Dr. Rhonda Patrick on Nutritional Health and the Benefits of Sauna

Biohacker’s Podcast Teemu Arina interviews one of the leading experts on nutrition aging, Dr. Rhonda Patrick on heat alteration such as swimming in ice cold water or entering a sauna. Dr. Rhonda Patrick with a Ph.D. in biomedical sciences is an expert in nutrition, metabolism and aging. She has done considerable research in all of these fields, including research on cancer and the effects of mineral and vitamin supplementation on metabolism, inflammation and aging. She did her graduate research at St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, where she focused on cancer, mitochondrial metabolism and apoptosis. Currently a post-doctoral fellow at UCSF-Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute, she is known primarily for her studies of the mechanistic link between vitamin D and serotonin production, research that may have important implications for the understanding of autism and other disorders. [powerpress] 0:20 – Teemu welcomed Dr. Rhonda Patrick to the show 1:33 – CEO & Co-Founder of Found My Fitness 1:54 – Dr. Rhonda Patrick’s background 2:52 – The Salk Institute 4:43 – St. Jude 5:14 – Found My Fitness Blog 5:56 – Dr. Bruce Ames 6:21 – Dr. Rhonda Patrick newsletters and Podcasts 8:54 – Folate 9:04 –  Why folate is important 11:26 – DNA damage 13:00 …