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“A wide array of toxicants, including heavy metals, such as cadmium and mercury; bisphenol A; polychlorinated biphenyls; and phthalate compounds, bioaccumulate in the human body. An individual's toxic burden may contribute to their poor metabolic function, inflammation, and cognitive dysfunction.”

“Dr. Patrick uses omega-3 status and vitamin D status to explain why measurement matters. Higher red-blood-cell omega-3 levels are associated with favorable long-term outcomes, while vitamin D needs vary with sun exposure, skin pigmentation, diet, and baseline blood levels.”

“In Aliquot #107, we heard from ten experts who shared how they put their knowledge into practice—applying insights from their own research and their colleagues to support their personal health and fitness.”

“Randomized controlled trials are the gold standard for scientific research, but they are time-consuming and expensive. The lack of existing evidence about how to treat COVID-19 has inspired creative reasoning in emergency rooms and critical care units across the globe.”

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

“The trial found selected changes in antioxidant capacity, immune-cell apoptosis, and inflammatory gene expression, while several main circulating oxidative-stress measures did not differ from plain water. Clinical findings remain modest and depend on the population and outcome.”

“The subtypes vary in their causes and manifestation, but the underlying pathological features – the accumulation of amyloid-beta plaques and tau tangles in the brain – are the same. Interestingly, amyloid-beta is both a friend and a foe, serving as a neuroprotectant in some scenarios.”

“In contrast, a similar large trial, STRENGTH - which evaluated a free fatty acid formulation of EPA and DHA at 4 grams per day, was stopped early due to the unlikelihood of producing a favorable outcome. Scientists have speculated why these similar trials have had such different findings.”

“00:34:40 - Repeated traumatic brain injury has cumulative neuroinflammatory effects in the brain over years, including amyloid-beta plaque and tau tangle formation. Study. 00:44:00 - A variant of the APOE gene increases risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease as much as 15-fold.”

“And one potential strategy for mitigating our risk for Alzheimer's disease as we age is a "cognoscopy" – a battery of assessments that measures some of the key biomarkers associated with the disease and can inform the trajectory of treatment. This episode of the Aliquot features Drs. Dominic D'Agostino, Dale Bredesen, and Matthew Walker.”