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Anti-aging expert Dr Rhonda Patrick reveals how magnesium, HIIT workouts, creatine, and vitamin D can prevent disease, slow aging, and boost brain power - starting today. Dr. Rhonda Patrick is a PhD biomedical scientist, expert in aging, nutrition, and metabolism, and founder of FoundMyFitness. She produces a monthly series of in-depth, science-focused podcasts exploring actionable strategies for enhancing longevity, cognitive performance, and physical health. She explains: ▫️Why cardiovascular fitness is the #1 predictor of lifespan ▫️The groundbreaking science behind rejuvenating your heart by 20 years ▫️How small daily habits can cut your risk of Alzheimer’s and cancer ▫️The hidden link between mitochondrial health, aging, and chronic disease ⏱ Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 02:04 My Mission to Improve People's Health 03:37 What Impact Will Rhonda's Research Have on People? 05:09 The Role of Genetics in Aging vs. Lifestyle 09:53 The Future of Aging, Longevity, and Gene Therapy 15:15 Death-Related Risks of Being Sedentary 22:17 How to Improve Your Cardiorespiratory Fitness 25:32 Best Workout Routine to Improve Cardio Health 30:01 Norwegian 4x4 Training Explained 32:28 How the Body Generates Energy and Exercise Intensity 38:14 Why We Can’t Drink Lactate and the Impact of Vigorous Training 41:09 Decline in Production of Lactate, Creatine, and Other Key Substances 42:20 How to Reduce Cognitive Decline 46:58 What Causes Dementia and Alzheimer’s 52:56 Do Multivitamins Improve Cognitive Performance? 01:00:13 70% of the U.S. Population Is Vitamin D Deficient 01:02:59 Vitamin D Deficiency and Increased Risk of Dementia 01:06:49 Views on the Ketogenic Diet 01:09:39 What Is Ketosis? 01:14:28 How the Keto Diet Affects Life Expectancy 01:19:30 Exogenous Ketones and Cognitive Repair 01:23:53 Recommended Superfoods 01:26:33 Omega-3: Effects on Mental Health, Depression, and Longevity 01:32:08 Is Omega-3 Supplementation the Same as a High Omega-3 Diet? 01:35:12 Ads 01:36:09 Creatine: Importance and Benefits 01:42:13 Effects of Creatine on Cognitive Function 01:45:21 How Long Does Creatine Take to Work? 01:50:54 Does Creatine Cause Hair Loss? 01:53:40 Rhonda’s Views on Fasting 01:55:26 What Is Autophagy? 01:59:51 Fasting Windows to Achieve Autophagy 02:01:46 Intermittent Fasting: Do’s and Don’ts 02:03:03 Effects of Fasting on Sleep 02:05:33 How Soon After Training Should You Take Protein? 02:07:14 Ads 02:11:13 Benefits of Red Light Therapy 02:12:20 Infrared vs. Traditional Saunas 02:19:26 Sauna Benefits: Reducing Stress and Improving Mood 02:22:53 Ads 02:22:56 What Are Microplastics and Are They Harmful? 02:28:33 The Role of Fiber in Eliminating Microplastics 02:31:13 What Is BPA? 02:32:28 Are There Risks to Living Near a Golf Course? 02:34:38 The Importance of Magnesium 02:40:16 Can a Drop in Magnesium Intake Cause Cancer? 02:43:02 What Is Choline? Follow Dr Rhonda: Instagram - https://bit.ly/3TYAEUD X - https://bit.ly/3IFvCu1 Website - https://bit.ly/4o75U1F Weekly health newsletter - https://bit.ly/4kYsR4f You can subscribe to Rhonda’s monthly series on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts: YouTube: https://bit.ly/4l1FZW9 Spotify: https://bit.ly/45l77Lc You can download Rhonda's free protocol guides, here: The Cognitive Enhancement Blueprint - https://bit.ly/44QYF6t The Omega-3 Supplementation Guide- https://bit.ly/44Pi1sE How to Train According to the Experts - https://bit.ly/4mbtzMm Research Document: https://stevenbartlett.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/DOAC-Dr-Rhonda-Patrick-Independent-Research-further-reading.pdf The Diary Of A CEO: ⬜️Join DOAC circle here - https://doaccircle.com/ ⬜️Buy The Diary Of A CEO book here - https://smarturl.it/DOACbook ⬜️The 1% Diary is back - limited time only: https://bit.ly/3YFbJbt ⬜️The Diary Of A CEO Conversation Cards (Second Edition): https://g2ul0.app.link/f31dsUttKKb ⬜️Get email updates - https://bit.ly/diary-of-a-ceo-yt ⬜️Follow Steven - https://g2ul0.app.link/gnGqL4IsKKb Sponsors: Bon Charge - http://boncharge.com/diary?rfsn=8189247.228c0cb with code DIARY for 25% off Intuit - https://shorturl.at/jEbgm KetoneIQ - Visit https://ketone.com/STEVEN for 30% off your subscription order
"Why do people not know that vitamin D deficiency can increase dementia risk by 80%. Why do people not know that having a lack of this mineral is affecting their long-term risk of cancer? Why do people..."
