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“In this podcast, Valter and I discuss his research in mice and humans looking at how prolonged fasting and a fasting mimicking diet on improves biomarkers of longevity, increases stem cells, improves cancer prevention, enhances cancer treatment and diminishes toxic side effects of chemotherapy, and mitigates autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis by changing immune cells phenotypes.”

“And there might be a place for omega-3s in the setting of cachexia – a muscle disuse atrophy syndrome associated with chronic diseases like cancer and emphysema. Dr. McGlory cautions that you can't "out-nutrition" physical inactivity or immobilization, however.”

“Whole fruits and vegetables add water, vitamins, minerals, polyphenols, and an intact food matrix alongside fiber. Large cohorts associate higher fruit and vegetable intake with lower total, cardiovascular, cancer, and respiratory mortality, with benefits leveling near five servings per day.”

“A separate cohort of more than 22,000 non-exercisers found that several minutes of VILPA per day were associated with lower total and physical activity-related cancer incidence. Walking still supports daily movement, glucose regulation, energy expenditure, and cardiovascular health.”

“00:03:44 Dr. Bruce Ames' triage theory. 00:08:45 Dr. Patrick's clinical research on the role of DNA damage in cancer and aging and her data that suggests obese individuals accumulate more DNA damage than lean individuals.”

“Three of the most common human diseases are cardiovascular disease, cancer, and Alzheimer's disease. The most significant drivers of cardiac disease are smoking, hypertension and elevated APOB, a biomarker of LDL particle number.”

“These changes increase infection risk, weaken vaccine responses, and reduce early cancer surveillance. Yet immune aging is not fixed. Movement, sleep, stress regulation, temperature exposure, and nutrition shape immune cell balance and inflammatory activity over time.”

“Glyphosate is one of the most widely used herbicides in the world—but how concerned should we be about its links to cancer, hormonal disruption, or neurodegenerative disease?”

“But breastfeeding benefits mothers, too, aiding in post-partum weight loss and providing protection against certain types of cancer. Many women face challenges when breastfeeding, however, so family support and assistance from a lactation consultant can be helpful.”

“Eventually, chronic poor sleep increases our risk for much more serious threats, such as cancer, unless we take steps to sleep better. This episode of the Aliquot feature Drs. Matthew Walker, David Sinclair, and Rhonda Patrick (in a members' Q&A).”