Andrew Huberman

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I want to talk about iron.

an iron load.

I don't think we can get right down into how much iron somebody needs because it'll vary person to person.

But I was surprised to learn that iron is actually going to accelerate the aging process in various contexts.

I love that answer.

You mentioned tracking and tracking over time, and this is a really interesting area that I know you have been focused on for a long time.

I've been getting blood work done about every six months, frankly, since I was in college.

I like data.

Are there any things that you pay attention to?

that you think are particularly interesting for people to just take note of?

I mean, we're not asking you to go against anybody's physician, but what sorts of things should people start to educate themselves about in terms of what these molecules are on their charts if they choose to get them?

And what do you look at?

Let's talk about C-reactive protein for a second, because I think it's been shown to be an early marker of macular degeneration, of heart disease, a variety of different things.

CRP is something that we don't hear enough about, I think.

Zooming way out, what are the behavioral tools that one can start to think about in terms of ways to modulate these, you know, basically the way that DNA is being expressed and functioning?