Health Via Modern Nutrition with Dr. Latt Mansor

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#169 - Ketones: The Fourth Fuel and the story of Warburg, Krebs, and Veech ft. Travis Christofferson Sep 22, 2020

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Travis Christofferson is a top science writer focused on metabolism. His latest book is “Ketones: The Fourth Fuel: Warburg to Krebs to Veech, the 250 Year Journey to Discover the Fountain of Youth.”

This book is a fascinating expedition behind the thinkers and experimentalists that were foundational to our modern understanding of how our bodies produce and utilize energy.

Geoff and Travis discuss the life and work of key scientists including Otto Warburg (Nobel Laureate), Hans Krebs (Nobel Laureate), and Richard Veech and how their work wove together to form our current understanding of ketosis and metabolism.

This is a great one to listen to learn about the foundational insights behind the Warburg Hypothesis, the Krebs Cycle, and the biochemical redox advantage of ketosis.

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Ketones: The Fourth Fuel: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08G8TFQKS

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Free Fatty Friday #3 with Geoffrey Woo Sep 18, 2020

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This week, we're answering questions across a wide scope. Ranging from the air pollution we're seeing on the West Coast to "Is there a liberal agenda against meat?" to ideas on how to measure metabolic flexibility and efficiency.

Free Fatty Friday is a rapid-fire, weekly Q&A session with Geoffrey Woo, where he answers your questions with a 5-minute cap per answer.

Feel free to send your questions to podcast@hvmn.com or post it on Twitter and tag @geoffreywoo with hashtag #FFFGeoff

1:51 Q1: Air pollution. How are you handling it? And what can we do about the air?

7:52 Q2: In thinking about measuring metabolic efficiencies without access to much of the cool tech and measurements afforded to elite athletes, do you think analyzing ketone glucose index could be a useful way to monitor state?

14:25 Q3: Why have most of the liberals declared war on meat, cows, etc??

22:39 Q4: Will the baking soda neutralize the stomach acid cause slowed digestion of food Therefore less absorption?

28:42 Q5: What is the benefit of being in ketosis?

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#168 - Insulin Resistance: Why it Matters ft. Dr. Benjamin Bikman Sep 14, 2020

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Why do people get sick? Infectious diseases like COVID-19 are one thing that we should be concerned about, but what about chronic conditions and baseline metabolic health that is the foundation for our everyday life and resilience?

We bring back one of our favorite researchers in metabolism, Brigham Young University's Dr. Benjamin Bikman where we discuss insulin resistance, tissue specificity, ketosis, and low carbohydrate diets.

This episode is jam-packed with new research and some highlights include:

Insulin response of protein vs carbohydrates
Glucose spikes and why they can be problematic
Tissue and organ specificity of insulin resistance
Low carbohydrate diets and mTor activation / inhibition
Exercise and autophagy

Check out Geoff and Dr. Bikman's first podcast here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMwlp2p1IwU&t=172s

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Free Fatty Friday #2 with Geoffrey Woo Sep 11, 2020

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Hey there! If you're just tuning in and missed the first installment, Free Fatty Friday is a new segment of the H.V.M.N. Podcast. This is a rapid-fire Q and A session with Geoffrey Woo, where he answers all your questions with a 5-minute cap on all answers.

In FFF1, Geoff answers questions about his diet and workout regimen, the science behind guzzling down raw egg yolks and cooking egg whites, and its benefits of preparing both separately. What are we going to talk about this week? Find out!

Got questions? We'd love to hear them. Email us at podcast@hvmn.com or post it on Twitter and tag @geoffreywoo with hashtag #FFFGeoff

2:13 Q1: What is the best way to increase testosterone? Asking for a friend.

8:32 Q2: What is your morning routine?

13:50 Q3: Q3: What exercises do you recommend to maintain muscle mass?

19:09 Q4: What would be the top lifestyle habit that would make the most difference in peak mental health, peak physical health?

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FFF1: Free Fatty Friday #1 with Geoffrey Woo Sep 04, 2020

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Welcome to the first installment of Free Fatty Friday! FFF is a new segment of the H.V.M.N. Podcast where Geoff answers your questions, and he gets to spend 5 minutes max per question.

Geoff gets a lot of questions about human performance, metabolism, ketosis, fasting, nutrition, and the very latest biohacks. FFF is going to cover all of those topics in a deep, science and data-driven way as you've come to know us for. We also hope to break new ground with FFF and comment on culture, philosophy, mindset, and the aesthetics of a life well-lived.

If you have any questions that you want us to cover, please email us at podcast@hvmn.com or post it on Twitter and tag me @geoffreywoo with hashtag #FFFGeoff

2:30 Q1: On Netflix UnWell, you eat raw egg yolks and cooked egg whites. What is the science behind guzzling down raw egg yolks and cooking egg whites? What benefits does this separation of preparation give you?

7:59 Q2: What’s your current diet regimen?

13:12 Q3: What’s your current workout regimen?

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#167 - Ketone Esters: The 2020 State of the Art Sep 01, 2020

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Ketone esters. What's hype? What's real? What does the latest science say in 2020?

Join experts Geoffrey Woo and Dr. Latt Mansor as they discuss everything known about ketone esters circa September 2020, from the very latest in published literature to the most edgy tests from elite performers. This is a quickly evolving research area and the use cases and best protocols are rapidly updating.

Ketosis is a natural metabolic state described by elevated ketones in your body, commonly achieved via intermittent fasting or ketogenic diet. As more researchers are investigating the impact of ketones on physiology, metabolism and diseases, exogenous ketones like ketone esters provide a new avenue to achieve ketosis quickly and easily.

