whole story. So did he survive it? He survived. He escaped, and then ultimately escaped. I sponsor my whole family here. But initially How long was he in this camp? In the camp. So my curiosity is a very good thing. Yeah, so he was in that for years. Years, and then he got out, and then the whole family trying to escape, and then we to escape Vietnam, and he got caught again. Oh my god. So finally we only have enough gold for my older sister and myself. So we uh we get set off. Um actually I bet my mom. I'm like, you know, she only have enough gold for my older sister. And I gold, like physical gold. Yeah, because you have to pay. Uh-huh. Um and I said, please uh let me go because I'm I need to take care of my older sister. And so they said, Oh, she's small enough, we'll let her tack along. And so we, you know, it's supposed to be a ship. Um we just sneak out in the middle of the night, and when we get to the side, so you asked your mom permission to literally go to the US with your sister?

Dr Pompa 4:51

Mm-hmm. You know, and how old were you?

SPEAKER_00 4:54

I was thirteen.

Dr Pompa 4:55

Oh my gosh.

SPEAKER_00 4:56

Yeah.

Dr Pompa 4:57

So that was probably hard for your mother to let you go. And how old was your sister?

unknown 5:02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 5:02

She was fifteen.

Dr Pompa 5:03

Okay. So letting your two 13 and 15-year-old girls get on some boat and go to the US where m probably the chances were greater you'd get caught or then imprisoned. Or get raped. Yeah, of course. Yeah. A lot of that going on. I can't even imagine, but she let you go.

SPEAKER_00 5:26

She let us go out of desperation.

Dr Pompa 5:30

Um and she was probably on her knees praying a lot.

SPEAKER_00 5:34

Yeah, and so but it it turned out to be a little raft when we arrived to the river side.

Dr Pompa 5:41

So wait a minute. So you expected a ship. Right, but it was a raft. Right. When I w describe the raft.

SPEAKER_00 5:48

It's only big enough to fit 20 people.

Dr Pompa 5:51

Okay. And was it air?

SPEAKER_00 5:53

And there's no well, no. Rubber or was it like a wood? Okay. But there's no engine. There's no mood.

Dr Pompa 6:00

So wait, wait, wait, hold on. Yeah. You're gonna go across a body of water. What body of water?

SPEAKER_00 6:05

The ocean. Well, um, there was an well, the whole story is that it's tiny. So most people turn around, like most adults turn around. And there's like 19 people that jump on the boat. And the the guy was saying goodbye to us, and he's like, Well, for all of you as you know that's staying behind, wish us wish us luck. After hearing that, I'm like, I'm not staying back. I really want to go and find my freedom, have a chance to become a doctor. Really, I would just like laser focus. You had a goal. You weren't going to let anything. So they he pulled up the anchor. They was, you know, the boat was drifting, and I jump, I jump over at the last minute. And of course, my my older sister had to follow. So she jumped, and then she got in the the waters, we had to pull her up. This is like in the middle of the night.

Dr Pompa 7:03

But you were in the boat. But why did you jump out?

SPEAKER_00 7:06

No, I I jumped on the boat and my sister followed me.

Dr Pompa 7:09

Oh, okay. So they pulled up the anchor. You weren't on the boat at this time. Okay, okay. I I got that screwed up. Okay. And then literally they're like, okay, anchors up, let's go. And then you quickly jumped in. Right. And your sister tried to jump in, ended up in the water, you pulled her up in.

SPEAKER_00 7:23

And then by morning time, we realized the engine broke or out of gas. I don't know, there's no engine. And there's like one container of water, it got knocked off. It's no food. No water. No food, no water, no gas, no engine. Right.

Dr Pompa 7:40

And how long was the journey supposed to be?

SPEAKER_00 7:42

We were floating for uh seven days. And did you have oars? No. Wait, wait, 19 people on this thing? Yeah, so 21, the two of us. And my little raincoat, we used that as the sail. Uh, and then I told my sister, I'm like, I'm so sorry that you follow me, and now look at us, we're just drifting. Uh but don't follow me anymore. If we get stopped by the pirate, my plan is I'm gonna jump in the water, but make your own plan because I don't want to re be researching.

Dr Pompa 8:22

You're the younger sister though, but you're acting like the older sister. Right. How did that all happen?

SPEAKER_00 8:27

Um you know, I was just very uh serious and very focused, and I always have a plan.

Dr Pompa 8:35

Yeah, yeah. I just love you for that. All right, so um here you go now. Seven days floating.

SPEAKER_00 8:44

Right.

Dr Pompa 8:45

Pirates out here.

SPEAKER_00 8:46

And luckily, none of that happened. It's really miracle. The the the ocean was like the swimming pool. We would never survive, you know. And and we did. So that's why I said it's ignorance and desperation and faith. Because I just I just knew I'm like, I wanted to get out. I wanted to have a chance to become a doctor and didn't want to stay back and didn't think much further.

Dr Pompa 9:14

That was not an option. I I don't know if I'd have done that. Anyway, so okay, so you're floating, what did you float

Rescue And Refugee Camp Life

Dr Pompa 9:20

to?

SPEAKER_00 9:20

So we drifted to Malaysia.

Dr Pompa 9:22

Okay.

SPEAKER_00 9:23

And you know, I was the first one spotted land, and then there's no wind. So we're just like hanging out for hours, and I got hoping we need to get there. Right. So I threatened to jump in the water and swim in, and luckily I didn't. The Red Cross came out and dragged us in, and by the time we we got off the boat and you know, land on uh the sand, everyone collapsed. Right, because we have to hold on to our pants because we lost so much weight and you know, seven days in the ocean, so we all collapsed.

Dr Pompa 10:00

13 years old. Yeah. Everyone made it and then Malaysia, the government took you in.

SPEAKER_00 10:06

So from Malaysia, I got transferred to the Philippines um to the uh refugee camp. Okay. To learn about, you know, the way in America. Uh that's where I live in the world.

Dr Pompa 10:20

The way in America, I mean why were they teaching that in the Philippines?

SPEAKER_00 10:23

I mean, you know Oh, because so in Malaysia they kind of sought out um because my dad used to serve the US Army. I carry his ID number, so then we are uh qualified to go to the US. And then before that, we just had to learn English and you know, just be oriented.

Dr Pompa 10:49

Wow. So because your father was in the military, he was he you were able to go to the US. Right. That's amazing. Yeah. And so before you they were teaching you English in the uh in the Philippines. Right, right. Um with a plan that you were able to go to the US. So how long are you in the Philippines and then how's there for six months? Okay. Crash course in English. And what else did you learn? Like about the the United States.

SPEAKER_00 11:13

The the supermarket, you know, how because in Vietnam you go to the to the market, uh, not it's like on the street. Yeah. Um, so just you know, learn about uh how Americans live, uh shopping mall and supermarket and I mean thank god you and your sister had each other.

Dr Pompa 11:36

You know? I mean that was great. And then okay, so you learn that. Um and then six months later you get brought to the US, I'm sure, on a this time a ship.

SPEAKER_00 11:48

Right. Uh on an airplane. Oh, and on an airplane. On an airplane. Okay, all right. We got fancy. And then we stay with uh what did that feel like?

Dr Pompa 11:57

What was that feeling? Okay, first of all, I what was the feeling like when you hit the beach land? What tell can you remember what that felt like?

SPEAKER_00 12:07

Um I I just remember that uh prior to that, I was young, I didn't think much about God. But then I'm like, it doesn't matter who you are, that's the moment that you like yeah, something beyond us and and the protection and and and all of that.

Dr Pompa 12:30

I don't know how you made it without him because this is all divine, right?

SPEAKER_00 12:35

It's like and even the decision to you know to jump.

Dr Pompa 12:39

Yeah. Um you put all that in your heart. Right.

SPEAKER_00 12:42

He did. Right. Yeah right. And so, you know, to me, it's I'm fortunate to get into a situation that kind of brought me to that.

Dr Pompa 12:54

So that feeling on the beach, uh I mean it was a feeling of gratitude, but can you remember it? Can you just I was scared?

SPEAKER_00 13:01

Oh you know, I'm like, okay, now I'm alive, but then you know, me always thinking ahead. I'm like, what am I gonna do? Like, you know right now. I I I didn't think ahead, but uh like even when we get to the US, you know, you had nothing. Yeah, we had nothing, and uh and so I remember many days after uh I would go for a swim on the ocean, it's beautiful, but then I'll be scared to be honest. And one day I remember telling myself, I'm gonna stop crying, I'm gonna stop being scared, I'm gonna put my head down, and I'm gonna do it.

Dr Pompa 13:44

And how was your your your sister at this point?

SPEAKER_00 13:47

Like, I mean, what was her she you know, she was going through uh puberty and she's beautiful, she's you know, boy crazy. But I have to say, when we uh arrived at the um refugee camp, she really grew up and she actually she took care of me. So the story I was selling my mom was I needed to go to take care of her, but the reality, you know, we took care of each other.

Dr Pompa 14:15

Yeah, I mean, two years at that age is a big difference, right? I mean, but it was your it was your goal, it was your vision that God put in your heart, you know, at this point. It's not like when you were that age, you didn't even know him at that point, right? You know what I'm saying? It was like, but he put something in your heart, right? I always say God loved me before I even knew him or hated him. It's like but he knew you, he put that in your heart. Yeah. And so it was your vision that got you and your sister there. And then she started growing up, and then she had And we really took care of each other.

