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Dr. Rhonda Patrick

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FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

Athletes can be up to 20% more.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

What kind of dose do you typically, and, and, and have you noticed, um,

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

it affect performance or are they already supplementing with it?

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

It's not really.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

That was my next question.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

What about, so omega-3s, and I do want to talk about, we're going to get into recovery and supplements for performance as well, but omega-3s is another one.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

I mean, I personally, as you probably know, think that most people are not getting enough omega-3.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

In fact, if you look at data on the omega-3 index, people are mostly not.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

They're in the low range, and there's a lot of longevity reasons, cardiovascular health, inflammation, why getting up to a higher omega-3 index would be ideal.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

And most people, there's been studies showing that taking around,

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

1.5 to 2 grams a day will get you there from a 4% omega-3 index, which is low, to an 8% omega-3 index, which is high.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

And how do you approach omega-3s from a performance perspective?

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

Yeah, on the AFib thing, there's, you know, it seems to be at a four gram, super high dose range, four grams, ethyl ester form.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

Yeah.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

And also the recent paper that came out, it was a correlation paper.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

It wasn't a randomized control trial.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

Bill Harris is publishing a response to that.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

It was like terrible statistics and all this stuff done.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

So anyways, stay tuned for that.

FoundMyFitness
#101 Dr. Andy Galpin: The Optimal Diet, Supplement, & Recovery Protocol for Peak Performance

Did you see the absolute effect, by the way?