This area has implications for human performance, longevity, neuroscience, cardiovascular health, metabolic health and beyond. This is the one to listen to if you want to learn all things ketones as of September 2020. _________________________________________________________

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#166 - Research Roundup: What happens when you mix *baking soda* with ketone esters? Aug 28, 2020

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Geoff and Latt are back on the Podcast! Today, they discuss Prof. Peter Hespel's new paper "Bicarbonate Unlocks the Ergogenic Action of Ketone Monoester Intake in Endurance Exercise"

In Episode 163, we discussed the totality of data behind ketone esters. Some contexts show benefit, some contexts have shown no benefit for ketone esters. What are the deeper mechanisms behind these contradictory results?

Geoff and Latt break down Prof. Hespel's exciting new paper that shows that a combination of sodium bicarbonate (or baking soda) in combination with ketone esters enhance performance upwards of 5%, while each alone show no benefit as compared to a glucose control.

This one is a great one for athletes, coaches, and biohackers to learn the very latest recommendations and protocols of how to use ketone esters directly from Geoff and Latt. This one is also great for metabolism nerds who want to geek out about the subtle details relating to ketone esters including acidosis, pH buffering, how ion levels shift in muscles, and how these all interplay together.

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#165 - A Plant-Based Diet Approach to a Healthy Heart & More · Dr. Joel Kahn (America's Healthy Heart Doc) Jul 07, 2020

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It's no secret that the H.V.M.N. Podcast regularly features interviews from some of the top carnivore diet proponents out there. To name a few, our episodes with Mikhaila Peterson, Dr. Paul Saladino, Dr. Shawn Baker, and Ironman World Champion Pete Jacobs have all clearly struck a chord with our community.

As an evidence-based podcast, we believe it is only fair to provide a platform that presents a different perspective in the "diet wars". Specifically, we have yet to have an in-depth discussion about plant-based diets and the science associated with a nutritional intervention many are increasingly adopting.

Dr. Joel Kahn, known as "America's Healthy Heart Doc", has been a plant-based cardiologist for many years and treated thousands of acute heart attacks during his career. If there is a single point both sides (whether you're a hardcore carnivore or vegetarian) can agree on, it's that poor nutrition is a core cause of a number of chronic diseases - which traditional standard of care is still slowly coming to grips with. Instead of treating sickness and symptoms, Dr. Kahn now actively works to prevent (and reverse) disease, through a holistic lifestyle that incorporates nutrition, exercise, and the application of cutting-edge therapies.

In Episode 165 of the H.V.M.N. Podcast, Geoff and Dr. Kahn discuss:

· How Dr. Kahn first got into cardiology and what led him to commit to a plant-based diet. History of the rise of highly-processed foods, nuances of corporate-funded research, and experimenting with a plant-based keto diet.

· The complicated ecosystem of fats, triglycerides, lipids, and lipoproteins in heart health. How should one think about cholesterol levels given all these factors?

· Dr. Valter Longo's "Fast Mimicking Diet" - Why go on a calorie-restricted diet that mimics fasting than actually intermittent fasting?

You can follow Dr. Kahn and his work below:

Website: https://www.drjoelkahn.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/drjkahn

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#164 - How COVID-19 Went Viral: Virology & Integrative Medicine Interventions Explained · Dr. Matthew Cook Jul 01, 2020

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Dr. Matthew Cook is a board-certified anesthesiologist, regenerative medicine specialist, and the president of BioReset Medical: A medical facility that specializes in progressive, natural, non-invasive treatments for a number of common and complex medical issues...often when traditional medicine falls short.

In Episode 164 of the Health Via Modern Nutrition Podcast, host Geoffrey Woo and Dr. Cook dive into the virology of the novel coronavirus, explore potential integrative medicine interventions specific for defending the human body against the virus, and discuss some interesting implications the global lockdowns caused in the fields of cutting-edge science & formal clinical research.

Perhaps, we'll begin seeing a merging of traditional gold-standard RCT's and cutting-edge data points from labs / hospitals around the world, providing a more nuanced and accelerated approach to the publishing of scientific literature. As always, we encourage you to do your own research according to your own goals & personal health state. Follow the data, not the dogma.

Where to follow Dr. Matthew Cook's work 👇

BioReset™ Medical: https://bioresetmedical.com

BioReset™ Podcast: https://bioresetpodcast.com/

Producer Note: This episode was recorded on April 28th, 2020.

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#163 - When Do Ketone Esters Work Best? Making Sense of Conflicting Data on Exogenous Ketones · Research Roundup Jun 25, 2020

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"Exogenous ketosis impacts neither performance nor muscle glycogen breakdown in prolonged endurance exercise".

This is the title of a recent study on exogenous ketones impact on performance, and published by Professor Peter Hespel in The Journal of Applied Physiology.

However, previous seminal research, including a study from Prof. Hespel and published in the same journal, found results that were strikingly different.

"Ketone ester supplementation blunts overreaching symptoms during endurance training overload".

One of the key findings of that study was that ketone ester intake following exercise markedly blunts the development of physiological symptoms indicating overreaching, and at the same time significantly enhances endurance exercise performance.

A finding from this new study comes to the conclusion that ketone ester consumption during a simulated cycling race does not cause glycogen sparing, nor does it affect all-out performance.

How does one make sense of conflicting (or even neutral) data?

Geoffrey Woo and Dr. Latt Mansor (Research Lead at HVMN), are here in an episode of Research Roundup to break all this science down and provide clarity on when exogenous ketones work best, and where further research is needed (which seems to almost always be the case, right everyone? 😉).

References:

https://journals.physiology.org/doi/full/10.1152/japplphysiol.00092.2020#B33

https://physoc.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1113/JP277831

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5556006/

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