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

        00:04:14 - Is it worth it to eat organic?
00:06:02 - Health risks associated with a non-organic diet. [1](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7019963/)
00:09:00 - The dirty dozen and clean fifteen of pesticide-contaminated produce. [1](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935119300246) [2](https://www.nature.com/articles/jes201722) [3](https://www.ewg.org/foodnews/?gclid=CjwKCAjwtNf6BRAwEiwAkt6UQmGgV538ta6XCH6c_rnDJ3665F8E2sBK2jygE8Iea6qGseakBYyPbRoCERAQAvD_BwE) [4](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24968103/)
00:11:50 - Certain pesticides have been associated with increased Parkinson’s disease risk. [1](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23713084)
00:15:02 - The difference in nutritional value between organic and non-organic. [1](https://europepmc.org/article/med/17297755) [2](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24968103/) [3](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20359265/)
00:18:17 - Is glyphosate, the active ingredient in Roundup, safe? [1](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10854122/) [2](https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/11/4/4449/htm) [3](https://ec.europa.eu/food/plant/pesticides/eu-pesticides-database/public/?event=activesubstance.detail&language=EN&selectedID=1438) [4](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15862083/)
00:25:06 - Vitamin D and disease: chicken or the egg?
00:30:11 - A genetic predisposition for vitamin D deficiency makes someone more likely to die from respiratory infections and cancer, and live shorter. [1](http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g6330)
00:33:33 - Is there an optimal time of the day to take vitamin D and vitamin K2?
00:36:30 - How vitamin D, vitamin K2, and calcium affect bone and cardiovascular health.
00:38:55 - Rhonda shares her thoughts on high-intensity infra-red lights for general health. [1](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10955339) [2](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10955339) [3](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29733117)
00:44:26 - Bioavailability of vitamin D supplements.
00:47:00 - Protein consumption in the context of exercise. [1](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/1550-2783-10-53) [2](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0271531709000530) [3](https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/ijsnem/19/2/article-p172.xml)
00:48:53 - There are multiple formulations of magnesium with different bioavailability.
00:52:31 - Dairy consumption
00:57:06 - Dairy’s association with **life-span**. [1](https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/7/9/5363) [2](https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-016-3889-9) [3](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10654-017-0243-1?wt_mc=Affiliate.CommissionJunction.Authors.3.EPR1089.DeepLink&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=commission_junction_authors&utm_campaign=3_nsn6445_deeplink&utm_content=deeplink?wt_mc=Affiliate.CommissionJunction.Authors.3.EPR1089.DeepLink&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=commission_junction_authors&utm_campaign=3_nsn6445_deeplink&utm_content=deeplink&utm_term=3987228)
00:57:25 - Dairy’s association with **cardiovascular health**. [1](https://www.nature.com/articles/1601869) [2](https://academic.oup.com/advances/advance-article/doi/10.1093/advances/nmz132/5697079) [3](https://biolincc.nhlbi.nih.gov/studies/hhp/)
00:58:26 - Discussion surrounding dairy’s association with **cancer risk** including colorectal cancer, ovarian cancer, breast cancer, and prostate cancer.
01:01:27 - Dairy’s association with **weight**. [1](https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-nutrition/article/effect-of-increasing-dietary-calcium-through-supplements-and-dairy-food-on-body-weight-and-body-composition-a-metaanalysis-of-randomised-controlled-trials/3F57D60E445C26983D94CD313FDBB9F9) [2](https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/dme.12970?casa_token=VJa-E_2cwlwAAAAA%3AQd3jLmufaCUvFylJEJJWkhxyzQ3_CGCpbRrOGC9bgNLtJe8Q8ZsgpuJFJ8q0AZIiPhRLQ6Cm58K4ceE)
01:01:56 - Dairy’s association with **type 2 diabetes**. [1](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0939475314002580) [2](https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0073965) [3](https://www.nature.com/articles/ejcn201162) [4](https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/98/4/1066/4577090)
01:03:16 - Dairy’s association with **bone health**. [1](https://bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12889-018-5041-5) [2](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12540414) [3](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15741380) [4](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10966884)
01:03:48 - Dairy’s associated with **brain health**. [1](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29791504/) [2](https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10654-014-9921-4.pdf) [3](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21169048/)
01:07:56 - The plant paradox diet: Are the lectins found in vegetables harmful to humans?
01:12:08 - Rhonda’s thoughts on popular comercial health tests.
01:19:45 - Oxalate metabolism and why dietary oxalate has little effect on urine oxalate. [1](https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0002822393915304) [2](https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.01.27.20018770v1)
01:34:38 - **Rapid-fire questions**
01:34:58 - Which antioxidant supplements suppress the benefits of exercise and when should they be taken.
01:38:56 - Is the CHORI bar commercially available?
01:40:32 - Commercial tests for LDL particle sizes.
01:42:32 - Rhonda’s thoughts on spacing out supplemental omega-3 from dietary omega-3.
01:44:59 - Differentiating when high growth hormone and IGF-1 is good and when it is bad.
01:47:13 - Lead contamination in turmeric.