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

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

“Breastfeeding benefits mothers and infants Infant benefits of breastfeeding As one would expect, breastfeeding provides a wide range of benefits to infants, including enhanced neurological development, evidenced by children who were breastfed as infants scoring nearly three points higher on intelligence tests than those who were not breastfed…”

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

“Several mechanisms explain why, minute for minute, vigorous exercise outperforms moderate- and light-intensity activity for achieving several heath benefits. Shear Stress and Endothelial Function Vigorous exercise dramatically increases blood flow and shear stress—the friction of blood sliding along the inner surface of blood vessels.”

“Similarly, exercise induces changes in skeletal muscle fuel utilization to preserve glycogen stores and blood glucose levels for glucose-dependent tissues, switching from glucose to fat as the primary energy source.”

“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.”

Dr. Rhonda Patrick discusses if smoked salmon is carcinogenic, high-dose melatonin, creatine on workout vs. non-workout days, and the Neurocode brain scan.

“These markers reflect different aspects of metabolism, so their value comes from viewing them together with blood pressure, body composition, medical history, and established cardiovascular risk factors.”

“However, Dr. D'Agostino clarifies that it might not be optimal to ingest ketone supplements daily, and he describes his experience with elevated liver enzymes following high dose supplementation. In this clip, Dr. Dominic D'Agostino discusses the supplements he thinks pair well with a ketogenic diet.”