Q&A #15 with Dr. Rhonda Patrick (9/5/2020)

Posted on September 5th 2020 (over 4 years)
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Dr. Rhonda Patrick answers audience questions on various health, nutrition, and science topics in this Q&A session.

  • Is it worth it to eat organic?

  • Health risks associated with a non-organic diet. 1

  • The dirty dozen and clean fifteen of pesticide-contaminated produce. 1 2 3 4

  • Certain pesticides have been associated with increased Parkinson’s disease risk. 1

  • The difference in nutritional value between organic and non-organic. 1 2 3

  • Is glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, safe? 1 2 3 4

  • Vitamin D and disease: chicken or the egg?

  • A genetic predisposition for vitamin D deficiency makes someone more likely to die from respiratory infections and cancer, and live shorter. 1

  • Is there an optimal time of the day to take vitamin D and vitamin K2?

  • How vitamin D, vitamin K2, and calcium affect bone and cardiovascular health.

  • Rhonda shares her thoughts on high-intensity infra-red lights for general health. 1 2 3

  • Bioavailability of vitamin D supplements.

  • Protein consumption in the context of exercise. 1 2 3

  • There are multiple formulations of magnesium with different bioavailability.

  • Dairy consumption

  • Dairy’s association with life-span. 1 2 3

  • Dairy’s association with cardiovascular health. 1 2 3

  • Discussion surrounding dairy’s association with cancer risk including colorectal cancer, ovarian cancer, breast cancer, and prostate cancer.

  • Dairy’s association with weight. 1 2

  • Dairy’s association with type 2 diabetes. 1 2 3 4

  • Dairy’s association with bone health. 1 2 3 4

  • Dairy’s associated with brain health. 1 2 3

  • The plant paradox diet: Are the lectins found in vegetables harmful to humans?

  • Rhonda’s thoughts on popular comercial health tests.

  • Oxalate metabolism and why dietary oxalate has little effect on urine oxalate. 1 2

  • Rapid-fire questions

  • Which antioxidant supplements suppress the benefits of exercise and when should they be taken.

  • Is the CHORI bar commercially available?

  • Commercial tests for LDL particle sizes.

  • Rhonda’s thoughts on spacing out supplemental omega-3 from dietary omega-3.

  • Differentiating when high growth hormone and IGF-1 is good and when it is bad.

  • Lead contamination in turmeric.

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