Dr. Rhonda Patrick

So damage just in general to our DNA, to our proteins, for our mitochondria, you know, and you have these hallmarks of aging and you have to go and fix each hallmark, like a surgeon. And it's like, you have to fix your genomic instability and you have to fix your mitochondria and you have to fix everything right now. I think aging is a program password 20 years. I think aging is a program and it,

It's something that is in our DNA at the level of our epigenome. So our epigenetics, these are things that are sort of kind of on top of our DNA that turn our genes on and activate them or turn them off and deactivate them. And it comes down to this concept of Dr. Steve Horvath's biological agent clocks. You've heard of these? The biological agent clocks.

It's something that is in our DNA at the level of our epigenome. So our epigenetics, these are things that are sort of kind of on top of our DNA that turn our genes on and activate them or turn them off and deactivate them. And it comes down to this concept of Dr. Steve Horvath's biological agent clocks. You've heard of these? The biological agent clocks.

Biological aging, right. How do you test that? There's a variety of tests for it.

Biological aging, right. How do you test that? There's a variety of tests for it.

There's a blood work test. And they test, they're called methyl groups. Essentially, they're just carbon with three hydrogens. And there's a pattern of them on our DNA. There's a pattern of them. And this pattern... I think is the aging program.

There's a blood work test. And they test, they're called methyl groups. Essentially, they're just carbon with three hydrogens. And there's a pattern of them on our DNA. There's a pattern of them. And this pattern... I think is the aging program.

I'm following the leading scientists, but now this is, this is now my belief 20 years later that there is a program of aging and it's these patterns of these methyl groups on our DNA that change with time that makes us age.

I'm following the leading scientists, but now this is, this is now my belief 20 years later that there is a program of aging and it's these patterns of these methyl groups on our DNA that change with time that makes us age.

And the reason I think that is because if you think about reproduction, so if you think about like a sperm and an egg, I mean, these aren't young cells and in the best case scenario, I mean, you got like a 20 year old, but like, yeah, You know, a lot of people are reproducing at 30 and 40, right? So these are older cells. I mean, they're still older even at 20. They're older. They come together.

And the reason I think that is because if you think about reproduction, so if you think about like a sperm and an egg, I mean, these aren't young cells and in the best case scenario, I mean, you got like a 20 year old, but like, yeah, You know, a lot of people are reproducing at 30 and 40, right? So these are older cells. I mean, they're still older even at 20. They're older. They come together.

They recombine. Their epigenome completely resets, and they make a young organism with no sign of aging.

They recombine. Their epigenome completely resets, and they make a young organism with no sign of aging.

No sign of aging.

No sign of aging.

The epigenome resets, completely resets. and there's no sign of aging.

The epigenome resets, completely resets. and there's no sign of aging.

That's the question. And so now, there have been over the last, I would say, oh gosh, Five to seven years. There's been... So, okay, let me take it even a step further back. Okay. Back in 2006, Shinya Yamanaka, a Japanese scientist, won the Nobel Prize for discovering four different genes that are very specific type of genes.

That's the question. And so now, there have been over the last, I would say, oh gosh, Five to seven years. There's been... So, okay, let me take it even a step further back. Okay. Back in 2006, Shinya Yamanaka, a Japanese scientist, won the Nobel Prize for discovering four different genes that are very specific type of genes.

They're called transcription factors because they can regulate a lot of different genes in our body.