SPEAKER_00 14:46

Um and then, you know, we and then I that from that day on I was even more focused. Um and I started to be even more religious because I I wanted to be on the right path and you know, not uh being tempted and be distracted. Yeah. And so that's really the guiding. Still in the Philippines, you're saying, yeah.

Dr Pompa 15:18

Did they did you end up finding out about Christianity, Christ Jesus there in a church? No. You just started you were just praying. You were just yeah. God was made revealing himself to you.

SPEAKER_01 15:29

Right,

Gratitude Dyslexia And Becoming A Doctor

SPEAKER_01 15:30

right.

Dr Pompa 15:30

Okay, so now you end up flying to the US, right? Probably a different excited but scared because you didn't have anything.

SPEAKER_00 15:38

Right. It it was uh it was a you know, if you know, when you get when you have everything, if you eat your favorite food every day, I'm not sure if you appreciate it that much. But for us, for me, I really literally r l risked my life. So when I got to the US, I remember, you know, the bus taking us across uh Golden Gate Bridge, and I was just at awe with like all the reality and uh uh a sense of uh gratitude, like appreciation. And I'm like, I'm gonna make the best out of this. Oh yeah, you know, it's just like such gratitude. It's like this is like amazing and huge and beautiful.

Dr Pompa 16:25

San Francisco, I it's different today, but um back then, oh gosh, it was an amazing city to come into and like see. Right. Wow, yeah, yeah. Okay, so um here you and your sister are in San Francisco. Now what?

SPEAKER_00 16:40

And then we got relocated to stay with my aunt and uncle because we were still minors.

Dr Pompa 16:45

And oh, so you had an aunt and uncle that how did that's another story, but how did they end up here?

SPEAKER_00 16:51

So they uh my uncle escaped right in 1975, and then he sponsored the whole family there a few years before I arrived. So uh because of that, we you know get to stay with them as minors.

Dr Pompa 17:08

And where where did they live?

SPEAKER_00 17:10

I was in uh Northern not Northern California, it's in uh LA area. Okay, all right.

Dr Pompa 17:16

Yeah. And what did he do for a living?

SPEAKER_00 17:18

He was an engineer by training, but in the US he worked like a store manager. And so, you know, we live in a small place and we share like one bedroom between my sister and myself and my two other cousins. And I remember apple was the best fruit on earth because we didn't have that. And broccoli, broccoli and apple were just amazing.

Dr Pompa 17:45

That's funny. Yeah, yeah, because I mean like enough. People who live here is like, oh, why bother with an apple? They have all this junk food.

SPEAKER_00 17:52

Right. And, you know, just to save enough money to buy an apple is amazing. And uh I shop at uh Salvation Army throughout, including the suit that I bought for my medical school interview, and that was the big hit everywhere I went, you know, like the suit. The suit.

Dr Pompa 18:17

I'm like, I wish we had a picture of that, you know. Find it on your phone. You might have it. Anyway, um, yeah. No, that time there was no iPhone. It's true. It's true. Yeah, I mean I meant like a picture of a picture. Like someone took a bullet and maybe. But um, yeah, so uh so there you are in the suit. Okay, so you get the interview to go to medical school, and uh this is in California. Yes, right, yeah. Um, but you still had no money, so your your aunt uh and uncle were helping you out a little bit.

SPEAKER_00 18:48

So, you know, we were in school and then after school.

Dr Pompa 18:52

So you passed the interview. I mean Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 18:54

Yeah, so that's high school. Yeah, so because right, you were in high school at this point. Right, and then you know, got to USC on a scholarship, and then I got uh accepted to uh medical school. And so I would just straight, straight on. I used to live in the library.

Dr Pompa 19:12

Man, if you told that story, I'd be like, yeah, you're in past, like, you know, I don't care what your SATs are, you're in. So but I'm sure you did well in school. You know, but you you said you were dyslexic as I am. So that means school's not easy for us.

SPEAKER_00 19:28

I would it's just mindset. Yeah, exactly.

Dr Pompa 19:31

Yeah, that's what got me through.

SPEAKER_00 19:33

I work hard. Yeah, right. So uh a lot of people can do the minimal and you know, yeah, accomplish. Yeah, not you and I. Yeah. I had to work hard. I work hard.

Dr Pompa 19:43

But our brains are brilliant in other ways. Like I I th everything I read, it's like reading was so difficult for me, right? But um, but when I read it, I remember it. Right. And I have the ability.

SPEAKER_00 19:55

And when I understand it and I get it. Oh me too, yeah. Yeah.

Dr Pompa 19:59

Yeah, exactly.

SPEAKER_00 19:59

Now things are audible. Now I can listen and I can I can go through a lot more materials.

Dr Pompa 20:07

Yeah, I know. That's great. Okay, so you're in medical school. Now, what did your sister do?

SPEAKER_00 20:12

So she's the only one in my family uh that is non-medical. So she ended up uh she got her master degree in uh computer engineer. Okay. But you know, we ultimately drew in college, we worked after school, we saved money, we sent home to my family, and then ultimately sponsor the rest of our siblings and my parents to the US. I love hearing that. And, you know, you had two little girls tickets.

Dr Pompa 20:44

End up going over.

SPEAKER_00 20:45

Your mother probably thought you were dead. Oh, so when we arrived to uh the Philippines, uh finally we wrote a letter to my mom. By the time she got the letter, it's like a long time. Oh my gosh.

Dr Pompa 21:03

And she she A year, two years.

SPEAKER_00 21:05

No, I think it was months. Okay, but she didn't know what happened to us. Right. You know, so I could now I'm a mom. I just could not imagine. She's a superhero. Is she still alive? She passed away. Oh what age? Yeah. She was 62.

Dr Pompa 21:19

Oh man. I mean hard life.

SPEAKER_00 21:21

Yeah.

Dr Pompa 21:22

Yeah, hard, hard life. And um, your sister, you she lives in Austin with you?

SPEAKER_00 21:27

She lives in uh Southern California.

Dr Pompa 21:30

Oh my gosh. Are you still so close?

SPEAKER_00 21:32

We're very we're very close. Oh of course. And that I have I sponsor the rest, so there's six of us. Um, my two youngest. You want to meet your sister.

Dr Pompa 21:41

I want to I want to like go to dinner with you and your sister, and I want I want to hear both of your take on this thing. So yeah, it's back to the case. No, we'll do we'll do another podcast. You're bringing your sister.

SPEAKER_00 21:50

Because we have different stories. We remember different things.

Dr Pompa 21:53

Yeah, no, that's what I'm saying. I want to hear from her too.

SPEAKER_00 21:56

I forget all the hardship. I I Blank out. And then she keeps on asking me, Do you remember this? You remember this? I'm like, no. Yeah. But it's just the survival mechanism. Oh, yeah. I just wanted to uh yeah, to um be strong and just focused on the positive. Uh and that has been a lot of people.

Dr Pompa 22:18

Man, is she healthy and fit like you are?

SPEAKER_00 22:22

She is. Uh she's she's I love the gym. She's fit, but she does fun stuff. So she lived to ski and she's like, that's how you ski in Park City. Yeah. Yeah, your sister. Yeah. Yeah.

Dr Pompa 22:37

Rides rides bike, yeah. So she's she's like, you know, the outdoor enthusiast, uh stays in shape. Right. I I I can't wait to hear her take um on this story. What an incredible story. Y'all need to write a book. I mean, honestly, the this is extraordinary.

SPEAKER_00 22:51

I mean I I think, you know, if anything, it's good for my children to to know.

Dr Pompa 22:57

Oh, yeah. Um how many kids do you have?

SPEAKER_00 23:00

I have two boys, okay and twenty-five.

Dr Pompa 23:02

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 23:02

And my twenty-five-year-old, when I was little, he wrote an essay. He said, you know, my mom, my mom is a slave from Vietnam because he didn't know the right word. Um and then he said to the world, she's very small. But to me, she's she's taller than life. So I'm like, I I I you know keep that near to my heart. But I I I do want my children to, you know, to really have gratitude and to be strong and to have faith. Yeah, you know, like mindset.

Dr Pompa 23:42

Is your husband from Viet Vietnam? Is he Vietnamese?

SPEAKER_00 23:46

My husband is uh Caucasian, and we met in training. So he's a orthopedic surgeon. He's a hip and knee surgeon.

Dr Pompa 23:54

Yeah. That's amazing. Yeah. Wow. Okay, so here we are, right? I mean, now you're in

ICU Reality Check And Burnout

Dr Pompa 24:00

medical school and um you come out of medical school. What type of uh medicine did you use?

SPEAKER_00 24:06

Yeah, so I I uh finished internal medicine training and I wanted to go deeper to understand the body. So I did a fellowship in critical care medicine. And then after graduation, after I finished training, I spent maybe 10 plus years in the hospital and ICU setting.

Dr Pompa 24:30

That I'll tell you what, that's tough.

SPEAKER_00 24:31

Right. You know, thinking that I'm saving life, and and I did. But um, you know, I noticed people are coming back sicker and sicker with a longer list of medication.

