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“For example, growing up in an overly hygienic environment increases a child's risk for developing autoimmune diseases, but exposure to dirt, especially from soil, pets, and roaches, in the first year of life may provide protection against asthma and allergy-related skin disease.”

Hormesis is a compensatory defense response to a stressor that conditions the body against future stressors. Heat exposure – from sauna use, hot tubs, or eve...

“More than a century of research has demonstrated that nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is an indispensable mediator of vital metabolic and physiological processes, including energy production, DNA synthesis and repair, and regulation of gene expression – across multiple species.”

“Bruce explains that this may still leave people insufficient for long-term diseases. In light of his triage theory, this means a poor diet may have enough nutrition to prevent serious acute diseases but still lead to accelerated aging and long-term diseases.”

“Imagine a drug that improves sleep, reduces stress, sharpens focus, and boosts mood—without cost or side effects. That "drug" is light. Natural light is more than just illumination; it's a potent regulator of our body's internal clock, driving critical processes like hormone release and sleep-wake cycles.”

Small vessel disease is a generic term that describes dysfunction of blood vessels that occurs with aging and contributes to cognitive decline, cardiovascular disease, frailty, and stroke.

Dr. Rhonda Patrick discusses if smoked salmon is carcinogenic, high-dose melatonin, creatine on workout vs. non-workout days, and the Neurocode brain scan.

“It accomplishes this by serving as the final step in cementing the neural connections that occur during daytime hours by prepping the brain for information input, promoting information storage, and providing a mechanism for information transfer and long-term memory formation.”

“Researchers fed mice either normal mouse chow or mouse chow that contained a red food dye called Allura Red for 12 weeks and assessed their gut health. Allura Red, also known as FD&C Red 40 or Food Red 17, is used in many food products, including candy, soft drinks, dairy products, and some breakfast cereals.”

“In a randomized trial of 80 adults with overweight who usually slept fewer than 6.5 hours, counseling increased sleep by about 1.2 hours per night and reduced objectively measured energy intake by approximately 270 calories per day over two weeks.”