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

“Cells could be programmed to behave and function as they ordinarily would but with profound differences in their underlying code and translation apparatus, making them immune to all viruses and even horizontal gene transfer – a boon to preventing the unintentional spread of lab-produced genetics to wild-type organisms.”

“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.”

“A large French cohort associated higher intake of artificial sweeteners, including aspartame, with modestly higher cancer incidence, but an observational association cannot establish causation and dose-response patterns were not uniform.”

“One laboratory study found that disposable paper cups exposed to 85 to 90°C water released about 25,000 micron-sized particles into 100 milliliters within 15 minutes, along with many smaller particles. Tea bags can provide another source of exposure.”

“Practical steps include avoiding tobacco, minimizing alcohol, maintaining a healthy weight, eating varied plant foods, exercising, using recommended vaccines and sun protection, knowing family history, and following age- and risk-based screening guidance.”

“Assessments of episodic memory based on a battery of cognitive tests demonstrated that the rate of cognitive decline experienced by healthy, older people who had amyloid-beta protein accumulation in their brain and who were APOE4 and BDNF Met carriers was roughly three times the rate of decline among those carrying only the BDNF Val allele (the more common form of the gene that retains valine).”

“Together, these examples make food-contact materials a practical place to examine everyday exposure, while the amount absorbed and the health effects of specific drinking habits remain active research questions.”

“The fascinating way Dr. Panda is using human anecdote from his trial to ask new scientific questions he wouldn't think to ask and then going back to animal data to figure it out and how this unique approach forms a sort of closed loop pattern: animal → human feedback → back to animal for mechanism.”

“In Dr. Raison’s randomized, double-blind study published in JAMA in 2016, it was shown that a single session of whole-body hyperthermia (core body temperature was elevated to 38.5 C) produced a significant antidepressant effect in people with major depressive disorder compared to those who received a sham control.”