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Dr. Ronald Krauss Dr. Ronald Krauss, M.D. is the director of atherosclerosis research at Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Adjunct Professor at UCSF and UC Berkeley. Dr. Krauss is really one of the pioneering scientists that changed the way we all think about cholesterol and saturated fat. He developed an assay that allows the quantification of low density lipoprotein particle size a...

CHORI Bar Team Meet some of the CHORI bar team: Dr. Bruce Ames, Dr. Joyce McCann, and Dr. Mark Shigenaga. On this podcast we talk about the different types of HDL and LDL cholesterol and what they do in the body. We discuss a low-calorie, micronutrient- and fiber-dense nutrition bar (referred to as the CHORI bar) that Bruce and I briefly touched on in a previous conversation, how each of the compo...

Dr. Aubrey de Grey Dr. Aubrey de Grey is a biomedical gerontologist and the founder of the SENS research foundation which aims to find technologies that can repair the various types of damage that occur during the aging process. In this episode, we discuss... 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:02:27 - How to understand aging 00:08:14 - Epigenetic modifications accommodate cellular aging 00:18:24 - Inflamm...

Dr. Rhonda Patrick answers some of the most popular questions regarding vitamin D including: (00:00) Introduction (02:22)  How do you decide how much vitamin D to supplement with? (12:51)  Is it possible to get too much vitamin D? (20:52)  Is there a difference between vitamin D made from the sun versus a supplement? (24:43)  What form of vitamin D is more bioavailable or absorbed better? Join ove...

Dan Pardi Dr. Dan Pardi researches sleep neurobiology and is a co-founder of Dan's Plan, an online wellness and technology company. In this episode, we discuss... (00:00)  Introduction (03:27)  Circadian rhythms are key to health (07:07)  Artificial lights suppress melatonin production (12:04)  Sleep clears toxins from the brain (16:14)  Sleep deprivation increases appetite and decreases energy ex...

Tim Ferriss Tim Ferris is a notorious self-experimenter, three-time New York Times bestselling author, angel investor, startup advisor, and much, much, much more.  In this episode, we discuss...   (00:00)  Introduction (02:29)  Oxytocin, vasopressin, and the neuroendocrine basis of pair bond formation (05:54)  Tim's self-experimentation with the ketogenic diet and the biomarkers he measures daily...

Jim Kean Jim Kean is the CEO of National Pro Grid League (NPGL) and founder of WellnessFX. In this podcast Rhonda and Jim discuss the quantified self movement and the importance of measuring biomarkers more than once, the gut's role in cholesterol and serotonin in the gut versus in the brain, about the role of exercise in preventing neuroinflammation and the effects of overtraining on sex hormones...

Dr. Bruce Ames Dr. Rhonda Patrick speaks with Dr. Bruce Ames, about a micronutrient- and fiber-dense nutrition bar (referred to as the CHORI bar) that was developed in the Ames laboratory. The bar was formulated to be moderate in calories (107 kcal/≈25 g bar), but nutrient dense, with a polyphenolic-rich matrix of fruit, walnuts, and non-alkali-processed dark chocolate, supplemental vitamins, mine...

Dr. Bruce Ames In this podcast, Dr. Rhonda Patrick interviews her mentor, Dr. Bruce Ames, about his triage theory and other nutrition topics. Dr. Ames was the 23rd most-cited scientist between 1973 and 1984, which is evidence of his long and productive career investigating human health and disease. Dr. Ames continues his research expanding our knowledge of nutrients such as vitamin D and its role...

In this interview, Dr. Rhonda Patrick talks to Dr. Frans Kuypers about his lab's discovery on how the human placenta is a rich source of pluripotent stem cells, and yet the placenta is thrown away after delivery. In this episode, we discuss...   (00:00)  Introduction   (04:39)  The human placenta as a source of hematopoietic cells (11:30)  Pluripotent cells can differentiate into any cell in the h...

Dr. George A Brooks Dr. George A Brooks, an expert in exercise physiology and lactate metabolism. Lactate, a once demonized molecule thought to form lactic acid and become a dead-end toxic metabolite, has been vindicated by the work of Dr. Brooks, his colleagues, and others.  In this episode, we discuss...   (00:00)  Introduction (01:40)  Dr. Brooks' experience as an athlete inspired his research...

In this episode Dr. Rhonda Patrick interviews Dr. Terry Wahls about how she reversed her secondary-progressive multiple sclerosis with a micronutrient-dense diet and Paleo principles. She identified vitamins/minerals and other compounds present in vegetables/fruits that are essential for mitochondrial health, which is critical for brain function. In this episode, we discuss...   (00:00)  Introduct...