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“Creatine works by building tissue stores, so consistent daily intake matters more than taking it immediately before a specific workout. Dr. Patrick and Dr. Candow also discuss its value during aging, when preserving training quality and muscle becomes increasingly important for function and independence.”

“00:20:21 - Some of the key blood-based biomarkers that are useful for tracking and projecting future cognitive health, including: homocysteine (<7μml/L preferred), which Dr. Bredesen indicates may be a mediator of cerebral atrophy, and also fasting insulin (<5% preferred), hemoglobin A1c, fasting glucose, vitamin D, and a number of other hormones relevant for trophic support.”

“Activity in the default mode network (DMN), a group of interacting brain regions implicated in self-related thinking, rumination, and depression, is suppressed by psilocybin and other psychedelic substances.”

“Dom's efforts at teasing out the differences between induced nutritional ketosis (through a low carbohydrate, high fat diet) and ketosis from the dietary introduction of exogenous ketones, like beta-hydroxybutyrate, especially in the context of therapeutic and performance enhancing effects.”

“Conventional health advice, such as healthy eating, physical activity, and education level are linked with slowed epigenetic aging, albeit weakly, and obesity, sleep deprivation, and smoking are linked with accelerated epigenetic aging.”

“A smaller comparative study found improved hair density, shaft size, and anagen-follicle proportion with 2 percent ketoconazole shampoo, while its authors called for larger controlled studies. These results support individualized combinations rather than one universal protocol.”

“In a crossover experiment with 12 healthy adults, six 40-second high-intensity cycling intervals increased circulating BDNF four to five times more than 90 minutes of light cycling. The BDNF response also tracked with the rise in circulating lactate.”

“The physical activity guidelines and estimates on how much activity we need are heavily based on self-reported activity, which is useful but imperfect: people remember going for a run, but they forget the short, intense bursts in daily life like sprinting up stairs, chasing kids, and running to catch a bus.”

“Dr. Patrick describes increased shear as a possible way vigorous exercise can damage fragile circulating tumor cells; this is a proposed mechanism, not proof that a workout eliminates metastasis or treats an established tumor.”

“Sprint-interval exercise improved reaction time on selected executive-function tasks for about 10 to 30 minutes in a controlled study, supporting Dr. Patrick's practice of using a short workout before an early talk or demanding meeting.”