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New Study Claims Ketones INCREASE Inflammation - Why the Results Are Misleading || Research Roundup Apr 15, 2019

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Wait...hasn't ketones been shown to reduce inflammation in prior studies?

When a new study researched the effects ketones have on inflammation, the results were opposite to what everyone expected...including the researchers themselves.

The paper was published in the Journal of Molecular Nutrition and Food Research, and the research group that carried out the work were led by Dr Jonathan Little at the University of British Columbia.

Rather than inhibiting the inflammatory response through BHB’s (a ketone body) actions on the NLRP3 inflammasome, the researchers found that activity of several immune markers was higher when people had consumed ketones.

It can be easy to jump to conclusions and state that "Exogenous Ketones = Increased Inflammation"...as the title of the paper acutely suggests.

Dr. Brianna Stubbs tackles this study and provides further, necessary nuance on how the experiment was conducted, why the results may actually be more positive than negative, and why this development warrants future research.

Referenced Studies: 1. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/mnfr.201801171 2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30239561

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Metabolic Syndrome: Criteria, Causes, & How to REVERSE IT || #108 ft. Ivor Cummins Apr 08, 2019

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Metabolic syndrome. It’s a term we throw out all the time on this podcast. It’s about time we have an episode to specifically define metabolic syndrome, why we should care, and what we can do about it.

To help do this, we have none other than Ivor Cummins, aka The Fat Emperor, on the podcast today. Cut from a similar cloth as folks like Dave Feldman and host Geoffrey Woo, Ivor comes from a professional background in engineering, therefore applying an engineers mindset and problem solving to the field of nutrition and metabolic health.

After spending 30 years in corporate technical leadership positions, Ivor is now the Chief Program Officer for Irish Heart Disease Awareness (IHDA). Ivor regularly speaks at well-known health and medical conferences around the world on the same stage as professors and doctors.

In this episode, you'll discover:

1. What the criteria is for diagnosing metabolic syndrome, what the root causes are, and how to reverse it through lifestyle changes.

2. What a CAC (Coronary artery calcium) scan is and how calcium is a good direct marker for cardiovascular disease

3. The nuances of different types of fats (saturated, unsaturated, polyunsaturated, and trans fats).

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No...Eggs WON'T Cause Heart Disease, High Cholesterol, or Death || Research Roundup Apr 01, 2019

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On this Research Roundup, Dr. Brianna Stubbs discusses the culprit behind a news story that generated a health controversy recently.

What do you think the media touted as the next food ready to knock years off your life? This time it’s not cakes and soda, it's not red meat, it's not alcohol...it’s the humble egg.

Dr. Brianna Stubbs unpacks the study behind the batch of fear-mongering headlines. The study in question was published in a well respected journal called JAMA. The study is titled: Associations of Dietary Cholesterol or Egg Consumption With Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality.

After discussing the controversial JAMA study, Dr. Brianna references two additional papers to help paint a more balanced picture around egg consumption:

What's the truth about eggs? Tune in and find out!

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How Light Affects You: The Science Behind Red Light Therapy ft. Scott Nelson || #107 Mar 27, 2019

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In modern life, most of us do most everything under artificial light - at the office, at the gym, at the store. The light bulb allows us to not be beholden to the sun and clearly a huge technological step forward for human life.

But have we gone too far? What if we’re missing something valuable to our health and performance from sunlight, especially the parts of the light spectrum that are missing from artificial light?

Scott Nelson, the co-founder of Joovv, is working to help us better understand this question. Scott has spent much of his career in leadership positions at some of the largest medicine technology companies, Medtronic and Boston Scientific to name two. Now with Joovv, he is commercializing full-body red light therapy and photobiomodulation devices designed for consumer use.

What is red light therapy and its benefits? Users report improved skin, accelerated muscle recovery, enhanced cognitive ability...even increased testosterone production.

These are sweeping claims. Is it too good to be true?

Host Geoffrey Woo raises up this exact question and more to Scott, and we learned a ton about Joovv's approach to red light therapy and how we can all benefit from being more thoughtful of the light we're around.

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Keto Wine: Fighting Against the Dirty Secrets of the Alcohol Industry ft. Todd White (Dry Farm Wines) || #106 Mar 18, 2019

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Raise your glasses!

This is a fun episode for our 21+ listeners. We welcome Todd White, CEO of Dry Farm Wines, to the program. Dry Farm Wines is known as a keto-friendly "biohacked" wine.

Todd is quite a biohacker himself, diving deep into a ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting. We start off our conversation by first diving into the cognitive benefits of the ketogenic diet and Todd’s other biohacks, and then move on to the meat of the episode: Wine.

Let’s get real: Alcohol is a neurotoxin and is not great for performance. Why would a self-proclaimed biohacker and health-conscious person like Todd make a company around it? More broadly, what are some of the dirty secrets and production loopholes of the wine industry? How can a wine become sugar-free?

