Related Episodes for Why Some Cancers Are Rising in Younger Adults

“Dr. Patrick describes strategies you can apply immediately to enhance cellular health, protect the nervous system, elevate mood, reduce inflammation, promote muscle and bone function, and help prevent chronic disease.”

“Although exercising animals are less likely to have cardiovascular disease or diabetes, they still experience cancer and kidney disease, it's difficult to extrapolate (or discount) the effects of exercise.”

“Sulforaphane, an isothiocyanate compound derived from cruciferous plants such as broccoli, cauliflower, and mustard, was discovered in 1992 by the late Dr. Paul Talalay and his then student, Dr. Yuesheng Zhang.”

“Moringa is a tropical plant that exerts a wide range of beneficial health effects. A growing body of evidence indicates that moringin, an isothiocyanate compound derived from moringa, may help prevent or even treat a variety of chronic health conditions, including cancer, diabetes, and autism. In this clip, Dr. Jed Fahey discusses the beneficial health effects of moringa.”

“01:52:55 - Environmental enrichment creates epigenetic changes that benefit learning and memory in rodents and these benefits transfer to offspring. Study. 02:05:00 - NASA study showed that gravity influenced expression of genes involved in metastasis.”

“A single night of poor sleep can impair natural killer cells' activity by as much as 70 percent. In the short term, this can put us at risk for developing acute illnesses like colds and flu, but in the long term, it increases our risk for much more serious threats, such as cancer.”

“Alterations in magnesium and oxidative status during chronic emotional stress - Young adults undergoing persistent or intermittent stress like anticipating military conflict) experienced substantial decreases in their overall and plasma magnesium concentrations over three months.”

“Emerging evidence suggests that omega-3 fatty acids, especially EPA, might help mitigate muscle loss in cancer patients and could potentially protect against the detrimental effects of chemotherapy on muscle.”

“While omega-3 is more well-known for generally promoting cancer protection, the 2008 SELECT trial seemed to show something alarming: an association between vitamin E, omega-3, and selenium supplementation and prostate cancer.”

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