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The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

#252 - Nathan Price, PhD and Leroy Hood, MD, PhD: The Age Of Scientific Wellness, Genome Sequencing, Genetic Risks Vs. Lifestyle Risks, Alzheimer's & Anti-Amyloid Therapies, Disease Processes, Direct To Consumer Testing, And More!

The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

Melanie Avalon

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2024

⏱️ 102 minutes

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The whole structure and framework of how we go about the medical enterprise is just intervening too late.

0:05.8

We just became very convinced that we needed to do something that was different and try to understand health in a deep way.

0:13.4

15 to 20 year period replacing a health care system that's 98% focused on disease care with one that's 98% focused on wellness

0:24.3

and prevention. What is your actual risk versus what is your genetic risk? Obviously everything

0:29.7

that you do in your lifestyle makes a difference. Welcome to the Melanie Avalon biohacking podcast,

0:35.6

where we meet the world's top experts to explore the secrets of health,

0:40.6

mindset, longevity, and so much more. Are you ready to take charge of your existence and biohack

0:47.4

your life? This show is for you. Please keep in mind. We're not dispensing medical advice

0:53.2

and are not responsible for any outcomes

0:55.6

you may experience from implementing the tactics lying here in are you ready let's do this

1:03.8

welcome back to the melanie avalon biohacking podcast oh my goodness friends i am so excited about today's

1:10.5

episode and i was honestly really

1:12.9

nervous about this interview. It is with some pretty heavy hitters. Leroy Hood is responsible

1:18.6

for the development of so much technology that went into things like the Human Genome Project.

1:24.3

I mean, just look at his Wikipedia page. It is mind-blowing. And then Nathan Price is

1:28.7

CSO at Thorn, which is one of my favorite supplement companies of all time. Besides my own

1:34.1

supplements, I basically take mine, Thorne, and Peer Encapsulations. So this was a big deal. And then

1:40.0

reading their book, The Age of Scientific Wellness, was so enlightening. And it covers all of the things I am obsessed with when it comes to the science of longevity, and especially the future of it.

1:51.7

And we talk about so many things in today's episode.

1:54.6

We talk about Alzheimer's and the amyloid plaque hypothesis.

1:58.0

Did we get that all wrong?

1:59.4

How genetic risk actually relates to health conditions?

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