Dr. Rhonda Patrick

“But it slowed that doubling rate by 86%, which is pretty profound.”

Patrick claims a study found 60mg/day of sulforaphane slowed the doubling rate of PSA (a prostate cancer biomarker) by 86%.

“And they were given four grams a day for five years, 8,000 patients, randomized placebo-controlled different countries, and it reduced, and these actually were…”

Patrick describes a large randomized placebo-controlled trial of 4g/day EPA fish oil in ~8,000 statin patients with high triglycerides over 5 years that lowered cardiovascular disease risk by about 28-30%, and calls it 'the VITAL study.'

“this clinical study that compared people that took the Meriva curcumin in the phosphatidylcholine complex, they took two grams a day and it was comparable, the…”

Patrick claims a clinical study found 2 grams/day of Meriva curcumin-phosphatidylcholine complex gave pain relief comparable to 800 mg of ibuprofen.

“They paid three Harvard scientists the equivalent of $50,000 in today's dollars to publish a 1967 review of research on sugar, fat, and heart disease.”

Patrick claims the sugar industry paid three Harvard scientists roughly $50,000 in today's money to publish a 1967 NEJM review that downplayed sugar's role in heart disease and blamed saturated fat instead.

“you know, the alcohol-induced damage as well, which also increases the risk for traumatic brain injury by, like, tenfold.”

Patrick claims that alcohol-induced damage (in the context of the ApoE4 gene) increases the risk of traumatic brain injury by tenfold.

“women that do that, that have already had breast cancer, they reduce their breast cancer risk recurrence by like 40%”

Patrick claims women who eat within an 11-hour window and fast 13 hours reduce breast cancer recurrence risk by about 40%.

“starting on day one of drinking this drink, they excreted 61% of the benzene, like on day one. 61% of benzene was just coming out of their urine, like as you m…”

Patrick claims a broccoli-sprout drink caused people to excrete 61% of benzene (an airborne carcinogen) from their bodies within one day.

“there's been a human clinical trial done uh with nicotinamide riboside and that just to show that it's safe and that it actually does increase nad levels in in…”

Patrick claims human clinical trials show nicotinamide riboside is safe and raises NAD levels in human blood at doses as low as 100mg/day, building on animal anti-aging findings.

“I just told you only 40% of people are responding to these antidepressants that are standard of care”

Patrick claims only 40% of people respond to standard-of-care antidepressants compared to 30% who respond to placebo.

“So there was like eight different clinical trials that were done. And this is what made the FDA put a warning label on all ibuprofen bottles is because chronic…”

Patrick claims eight clinical trials led the FDA to add a warning label to ibuprofen because chronic use doubles the risk of stroke and heart attack.

“So it makes sense that nature would make a way that showed that people that take preformed ALA, alpha-linolenic acid, have to take 33.5 times more than preform…”

Patrick claims plant-based ALA omega-3 must be consumed at 33.5 times the dose of preformed DHA/EPA to achieve equivalent brain DHA/EPA levels.

“There's some health organization in UK that did a press release and said that the average five-year-old consumes 50 grams of sugar a day”

Patrick claims a UK health organization reported that the average five-year-old consumes 50 grams of sugar per day, then muddles whether this figure is daily or equal to a year's worth matching body weight.

“So, you know, there's intervention trials in humans that it's, you know, men that were given broccoli sprout extract lowered their biomarker for prostate cance…”

Patrick claims a human intervention trial found broccoli sprout extract lowered a prostate cancer biomarker (PSA doubling time) by 86%.

“So boiling water and putting it in plastic increases the bpa that leaches into the the solution into the the water by like 55 fold so yes definitely heating it…”

Patrick claims that boiling water in plastic increases BPA leaching into the water by roughly 55-fold compared to unheated conditions.

“And actually back when the European sailors were getting scurvy and dying of it, only about 50%, only about half of those sailors got scurvy. The other 50% did…”

Patrick claims that historically, only about half of European sailors exposed to scurvy conditions actually developed scurvy, while the other half had no symptoms.

“So it certainly seems very interesting that he's actually been able to not only like delay Alzheimer's disease, but reverse it.”

Patrick states that Dr. Dale Bredesen's multi-component lifestyle/diet protocol has been able to not just delay but reverse Alzheimer's disease in patients.

“And in animal studies, what's been shown is that if you do, for example, a 72-hour fast, you can clear away about 30% of the immune system and replenish it wit…”

Patrick states that a 72-hour fast has been shown in animal studies to clear away about 30% of the immune system and replenish it with new cells.

“there was a study that was recently published men that had like atherosclerosis, they were given 2.4 grams of garlic a day. And it actually slowed the accumula…”

Patrick claims a study found 2.4 grams of garlic per day slowed arterial plaque accumulation by about 80% in men with atherosclerosis.

“the people had like an 8% or were eightfold, eight times less likely to have a severe form of COVID-19. And if they had, and they were 20 times less likely to …”

Patrick cites a Philippines study finding people with higher vitamin D levels were 8x less likely to have severe COVID-19 and 20x less likely to have critical COVID-19.

