Dr. Rhonda Patrick
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So it's not like the animals are being injected with a certain type of tumor.
It can't be traced to that type of tumor.
Maybe it's the background of the mice.
Exactly.
Okay.
Next question.
Have you ever encountered a case where effortful training didn't help?
And what did you learn?
I think you just answered that.
Yeah, sweat.
I mean, if you're sweating a lot, you can also exacerbate skin problems.
I do think at the end of the day, like...
Is there a trade-off?
Like, is the skin irritation or the little bit of diarrhea the price you pay for, like, even more, you know, positive benefits?
And so that's also probably something you consider as well and discuss with the patient, where it's like, you don't want them to necessarily stop the treatment because they have a little skin irritation.
But, you know, it's...
Again, I guess it's my mentality of thinking, too.
I'll handle some suffering if it's going to have a net positive effect.
That's right.
Yeah.