Dr. Rhonda Patrick

So it's exposure, concentration, and also location, right?

So in this case, they're not really close.

close to the person's Achilles tendon, right?

It's not like they're wearing something on their ankle.

It's the volume of exposure seems to be high.

is there a potential there for inflammatory oxidative processes?

Like, yes, but why would it be, you know, perhaps it's because they're exercising and they're putting a lot of wear and tear on, you know, that specific tendon and the background inflammation is high that it's basically pushing them over the edge.

So I do think the possibility is there.

Can we conclusively say it?

No, but I think it's definitely something that should, you know, alarm us.

You know, why are these people getting these,

Achilles tendon tears at a rate that's, what did you say, how much higher?

It was pretty significant.

Right.

And, you know, the other thing to keep in mind is with these, like, correlations is did something else happen where they had some – their trainer is changing their diet.

They're changing something else.

Like, we don't know at the same time, you know, as they move fields.

I'm not saying that that's the case.

I'm just pointing out the flaws of this type of –

you know, correlation where it's like, well, there could be other things that wouldn't even know about that's happening.