"fairly obsessed person. What is it you're obsessed about and why are you obsessed about it? Because I can see from speaking to you previously how passionate you are about the subjects we're going to t..."
">> And what will be the impact on their lives if they understand that information and start to implement their that information on a real sort of specific practical in a real specific practical sense...."
"know about. >> Is there a psychological element to this where we kind of see aging as an inevitability so we don't fight it because we only seem to interfere with and fight and are motivated by things..."
">> you must be sitting on some some crazy ideas because as a biomedical science you can kind of see as a biomedical scientist you can see some of the research and technology that's coming down the pip..."
"Where do you think is the most important place for us to start this conversation based on everything you know and maybe some of the presumably there's some like foundational stuff, right? >> I do. I t..."
">> So yeah, we should be moving more, >> right? And the question is, well, how do you improve your cardior fitness? Right. Yeah. I mean, >> do you lift weights? Do you go for runs? Do you bike? What i..."
">> So, for the several million people that are listening right now, if you had to prescribe them all something to do and it was the minimum they had to do. Tell me what exactly the workout would look ..."
">> So, on this Norwegian 4x4, you've convinced me to give it a shot. But specifically, how I how I do that. So, it's it's I do my warmup and then I do four minutes of hard exercise. I take a break and..."
">> and physiologically what is going on in my body when I get to that 85 90% effort range and I and I stay there for a couple of minutes. That doesn't occur when I'm doing my stair master. >> I mean, ..."
"drug, why can't I just drink it? Why can't I just get get a shot of lactate versus having to go through vigorous interval training? It's a great question, Stephen, because um there have been studies t..."
">> I have another really silly question which is if lactate and these other things even like creatine and you know all these other things are so good for me why doesn't my body just make more of it? >..."
"I I don't want to be an older person who can't remember things and stutters over my words and falls into cognitive decline. And I'm I'm 32 now. So I'm I feel like I'm at a moment in time where I can r..."
">> before we get into the the the easier ways of staving off cognitive decline. Do do we know what causes dementia and Alzheimer's yet? Do do we have any ideas? Because we can when they do the brain i..."
">> So moving back then to this the simple things that we can do to improve our cognitive performance as we age, the things that are simpler than doing the vigorous hit training. >> There's actually qu..."
"Because 70% of the US population has insufficient levels of vitamin D. The reason for that is because vitamin D3 is actually made in the skin from UVB radiation from the sun. And so if you're not outs..."
"that in terms of symptoms? >> Well, it's it's kind it's not like an acute thing where you kind of just look in the mirror and you're like, >> what is the causation then in terms of >> Right. Right. Ye..."
"you talked about these, >> I was really surprised to hear that they have cancer preventing chemicals in them. And then um I was looking at some of the research and it does say exactly as you said, thi..."
"step back and explain what keto is for for the for the listener who maybe has never really heard or understood it before. And I know that there's a large proportion of people that don't know what it w..."
"done any studies where they've put someone on the ketogenic diet or like a mouse or a rat on a ketogenic diet versus the the average diet and then monitored how long they live? >> There have been stud..."
