On: The pervasive effect of stress – is it killing you? Episode: 51 Date: April 2019 Background: Neuroendocrinologist. Key Subjects: Dual hormonal pathway triggered by stress stimulus: Immediate response – adrenalin: Triggers activation of parasympathetic nervous system. Secondary response –
On: Dangers of poor sleep, Alzheimer’s risk, mental health, etc. Heart disease, cancer, sexual function, sleep disruption. Effects of poor sleep from performance to genetics. Episode: 48,49,50″ Date: April 2019 Background: Neuroscientist, sleep expert. Key Subjects: Part 1 We need
On: The common link in high blood pressure, insulin resistance, T2D, & obesity Episode: 87 Date: January 2020 Background: Nephrologist. Key Subjects: Ancient mutation helped us to turn fructose into fat. Allowed us to survive long periods without food. Now,
On: Fructose, processed food, NAFLD, and changing the food system Episode: 14 Date: September 2018 Background: endicronologist. Key Subjects: Issues with sugar: Contributes to inflammation, gout, high blood pressure, fatty liver, etc. (see “Fructose and Glucose” write-up). Issues with processed
On:New frontiers in cancer therapy, medicine, and the writing process Episode: 32 Date: December 2018 Background: oncologist, researcher, and author of the “The Gene”, “The Laws of Medicine”). Key Subjects: Rules of writings: No long stretches of science without a
On: Omega-3 fatty acids Episode: 83 Date: December 2019 Key Subjects: Phd in human nutrition, expert on omega-3 fatty acids, CEO of OmegaQuant Basics of fatty acid biochemistry (see also “Fatty Acids”). Key markers of omega-3 and -6 typically within
On:Psychedelic Science Episode: 177 Date: December 2019 Key Subjects: Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry and Neurosciences at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Discussion of current state of therapeutic and neuro-scientific research into psychedelics. Covers the history and
On: The creation, scheduling, toxicity, therapeutic use, and changing public opinion of what is possibly the single most important synthetic molecule ever created by our species Episode: 65 Date: August 2019 Key Subjects: Founder and executive director of MAPS The
On: Slowing aging – sirtuins, NAD, and the epigenetics of aging Episode: 27 Date: November 2018 Key Subjects: Genetics professor at Harvard Medical School and co-Director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for the Biological Mechanisms of Aging. Sirtuins. Play a
On: Navigating the many pathways to health and disease Episode: 46 Date: March 2019 Key Subjects: Entrepreneur, independent researcher and doctorate in nutrition. Methylation. See Methylation write-up for more details. Methylation cycle: From methionine to homocysteine. Homocysteine either gets broken