Dr. Vonda Wright
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training program where it's almost like getting your cognitive brain out of the way and let your subconscious brain reapply energy to the pathways that you actually need, that you've begun to ignore, and it makes you more efficient. And I'm being inadequate in explaining it, but brain scientists believe that you can retrain the brain like a muscle and devote energy to neural pathways.
training program where it's almost like getting your cognitive brain out of the way and let your subconscious brain reapply energy to the pathways that you actually need, that you've begun to ignore, and it makes you more efficient. And I'm being inadequate in explaining it, but brain scientists believe that you can retrain the brain like a muscle and devote energy to neural pathways.
So I know we do this to athletes to try to squeeze performance out of them.
So I know we do this to athletes to try to squeeze performance out of them.
So, you know, after the understanding of human DNA, knowing what we're truly made of, It pushed us out of a time in medicine where we've been for the last 150 years, which is observe, and one size fits nobody. Now that we've sequenced the human genome, we can develop health plans, your health plan, my health plan. It's not generic. Here's an example.
So, you know, after the understanding of human DNA, knowing what we're truly made of, It pushed us out of a time in medicine where we've been for the last 150 years, which is observe, and one size fits nobody. Now that we've sequenced the human genome, we can develop health plans, your health plan, my health plan. It's not generic. Here's an example.
When I have people who want to talk to me about living healthier longer and we draw a set of biomarkers, it's not 6,000 biomarkers. It's just a set of about 23 that are beyond regular labs. And I see that, for instance, maybe, Stephen, you have a high load of senescent cells. Well, I'm going to specifically design your gap nutrition according to what you need. You might not need
When I have people who want to talk to me about living healthier longer and we draw a set of biomarkers, it's not 6,000 biomarkers. It's just a set of about 23 that are beyond regular labs. And I see that, for instance, maybe, Stephen, you have a high load of senescent cells. Well, I'm going to specifically design your gap nutrition according to what you need. You might not need
anything for inflammation because maybe your inflammation labs are good. But historically, what we would have done is say, okay, let's just give everybody the same formula, but now we're able to devise what your body needs at your time. I do the same thing with exercise.
anything for inflammation because maybe your inflammation labs are good. But historically, what we would have done is say, okay, let's just give everybody the same formula, but now we're able to devise what your body needs at your time. I do the same thing with exercise.
I never say, let's have you do 150 minutes of moderate exercise because I have access to lactate threshold testing where you're walking on a treadmill, running on a treadmill, or on a bike. Every four minutes, we're pricking your finger. And I can tell exactly when your mitochondria, the little energy storehouses in your cells, go from burning fat to burning carbohydrates.
I never say, let's have you do 150 minutes of moderate exercise because I have access to lactate threshold testing where you're walking on a treadmill, running on a treadmill, or on a bike. Every four minutes, we're pricking your finger. And I can tell exactly when your mitochondria, the little energy storehouses in your cells, go from burning fat to burning carbohydrates.
And that place is called the fat max. And that is when your mitochondria, your energy organelles, are most efficient. And that's where we want to work out. 80% of the time. So that's just an example of how I'm going to tell you what heart rate you need to work out in.
And that place is called the fat max. And that is when your mitochondria, your energy organelles, are most efficient. And that's where we want to work out. 80% of the time. So that's just an example of how I'm going to tell you what heart rate you need to work out in.
I'm going to tell you how to fill the gaps in your nutrition instead of just doing broad guidelines because that's the state of the art right now.
I'm going to tell you how to fill the gaps in your nutrition instead of just doing broad guidelines because that's the state of the art right now.
Well, I love that question. And the one word answer is yes, every season of our life is different. Let's take bones, for instance. We build, build, build bones until in women we're about 28 and men 30. We reach peak bone mass. we then reach a plateau where we keep our bone density. And then in women, it begins to plummet due to hormonal influences.
Well, I love that question. And the one word answer is yes, every season of our life is different. Let's take bones, for instance. We build, build, build bones until in women we're about 28 and men 30. We reach peak bone mass. we then reach a plateau where we keep our bone density. And then in women, it begins to plummet due to hormonal influences.
For men, men usually maintain their bone density until their 70s when they plummet, unless they have a metabolic problem, an autoimmune disease, or having had the need to take a lot of steroids. And Then you see a big difference at 50. So in bones, that's a good example how every few decades our bones are reacting differently. Muscle is the same way.
For men, men usually maintain their bone density until their 70s when they plummet, unless they have a metabolic problem, an autoimmune disease, or having had the need to take a lot of steroids. And Then you see a big difference at 50. So in bones, that's a good example how every few decades our bones are reacting differently. Muscle is the same way.