“Our bodies are beautifully designed to handle all types of stress; but our genes have to be working; they have to have the right nutrients.” –Dr. Rhonda Patrick 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. “We’re actually on the verge of serious antibiotic resistance cropping up, and that is scary. It’s absolutely terrifying.” “There’s a very complex interaction between genes and diet. … Nutrigenomics is a complex interaction between the nutrients, micro-nutrients, macro-nutrients (fat) and certain genes that we have.” In this video Dr. Patrick explains the how vitamin D affects the way humans age: At the Biohacker Summit, Dr. Rhonda Patrick will talk …