Ketofast: Your Need-to-Know Guide – Part 1 with Dr. Joseph Mercola : 588
The Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey
Dave Asprey
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🗓️ 30 April 2019
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
This is part 1 of a two-part bonus episode of Bulletproof Radio. Dave and Dr. Joseph Mercola go from fasting to flying in an immensely specific conversation. They go deep into details, while at the same time offering up practical tips.
This is just some of what you’ll learn:
- Which type of fasting may be right for you
- How polyphenols activate autophagy
- How supplement and nutrient absorption rates differ by delivery method and why intrarectal methods are best for some
- Why metabolic flexibility matters
- Why mitochondria up- or down-regulate their functions, depending on the antioxidants they are producing
- About the best cellular level travel hacks and the shenanigans your ketones and mitochondria are up to in the air. When ionizing radiation damage sets free radicals careening off your body’s runway, Dave and Dr. Mercola explain how a bevy of acronyms—PARP, ADP, NAD, DNA—get involved to repair the damage.
Dr. Mercola is an osteopathic physician who began exploring the world of natural medicine in the early 1990s after spending several years working within the conventional medicine model. His whole-person approach to health and his focus on preventive care led him to pioneer health information on the Internet where www.mercola.com has been consistently rated a top natural health website since launching 22 years ago.
He’s also a prolific author of more than a dozen books, three of which are New York Times bestsellers. His newest book is titled: “KETOFAST: Rejuvenate Your Health with a Step-by-Step Guide to Timing Your Ketogenic Meals.” He’s also authored numerous medical articles and is frequently featured on national media outlets.
Dr. Mercola has been interviewed before on Bulletproof Radio and contributed to Bulletproof articles. Check out the show notes below for those links.
Enjoy the show—and remember to listen as the conversation with Dr. Mercola continues in part 2, Beyond Ketofast: Your Need-to-Know Guide.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Bulletproof Radio with Dave Asprey. |
| 0:16.4 | Today's cool fact of the day is that a genetic scorecard now could predict your risk of being |
| 0:21.8 | obese. Researchers looked at more than 2.1 million genetic variants and created a genetic |
| 0:28.8 | predisposition score that they think predicts whether you're likely to be severely obese. |
| 0:35.0 | And in their study, they showed that weight differences came up as early as age 3 and by age 18. |
| 0:41.1 | If you had the highest genetic score, you weighed about 29 pounds more on average than those of |
| 0:45.6 | the lowest scores. And if you had the highest score, you were also 25 times more likely to have |
| 0:50.2 | severe obesity. And high scores were sadly associated with what you'd expect. Increased risk |
| 0:56.6 | of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and stroke. And a bunch of other people said, |
| 1:02.0 | yeah, right, that doesn't really matter because you didn't account for lifestyle. For instance, |
| 1:07.1 | maybe those genetic things are just your predisposition for French fries and gluten. Anyhow, |
| 1:13.6 | what we've all learned from the world of biohacking is that the environment around you turns those |
| 1:18.6 | genes on and off. And there are some genes in the environment won't affect because whether |
| 1:22.8 | they're on or off, they do a certain thing. But for the most part, you can change all that stuff and |
| 1:27.5 | take it from me going from 300 pounds to about 200 pounds, depending on how much muscle I have at |
| 1:33.8 | the time. I think you can overcome those genetic things. You just have to find out what works for you. |
| 1:39.0 | It won't be the same thing that works for everyone, but there's some basic rules you can follow. |
| 1:44.0 | Now, today's guest is a guy who runs the most popular and powerful online health site. There is. |
| 1:53.9 | He's been doing it since 1997. He's inspired many millions of people to look at the way they |
| 2:01.6 | manage their lives to look at their health, the pay attention to many of the things that we now |
| 2:05.6 | take for granted in the world of functional medicine. He's an osteopathic physician. And |
| 2:11.4 | just realized we can improve ourselves and has been fearless in talking about what works. |
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