Supplements on the Joe Rogan Experience
11 fact-checked claims across 5 episodes · Nov 2019 to Jan 2025 · updated Jul 20, 2026
Each is a receipt: the exact quote, its timestamp, what published evidence says, and who benefits.
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- Dr. Rhonda Patrick (4)
- Dr. Mark Gordon (4)
- Paul Stamets (2)
- Joe Rogan (1)
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“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%.
“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.
“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.
“there's a peer-reviewed study on quercetin and zinc and apparently zinc when you take it is zinc has powerful antiviral properties to it but it's it's difficul…”
Rogan claims a peer-reviewed study shows quercetin acts as an ionophore that helps zinc's antiviral properties enter cells, implying this combination protected a friend from COVID-19.
“And then it's got PQQ and CoQ10. PQQ is a form of CoQ10. It's a sister. And it's 100 to 1,000 times stronger. But it's what it does. It increases mitochondrial…”
Dr. Gordon claims PQQ is a form of CoQ10 that is 100 to 1,000 times stronger and that boosting mitochondrial function can reverse neurodegenerative diseases.
“So what quercetin does is it increases mitochondrial replication in about seven days, doubles the amount of mitochondria intracellularly.”
Dr. Gordon claims quercetin increases mitochondrial replication in about seven days and doubles the amount of mitochondria inside cells.
“It's an ionophore, which is when we talked about COVID and zinc, it carries zinc into the cell to shut down the ability of the COVID SARS from replicating. Or …”
Dr. Gordon claims quercetin is a zinc ionophore that carries zinc into cells to block replication of SARS-CoV-2, influenza A and B, rhinovirus, and enterovirus.
“don't put a lot of zinc in because zinc's involved in about 300 processes in the body. It's antiviral that we just talked about. It's anti-alzheimer's because …”
Dr. Gordon claims zinc is involved in about 300 processes in the body and is anti-Alzheimer's because the enzyme regulating beta amyloid production is zinc dependent.
“there's two clinical studies out of Japan with mild cognitive decline and dementia showing very positive results taking two to four grams of lion's mane per da…”
Stamets claims two Japanese clinical studies show lion's mane mushroom (2-4 grams/day of mycelium) produces strong positive results against mild cognitive decline and dementia.
“you add 100 to 200 milligrams of niacin. Now, if someone tries to get high by taking 10 times as much, they'll have like two grams of niacin. This is flushing …”
Stamets claims stacking niacin with microdosed psilocybin mushrooms acts as a built-in 'antabuse' deterrent against taking higher, intoxicating doses.