Dr Pompa 24:45

You probably enjoyed the emergency part of it and not so much the chronic stuff because all you're doing is giving them drugs, they're just coming back with symptoms of the drugs.

SPEAKER_00 24:53

So in the ICU I did a lot of procedures, right? So intubation and putting in central lines and and such. And so it's I thought that, you know, I was I was very proud and I really enjoy what I did. But then soon I realized it's kind of draining because you don't really make people better. They just were able to get people to live longer, but very debilitated. Yeah. They would go from the ICU to the floor and then to rehab, you know, to nursing home. Um, and then you know, I was busy working, forgetting myself, forgetting taking care of myself. And I was driving home from a night shift and I kind of fell asleep. And luckily, it's like two o'clock in the morning. Uh you know, I call my husband. I'm like, I got a flat tire, but it was more than that. You know, I fell asleep. Uh luckily I didn't get hurt.

Dr Pompa 25:56

But you went off the road.

SPEAKER_00 25:57

Yeah, I I I hit the guard rail. And so I had to stop. I had to

Graves Disease And Asking Why

SPEAKER_00 26:02

pause. Shortly after that, I got diagnosed with grave disease. Yeah, I read that. Yeah. Yeah. And and actually, I was almost in a thyroid storm. I was, I was like, losing weight, I was, couldn't breathe. Like in between seeing patient, I had to sit down. I had to sit and hold the patient's hand because I couldn't walk. Um, and that is another event in life sometime. This crisis and it led you to a different direction.

Dr Pompa 26:34

Yeah, you know, um, I it's like my brain wants to figure out even the causative factors there, right? Because that's what I do for a living. Because I've helped so many people with autoimmune thyroid, right? It's like, and there's typically uh a perfect storm, emotional traumas, excuse me, can lead to part of the storm. I don't know what happened to my voice today. Just emotional. So, anyways, oh man, that water's good. See, that's the best water in the world. I told you that drink. Yeah. Uh very hydrating because it's the 40 parts per million of oxygen in that uh that water. And I said that's the water I actually have their filtration system in my house. Yeah. Before I absolutely tasted it and she said, get rid of ours. I want this. And that's pretty much what happened. Anyway, um, you know, the causative factors, most of it is neurotoxic in nature. People that end up in a moldy home not unknowing, and it triggers the gene, boom, boom, boom, right? The emotional comment, three stressors come together, bam, autoimmune.

SPEAKER_01 27:40

Right.

Dr Pompa 27:40

Right. I I put the analogy of a three-legged stool. All three things have to be there, and then you get the condition. A gene gets triggered, but just because you have the gene doesn't mean you get it. You have to trigger the gene, epigenetics. Then you have the stressor, the perfect storm of stressors that turns it on.

SPEAKER_00 27:59

Right.

Dr Pompa 27:59

If you get rid of that, you can turn the gene off. And then there's the gut component, you know, that is typically part of it because it has such an impact on autoimmune. But you can have the lack of just a few bacteria and never even consider yourself having a gut issue, and you don't make T reg cells, and that leaves you open. So there's three things in that three-legged stool analogy. But here's the thing: if you deal with all three of those, you can turn that gene down, right? So anyway.

SPEAKER_00 28:25

And it makes perfect sense, but we're not taught in medical school at all. Yeah. I mean, you I learned the T-reg and the gut house, it's work, the brain, but it's very separate. Yeah, separate. And there's no no root cause.

Dr Pompa 28:41

Well, yeah. They don't it's they don't even teach root cause. And then the system's not set up to go for root cause, right? It's set up for symptom drug.

SPEAKER_00 28:50

Right.

Dr Pompa 28:50

I mean, there's a time and a place. Like the emergency uh room stuff is incredible.

SPEAKER_00 28:56

I mean, certain surgery save lives. Absolutely. When you in septic shock, antibiotic antibiotic save life. Right. Yes. Absolutely. But we have to go away above that and before that.

Dr Pompa 29:08

Um, I can't wait till we get to the regenerative and all the anti-age stuff. We're getting there. We're getting there. But um, you know, what do you think the trigger of your autoimmune was?

SPEAKER_00 29:18

Yeah, so it's it's just the the biggest thing is the physical stress and then the mental stress. Yeah, yeah. Part of it. You know, and with that genetic predisposition, that you know, the immune system is lower.

Dr Pompa 29:32

Was your environment good? I mean, do you think you might have had a mold exposure? Could you have had cavitations like teeth that were pulled, they form over. A lot of our um thyroid cases, they have what we call cavitations that they get teeth pulled as a kid, say, and then um it heals over, but a cavitation forms. An infection lies there, and man, does it affect the thyroid. Yeah. There's a study showing root canals and how it affects causes thyroiditis and thyroid conditions and autoimmune, but these cavitations can do it as well. So we always have our people do cone beams to make sure they don't have these, but I don't know, maybe so.

SPEAKER_00 30:08

Now I'm more aware. But back then, I I I didn't know I was not even looking. And it just slowly, one by one, I had to figure out how to feel better, how to heal myself.

Dr Pompa 30:20

So what'd you do?

SPEAKER_00 30:21

And you know, I ended up having my thyroid removed because it was so it was you know, and then uh I went see an endocrinologist and you know, I had to be on Syntroi and Well, if you if you get rid of your thyroid, you're gonna need some support.

Dr Pompa 30:39

Right.

SPEAKER_00 30:40

And not feeling better, and and that's when I'm forced to like pause and ask a better question, you know, instead of like do I get the right diagnosis? What is the right diagnosis? Then I started

Functional Medicine To Regenerative Clinic

SPEAKER_00 31:00

to ask why. That's smart. Why why is this happening? Why is my body attacking my own?

SPEAKER_01 31:07

Yeah, exactly.

SPEAKER_00 31:08

And that's kind of you know, I and then I got introduced to functional medicine and and I just never looked back and I was I was really surprised myself that uh things were well uh my dad was also a physician and in Vietnam anything Western is the gold standard and you know, Chinese medicine, everything else. I was raised and that's kind of you know, voodoo, second rated. Uh but you know, it it it's kind of like everything is coming full circle to uh to to make me realize you know, you just have to ask a better question and figure out and not just accept what were taught in medical school.

Dr Pompa 32:00

Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Yeah, you had to relearn a little bit, didn't you? Yeah. To relearn pain to purpose, right? That's been my life. I got sick, changed my career, right, led me into functional medicine, right? And everything that I teach, uh, been teaching doctors for 20 years. Yeah, that's what happened to you. Changed your whole career, right? Now you start studying functional medicine, right? You start applying it. Applying it. You start feeling better.

SPEAKER_00 32:26

And I was surprised. I'm like, wow, it's really it does work, right? And not voodoo. Yeah, it does work. And then I that's when I make a bold move. Um quit my job, and then I I at first I was leasing, sub-leasing space uh at my uh husband's office to start small. You know, I just like uh I started doing some PRP injection, a little bit of functional medicine.

Dr Pompa 32:59

And PRP. We have people who know exactly what PRP is, but kind of explain how you pull someone's blood out, spin it down.

SPEAKER_00 33:06

And then and then it's it's the so the body is just magical, right? Like the cells, like we have everything that is needed to function. Absolutely. We just need to give the cells back the right environment to to work. So PRP is is the body's uh natural healing uh growth factor. It's uh it's it's it's it's a yeah.

Dr Pompa 33:31

So they just take your own blood, spin it down, pull that, you know, all those growth factors uh that are in the plasma and inject it into certain areas. Right. So you started doing that. I started. So that was your first thing. Yeah. And you saw results because it works.

SPEAKER_00 33:46

Yeah, I saw results, and uh, and then from there I just kept going and learned about anti-aging, about hormones, and then cellular medicine, and learn about peptides, and now I'm uh teaching other doctors how to do peptides.

Dr Pompa 34:07

Yeah, exactly. So let's uh uh peptides. There's a people who are very interested in peptides. We'll we'll talk about peptides. But your um Austin uh re Austin Regenerative Therapy Clinic in uh Austin. In Austin. Yeah. And uh matter of fact, give them where that is. What's your website? Give it now. We'll go.

SPEAKER_00 34:23

It is AustinRegen. Your ticket Austinregen.com.

Dr Pompa 34:27

Okay, Austin Regen. Regen, like regeneration. R-E-G-E-N.com. AustinRegen.com. Okay. So you do some incredible stuff there. Um my buddy Ben Greenfield's like, you know, man, you won't believe what she does. So uh let's let's kind of chip off some of the things. Um I don't I kind of don't even know where to start because you do like V cells, you do stem cells, you do, and there's difference of V cells, stem cells, PRP, right? Uh this thing called plasmaphoresis, right? Right. Where do you want to start?

SPEAKER_00 34:57

Yeah, so I think the foundation, like I really believe in the root cause of uh disease.

SPEAKER_01 35:04

Yeah, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 35:05

Uh and not the symptom suppression. And that the body is one system of multiple interconnected uh systems. And so they're not isolated. Um and based on that belief, uh, what I do is I try to uh address everything in order to give the patient the best outcome. So that means that at the foundation, uh I address

Longevity Program Basics And Testing

SPEAKER_00 35:35

lifestyle optimization. And this is in in our concert uh longevity program. So we start with, you know, for you based on your body composition, your VO2 max, your genetics, your lab work.