"when we take exogenous ketones, external ketones via a drink or something like that? >> Yeah. So, what's happening is you're essentially giving your body the beta hydroxybutyrate ketone that it would ..."
">> What are your superfoods? There must be foods of yours. Um olive oil has become one of my superfoods. Just a food that I love to just put on as many things as I can because everybody tells me about..."
">> I found it really interesting when I was looking at omega-3 that it has an impact on mental health and depression and things like that. >> Yeah, it does. It's it's it resolves inflammation. It's so..."
">> So, I guess two questions, which is, is having these little omega capsules the same as eating the salmon in terms of the omega3 that I'm getting? And how long do I have to take these little omega c..."
">> Right guys, going to go get Steve. The guest is here. Ready? >> Come in. >> Oh my god. Steve, >> what are you doing? >> This is uh the Bontage face mask. It's good for blemishes, wrinkles, uh clear..."
"When I asked you before this conversation started rolling, what you're really excited about at the moment, your response to me was there was a few things, but one of them which lit up your face was cr..."
"There have now been a variety of studies that have looked at different outcomes, right? So, if you supplement with 10 grams of creatine or even go higher than that, like 20 grams of creatine, how does..."
"I always thought of creatine as something that you you took and you kind of had to load up on, and then over a couple of weeks or months, the effects would kick in. But you're telling me that if I had..."
">> The some of the other sort of misconceptions around creatine are that it's going to I mean there was this stereotype that people take it they get massive muscles and they become bloated. So I think..."
">> Yeah. There's been lots of conversation around fasting, around whether it's good, bad, how long to fast, or whether just restricting your calories is the same as fasting. A lot of people talk about..."
">> What is it? >> There's different types of it. So generally speaking, it's the clearing out of damaged stuff within your cell. So what is damaged stuff? It can be protein aggregates. For example, if..."
">> So, what would you recommend for the average person? I asked you earlier on to give me a a sort of a perfect uh a perfect prescription of what I should do in terms of fasting on a daily basis. Do y..."
">> So after a fast you want to break the fast with something protein richch. >> Absolutely. Definitely protein rich for sure. Um, but I think also during a fast if you can do some kind of you want to ..."
">> There was a study I read which is linked to that which said linked to that but sort of adjacent that says uh in in nine human trials they found that 23% of people enjoyed better sleep after intermi..."
">> Well, you talked about protein earlier when we're talking about resistance training and fasting. When should I Someone told me that you're supposed to take protein straight after you did the a resi..."
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"light doctor in here the other day, a sunlight doctor the other day and we spent a lot of time talking to talking about light and sunlight and one of the things that I've been really fascinated by is ..."
">> What about infrared saunas? >> Infrared saunas or traditional saunas? >> The infrared ones. >> Infrared. So infrared saunas are a type of sauna that is using it's using you know essentially infrare..."
">> I heard that you sometimes rehearse important talks and studies in saunas. >> Yeah. I mean, this started back when I was in graduate school. Um, I used to go to this I lived across the street from ..."
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"tea. >> I would love some loose leaf tea in a metal cup. >> Why Why don't you want this this tea? what you're doing here is is tapping into my sometimes my friends don't want to talk to me because I'm..."
">> I've heard you talk about fiber as well playing a role in getting microplastics out of our body. >> Okay. So, yes. So, fiber is interesting. This all comes from animal studies. And fiber seems to p..."
">> BPA >> which is the bad thing in microplastics. >> It's the it's one of the bad chemicals in plastics that is an endocrine disruptor. So it's disrupting hormones and you know that can play a role i..."
">> Did you hear about this study of people that live close to a golf course? >> Yes. Yeah. There's a study that came out, I don't know how, it was very recent, maybe a month >> 2025. >> Yeah. So maybe..."
"haven't talked about that we should have talked about? run. >> I think we talked a little bit about magnesium, but I don't know that we talked enough about magnesium and it is important because it's s..."
">> On your YouTube channel, you made a video about magnesium, which I recommend everybody goes and watches if you are interested in going deeper on this subject. And um on your YouTube, I found a stat..."
">> There was a really random thing that I think parents might appreciate us talking about which was when I was looking at your work you mentioned this chemical that if parents take while their baby is..."