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“The heart becomes smaller and less compliant with sedentary aging, which can limit how effectively it fills during exercise. In this clip from Dr. Rhonda Patrick's appearance on PBD Podcast, she describes a two-year randomized trial in healthy but sedentary adults ages 45 to 64.”

“National survey analyses estimated that roughly 38% to 47% of Americans consumed less vitamin C than the Estimated Average Requirement across 1999–2018, while an earlier biomarker survey found clinical vitamin C deficiency in about 7%.”

“A separate eight-week pilot gave 20 grams per day to 20 people with Alzheimer's disease, increased measured brain creatine by 11%, and observed improvements on several cognitive tests. This clip is excerpted, with permission, from Dr. Rhonda Patrick's appearance on The Peter Attia Drive.”

“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.”

Dr. Rhonda Patrick discusses glucosamine and Alzheimer's, blood flow restriction, beta-glucan fiber, creatine, collagen, red light therapy, and curcumin.

Dr. Eric M. Verdin discusses the roles of the ketogenic diet, beta-hydroxybutyrate, HDAC inhibitors, NAD+, and more in the context of aging.

Dr. Rhonda Patrick discusses microdosing nicotine, GlyNac benefits, intermittent fasting and hair loss, and cold & flu relief.

“A proponent of the preventative health value of aggressively collecting data, Dr. Snyder's story is illustrative because, without his tracking of glucose, he may not have realized when the point at which his personal glucose management warranted seeking medical attention, potentially putting him at risk of more long-term deleterious effects.”

“In this excerpt from the FoundMyFitness alcohol episode, Dr. Rhonda Patrick explains that a hangover begins as blood alcohol approaches zero, after intoxication has passed. Symptoms reflect several overlapping processes, including immune activation, acetaldehyde exposure, sleep disruption, and individual differences in alcohol metabolism.”

“Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an essential omega-3 fatty acid, promotes health and development of the brain. DHA crosses the blood-brain barrier either by passive diffusion or active transport. Passive diffusion declines with age, following a traumatic brain injury, or in people with the APOE4 gene.”