Dr Pompa 35:50

So yeah, so you do all this, and it's long you have a longevity program.

SPEAKER_00 35:54

Longevity program.

Dr Pompa 35:55

I want to live longer healthy, right? And then so you do this assessment first.

SPEAKER_00 36:00

Right, assessment. And then uh the next thing is uh, you know, nutrition workout regimen, and then we move to uh therapies, um fixing the hormones, sex hormones, the uh thyroid, vitamin D, the um uh cortisol insulin system. And then on top of that, that's when I uh add peptide therapy, and then above that are all the advanced regenerative uh modalities.

Dr Pompa 36:35

Yeah, the stem cells, the B cells, the plasmapheresis. So let's start then just kind of going in order of what you said, right? Peptides, right? Right. There's good ones and bad ones. I I hate GLP ones, and I I think we're gonna end up in a real problem in five years. But what do you feel about that one? I mean, that's not I love peptides, but that's not one of them.

SPEAKER_00 36:56

Yeah, so uh peptides are small uh amino acid chains proteins and they act like a signaling agent, and we use them for specific action. And uh they're wonderful. But you have to use it. You have to use peptide correctly. And so the way I think of peptide is more like a big picture. Uh we know now aging is the the the biggest uh cause of morbidity and mortality.

Dr Pompa 37:32

Absolutely. Number one cause of chronic disease, aging.

SPEAKER_00 37:35

Aging. Absolutely. And we also know now there are at least 12 causes for us to age. And so I design peptides and lifestyle, you know, nutrition, working out, hormones to optimize and to really target those uh so let's just kind of run through the 12, and then maybe you can make some suggestions on what peptides and by the way, if if anyone's like wants that, go to the website.

Dr Pompa 38:03

Uh is there a way they can sign, you know, sign up for your own.

SPEAKER_00 38:05

Yeah, so there's an in-tech form, and then we'll we'll reach out. Uh I love what I do, and I can tell. We uh we have the privilege of being able to provide transformative results. Yeah. And it's really rewarding to to see.

Dr Pompa 38:21

Yeah, I I I can tell. Yeah. So okay, so let's talk about these 12 things that you know, these these are the things that really age us and end up craw causing disease.

SPEAKER_00 38:30

Yeah, so you know, let's say if you come in and see me, um, I'll take like all the um kind of like all the biomarkers, you know, all the information and figure out what are the top symptoms and issues we have to prioritize. And then based on that, I designed the peptide protocol. And typically it's always turned out that we all need to address the uh metabolic and immune function. Yeah, of course.

Dr Pompa 39:06

Because that plays in metabolic. If you have high insulin, okay, you're gonna get fat and not be able to lose it, but you're gonna age prematurely. I always say one of the fastest ways to age is just spike your glucose and insulin. Right. Right. And so metabetabolism plays a huge role. Immune system, right? Of course. Right. Because uh immunity is everything. It's everything. We don't think about immunity as aging, but it is because immune system gone wrong produces inflammation, chronic inflammation. Acute inflammation is really good, healthy immunity, but chronic is bad. But that's the immune system. Right. So yeah, that's where I deal with a lot because certain toxins obviously have such a profound effect on the immune system.

SPEAKER_00 39:48

Right. And it just leads to all these chronic, persistent inflammation.

Dr Pompa 39:54

Yeah. I I all of a sudden it's like this itis, that it this that you know, my hair is thinning. It's you know, inflammation could be at the core of that. So talk about some of your favorite anti-aging peptides.

Peptides For Immune And Gut Repair

SPEAKER_00 40:05

Yeah. So typically I love to start, and it's a safe uh way to start on everyone. Uh thymose and alpha one. It's one of my favorite. Yeah, I put my wife on it. Yeah. She's on it right now. It's address that immunosines, meaning as we age, the immune system is getting older, just like we age. And that leads to the inefficient uh um even like cancer cell and uh it's it's it's regulated.

Dr Pompa 40:37

It's I I love thymus and alpha one for a lot of things, um, autoimmune conditions, because it has a regulating effect on the immune system, right? Right, right. It can helps regulate inflammation. Even people that have mast cell activation, a lot of allergies, you know, it helps.

SPEAKER_00 40:53

It's amazing for allergy for people with haze fever, yeah, people with um like this chronic fatigue syndrome, yeah. It's really uh night and day.

SPEAKER_01 41:04

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 41:04

And also that age-related decline in the immune uh system. So given people uh thymose and alpha one now and then, it's addressed that immunosines related to aging. Yeah.

Dr Pompa 41:19

So what she means by the immunosinescence is we have literally these immune cells that live too long called senescent cells, and it just causes bad immunity, i.e. hyperimmunity and low good immunity. I mean, in a sense, and that's it.

SPEAKER_00 41:33

But with an alpha one, uh it modulates immune systems. I love that.

Dr Pompa 41:39

It brings down hyper and brings up good. That modulates.

SPEAKER_00 41:42

Exactly. And that's again, the body is so smart and is very intelligent. And so we have to keep that in mind. And everything that I do, I'm trying to get the body to the right environment so that the cell can do what is know how to do best.

Dr Pompa 42:01

Yeah. And again, I when you look at you, it's I'm buying what you're selling. I mean, it's it's working. Yeah. So she's on thymus and alpha one. I want to be on thymus and alpha one. Okay, what's another one?

SPEAKER_00 42:12

Yeah. So, you know, everyone talk about like the uh repair, regenerate uh peptides family, uh BBC 157, thymus and beta four, KPV, JPEG.

Dr Pompa 42:26

TB500 is just a really good general helps you recover anti-inflammatory.

SPEAKER_00 42:32

It's also great for any neural-related issues and nerve and soft tissue. Yes. So uh it has that flavor, and then BPC is great for bone joint, ligament, tendon, but orally is the best for the gut. Yeah.

Dr Pompa 42:51

Oral, yeah. So there's the sub-Q little injections, which is more better for your joints. Right. I always put it where something's hurting in that area. Right. Um, it tends to really make a difference. But the oral uh ones, what company do you use for your oral peptides?

SPEAKER_00 43:06

So I use uh various compounding pharmacy, even for oral. Okay. Yeah, that's great.

Dr Pompa 43:12

Yeah, so you're getting some really good stuff. Right. Yeah, I I I love the uh BPC. I love KPV for gut as well. Those two match well together.

SPEAKER_00 43:22

So KPV for gut, I love the combination of Lorac Loracetai, KPV, and BPC. Well, Loracetai. So like for people Loracetai. Yeah, love Racetai. And it's uh um it's a great combination for leaky gut. Uh it's amazing for uh Crohn disease, uh ulcer colitis. No, okay, even like the severe cases turn around. All right, yeah.

Dr Pompa 43:52

I've never seen tried that on anyone.

SPEAKER_00 43:54

So ulcer, uh reflux, something like that.

Dr Pompa 43:57

Probably OIBS, yeah. Those three. You would use in combination. Right.

SPEAKER_00 44:01

The combination is amazing.

Dr Pompa 44:02

How do you spell the one that I didn't know?

SPEAKER_00 44:04

L-A-Z-A-L-A-Z-Tide. Larazotide.

Dr Pompa 44:10

All right. Yeah, that's close enough. Yeah. So she's dyslexic. I asked her how to spell something. You don't ask dyslexics how to spell things, okay? You just don't.

SPEAKER_00 44:17

Did I do it right?

Dr Pompa 44:18

Well, that's what I I did exactly what you did. Yes, I flip it too. And I so I did what you did. I tried to visualize it. You went you went right up? I'm like, oh my gosh. I I know I just did. People ask me that all the time. I'm like, yeah, I don't know.

unknown 44:30

Yeah.

Dr Pompa 44:32

Anyways. Um it's funny because there's words that I use every day that I I could spell today and maybe not tomorrow. Like the word patient, the I and the E. I just flip, I get it. Like protein. I don't know which one. I mean, like it's like I just don't know. It's like, you know, some days I can spell it, some days I can't.

SPEAKER_00 44:49

Okay, I don't feel so bad.

Dr Pompa 44:53

Unfortunately, it's like, you know, you when you can't read and you have dyslexia, you grow up thinking you're dumb, right? It's like so um it's like you though. I had in my heart to be something in the medical field. I still love and pre-work. I used to live in the library. Yeah, I did too. I nothing came easy to me.

SPEAKER_00 45:10

And I used to carry around a big Bible.

Dr Pompa 45:13

Yeah, that's awesome.

SPEAKER_00 45:14

On my day off, I would go to the beach and stranger. Yeah, so when we jump around.

Dr Pompa 45:20

When did you like really become a Christian? And uh, you know, how did that all happen?

SPEAKER_00 45:24

Um well, I'm ashamed, but uh I'm not very consistent, you know, and always when I needed help, then I would, you know, reach out to God more and very strong. Yeah, but you're human, that means and I, you know, I'm I uh I'm aware of that and I'm like I really want to be more consistent and you know have stronger faith. Um and not just as needed.

Dr Pompa 45:53

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 45:53

But yeah, I mean just throughout my career.

