Related Episodes for The connection between Alzheimer’s disease and insulin resistance | Peter Attia

“For all-cause mortality, the researchers estimated that one minute of vigorous activity was associated with a risk reduction similar to 4.1 minutes of moderate activity or 53.2 minutes of light activity. The estimated differences were larger for some specific outcomes.”

“Dr. Rhonda Patrick discusses how conditioning the body to heat stress through sauna use, called "hyperthermic conditioning" may cause adaptations that increase athletic endurance (by increasing plasma volume and blood flow to heart and muscles) and potentially even muscle mass. She also discusses the profound effects of hyperthermic conditioning on the brain including cognitive function.”

“Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) promotes the growth of existing cancer cells and contributes to aging, but also has some beneficial functions. IGF-1 is required for the growth and repair of muscles and is also necessary for producing new brain cells.”

“In this talk, we’ll be exploring the intersection between genetics, nutrition, and environment: how your diet, micronutrients, exercise, heat stress, and sleep can change the expression of your genes and how this has profound effects on the way your body functions and ages.”

“Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) plays a role during childhood for growth and continues later in life to have anabolic and neurotrophic effects. IGF-1 is also implicated in contributing to aging and enhancing the growth of cancer after it has been initiated.”

“Dr. Attia separates transient exercise-related glucose rises from sustained dysglycemia and treats HbA1c, average glucose, variability, and context as complementary signals rather than one universal glucose target.”

“New Scientist article. 02:06:10 - Some people, like Tom Cruise and Keanu Reeves, seem to defy aging. 02:08:15 - One 12-ounce can of sugar-sweetened soft drink per day shortened telomere length, corresponding to 4.6 years of biological aging.”

“If we eat carbohydrate-containing foods when melatonin levels are high, our pancreas cannot produce the insulin needed to use the glucose. Therefore, eating too close to bedtime or immediately upon waking, before nightly melatonin levels have declined, may hamper the body's ability to process glucose.”

“Dr. Patrick also discusses STEP 5, in which two years of treatment produced about 15.2 percent loss versus 2.6 percent with placebo, with the curve leveling while participants remained on treatment. Dual GIP/GLP-1 therapy can produce still larger losses in some trials.”

Dr. Rhonda Patrick answers audience questions on various health, nutrition, and science topics in this Q&A session.