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Progress of FDA approval of psilocybin, & associated risks & contraindications for use | Roland Griffiths

Posted on November 5th 2019 (over 4 years)

In this clip, Dr. Roland Griffiths discusses the potential uses, challenges, and risks associated with gaining FDA approval for psilocybin use as a therapeutic treatment.

Growth hormone defect protects against cancer, diabetes, & cognitive decline | Valter Longo

Posted on November 5th 2019 (over 4 years)

In this clip, Dr. Valter Longo describes the IGF-1 pathway and explains how defects in the pathway influence disease risk.

Parallels of long-term meditation and psilocybin use | Roland Griffiths

Posted on November 5th 2019 (over 4 years)

In this clip, Dr. Roland Griffiths describes the current state of research on long-term meditation and the role psilocybin plays in that research.

Reorganizational psychedelic experiences, neuroplasticity, & their role in treating addiction | Roland Griffiths

Posted on November 5th 2019 (over 4 years)

In this clip, Dr. Roland Griffiths discusses the reorganizational effects that psychedelic experiences have on the brain and their potential use in treating mental disorders.

Indigenous use of ayahuasca, psilocybin, peyote for religious healing rituals | Roland Griffiths

Posted on November 5th 2019 (over 4 years)

In this clip, Dr. Roland Griffiths and Dr. Rhonda Patrick discuss the sociocultural aspects of hallucinogenic substance use.

Meditation changes gene expression and has long-term benefits | Roland Griffiths

Posted on November 5th 2019 (over 4 years)

In this clip, Dr. Roland Griffiths and Dr. Rhonda Patrick discuss the effects of meditation on gene expression.

Default mode network is suppressed by meditation practice | Roland Griffiths

Posted on November 5th 2019 (over 4 years)

In this clip, Dr. Roland Griffiths discusses similarities in the effects of psilocybin and meditation on the brain and their potential usefulness in treating depression.

Sauna use, depression and addiction — the dynorphin thermoregulatory connection | Roland Griffiths

Posted on November 5th 2019 (over 4 years)

In this clip, Dr. Rhonda Patrick describes how sauna use activates the Salvinorin A pathway, potentially ameliorating symptoms of depression and opioid addiction.

Psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression (large effects) | Roland Griffiths

Posted on November 5th 2019 (over 4 years)

In this clip, Dr. Roland Griffiths describes new findings that suggest psilocybin may be useful in managing the symptoms of treatment-resistant depression.

Intermittent fasting is a meaningless term | Valter Longo

Posted on September 5th 2019 (over 4 years)

Dr. Valter Longo defines the different fasting modalities, and compares and contrasts the variations of each in duration and degree of restrictiveness.

Growth hormone defect protects against cancer, diabetes, and cognitive decline | Valter Longo

Posted on September 5th 2019 (over 4 years)

Dr. Valter Longo explains how certain macronutrients influence the insulin/IGF-1/growth hormone axis to modulate aging in many cell types.

Fasting diet may make cancer treatment more effective | Valter Longo

Posted on September 5th 2019 (over 4 years)

Dr. Valter Longo discusses how the fasting-mimicking diet nourishes patients while still activating some of the same metabolic responses as a water-only fast.

Ketogenic diet, Fasting Mimicking Diet and Chemotherapy used together to treat aggressive cancer.

Posted on September 5th 2019 (over 4 years)

Dr. Valter Longo describes how fasting and the ketogenic diet used together with the standard of care treatment may help treat aggressive cancers.

Hurdles with food aversion and FDA regulation of FMD treatment protocols | Valter Longo

Posted on September 5th 2019 (over 4 years)

Dr. Valter Longo explains why clinical trials of the fasting-mimicking diet in combination with standard cancer treatments have been slow to progress.

Fasting Mimicking Diet in healthy subjects improves key biomarkers | Valter Longo

Posted on September 5th 2019 (over 4 years)

Dr. Longo describes the promising research that suggests that one's risk for diseases over the next 10 years may be drastically reduced.

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