In this episode we discuss:

• The criticism of Georgi regarding estrogen and cancer


• The major point that Siim Land is missing when it comes to increasing NAD+


• Why we think Dr. Berg is completely wrong on serotonin


• Nutrition With Judy’s suggestion that thyroid issues on a carnivore diet are not caused by the lack of carbohydrates, and why we think this isn’t the case


• Dave Asprey’s recommendation to drink orange juice and whether it’s for the right reasons

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Timestamps:

0:00 – intro

1:10 – whether estrogen is a carcinogen 

6:13 – estrogen’s role in driving weight gain and chronic diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, and Type 2 Diabetes 

8:03 – the dangers of synthetic progesterone (progestin) use 

10:14 – the difference between estrone and estradiol and the problems with estrogen testing 

16:14 – whether estrogen therapy should be used in post-menopausal women 

17:17 – the difference between oral and transdermal estrogen use 

24:44 – the connection between inflammation and estrogen production 

27:57 – why estrogen levels are not actually low in post-menopausal women 

37:59 – our take on Siim Land's post on NAD+ and mitochondrial uncoupling 

48:25 – why intentionally seeking hormetic responses, like the activation of heat-shock proteins, should be avoided 

50:37 – which form of CoQ10 is better: ubiquinone or ubiquinol 

53:34 – what Siim Land and many others get wrong when it comes to raising NAD+  

55:44 – does fasting and AMPK upregulation cause cancer? 

1:00:29 – fat fuels cancer and why not to restrict sugar for cancer 

1:09:56 – Dr Berg’s take that serotonin is the “happy hormone” – why we disagree 

1:19:06 – serotonin’s role in driving chronic diseases and conditions including depression, anxiety, IBS, and cancer 

1:27:24 – Nutrition with Judy claims that the low thyroid levels generally seen on the carnivore diet have nothing to do with a lack of carbohydrates 

1:39:01 – how the rate of living theory changed mainstream medicine’s view that thyroid health is important 

1:45:37 – how excessive exercise raises stress hormones, setting you up for weight regain 

1:51:30 – why the combination of fasting and exercise is detrimental to our health 

1:53:44 – how estrogen is used to fatten animals  

2:02:42 – why Dave Asprey is talking about endotoxin and orange juice 

2:07:00 – whether the sugar in orange juice feeds bacteria and increases endotoxin 

2:09:40 – why the low-carb trend keeps resurfacing, despite the growing evidence against it 

2:14:41 – where to find Georgi and IdeaLabs