Dr Pompa 45:56

Yeah, I love I love your honesty. I I mean that's I mean people reach for God in the bad times and often forget about him in the good, right? Yeah. Um but they can be flipped too.

SPEAKER_00 46:06

I mean the first moment that I never forget was like we're floating on the boat, right, on the little raft, and there's like a wave, and suddenly it doesn't matter who you are, we all pray. I know. Right?

Dr Pompa 46:18

Yeah, and we're like there's no atheists in foxholes. Right.

SPEAKER_00 46:22

When it comes down to it, uh life and death, then you then you know you can't help but you know, accept it and and it it just really real, you know, you you you feel that. Yeah.

Dr Pompa 46:38

So okay, um any other peptides. So uh you we talked about some gut peptides. Anti-aging, what are some of the other anti-aging peptides? You said the thymus and alpha. Say it again. Uh uh GHK copper. G H K C U. C U. Yeah. So um Yeah, GHK is a great one for joints too. For joint, because your skin and hair.

SPEAKER_00 47:01

Right, because it's a great anti-inflammatory and uh even for a diabetic with like non-healing ulcer, like a big open wound. Topical J.K. copper.

Dr Pompa 47:16

Yeah, yeah, that's that's a great one. And even the a lot of the skin um stuff now is that it's a lot of things. It's amazing for skin and hair. Yeah, yeah, because it really people do a lot of things for um collagen. A lot of things don't work, you know, just like eating a bunch of collagen, okay, it might help a little bit, but that really makes a difference.

SPEAKER_00 47:34

And that and you combine that with eating, right? And then that's when the magic happened.

Mitochondria And Brain Peptide Cycles

SPEAKER_00 47:40

And so, in terms of like, you know, what I like for peptides, um I think I address the normal way our body functions, and that is it's just like a car. We go through the growing phase, or you know, you run the car fast, and then but you have to stop and recharge and and sleep's huge. Right. So with peptide, I would put patient through a growth phase with testamoralin, CJC, ipmoralin, sometimes combined.

Dr Pompa 48:15

CJC is uh uh it helps your body produce growth hormone. Right. Testamorlin, did you say? The same. Testamorlin, same thing. Um it it helps produce growth hormone. Very, very healing.

SPEAKER_00 48:26

Very effective for muscle building. Yeah. Uh to reduce visceral fat. It also improves lipid profile, it's repaired endothelial function, improving blood pressure, uh stronger bone, uh better, lower brain inflammation leading to better memory.

Dr Pompa 48:46

So it's I love I love testomorlin. And it's not does it's not testosterone, it's not a hormone. Right. Um, there's you know, it's very safe.

SPEAKER_00 48:59

Which is declining as we age.

Dr Pompa 49:02

As we age, yeah, exactly. Right.

SPEAKER_00 49:04

Right.

Dr Pompa 49:05

Yeah. I mean, I it's definitely one of one of my favorites as well. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 49:09

So I would go through that, you know, like after three months of growing phase, and then we uh we switched to working on uh mitochondria function, nutrient sensing system, the AMPK system. So, you know, so MOT S C which is is uh M-O-T-S.

Dr Pompa 49:32

Oh yeah, M-O-T. MOT C, yeah. I love that one. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 49:37

Uh S S31. Um yeah Dyslexic, I think we just we all say it differently, I guess. And then SS31 is uh another one. Um and then we're cycling through thy motion alpha. And then there's a huge category of that I love, uh the the neuropeptide, right? So the dihexa, C max, C length, to uh because brain optimization.

Dr Pompa 50:04

C Legs is brain. It's it with an S, S-E, S-E-M-M-A-X. Yeah, S-E-M-A X, C Max, yeah. Um I put my wife on that one too.

SPEAKER_00 50:14

And it just enhanced uh cognitive function.

Dr Pompa 50:16

So C Max, what was the other one you said?

SPEAKER_00 50:18

C length. Uh S-E-L-A-N-K.

Dr Pompa 50:21

Okay, C length.

SPEAKER_00 50:23

That is similar to C Max with a little bit different flavor. Okay. It's amazing for people that also have any kind of anxiety, uh, OCD. Oh, I didn't know that. That's great. It's great for that. C Lynx. Um and dihexa is so those two are nasal spray and dihexa.

Dr Pompa 50:44

I have to get those from you because I I don't do I do the my wife I get the uh C Max. Yeah. But I do the injection, but the nasal spray is better because it's right up into the brain.

SPEAKER_00 50:54

Right, right. Okay. And then you can do you can alternate or you can do both. Okay. C Max in the morning, C lane in the in the evening, so that it's you know calm you down.

Dr Pompa 51:03

Then there was one more.

SPEAKER_00 51:04

Dyehexa.

Dr Pompa 51:05

Diaxa.

SPEAKER_00 51:06

That is typically oral, but it could be a topical form as well. And that is just really strong for cognitive function. And what I do is I kind of rotate through, you know, the the the three.

Dr Pompa 51:21

We all need cognitive function as we age. Right. So, yeah, those, you know, if your brain stays healthy, your mitochondria stay healthy, uh then you everything is your immune system is better. Obviously, your cognitive function, your brain's better, you age slower, it affects everything. Uh which brings, I mean, obviously, you do resistive training. Resistive training increases mitochondria. It is, I always say it's like it is the biohack. Resistive training in particular, it is the biohack for anti-aging. Would you agree with that? Yeah. And sleep.

SPEAKER_00 51:53

Right. Right. I mean, we do all, we have all kinds of fancy tools in the toolbox, but the foundation is still food, sleep, and exercise. Exercise has so many powerful pathways that allow us to be optimized. Yeah.

Dr Pompa 52:11

I mean, just increasing mitochondria and mitochondria, you can depleted mitochondria, depleted brain. You know, yeah. Like, I mean, you're so lean and fit, it's because you you carry, you know, muscle, which when you age, you lose muscle. Right. People don't realize. I think the older we get, the more important resistive training is.

SPEAKER_00 52:32

Right. And the more protein we need. Most people think the opposite is. Yeah, it's the opposite.

Dr Pompa 52:36

You more protein you need. Right. Absolutely. Right. Especially women in menopause, they really need more protein. It's amazing to me.

SPEAKER_00 52:45

And that's why I really I'm a big fan of tracking and educating my patient to know what's important, what would move the needles and have them know their numbers and then optimize. Yeah. So muscle mass and strain is important.

Dr Pompa 53:01

You check VO2 max and you're optimized.

SPEAKER_00 53:03

And I absolutely check VO2 max and track and optimize because that is probably the mo the the best uh correlation. It has the best correlation to longevity. So the higher your VO2 max, the longer you're gonna live.

Dr Pompa 53:17

Yeah. You know, it's amazing. This uh the gentleman that invented this uh water and the systems to make it. Yeah, uh, his oxygen saturation at 75 is 100 all the time. Like he went in and he had this uh you know surgery and knee surgery, and they were like, your oxygen saturation is like spiked at 100, it's just staying at 100. But that because I mean that anti-ages you, right? You know, so yeah, it's it's pretty amazing. But yeah, yeah, your hair is better, your skin's better, and you're all

VO2 Max And Longevity Labs

Dr Pompa 53:45

around health is better.

SPEAKER_00 53:46

Yeah.

Dr Pompa 53:46

And so VO2 max, the higher it is, the more oxygen you can carry through your system. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 53:51

Yeah. So we track that, and then uh grand the grip strain. And in terms of blood work, uh, I track the Apollipo protein B. There's many things, but fasting insulin, lipo, uh, A the Apol B. Yep.

Dr Pompa 54:09

Um which is like I the another study just came out. My someone just sent it to me. Another study that because the Farmingham study has been out there. The higher the cholesterol, the longer you live. And that was the study. Because they now when you're looking at the Apple B, that is more specific on what's a problem.

SPEAKER_00 54:27

Yeah, exactly.

Dr Pompa 54:28

That's a problem's cholesterol, you know, with when you see that uh out of range.

SPEAKER_00 54:32

Right.

Dr Pompa 54:32

Uh and also the smaller particles in the you know, anyways.

SPEAKER_00 54:36

But cholesterol is irrelevant. It's worthless, yeah. Right, right, yeah. Um and then homocysteine level, you know, I know you're big on methylation for for detox. And yeah, so we we track that because that is a reflection of inflammation interaction.

SPEAKER_01 54:55

Exactly, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 54:56

Um so you know, there's there's things that that uh if we can do it, we we should track and optimize everything, but at least be aware of the the big one that can really make a difference.

Dr Pompa 55:10

Yeah, uh absolutely, yeah, brilliant. And then, like I said, you know, there's the peptides, etc. Okay, now let's step into um some of these incredibly anti-aging techniques, healing techniques.

Therapeutic Plasma Exchange And Young Plasma

Dr Pompa 55:24

One that I haven't done yet. I've done a lot of things. It looks like I'm coming. Yeah. Um is the plasma phoresis, plasma exchange, is what it's known as. Taking young plasma uh from someone young and healthy and giving it to someone who's older or aging. Yeah. Explain this.

