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“Several cancers are being diagnosed more often before age 50, but the patterns differ by cancer type, geography, sex, and birth cohort. In this clip from Dr. Rhonda Patrick's appearance on the Jack Neel Podcast, she explains that the trend likely reflects several interacting influences.”

Jim Kean is the CEO of National Pro Grid League (NPGL) and founder of WellnessFX.

“In a study of 54 adults with probable Alzheimer's disease and 54 age- and sex-matched controls, caffeine intake was lower in those with Alzheimer's disease (~70 mg/day) compared to those without the disease (~200 mg/day).”

“Observational studies using DXA or CT imaging associate higher alcohol intake with greater visceral fat, with individual responses shaped by dose, drinking pattern, diet, sex, activity, body composition, and metabolic health.”

“A wide variety of lifestyle and demographic factors, including socioeconomic status, race, sex, and education, influence telomere length and, ultimately, lifespan. These factors shape telomere length at birth and have the potential to create a healthy – or unhealthy – trajectory of aging.”

“Recognition of this phenomenon has given rise to the concept of biological age, sometimes referred to as phenotypic age, generally recognized as a measure of a person's physiological and functional state.”

“In a study of over 190,000 people tested for SARS-CoV-2, lower 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels were strongly associated with higher SARS-CoV-2 test positivity rates, despite race/ethnicity, age, sex, and latitude.”

“FGF21 is a preliminary liver-brain signal in this discussion. A small human laboratory study found a robust rise in serum FGF21 after a two-hour alcohol self-administration session in 16 people with alcohol use disorder; it did not test exercise or craving treatment.”

“Symptoms matter more than absolute hormone levels when assessing testosterone health. Measuring androgen receptor sensitivity is difficult to do clinically, and often involves physical assessment of secondary sex characteristics (e.g., gonadal development).”