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: 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
This summary was put together based on a wide variety of public information, much of it from Wikipedia. Certain sections of the summary below borrow heavily from the podcast “The Drive with Peter Attia — Chris Masterjohn“ where methylation is
On: How to thrive with type 1 diabetes and how everyone can benefit from the valuable insights. Episode: 41 Date: February 2019 Key Subjects: See type 1 diabetes write-up for details. Insulin is the master regulator: Many of the major
This summary relies heavily on the podcast “The Drive with Peter Attia — Jake Kushner“. The show-notes of this excellent episode contain more relevant details, charts, book recommendations and resource links. Any mistakes in the summary below are mine. Summary
On: Part V of V: Lp(a), inflammation, oxLDL, remnants, and more. Episode: 24 Date: October 2018 Key Subjects: Lp(a) is a particularly high risk lipoprotein. Genetic. Important to know your Lp(a) mass or particle count. Three factors contributing to increased