SPEAKER_00 55:42

Yeah, so let's go from the beginning and it's really fast. Exactly. So it's all started with the uh the main study, it's called the the um parabiosis study uh in Berkeley in 2005, where they socially hook up the two rat, and it turned out something in young blood that make the old mice uh smarter, the skin shinier and black instead of gray, and the muscle regenerate and they heal faster, and the inflammation markers reduce, the mitochondrial function improves. So, based on that, you know, that started the whole journey, all the curiosity. So, what's in the blood? And so uh then Stanford did a study. Um they look at um they did the young plasma exchange. So they give people with Alzheimer's dementia uh and Parkinson disease young plasma. Uh it's a small study, but it was proven to be safe, well tolerated, and people did improve in their uh function, their daily function uh activity. Um but there's multiple uh animal study showing that uh even when we remove old plasma, the animal started to act young again. And that meaning inflammation markers going down, senesin factor uh going down, the stem cell that was kind of dormant become active again, and then they started to regenerate faster, heal faster, you know, and um so then they look at they go further and they look at the young plasma. And it turns out young plasma has more regenerative protein. Uh the it's it has more signal to promote stem cell to to be act uh activated is anti-senesin. Uh it has uh it promotes mitochondrial function versus as we age.

Dr Pompa 57:59

Start losing it.

SPEAKER_00 58:00

Yeah, as we age, the it has impair mitochondrial function. We we all know that.

Dr Pompa 58:06

These are like signaling molecules, keeping it simple, cell factors, et cetera, that do all these messaging.

SPEAKER_00 58:13

Right.

Dr Pompa 58:13

You know, keep your mitochondria working healthy, making energy, et cetera, which makes your brain work better, et cetera. Right. Right. And all these factors, but um, as we age, we start losing these communicative factors, right? And so if you exchange the plasma, you regain that. And that's why the old mouse got younger.

SPEAKER_00 58:31

Right, right.

Dr Pompa 58:31

Yeah. And it you know, that's by the way, the young mouse in that study actually had aging signs. Right. Because that plasma went into this mouse. Remember, they sewed their blood supply together, and one got younger and the other one got older. Right.

SPEAKER_00 58:45

Right. Uh because the old blood has a lot of inflammatory factors, a lot of senes uh inducing factor. So it was affecting the young racing. Yeah. So it's fascinating. And so now we know, we've realized that aging is more like a systemic and it's that signaling, you know, that that tell the cell, hey, we're all, let's act all. And then when you pretty much when you give young plasma, uh, the cells get the message to young again.

Dr Pompa 59:20

Back young again.

SPEAKER_00 59:21

And plasma is kind of like a huge signaling organ. I I would think of that, because all cells uh are bathed in plasma. And uh as we age and with the environment we live in, what happened is we accumulate um mycoplastic, more toxin, yeah, these things, chemical.

Dr Pompa 59:46

They store up in our tissue, they accumulate all these toxins from the womb to the tomb, and guess what? All these factors keep going lower and lower and lower.

SPEAKER_00 59:55

Lower and lower and higher inflammation leading to this chronic, persistent inflammation, and that leads to everything abnormal methylation, then we it further making detox harder and harder. So it's just like a dishes business cycle. Um, so TPE is a therapy, it stands for therapeutic plasma exchange. That is where uh we're gonna, I'm gonna hook you up in a machine to tech your blood.

Dr Pompa 1:00:29

We'll videotape this. Yeah, and tech your blood. If I can get it done before this, you can wear it. Yes. I know, yeah. Because I've never had it. It's amazing. I never had it.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:37

So okay, so we hook hook it up, and then we're bringing in bring your blood through a machine, and uh it will separate out the plasma and then collect it, and then we're gonna throw that away.

Dr Pompa 1:00:48

Right. My plasma Bye.

SPEAKER_00 1:00:50

Right. All the old dirty oil.

Dr Pompa 1:00:53

Yeah. You know, trash. So how do you choose where do you get your donor for new plasma?

SPEAKER_00 1:00:58

And then young plasma is where uh you know we get that from an AAB accredited uh lab, and they uh screen for qualified young donors aged 18 to 25, which is kind of like the peak of human.

Dr Pompa 1:01:16

My only fear here would be 18 to 25 year olds, these are the sickest group of people on the planet right now. Unfortunately, sorry, guys and gals, but it's true. I mean, it's like so, I mean, how are they finding these donors? Yeah, so And and I don't want one that's been COVID vaxxed.

SPEAKER_00 1:01:32

Right, right. So I I I see your concern, but it's very interesting that in the plasma of young uh donors, it turned out their lifestyle does not really influence the the youth. Just they're young. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

Dr Pompa 1:01:47

Well that that that's a fact, right? You know, I mean, even if they are unhealthy in the sense that, because you look at this generation, and I mean they they really are an unhealthy group. But you're what you're saying is they still have all the young factors. Is there a way, so when they get the plasma, is there a way that they're just isolating? You know, what is I I guess what I'm asking is what what does the plasma contain?

SPEAKER_00 1:02:11

Yeah. So uh in whole blood, roughly 45% is red blood cells, and that carry oxygen. And then there's less than 1% are white cell count, uh white blood cells, they fight infection, and there's this platelet, and then this 53 to 55% of whole blood is plasma, and the majority of that is water, but that 10% is a rich uh cocktail of proteins, hormones, cytokines, and most importantly, these amazing extracellular vesicle or exosome. And it turned out there was a study in 2024 in Rodin showing that it's it's the my it's the exosome from young plasma that signal the cell to act young. And it's it's shown that the it has better mitochondria uh energy metabolism.

Dr Pompa 1:03:18

Of course. I've I've been studying cell factors, which are in there as well, right? In the plasma where you know there's I mean, again, they're communication molecules, they're telling your cells to be young. Yeah. Act young. You said that. I thought it was a great way to say it. Right. Right? Teaching them to be young. Right. Right, teaching them new habits, right? We've got to get rid of the old guys, right? We've got to bring in this new group that's uh so what you're saying is is in that they're able to isolate that. So in it, in the only thing that determines good is how is young, right? But uh they're still screening these people. So if someone was COVID vaxxed, would you know would that have any play on their plasma?

SPEAKER_00 1:03:54

Yeah, so in the screening process, they don't ask for if if you're you know, if you had COVID vaccine or not. Uh but we know that you know after you get a shot, it's kind of gone through your system like up to four to six weeks.

Dr Pompa 1:04:12

Yeah, but the sp you know, some people are left in what we call spike protein persistence, where literally they're they're producing, continually producing spike protein. Right. Right. It's it's coded in their dang DNA now. Right. So you know, that's you know, I don't want that.

SPEAKER_00 1:04:28

Right, right. So, you know, for um for for a patient that raised that question, uh, we know that plasma infusion has been around for a long time. Uh and even since COVID, there's no data proving anything. Is transferred into the plasma. Right. But you know, that's the data. Um and you know, people it's always like ye could this is a fact, this is what we don't have all the information or don't know, uh, and then you know, you decide. Um I have five liters of young plasma in me, and I feel amazing. That's amazing. Um yeah. And even when you have your old plasma removed, uh people feel better within days.

Dr Pompa 1:05:18

Yeah, yeah, just because your body's forced to rev up the production of those things.

SPEAKER_00 1:05:23

So yeah, just plasma removal is and also to be able to remove all the inflammatory products, right? All the senescent.

Dr Pompa 1:05:33

You're getting rid of all these immune cells that are hy hyperreactive, driving cr bad inflammation, and then you're getting rid of all these other um you know, factors that are signaling poorly, right? Getting rid of them.

SPEAKER_00 1:05:45

Right. Yeah. And I love young blood because um it has the ability to alter the age related change in gene expression.

Dr Pompa 1:05:57

And then it turns bad genes off.

SPEAKER_00 1:06:00

It and then it signaled the gene that was silenced by aging plasma to be active again.

Dr Pompa 1:06:07

Yeah. You'd still have a thyroid if you'd have known this, by the way. You know what I'm saying? Yeah. You only know what you know at the time, right? But my point was is you could have downregulated that gene. Right.

SPEAKER_01 1:06:18

Yeah. Right.

Dr Pompa 1:06:19

Yeah.

SPEAKER_01 1:06:19

Yeah.

Dr Pompa 1:06:20

Yeah. I mean, it's it's pretty cool because I I think the you can take stem cells I do and have, but the plasma has a lot of stuff we haven't discovered yet.

SPEAKER_00 1:06:32

Right. Including um, yeah, I love stem cell, but when you remove old plasma alone, that already remove, you know, the inhibition factor to suppress the stem cell. So when you remove that, the dormant cells now get the signal to be active again. And then young plasma is you're going to the next level. Um and then, you know, if you do that, so let's say you know you plan on having another round of stem cell, I would definitely suggest that we remove your plasma. That makes so much sense. Before we do stem cell.

Dr Pompa 1:07:11

Bring it in. Yeah. And then these cell factors I was telling you about. Like removing that and putting all these factors in. Oh my gosh. Like we have something here.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:21

And then new stem cell is another thing that I'm excited about. And so that's, you know, coming up, hopefully.

Dr Pompa 1:07:28

Yeah, absolutely. So you

V Cells And Laser Guided Repair

Dr Pompa 1:07:30

do something else called V cells. Yes. I I know Todd, Dr. Yes, yeah, the singing uh singing.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:37

He he came to my office and we did the combo.

