Dr. Rhonda Patrick discusses how specific nutrients prevent disease. Seventy percent of Americans lack sufficient vitamin D, linked to osteoporosis and cancer. An omega-3 index above 8% correlates with five extra years of life, and sulforaphane from cruciferous vegetables helps the body expel air-pollution chemicals.
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About 30 nanograms per milliliter.
70%.
An omega‑3 index of 8% or more (compared to about 4%).
About 40 micromoles of sulforaphane—results in ~60% increased excretion of some air‑pollution chemicals after 24 hours.
30%.
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70% of the US population doesn't meet the sufficient levels of vitamin D, which is about 30 nanograms per milliliter.
There's 37 billion trillion chemical reactions in the body every second. If you don't have enough of these nutrients, that whole chemical reactions may not work optimally.
People that have high omega 3 index 8% or more have a five year increased life expectancy compared to people that have a 4% omega 3 index which is low.
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Pregnant women were advised to stop eating fish because of the mercury. Now been a whole host of studies that have come out showing that omega 3 fatty acids actually protect from any potential mercury toxicity in the developing fetus. There's been studies looking at children that were born to mothers that had a high level of omega 3. Those children had scored higher on intelligence tests, so IQ scores.
If your vitamin D is super low, in the short run, you'll get rickets. In the long run, you'll get osteoporosis and cancer and die sooner.
People that take about 40 micromoles of sulforaphane, they start to excrete some of the chemicals that are in air pollution by 60% after 24 hours. 30% of individuals aged 20 to 39 have hypertension. We now know that hypertension isn't just a risk for cardiovascular disease, it's a risk for dementia.