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Dr. Eric Topol

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

And it's just all part of this anti-vax story that we're seeing.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

It's just there's nothing that's been shown to be more helpful in vaccine.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

promoting health than vaccines.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

Tens of millions of lives.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

And there's no perfect vaccine.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

We'll acknowledge that.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

But whenever we have anything in medicine, whether it's a drug or a vaccine or anything, it's always the risk versus the benefit ratio.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

And here the benefit is just so exponentially important.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

So it's terrible to see this getting negated and overridden and challenged.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

Well, quite a bit, actually.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

Now, some of it is lifestyle factors.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

So if you have a diet, an optimal diet that doesn't promote inflammation,

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

And that would be a plant-based diet largely.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

It would be avoiding as much as possible the bad ultra-processed foods that stimulate inflammation, avoiding too high a protein diet, which has been linked to promoting inflammation and atherosclerosis.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

So a diet that's healthy is one thing.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

The second is exercise is incredibly important for keeping our immune system intact.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

and blocking untoward inflammation.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

And then sleep, really important, deep sleep.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

It's good.

Ground Truths
Katie Couric and Eric Topol: On the State of US Life Science and Extending Healthspan

Wow, that's great.