Q&A #4 with Dr. Rhonda Patrick (8/26/2018)

Posted on August 26th 2018 (over 6 years)
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Dr. Rhonda Patrick answers audience questions on various health, nutrition, and science topics in this Q&A session.

  • Blood tests, tracking devices, and their utility in the fight against aging.

  • How do you measure IGF-1 and is there an optimal "sweet spot" or threshold for benefits without detrimental effects?

  • Discussing: podcast on cholesterol with Dr. Ronald Krauss. 1

  • Thoughts on the Oura ring: wearable tech.

  • Discussing: podcast on sleep with Matthew Walker. 1

  • Whether telomere length measured in white blood cells is a good biomarker of aging in other tissues.

  • Important protocols or practices for prolonging healthspan.

  • Discussing: podcast on fasting with Dr. Valter Longo. 1

  • How supplements/coffee/herbs may affect a fast.

  • Should someone restrict protein to inhibit mTOR and IGF-1?

  • What are the best foods during the re-feeding phase of a fast?

  • How fasting affects HGH vs IGF-1 and implications for lean body mass.

  • Hypothetical: weighting the difference between two 48-hour fasts vs. one 72-hour fast in provoking cellular clean-up.

  • The best ways to activate autophagy and mitophagy. 1

  • How fasting affects the gut microbiome.

  • Broccoli sprouting and maximizing sulforaphane.

  • Dr. Dale Bredesen's protocol for Alzheimer's Disease. 1

  • Some of the best ways to activate the glymphatic system for brain health.

  • Lifestyle thoughts related to Alzheimer's Disease risk in ApoE4 carriers.

  • Parkinson’s and fasting

  • Brain fog and probiotics. 1

  • Tips for finding quality supplements, including fish oil.

  • Potential benefits/drawbacks of mushroom supplements.

  • Some of my thoughts on polyphenol supplements.

  • Whether or not fish oil supplements benefit the heart?

  • Ways to get sauna benefits for people who don’t have access to one.

  • Mood in women with premenstrual syndrome.

  • Rhonda’s publication on Vitamin D and omega-3. 1

  • Air and water filters.

  • My thoughts on maximizing fat loss and comparing some popular diets.

  • My thoughts on the carnivore diet.

  • My thoughts on a vegan diet.

  • Do fasting blood glucose levels go up in a ketogenic diet?

  • Antinutrients. Are lectins a source of inflammation?

  • Some brief thoughts on food combining.

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