Q&A #2 with Dr. Rhonda Patrick (12/10/2017)

Posted on December 10th 2017 (over 7 years)
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Dr. Rhonda Patrick answers audience questions on various health, nutrition, and science topics in this Q&A session.

  • Discussing veganism.

  • Meat consumption requires an unhealthy lifestyle-factor for all-cause mortality and cancer association (comparison to vegetarianism). 1

  • Increased protein intake is positively associated with longevity over the age 65. 1

  • Relationship of protein intake with IGF-1.

  • Saturated fat and cardiovascular risk.

  • Impact of sugar consumption on LDL cholesterol.

  • Personalized nature of glycemic response to diet. 1

  • Genetic polymorphisms that affect fat and cholesterol metabolism, particularly in response to a high-fat diet.

  • Arachidonic acid and inflammation.

  • Water filtration.

  • Fish intake during pregnancy and fetal neurodevelopment. 1

  • Effect of dietary phospholipid DHA on brain DHA accretion in neonatal piglets. 1

  • My thoughts on pterostilbene and nicotinamide riboside. 1, 2

  • Human trials showing NR in combination with pterostilbene increased NAD+ levels in human white blood cells. 1

  • Mention: Discussion of NAD+ and ketogenic diet with Dr. Eric Verdin. 1

  • Does omega-3 in fish oil supplements come in phospholipid form?

  • Comparison of other heat modalities with sauna (shown to associate with reductions of all-cause mortality).

  • Sauna use lowers risk of Alzheimer's, cardiovascular, all-cause mortality and more. 1, 2, 3

  • Whole-body hyperthermia as a treatment for depression. 1

  • How to actionize off the data from 23andme.

  • Do oats and whole grains cause inflammation?

  • Are microbiome tests actionable?

  • Getting into ketosis via fasting vs. supplementation.

  • Effect of fasting on the microbiome.

  • Fasting mimicking diet vs water fast.

  • Mention: Discussion of autophagy and cell death from fasting with Dr. Guido Kroemer. 1

  • How does coffee affect a fast and circadian rhythm. 1

  • Is apoptosis in the context of prolonged fasting a good thing? 1, 2

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