Menu
Sign In Search Podcasts Charts People & Topics Add Podcast API Blog Pricing

Dr. Jack Feldman

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
388 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Huberman Lab
Essentials: Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. Jack Feldman

I should say, the Spearman-G factor starts at a particular level in the population

Huberman Lab
Essentials: Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. Jack Feldman

at age 20 and declines about 1% a year.

Huberman Lab
Essentials: Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. Jack Feldman

So sorry to say, we're not 20-year-olds anymore.

Huberman Lab
Essentials: Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. Jack Feldman

But when you get a number from that, you can put on the curve and see whether it's about your age or not.

Huberman Lab
Essentials: Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. Jack Feldman

These people were about 10 years older according to that metric.

Huberman Lab
Essentials: Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. Jack Feldman

And long story short, after three months, this is a placebo-controlled double-blind study.

Huberman Lab
Essentials: Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. Jack Feldman

The people who were in the placebo arm improved two years, which is common for human studies because of placebo effect.

Huberman Lab
Essentials: Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. Jack Feldman

The people who got the compound improved eight years on average.

Huberman Lab
Essentials: Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. Jack Feldman

And some improved more than eight years.

Huberman Lab
Essentials: Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. Jack Feldman

They didn't do any further diagnosis as to what caused the myocardial decline.

Huberman Lab
Essentials: Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. Jack Feldman

But it was pretty, it was extraordinarily impressive.

Huberman Lab
Essentials: Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. Jack Feldman

It's in the paper, and it's basically what they have in the compound, which is sold commercially.

Huberman Lab
Essentials: Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. Jack Feldman

So the compound, which is sold commercially, is handled by a nutraceutical wholesaler who sells it to the retailers, and they make whatever formulation they want.

Huberman Lab
Essentials: Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. Jack Feldman

But it's a dosage which is, my understanding, is rarely tolerable.

Huberman Lab
Essentials: Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. Jack Feldman

I take half a dose.

Huberman Lab
Essentials: Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. Jack Feldman

The reason I take half a dose is that I had my blood magnesium measured.

Huberman Lab
Essentials: Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. Jack Feldman

And it was low normal for my age.

Huberman Lab
Essentials: Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. Jack Feldman

I took half a dose.

Huberman Lab
Essentials: Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. Jack Feldman

It became high normal.

Huberman Lab
Essentials: Breathing for Mental & Physical Health & Performance | Dr. Jack Feldman

And I felt comfortable staying in the normal range.