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“She also serves as the leader of the Cancer Prevention Program at USCD Health's Moores Cancer Center in La Jolla, California, where she is the Associate Director of Population Sciences.”

Dr. Rhonda Patrick discusses cancer prevention, linoleic acid, shingles vaccine and dementia, creatine's kidney effects, and shares her overnight oats recipe.

“In this clip from Dr. Rhonda Patrick's appearance on The Rich Roll Podcast, she explains how exercise can support cancer prevention through metabolic, inflammatory, and immune pathways.”

“00:51:04 - Whether or not low LDL is a risk for cancer – and a variety of other surprising facts about LDL biology you really can't find anywhere else. 00:56:52 - How statins and other lipid-lowering pharmacotherapies work, including their side effects and costs.”

“Cancer cells exploit the regenerative capacity of telomerase to perpetually divide, essentially becoming immortal. In fact, telomerase levels in cancer cells are often as much as 10-fold higher than in normal, healthy replicating cells.”

“Although human trials are lacking, some animal research suggests that sulforaphane and its byproducts protect against bladder cancer. But the mechanisms by which sulforaphane exerts its cancer-preventive effects may backfire in existing cancers.”

“A large share of cancer risk is shaped not by genetics alone, but by everyday patterns of behavior that influence long-term health. Physical activity, diet quality, alcohol intake, sleep, nutrient status, and body weight are consistently associated with differences in cancer risk across populations.”

“Tissue depletion of gamma tocopherol may be an especially important missing link that helps explain the correlation between vitamin E supplementation and prostate cancer established in the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT).”

“Chronic disease prevention Cancer Magnesium's crucial role in DNA repair and its potential implications for cancer prevention are profound. DNA sustains daily damage due to internal exposures (such as those arising from metabolic processes) and external exposures (such as ultraviolet radiation and pollution).”

“Since the long-term consequences of metformin are unknown, a viable approach to depriving cancer cells of glucose, their preferred energy source, might be to limit dietary sugar intake. In this clip, Tim Ferriss and Dr. Rhonda Patrick discuss the anti-cancer properties of the diabetes drug metformin.”