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Dr. Rhonda Patrick discusses organic produce, fasting-mimicking diets, sleep, sauna, sunscreens, red light therapy, reverse osmosis water, and fiber.

“In 1,334 dementia-free adults with a mean age of 84, levels below 25 nanomoles per liter were associated with a 91 percent higher rate of all-cause dementia and a 128 percent higher rate of Alzheimer's dementia over seven years.”

“Is aging just the accumulation of damage over time or is it a program that goes wrong? Using Yamanaka transcription factors, geneticists are able to reverse the aging program and take an adult cell back to a stem cell.”

“But what does the science say? In this Aliquot, Dr. Jed Fahey and I discuss the pros and cons of eating meat as well as the confounding factors that may influence the risks associated with meat consumption.”

“Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, or NAD, is in every cell of your body and plays a central role in energy metabolism, mitochondrial function, and DNA repair. In certain tissues, especially with aging and specific diseases, those NAD pools can become disrupted or depleted, which led to the idea that restoring them to more youthful levels might improve aspects of aging.”

Tim Ferriss discusses ketosis, the gut microbiome, and monitoring biomarkers to promote performance.

“The race is divided into three stages over three days: The first is a 6.2 mile (10-km) ocean swim, followed by a 90-mile (145-km) cross-country bike ride, with vertical climbs that total 6,000 feet. Stage two is a 171.4-mile (276-km) bike ride, with total vertical climbs of 4,000 feet.”

“His lab also developed a technique for harvesting 5 to 7 times more hematopoietic stem cells from placenta than is currently retrieved from cord blood, a more standard, established source that is used worldwide for bone-marrow transplant.”

“How too much iron can lead to protein aggregation and how vitamin D can prevent it. A program, directed by Gordon, called the Caenorhabditis Intervention Testing Program which tests potential longevity compounds that may extend the lifespan of several different species of worms.”

“Vitamin C also boosts the immune system by promoting the proliferation of T cells and preventing T cell death. T cells play a major role in driving an immune response against pathogens such as bacteria or viruses.”