Dr Pompa 1:07:40

I've never had the V cells. He he offered them to me. I just could never.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:44

Well, that's what you're gonna get when you come to Austin.

Dr Pompa 1:07:47

Yeah, they're pretty remarkable, but explain what these V cells are.

SPEAKER_00 1:07:50

So V cells stand for very small embryonic-like cells. So they are cells that we still make as adults, but they circulate around dormant. They're not doing anything. Uh only under stressful situation they become activated. But in this situation, situation we manipulate that. Uh Dr. Todd figured out there is a laser system that can turn these cells on in your office. We have that. So the way to do it is we I'm gonna collect blood, separate out those dormant cells in the test tube, we shine the laser to turn them on, and then we put it back through your system, and we shine the laser to guide the cells to where we want to do that. We we we target different areas of the brain, and then the the thymus gland, thyroid gland, pancreas gland regulates immunity. Right. And then for men, we you know, young men we also target the testicle for sperm formation.

Dr Pompa 1:09:01

Young men, what about the old men?

SPEAKER_00 1:09:03

We don't care.

Dr Pompa 1:09:04

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:09:05

Women don't care about testicles. Um so these cells are very small, so they can totally cross the blood-brain barrier. So that's what makes part of their uniqueness. Right. Yeah. And they have the ability to turn into many different cells, but they stop before they can turn into uh tumor, the uh uh teratoma.

Dr Pompa 1:09:32

Yeah, which is unique as well. Right. Yeah, and it's a pretty easy process because you're not and it's from your own Yeah, exactly. So um let's say hypothetically someone had a knee problem. Of course, we could put st stem cells in the knee, but you give these things systemically, then you would put the laser on the knee and draw that to the knee. Interesting.

SPEAKER_00 1:09:52

And in reality, I'm a fan of combination of targeting, you know, giving the cells, the body, everything's needed. So, you know, we do systemic and then local injection with uh you know, young plasma, V cell, exosome, and um, you could even inject young plasma.

Sexual Health As Longevity Strategy

Dr Pompa 1:10:16

Yeah. Yeah, that's uh I didn't think about it.

SPEAKER_00 1:10:18

I use that for skin, for hair, and my favorite is for sexual optimization for men and women. That is why is that your favorite? Because I'm very passionate about sexual health because healthier uh sex leading to uh you know better health. True, it's true. It's a it's a personal journey because you know, I was busy working two kids and career, and next thing I know, uh I told my husband, I said, I love you, but I'm asexual now, I have no desire. And I understand if you leave me, um, you know, that's was before I knew anything about you know.

Dr Pompa 1:11:03

Okay, so you're talking to some people out here right now, right? So I'm I'm so glad you're open about it. Uh let's explore that just a bit. So you changed that then. Okay. Right.

SPEAKER_00 1:11:14

So, you know But you had no sex drive, it sounds like I have no sex drive, and then uh as a woman, I felt angry and guilty, and you know, like I I was hoping that my husband wouldn't approach me, and then I would turn him down, and then I feel horrible, I feel guilty, and it's just not good.

Dr Pompa 1:11:38

No, but you know it's bad for relationships because then he starts to feel it's him.

SPEAKER_00 1:11:42

Right. The rejection and hormone uh influence is strong, right? So now I educate my female clients, you know. I'm like, it's not you, it's your hormones, but it's totally fixable.

Dr Pompa 1:11:56

Yeah, right. Yeah, and are you using peptides a lot too with that, even?

SPEAKER_00 1:12:00

I do a combination. So uh hormone, peptides, uh, you know, uh eating vitamins and I'm not one to recommend hormones for people.

Dr Pompa 1:12:11

Um time and place, of course, right? I I acknowledge that always. But one of the problems with hormones, two problems, is that it sl stops or slows dramatically your own production. Right, right. And then also when you're giving a hormone, you're kind of you know, bypassing innate intelligence. We're giving, you know, we're creating a steady um supply as opposed if you looked at estrogen, progesterone, testosterone, it's up and down throughout a day, even thyroid hormones, right? Higher in the morning, lower in the morning. Right. So we kind of take out innate intelligence. Right. You know, what's your feeling on that?

SPEAKER_00 1:12:44

Yeah, so personally, uh, and I've seen with a lot of my patients, people feel better and are they are healthier. And there's a lot of data supporting the preventive benefit, meaning for both men and women, you lower the risk of dementia, depression, stroke, heart attack, prostate cancer, uh breast cancer. Uh we used to think testosterone leads to testosterone, uh to prostate cancer, but it's the opposite, right? So uh personally, I mean, I you know, it fixed that issue and motivation for life, the energy, you know.

Dr Pompa 1:13:28

What do you think was the big contributor for you just being so hormonally off?

SPEAKER_00 1:13:32

Age and stress.

Dr Pompa 1:13:34

Yeah. Yeah, your stress level was, you know, because I I mean I'm always like, hey, get fix that, and you know, you could turn your body around, but yeah, you're running at high level, it sounds like, you know.

SPEAKER_00 1:13:46

Right. And you know, I my second I have two boys. My second boy, when he was two, he was diagnosed with autism. And you vaccinated. And as and as a mom, yes, and as a mom, I sign him up for you autism, yeah, yeah. Autism program. And then I'm like, there's something else is missing, right? So I order, because I'm a physician, I order an MR and MOA for him, and it it turned out he also had moya moya disease.

Dr Pompa 1:14:20

Yeah, I read that.

SPEAKER_00 1:14:21

Yeah. So talking about stress, right?

Dr Pompa 1:14:24

So that was a lot of stress, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:14:27

Job and two kids and uh dealing with that, just the emotional and uh the you know the reality of having uh luckily he's very functional now. Yeah, um so uh from pain to purpose, you know, it's just like it it never ends, you just learn more and and get stronger and more wisdom and more open. Yeah.

Dr Pompa 1:14:54

Yeah, yeah. Isn't that true, right? So, okay, so the V cells, what are some of the most incredible things you've seen with the V cells?

SPEAKER_00 1:15:02

So personally I had it well I I do everything that I offer, right? And uh I had the first time I had V cell, the third day after uh I was able to read without my reading classes, and even at night, you know, we went to a restaurant and start. That didn't last long though. Um so I but that's something that does help.

Dr Pompa 1:15:29

Do you know that I am I used to wear glasses? People would see me with glasses. I really they say, why don't you wear glasses anymore? Because like all the stem cells I've gotten, I I got my vision back. Yeah. This eyes like corrected, and then this one's probably a negative 1.25.

SPEAKER_00 1:15:45

Yeah I I'm just I'm just excited about stem cell exosome. Yeah, you know, and and in the I wish my I I wish my hearing got better.

Dr Pompa 1:15:56

I it was like me, I have damage in this year, I you know, so like this year is harder to hear out of. But yeah, my eyesight got better. My ears still gray hair, too.

SPEAKER_00 1:16:07

Yeah, that too. So we need to figure out how to Yeah, exactly.

Dr Pompa 1:16:11

Yeah, yeah. We'll put that young mitochondria dysfunction. Yeah, I don't even mind my gray hair anymore. But to me, though, what I do mind about it, it's still that sign of like, uh, my cells still think need to think they're younger, right? It's like so my dad was fully gray in his 30s. I I was graying in my 40s, so yeah. But uh yeah, I'm blessed, I guess.

SPEAKER_00 1:16:34

You look you truly look amazing. So I can't wait until you have, you know.

Dr Pompa 1:16:39

I can't wait. I I mean I've I've had such positive um outcomes with uh everything regenerative. I you know, I think your clinic's really unique in that um you do a lot of the top, top stuff. And you do. And and something, you know, because of your history, uh, there's something about that that is it makes you that much, I don't want to say trusting, that much more powerful, that much more. You're someone of focus. You're someone of great detail. You're someone of great, you know. It's like I I really believe that your what you went through has made you the ph great physician that you are. I believe that. You know, and that's what I love about that.

SPEAKER_00 1:17:18

Yeah, I I love to I live and breathe, you know, new knowledge. Yeah. Uh you know, it it it's a fine line between waiting for 20 years for something to be approved versus just just do anything without any, you know, science to back up. So it's a fine line. Yeah. And so I just have to be very dedicated and I really enjoy that and try that for myself.

Dr Pompa 1:17:46

Yeah, I I'm the same way, but I I sense that from you, and that's what I'm really uh you know attracted to. And uh, you do something else in your clinic. Um, you do

Skin Tightening With Exosomes And PRP

Dr Pompa 1:17:55

this uh microneedling infrared um to tighten it tightens skin and bellies and things like that. Talk about that.

SPEAKER_00 1:18:02

So we do a combination, it's a combo. So we have uh radio frequency micro needling, so that's like a controlled. Do you do this on the face too?

Dr Pompa 1:18:13

Face, but my wife's gonna be like, okay, I want that. Yeah. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:18:16

Face and body. And then that, and then we also have this sub ablative laser. Again, that's kind of controlled thermal injury. It skip the surface and it go deeper to stimulate collagen production. And then we do injection with exosome, PRP, you know, like different options, V cell. Uh, and then I also combine that with um with the salmon sperm DNA. Oh, yeah.

Dr Pompa 1:18:49

That was my other question. You do the salmon sperm DNA. What the heck is that? Now I know that they use salmon skin or fish skin like on bad burns and things because it regenerates the skin like that. Is that kind of the same thing that we're dealing with?

