Dr. Rhonda Patrick

And he published this paper on it and nobody was doing anything about it. And he was on the phone calling up these companies Have you seen my paper? And he was responsible for getting these chemicals out of women's hair dye, out of children's pajamas. I mean, he has had an amazing impact on public health, continues to have an impact on public health.

And he published this paper on it and nobody was doing anything about it. And he was on the phone calling up these companies Have you seen my paper? And he was responsible for getting these chemicals out of women's hair dye, out of children's pajamas. I mean, he has had an amazing impact on public health, continues to have an impact on public health.

He is. He is. And then, you know, he got into you wonder what he's doing this cancer research. And then he gets into micronutrients. So, you know, these are about 30 or 40. essential vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fatty acids that we need to get from our diet. We need them to survive. But as Bruce would argue, we also need them to age optimally. And he got into this field quite quickly.

He is. He is. And then, you know, he got into you wonder what he's doing this cancer research. And then he gets into micronutrients. So, you know, these are about 30 or 40. essential vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fatty acids that we need to get from our diet. We need them to survive. But as Bruce would argue, we also need them to age optimally. And he got into this field quite quickly.

He is. He is. And then, you know, he got into you wonder what he's doing this cancer research. And then he gets into micronutrients. So, you know, these are about 30 or 40. essential vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fatty acids that we need to get from our diet. We need them to survive. But as Bruce would argue, we also need them to age optimally. And he got into this field quite quickly.

I would say it was an accident. He had a guy in his lab doing a sabbatical, Dr. McGregor. And this guy was a cytobiologist. He was looking at red blood cells and doing a lot of experiments with red blood cells. And it turns out he used a media that didn't have folate. And all of a sudden, he started noticing all these double-stranded breaks in DNA.

I would say it was an accident. He had a guy in his lab doing a sabbatical, Dr. McGregor. And this guy was a cytobiologist. He was looking at red blood cells and doing a lot of experiments with red blood cells. And it turns out he used a media that didn't have folate. And all of a sudden, he started noticing all these double-stranded breaks in DNA.

I would say it was an accident. He had a guy in his lab doing a sabbatical, Dr. McGregor. And this guy was a cytobiologist. He was looking at red blood cells and doing a lot of experiments with red blood cells. And it turns out he used a media that didn't have folate. And all of a sudden, he started noticing all these double-stranded breaks in DNA.

Being damaged. And so he was like, oh, what's going on? And he finally traced it down to, oh, we have this media that we've used that doesn't have folate. So then he decided to do some animal work. Well, let's see what happens if we deprive rodents of folate.

Being damaged. And so he was like, oh, what's going on? And he finally traced it down to, oh, we have this media that we've used that doesn't have folate. So then he decided to do some animal work. Well, let's see what happens if we deprive rodents of folate.

Being damaged. And so he was like, oh, what's going on? And he finally traced it down to, oh, we have this media that we've used that doesn't have folate. So then he decided to do some animal work. Well, let's see what happens if we deprive rodents of folate.

And sure enough, widespread DNA damage, just completely, you know, double-stranded breaks in DNA are the precursor to basically oncogenic mutations. The answer. Exactly. Cancer. So Bruce, of course, was like, wow, this is amazing. Not having a important micronutrient can potentially cause cancer. And that's kind of what it was doing in the rodent studies.

And sure enough, widespread DNA damage, just completely, you know, double-stranded breaks in DNA are the precursor to basically oncogenic mutations. The answer. Exactly. Cancer. So Bruce, of course, was like, wow, this is amazing. Not having a important micronutrient can potentially cause cancer. And that's kind of what it was doing in the rodent studies.

And sure enough, widespread DNA damage, just completely, you know, double-stranded breaks in DNA are the precursor to basically oncogenic mutations. The answer. Exactly. Cancer. So Bruce, of course, was like, wow, this is amazing. Not having a important micronutrient can potentially cause cancer. And that's kind of what it was doing in the rodent studies.

And then he had found some humans that were low in folate and did some experiments as well. Found a similar thing, gave them back the folate, DNA double-stranded breaks, went away. He worked out the mechanism, which was folate is a precursor for making DNA. And so if you don't have that there, your body will put something there from RNA, a uracil, instead of a thymine.

And then he had found some humans that were low in folate and did some experiments as well. Found a similar thing, gave them back the folate, DNA double-stranded breaks, went away. He worked out the mechanism, which was folate is a precursor for making DNA. And so if you don't have that there, your body will put something there from RNA, a uracil, instead of a thymine.

And then he had found some humans that were low in folate and did some experiments as well. Found a similar thing, gave them back the folate, DNA double-stranded breaks, went away. He worked out the mechanism, which was folate is a precursor for making DNA. And so if you don't have that there, your body will put something there from RNA, a uracil, instead of a thymine.

Right. And so it basically causes these double-stranded breaks. So long story short, that's how Bruce got into micronutrients. And he started to really dive into understanding how these vitamins and minerals are affecting the way we age because cancer is a disease of age for the most part. There are some childhood leukemias and childhood cancers, but those are mostly linked to genetics.

Right. And so it basically causes these double-stranded breaks. So long story short, that's how Bruce got into micronutrients. And he started to really dive into understanding how these vitamins and minerals are affecting the way we age because cancer is a disease of age for the most part. There are some childhood leukemias and childhood cancers, but those are mostly linked to genetics.

Right. And so it basically causes these double-stranded breaks. So long story short, that's how Bruce got into micronutrients. And he started to really dive into understanding how these vitamins and minerals are affecting the way we age because cancer is a disease of age for the most part. There are some childhood leukemias and childhood cancers, but those are mostly linked to genetics.