Dr. Rhonda Patrick

I mean, there's other genetic predispositions as well, or maybe a family history, if someone's got like a family history.

There's, it seems like it's really just a panacea.

I mean, in some regards, obviously, you know, if you're a smoker, you don't want the take home message to be, I'm going to exercise, but still smoke, right?

Like, no, like you should, you should quit smoking, right?

That's like the number one thing.

But the fact of the matter is, and I'd love to get into some of these mechanisms in a minute about how exercise is, you know, how it's

playing a role in cancer prevention and, you know, affecting tumor biology through metabolic signals.

I mean, glucose regulation being a big one, right?

I mean, even if you're someone who is obese and you're exercising and you're increasing glucose uptake into your muscle, I mean, that's very beneficial to not have it then available for a lot of cancer cells, you know, which primarily do use glucose for fuel.

So what about someone who is, let's say, not obese?

They're healthy.

Maybe they're in their 40s and they're someone that's more like a weekend warrior maybe.

I don't even know if that would be the term.

Maybe there's someone that just goes for a jog on the weekends only.

Would there be a case to make for those people to maybe push a little bit higher intensity than just going for your jog on the weekends in terms of like making an impact on their cancer prevention?

Is there a limit on that?

So we're saying 150 minutes of moderate intensity exercise, you know, depending on where you, what journal you read for the definition of moderate intensity exercise, you'll find it's, you know, your heart rate max is going to like, what, 70%, 75%.

heart rate max.

So, I mean, you're getting some sweat on your brow there.

If you were to do, let's say, 300 minutes a week, you were to double that of moderate intensity, or you're going to also increase the intensity, right?