SPEAKER_00 1:19:02

It's really signal regeneration. Yeah. And so we put that over the face and you know, body. Oh my gosh. Yeah. So uh so that now is is known as the Van Greenfield package or protocol. And I'm I'm sure I'm sure we're gonna have a Pompa Protocol.

Dr Pompa 1:19:24

Hey, man, no offense, but Pompa Protocol sounds better. Yeah. Yeah. So we're gonna come up with one because I already have something else I'm gonna add to this. I know it. I know what this is. Okay, so it's gonna be the Pompa program. We have to help do Ben. I love Ben.

SPEAKER_00 1:19:39

Because then, you know, you walk out and you feeling good, you have, you know, different modality to naturally reverse aging. And it's exciting that, you know, with with what we talk about about the use factor in young plasma or the signaling molecule, what it means is that aging is potentially reversible. Oh, yeah. Right? Exactly. Yeah, it's it's it's a modifiable uh cellular process.

Dr Pompa 1:20:13

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:20:14

And that's that's I'm very excited about that.

Dr Pompa 1:20:16

And that's what I want people to heal. Uh heal. Yeah, I do want people to heal. That's what I want people to hear, is that it is, you know, reversible. And and here's the good news too. It's getting cheaper. Yeah. I mean, come on, even like, you know, 10 years ago, it's like, you know, this was just for the wealthy. Now it's like, come on, this is it's getting to the point where it's just for it's gonna be for everybody. Right, right.

SPEAKER_00 1:20:37

And then everyone can start, you know, where you're comfortable with and then just go from there. I know, exactly. Even just sleep better.

Dr Pompa 1:20:43

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:20:44

Eat healthier, just drop the junk food.

Dr Pompa 1:20:47

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:20:47

And then just go from there.

Dr Pompa 1:20:48

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:20:49

Because I think when you have easy win, it just builds on that.

Dr Pompa 1:20:53

That's true. And it is true.

SPEAKER_00 1:20:55

And the body is the best investment uh to invest in your health and right, in your your health. Absolutely. Your physical, your mental function, and your sexual function. Yeah, exactly. So squeeze that in.

Dr Pompa 1:21:09

Yeah, yeah. No, because I mean, to your point, right, that changed your relationship. That changed it changes your life and other aspects of health. Sex is very, very important.

SPEAKER_01 1:21:19

Right.

Dr Pompa 1:21:20

You know, it really is. Right. Yeah. I mean, too many people are not able to um really, I mean, experience it, let alone enjoy it at the level that they should.

SPEAKER_00 1:21:28

Right, right. And and I think that's that would be a miss because if there's uh non-sourgical, easy, natural way to optimize that, why not?

Dr Pompa 1:21:37

Right. Yeah. Yeah. You know, what she's saying is a lot of these things are injected into we'll just call it the privates, right? And male and female. And um because circulation is part of the big problem. Right. And that can change that dramatically. And you do that in your clinic. All that um it's the full package.

SPEAKER_00 1:21:58

It's the we do hair, skin, brain, gray.

Dr Pompa 1:22:02

Right. Yeah, hair. Okay, I was gonna go hair, because that's your natural hair.

SPEAKER_00 1:22:06

Yes, yes, yes. Okay, yeah. Most people ask if I have hair extension.

Dr Pompa 1:22:09

Yeah. And I can tell you don't. That's why I wasn't afraid to jump in there.

SPEAKER_00 1:22:13

But I have to say, with age, my hair is getting thicker. You know, inside of the outer.

Dr Pompa 1:22:18

It's getting thicker because of what you're doing. Right. Yeah. I mean, your hair is amazingly thicker.

SPEAKER_00 1:22:23

And so it's it's to me, it's very exciting uh while we're still, you know, on earth to do the best we can to you know have the best quality of life. And that's already as of now, we have so many tools.

Dr Pompa 1:22:38

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:22:39

Um to achieve that. And I think that's really exciting.

Dr Pompa 1:22:43

I know. Yeah.

Workouts Sauna Cold Plunge Recovery

Dr Pompa 1:22:44

How m what are your workouts like? Um, I need I stand up for real quick. Sure. Just just flex your legs. Look at look at look at the 58 years old guys, okay, girls.

SPEAKER_00 1:22:57

Thank you. Yeah.

Dr Pompa 1:22:58

Um, what's your workout?

SPEAKER_00 1:23:01

So I um I take a day off and I do anywhere from three to five days of resistant training. That's me.

Dr Pompa 1:23:09

Yeah. I I would love to do five, but typically it's four. But yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:23:13

I do three to five and uh and then I do uh uh HIIT training. That's what I do.

Dr Pompa 1:23:20

That's high intensity interval training. That's what I do. Yeah. You know, I just I recently did a solo podcast on you know menopause, and I was saying, look, it's high intensity training, it's resistive training. Forget about the endurance stuff.

SPEAKER_00 1:23:33

Right.

Dr Pompa 1:23:33

Right. Higher protein, right? I mean higher protein is key. Yeah. I talked about the peptides that we talked about. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:23:39

Right. So and when you stack all of that, you know. Magic happens. Magic happens, you know, six pack when you 70 plus.

Dr Pompa 1:23:48

And you know, yeah, you do have a six-pack too. I do. Yeah. I mean, you just tell you.

SPEAKER_00 1:23:54

Um so um, yeah, and I I want to add more uh stretching and and you know, yoga. Yeah, it bores me.

Dr Pompa 1:24:05

Yeah, like I love resistive drinking. I know. Me too. It's like me too.

SPEAKER_00 1:24:10

And it makes you feel good, right? It's like exactly. I never regret a workout, a good workout.

Dr Pompa 1:24:16

No, I mean, and again, the older you get, the more important it is because it protects the joints, makes your joints function better, it increases mitochondria, affects metabolism, affects your brain. Right. I mean, everything.

SPEAKER_00 1:24:28

So yeah, bone health, not a lot of people focus on, but it's super important.

Dr Pompa 1:24:33

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:24:33

And to have strong bone is the muscle contraction.

Dr Pompa 1:24:37

Wolf's law. Do you remember from our medical uh background, right? Stress a bone and it gets stronger. Right. That's a law. It applies to every human, whether you're a hundred or whether you're 20.

SPEAKER_00 1:24:48

Right, right.

Dr Pompa 1:24:49

Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:24:49

And that same principle that hormesis, just a little stress.

Dr Pompa 1:24:53

One of my favorite talkabas.

SPEAKER_00 1:24:55

Yeah, so I I do uh I have a cold lunge and a sauna and a PMF machine at home. So every morning I do just quick minute of cold plunge.

Dr Pompa 1:25:07

Because she's respecting hormesis, right? You don't need a lot. If you do too much, it becomes bad. Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:25:13

And then just listen to your body.

Dr Pompa 1:25:14

Yeah, exactly. Yeah. Yeah. Listen to your body. If you hear me talk about that, yeah, that's I talk a lot about that.

SPEAKER_00 1:25:20

Yeah. Uh and I think that would guide you to are you doing enough? Is it too much? Um, either people don't work out enough or they're doing too much. Recovery. Yeah, exactly.

Dr Pompa 1:25:33

The recovery is key. And that's the issues. Yeah. Exercise. That was your problem. I think that was crushing your sex drive, right? Yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:25:41

And then chronic, that chronic inflammation from not adequate.

Dr Pompa 1:25:45

How old is your husband? 20?

SPEAKER_00 1:25:47

He's my age. Yeah. Yeah.

Dr Pompa 1:25:49

He's joking, meaning like, it's like, yeah.

SPEAKER_00 1:25:51

Yeah.

Dr Pompa 1:25:52

You gotta keep up with her. If she needs a a young guy, I know that he's and he's an orthopedic surgeon, so he's busy.

SPEAKER_00 1:25:58

Yeah, yeah. Um but yeah, so uh this is fun. I just I get excited talking about it.

Dr Pompa 1:26:06

I know, I I love it. I well, give your clinic name again. Uh tell them where to find you.

SPEAKER_00 1:26:11

It's Austin Regenerative Therapy, and it's in Austin. Yeah. Austin, Texas.

Dr Pompa 1:26:16

And then you said it's in Austin, Texas, and then you said um, which is easy to fly in and out. Um, it's um it was regen.

SPEAKER_00 1:26:24

Yeah, AustinRegen.com.

Dr Pompa 1:26:26

Okay, AustinRegen.com. So what what a pleasure. I learned something. I'm so excited. I'm taking my aging to another level or anti-aging to another level.

SPEAKER_00 1:26:36

I I can't wait to see you.

Dr Pompa 1:26:37

I know. All right, and you're gonna see some of them. You're gonna

How To Work With Austin Regen

Dr Pompa 1:26:40

see some of them too. Yeah. Awesome. Okay, share like the show. Everybody wants to anti-age. And guess what? We're all aging. So we got to slow it down. Remember, the number one cause of all chronic disease is aging. And you know what? People don't understand what's out there. The the regenerative medicine has come so far and it is accessible to everybody. It's you know, people just don't know. That's why they need to share the show. Yeah. Awesome. Thanks for being here. Yep, you're awesome.