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

“A study conducted in collaboration with Dr. Stuart Phillips revealed that older pre-diabetic individuals who took fewer than a thousand steps daily for two weeks experienced lasting decreases in protein synthesis and insulin sensitivity, which did not fully recover even after resuming regular activity.”

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

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

“In this talk, we’ll be exploring the intersection between genetics, nutrition, and environment: how your diet, micronutrients, exercise, heat stress, and sleep can change the expression of your genes and how this has profound effects on the way your body functions and ages.”

“But implementing a ketogenic diet is challenging. In this Aliquot, Dr. Dominic D'Agostino explains how to avoid side effects on a ketogenic diet, provides valuable pointers for success, and explains how the diet might help preserve muscle mass.”

“While daily fluctuations in testosterone do not drive muscle protein synthesis, supraphysiological steroid doses are anabolic. Testosterone boosters come and go, but Dr. Phillips states they are ineffective, and it's better to focus on resistance exercise.”

“Zinc is an essential nutrient that participates in many biological processes and plays critical roles in immune function, protein synthesis, wound healing, DNA synthesis, cell division, and brain health.”

“Eating a typical Western diet – high in processed foods and sugar-sweetened beverages – raises blood glucose and insulin levels, promotes inflammation, and contributes to many neurological disorders, including Alzheimer's disease.”

“FGF21 is a preliminary liver-brain signal in this discussion. A small human laboratory study found a robust rise in serum FGF21 after a two-hour alcohol self-administration session in 16 people with alcohol use disorder; it did not test exercise or craving treatment.”