Host Geoffrey Woo and Todd explore all these topics and much more.

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Low Carb, High Performance: Ketosis Tips, Tricks, & Nuances ft. Siim Land || #105 Mar 11, 2019

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Whether it's through diet, exercise, nootropics, or cutting-edge biotechnology, there’s tons of levers we can pull to improve our health and performance. Siim Land, a biohacker and high-performance coach, has been experimenting with these levers much of his life, recently sharing his knowledge and experiments through his Youtube channel. While he has dabbled in many biohacks, his bread and butter interventions (or should we say just butter) are following the ketogenic diet and intermittent fasting.

What do keto and IF have in common? One of the main end goals of the two interventions is ketosis - a physiological state in which ketones are being burned as fuel.

In this episode, you'll discover:

The intuitive “feeling” of ketosis and how you may not need to rely on ketone monitors all the time as you become more experienced
What changes in biomarkers like IGF-1 might mean when eating high-fat
What is okay to consume when following keto or intermittent fasting

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Making Science Accessible: Tips on Reading Studies, Science on Social Media, & Women in Academia ft. Dr. Paige Jarreau Mar 04, 2019

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Hello listeners, and welcome to the HVMN Podcast. It’s Dr. Brianna Stubbs. We’re switching things up here this week, as I’ll be your host...giving Geoff a bit of time off!

This week, we are going to look at the topic of Science communication. If you’ve tuned in to my Research Roundup series, which can get quite science-heavy at times, you may find that it can be tough to follow along with the medical terms and jargon. And honestly, it can be challenging for me to break down these complicated topics and make them interesting and accessible for people who have different levels of background science knowledge.

When thinking about the ‘art and science’ of communication, with science you might need to go even more towards the art - to try and bridge the gap between research and public understanding. This has always been a pain point. With the inescapable rise of social media and the big uptick in numbers of scientists and influencers in health and performance who are taking to Twitter to share their findings and thoughts, science communication has changed a lot in the last few years. It will surely continue to evolve.

I explore this hefty topic with Dr. Paige Jarreau, whose research focuses on the intersection of science communication, journalism, and new media. Along with teaching at LSU, she works at LifeOmic, a telemedicine app we touch upon in this episode. Page also practices some of Team HVMN’s favorite interventions, such as intermittent fasting and meditation. We chat about science on social media, tips for beginners on reading research papers, and some of the challenges women face in academia.

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Reduce Inflammation: Why the Ketogenic Diet and Exogenous Ketones Are Key || Research Roundup Feb 26, 2019

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Welcome to the HVMN Research Round Up, hosted by Dr. Brianna Stubbs. Today, we’ll be going down one of Brianna's personal favorite rabbit holes: The way that ketones from the ketogenic diet and exogenous ketone affect inflammation.

Is the ketogenic diet as a whole responsible for the reduction of inflammation? Or is it the specific ketone body BHB (beta hydroxybutyrate) that has the most impact? This is a major question that Brianna brings up and explores in this episode.

We’ll go through three studies on this topic, where Brianna will walk you through the research process, discuss and analyze the results, and muse over the potential implications.

Referenced Studies:

1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18046594 2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25686106 3. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0211005

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Why Intermittent Fasting is NOT a Hoax || Live Reaction (Tiger Fitness) Feb 20, 2019

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HVMN's Geoffrey Woo (CEO) & Dr. Brianna Stubbs (Research Lead) watch respond to a recent video posted by Marc Lobliner (Tiger Fitness). The video was titled "Intermittent Fasting is a HOAX - Studies Are In!".

Obviously, we had some thoughts on Tiger Fitness' aggressive statements. Intermittent fasting is not an end all be all that will work perfectly for everyone, but the body of evidence supporting the positive outcomes of fasting is extensive. We break down why intermittent fasting is NOT a hoax.

Tiger Fitness Referenced Study: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM197003192821209?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3dpubmed

Dr. Brianna Stubbs Referenced Study: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM197003192821209?url_ver=Z39.88-2003&rfr_id=ori:rid:crossref.org&rfr_dat=cr_pub%3dpubmed

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Zap Your Brain: Accelerated Learning via Neurostimulation ft. Dr. Daniel Chao || #103 Feb 18, 2019

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Learning never ends. It's fundamental to how we improve our respective crafts, expand our understanding of the world, and grow as individuals.

An emerging technique aimed to accelerate learning is transcranial direct current stimulation, which stimulates brain cells via tiny doses of electricity. Enter Halo Neuroscience, a company that’s built a TDCS headset called Halo Sport. Dr. Daniel Chao, Halo’s CEO, joins the podcast to discuss the technology powering Halo Sport and the evidence supporting it.

In this episode, you'll discover:

How TDCS aids in movement-based learning & beyond
The neural network: What different regions of the brain are responsible for, how neurons work together, action potential, & more
The true mission of human performance companies like HVMN and Halo

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