Dr. Rhonda Patrick

Aging in general is a major driver of cancer. Bruce came up with this theory called the triage theory.

Aging in general is a major driver of cancer. Bruce came up with this theory called the triage theory.

Aging in general is a major driver of cancer. Bruce came up with this theory called the triage theory.

Yeah, this is a – it's a theory that he came up with that posits that vitamins and minerals that we get from our diet, they get triaged to essential functions in our body that are important for preventing basically acute death, right? So if you think about blood coagulation, vitamin K1, very important. Like you need to have your blood clot, right?

Yeah, this is a – it's a theory that he came up with that posits that vitamins and minerals that we get from our diet, they get triaged to essential functions in our body that are important for preventing basically acute death, right? So if you think about blood coagulation, vitamin K1, very important. Like you need to have your blood clot, right?

Yeah, this is a – it's a theory that he came up with that posits that vitamins and minerals that we get from our diet, they get triaged to essential functions in our body that are important for preventing basically acute death, right? So if you think about blood coagulation, vitamin K1, very important. Like you need to have your blood clot, right?

Otherwise, you could have, you know, a pretty severe injury and you could have a hemorrhage and that would be detrimental, right? So vitamin K is one example. And there's some other examples like selenium that Bruce has published and showed there are proteins that have a stronger binding to vitamin K1 that are important for coagulation. So these are proteins in the liver.

Otherwise, you could have, you know, a pretty severe injury and you could have a hemorrhage and that would be detrimental, right? So vitamin K is one example. And there's some other examples like selenium that Bruce has published and showed there are proteins that have a stronger binding to vitamin K1 that are important for coagulation. So these are proteins in the liver.

Otherwise, you could have, you know, a pretty severe injury and you could have a hemorrhage and that would be detrimental, right? So vitamin K is one example. And there's some other examples like selenium that Bruce has published and showed there are proteins that have a stronger binding to vitamin K1 that are important for coagulation. So these are proteins in the liver.

versus, for example, other proteins that stay in circulation and are activating proteins that are important for calcium signaling and trafficking, moving calcium out of the bloodstream, moving it to muscle, moving it to bones, right? So he's published a couple of papers showing that. So the idea is that your body will triage them to essential functions to prevent short-term death at the expense of

versus, for example, other proteins that stay in circulation and are activating proteins that are important for calcium signaling and trafficking, moving calcium out of the bloodstream, moving it to muscle, moving it to bones, right? So he's published a couple of papers showing that. So the idea is that your body will triage them to essential functions to prevent short-term death at the expense of

versus, for example, other proteins that stay in circulation and are activating proteins that are important for calcium signaling and trafficking, moving calcium out of the bloodstream, moving it to muscle, moving it to bones, right? So he's published a couple of papers showing that. So the idea is that your body will triage them to essential functions to prevent short-term death at the expense of

these long-term sort of health functions, right?

these long-term sort of health functions, right?

these long-term sort of health functions, right?

Exactly. And so magnesium would be another one. Magnesium is an essential mineral. It's involved in over 300 different enzymatic processes, and ATP production and utilization is one of those. And ATP is the energetic currency of our cells. We need to make energy to survive. Right.

Exactly. And so magnesium would be another one. Magnesium is an essential mineral. It's involved in over 300 different enzymatic processes, and ATP production and utilization is one of those. And ATP is the energetic currency of our cells. We need to make energy to survive. Right.

Exactly. And so magnesium would be another one. Magnesium is an essential mineral. It's involved in over 300 different enzymatic processes, and ATP production and utilization is one of those. And ATP is the energetic currency of our cells. We need to make energy to survive. Right.

Exactly. But it's also essential for DNA repair enzymes. They use it to repair damage to our DNA. Every time we make a new cell, whether that's a skin cell or a liver cell or a blood cell, there's damage that occurs even with just the process of cell division, right? Let alone the external processes that we're exposed to, UV radiation, unhealthy diet, things like that.

Exactly. But it's also essential for DNA repair enzymes. They use it to repair damage to our DNA. Every time we make a new cell, whether that's a skin cell or a liver cell or a blood cell, there's damage that occurs even with just the process of cell division, right? Let alone the external processes that we're exposed to, UV radiation, unhealthy diet, things like that.