“two grams is better than one gram for for like um reducing the duration of the common cold uh two grams is better than one and uh children are more have a more…”

Patrick claims that taking two grams of vitamin C reduces common cold duration by about 20% in adults, more in children.

“70% of the U.S. population has insufficient vitamin D levels, which is considered less than blood levels, less than 30 milligrams, nanograms per milliliter.”

Patrick claims 70% of the U.S. population has insufficient vitamin D levels (below 30 ng/mL).

“Obese people are like three times more likely to be vitamin D deficient in the United States.”

Patrick claims obese individuals are three times more likely to be vitamin D deficient than non-obese individuals in the U.S.

“That's been shown four to seven times a week, 40% lower all-cause mortality. Cardiovascular-related mortality is 50% lower.”

Patrick claims sauna use 4-7 times per week is associated with 40% lower all-cause mortality and 50% lower cardiovascular mortality.

“you can't say something's 99 like no clinical trial known to human history has ever shown something 99 effective”

Rhonda Patrick states no clinical trial in human history has ever shown a treatment to be 99% effective, in the context of dismissing an ivermectin claim.

“he did some kind of modeling and found you had to have six times more neutralizing antibodies to protect from actually getting infection than from like, you kn…”

Patrick cites a Miles Davenport-group modeling study (Nature Medicine) claiming six times more neutralizing antibodies are needed to prevent infection than to prevent hospitalization from COVID-19.

“So five-year increase in life expectancy, like that's huge compared to people like, you know, on the low end of the range.”

Patrick claims a Framingham study found people with a high omega-3 index have a life expectancy five years longer than those with a low omega-3 index.

“people with the highest omega-3 index, again, it was in that 7% range. And this was not statistically significant. It was because there was a small sample size…”

A small pilot study (about 100 people) by Dr. Bill Harris found a 75% reduction in COVID-19 mortality among people with the highest omega-3 index, though the result was not statistically significant.

“You know, there was a study published in The Lancet like last year showing there was a sevenfold increase in stroke incidents in people under 50 in the United …”

A Lancet study allegedly found a sevenfold increase in strokes among people under 50 in the US compared to the pre-pandemic year, implied to be linked to COVID-19 infection or spike protein effects.

“they were 17% less likely to die prematurely of all causes, including accidents”

A cohort study of omega-3 index found people in the high range (>7%) were 17% more likely to die prematurely from all causes, including accidents, compared to the low range (<4%) -- as described, this appears to have the direction reversed.

“isn't so much that as the IGF-1, which doesn't cause cancer, but it allows cancer cells to grow... You eat meat, it causes cancer. Well, no, that's not necessa…”

Rhonda Patrick claims IGF-1 does not cause cancer but only promotes growth of existing damaged/cancerous cells, disputing a direct 'meat causes cancer' framing.

“if you look at refined sugar, also refined sugar is associated with heart disease risk. In fact, it's like one of the, you know, there was a big, big study, li…”

Rhonda Patrick claims a study of 400,000 people found the highest refined-sugar consumers had four times the risk of heart attack.

“they can kill cancer cells almost as good as the chemo control that they're giving these animals”

Rhonda Patrick claims animal studies show that high-dose probiotics can kill cancer cells almost as effectively as chemotherapy.

“are five times more likely to have antibodies floating around in their blood against fetal brain proteins”

Rhonda Patrick claims mothers of autistic children are five times more likely to have antibodies against fetal brain proteins in their blood than other mothers.

“For people that think that drinking a large glass of orange juice is different than drinking a glass of soda, it's really not.”

Rhonda Patrick claims that drinking a large glass of orange juice is essentially no different from drinking a glass of soda.

“there's been studies showing that like 75% of the microbiome population changes and like, when you don't get at all any fiber”

Rhonda Patrick claims studies show that 75% of a person's gut microbiome population changes when fiber intake drops to zero.

“That has been shown to get into the developing fetal brain 10 times better than DHA and non-phospholipid form, free fatty acid form.”

Rhonda Patrick claims phospholipid-form DHA (found in fish roe) reaches the developing fetal brain ten times more effectively than standard free-fatty-acid-form DHA.

“found that like a low folate diet caused damage to DNA the same as being irradiated by an x-ray machine. The exact same.”

Rhonda Patrick claims a study found that a low-folate diet causes DNA damage equivalent to being irradiated by an x-ray machine.

“There's studies in men where like they give men 75 grams of refined sugar and their testosterone drops by 25%. I mean, it's changing a lot of things, you know,…”

Rhonda Patrick claims a study found giving men 75 grams of refined sugar caused a 25% drop in testosterone.

“there's been studies showing that people that do strength training like they have a 23% lower all cause mortality and like a 30% lower cancer related mortality…”

Rhonda Patrick claims strength training is associated with a 23% lower all-cause mortality and 30% lower cancer-related mortality, independent of other health factors.

“once we hit 25 and we continue on, our aerobic capacity decreases by 10 percent per decade. So like one percent per year, right?”

Rhonda Patrick claims VO2max/aerobic capacity declines by 10% per decade after age 25.