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

“Prevention and Treatment Stopping hair loss typically involves reducing DHT, which can be accomplished by using drugs like finasteride and dutasteride, which block 5-alpha reductase, the enzyme converting testosterone into DHT, effectively slowing or halting hair loss.”

“Dr. Roland Griffiths is a clinical pharmacologist at Johns Hopkins and one of the world's foremost researchers on the psychedelic compound psilocybin. Learn more about Dr. Roland R. Griffiths Johns Hopkins Profile - Roland R. Griffiths. List of Publications.”

Dr. Michael Snyder discusses personalized medicine and the use of technologies that monitor metabolism and other health markers.

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

“In a double-blind randomized trial of 191 adults with borderline-high cholesterol, 3 grams per day of high-molecular-weight oat beta-glucan—taken as 1 gram three times daily for four weeks—reduced LDL cholesterol by about 6% and estimated 10-year Framingham cardiovascular disease risk by about 8% compared with a rice-powder control.”

“Older adults who engaged in aerobic exercise for one year while taking a drug that inhibited AGEs reversed their vascular aging by an equivalent of about 15 years. "Early middle-age may represent a "sweet spot" for intervention.”

“The effects of heat exposure are broad and include improved immunity, better cardiovascular health, improved mood, and extended healthspan, the number of years we live in good health. Rhonda shares her personal sauna bathing routine and briefly describes special considerations for children and other special groups.”

“There are ways to clear out senescent cells with drugs or even dietary and lifestyle interventions. Not only are there ways to kill senescent cells, there are also ways to influence what sort of molecules they produce, possibly limiting the inflammatory ones...”

“Rhonda and Steve discuss calorie restriction, GLP-1 therapy, multivitamins, omega-3s, vitamin D, vegetables, red meat, exercise, heat exposure, sleep, social connection, consumer testing, AI-built clocks, partial reprogramming, and why no single intervention is likely to stop aging on its own.”