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Dr. Rhonda Patrick explains how sustained blood sugar exposure can affect brain structure, inflammation, and cardiovascular stiffness.

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

“Dom's efforts at teasing out the differences between induced nutritional ketosis (through a low carbohydrate, high fat diet) and ketosis from the dietary introduction of exogenous ketones, like beta-hydroxybutyrate, especially in the context of therapeutic and performance enhancing effects.”

Dr. Rhonda Patrick covers lithium microdosing, reducing homocysteine, aluminum's link to cancer, and beta-alanine and alpha-lipoic acid supplements.

“Boosting neurotrophic support with brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) BDNF is active in the hippocampus, cortex, cerebellum, and basal forebrain – areas involved in learning, long term memory, and executive function.”

“Glutathione helps prevent damage from oxidative stress caused by the production of reactive oxygen species that can occur after a traumatic brain injury. In this clip, Dr. Dominic D'Agostino discusses the neuroprotective potential associated with a combination of ketones and lactate in the management of traumatic brain injury.”

“In this Aliquot, I'll explore how to recognize and address iron deficiency, the unique challenges of iron overload in aging, the ways alcohol may influence brain iron, and how infants tightly regulate iron as a built-in defense against infection.”

“Insulin-like growth factor-1, or IGF-1 for short, is a protein that plays critical roles in major growth pathways in the human body. It influences nearly every tissue in the body, especially developmental growth, skeletal muscle and neurons.”

“Dr. Patrick and Dr. Hyman also describe glycinate and malate as routine options and citrate when a laxative effect is useful. They describe threonate as a brain-focused option but caution that it should not be assumed to cover whole-body needs.”

“Dr. Rhonda Patrick reviews structural and functional brain effects of alcohol. UK Biobank data associated greater intake with lower gray- and white-matter volume. Structure does not map perfectly to cognition, and association does not prove causation.”