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“This episode of the Aliquot features FoundMyFitness guests with expertise in fields including lipid metabolism, Alzheimer's disease, and micronutrient biochemistry sharing their recommendations regarding blood tests that a person should consider adding to their yearly checkup.”

“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.”

“A UK Biobank analysis associated higher reported dietary magnesium with larger gray-matter and hippocampal volumes, but dietary recall and observational design prevent causal conclusions. For migraine prevention, the directly cited clinical evidence is one small randomized crossover trial.”

“00:20:21 - Some of the key blood-based biomarkers that are useful for tracking and projecting future cognitive health, including: homocysteine (<7μml/L preferred), which Dr. Bredesen indicates may be a mediator of cerebral atrophy, and also fasting insulin (<5% preferred), hemoglobin A1c, fasting glucose, vitamin D, and a number of other hormones relevant for trophic support.”

“The arrival of a new year is a great opportunity to make health-focused resolutions – promises to ourselves that we're going to live better, healthier, and (hopefully) longer. We all age at different rates, however, so our chronological age – the number of years we've lived – often differs from our biological age.”

“A small randomized trial also found that regular didgeridoo practice improved daytime sleepiness and reduced the apnea-hypopnea index, illustrating how upper-airway muscle training may help some patients alongside established sleep-medicine care.”

“In particular, significant neurodegeneration was apparent in people who reported consuming just one to two alcoholic drinks per day.There was no significant effect of up to one drink per day on gray or white matter volume. Daviet, R., Aydogan, G., Jagannathan, K.”

“Unlike antibody treatments that target the PCSK9 protein (an important regulator of blood cholesterol levels), which are very expensive, base editing could deliver permanent protection from hypercholesterolemia with just one dose.”

“Moreover, taking mega doses (i.e. 400 IU/day) of alpha tocopherol has the unintended side-effect of actually depleting tissue levels of another important form of vitamin E that plays an anti-inflammatory role, known as gamma tocopherol.”

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