Related Episodes for How Sleep, Diet, Exercise, and Mental Health Fit a Longevity Routine

“The menus were matched for presented calories, energy density, total sugar, sodium, and fiber, but not added sugar: much more of the ultra-processed diet's sugar was added rather than contained in fruit. Protein was also only approximately matched, at about 14% versus 15.6% of calories.”

“In a short intervention in 29 healthy young men, a daily sugar-sweetened beverage increased fasting glucose, C-reactive protein, and atherogenic LDL features within three weeks; this was a biomarker study, not a cancer trial.”

“Since then, countless studies have tested Pauling's theories about vitamin C, colds, and cancer (and many others), and a substantial body of evidence has emerged, identifying critical roles for vitamin C in immune function, cardiovascular and respiratory health, cognitive development and preservation, and many other aspects of human health.”

“DNA-methylation clocks use patterns in blood or other tissues to estimate aspects of biological aging. In this clip from Dr. Rhonda Patrick's presentation at Natural Products Expo West, she discusses how omega-3 fatty acids may influence these research biomarkers.”

“A meta-analysis restricted to direct regional measures from MRI, CT, or ultrasound found a very small average hypertrophy benefit when creatine was combined with resistance training, with uncertainty around the pooled estimate and variation across sites and populations.”

“Longer endurance aerobic exercise seems to be most effective at producing higher levels of FGF21, coinciding with anecdotes you might have heard from runners who have successfully used exercise in this sort of way. Relevant publications Flippo, Kyle H., et al.”

“In this clip from Q&A #68, Dr. Rhonda Patrick compares stearic, palmitic, myristic, and lauric acids and explains why chocolate, cheese, butter, and coconut oil can produce different lipid responses.”