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“Instead, it prioritizes urgent survival tasks, like keeping the heart beating or clotting blood, over long-term maintenance, such as repairing DNA or defending against oxidative damage. In this Aliquot, we'll explore how key micronutrients function, what happens when shortages occur, and simple ways to address them.”

“Several vitamins and minerals play important and complementary roles in supporting both the innate and adaptive immune systems. In this clip Dr. Rhonda Patrick discusses how deficiencies or insufficiencies in micronutrients might negatively affect immune function.”

Dr. Rhonda Patrick explains how cumulative micronutrient insufficiency, omega-3 status, and magnesium shape food choices.

“When cells run out of a vitamin or mineral, that scarce micronutrient is allotted to proteins (in the body) essential for short-term survival. Proteins needed for long-term health, including those that protect DNA, lose out and become disabled and lead to diseases of aging.”

“In this clip from Dr. Rhonda Patrick's appearance on The Dr. Hyman Show, she explains why adequate micronutrient intake supports the brain as well as the rest of the body. Across three randomized COSMOS cognitive studies, a daily multivitamin produced modest average improvements in global cognition and episodic memory in older adults.”

“In this clip, Bruce provides both an evolutionary and a molecular rationale for his theory. His research team has shown this triaging in vitamin K2 and selenium and postulates it is probably true for many other micronutrients.”

“To keep magnesium levels up, especially if you're active and losing a lot of magnesium through sweating, adding more magnesium-rich foods to your meals or opting for supplements like magnesium glycinate or citrate can make a big difference in maintaining your cell health and overall well-being.”

“In a pooled analysis of 14 trials, supplementation averaging about two grams per day raised the mean Omega-3 Index from 4.9% to 8.1%, although individual responses varied with baseline status, dose, and formulation.”

“National survey analyses estimated that roughly 38% to 47% of Americans consumed less vitamin C than the Estimated Average Requirement across 1999–2018, while an earlier biomarker survey found clinical vitamin C deficiency in about 7%.”