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“Standard metabolic screening still relies on validated laboratory measures such as A1c, fasting plasma glucose, or a two-hour glucose value after a standardized oral glucose tolerance test. Skin changes or unexpected glucose patterns can therefore be useful prompts for a clinical evaluation.”

“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%.”

“A ketogenic diet, which is high in fat, moderate in protein, and low in carbohydrates, mimics fasting by inducing metabolic switching – the capacity to shift from metabolizing glucose to metabolizing fatty acids.”

“It suggests that when the body runs low on essential vitamins or minerals, it doesn't distribute them evenly. 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.”

“Mouse studies of feeding during infection also found different responses across bacterial and viral models, so a minimally processed dietary pattern, regular exercise, and normal hydration and nutrition during illness provide a more useful foundation than one universal food or fasting rule.”

“In the modern-day with no imposed fasting, these cycles of renewal may remain dormant. In this clip, Dr. Valter Longo discusses how cellular repair mechanisms may have evolved during times of fasting, but are latent in times of food abundance.”

“Evolocumab lowered LDL by 59% and reduced the primary composite cardiovascular outcome over a median 2.2 years. Bempedoic acid is activated in the liver, where it inhibits cholesterol synthesis and promotes increased LDL receptor activity.”

“Finally, choline is also a precursor for phosphatidylcholine, the major component of all cell membranes, which affects the structure, permeability and function of cells and is particularly important in neurons since it plays a role in general neurotransmission.”

“Dr. Elinav describes that urbanization profoundly reduces microbial diversity by almost 10-fold compared to people living in hunter-gatherer populations. In this clip, Dr. Eran Elinav highlights several factors that contribute to a diverse microbiome.”

“The arrival of a new year is a great opportunity to make health-focused resolutions – promises to ourselves that we're going to live better, healthier, and (hopefully) longer. We all age at different rates, however, so our chronological age – the number of years we've lived – often differs from our biological age.”