Ancestral Health Symposium ‘18 Recap

Aug. 29, 2018

Last month the NBT team had a rare live meet-up at the Ancestral Health Symposium in Bozeman, Montana. While there, we had a chance to see many of our previous podcasts guests in person presenting their latest work. For this podcast, we passed the microphone around and shared our impressions of some of the talks we’d seen.

Along the way, we covered all kind of topics, ranging from the performance benefits of caffeine to setting up an ice bath at home. Dr. Tommy Wood shared highlights from his AHS presentation, “The Athlete’s Gut,” explaining why 70% of endurance athletes have a gut problem. We also caught up with friends from Virta Health, who are on a mission to reverse Type 2 Diabetes in 100 Million People.

Here’s the outline of this conversation with Tommy, Megan, Clay, Zach, Josh, and Doug:

[00:00:08] Ancestral Health Symposium 2018.

[00:00:24] Swiss Water Decaf.

[00:01:34] Association of coffee drinking with all-cause mortality; Studies: Loftfield, Erikka, et al. "Association of Coffee Drinking With Mortality by Genetic Variation in Caffeine Metabolism: Findings From the UK Biobank." JAMA internal medicine 178.8 (2018): 1086-1097.

[00:02:55] Caffeine for improved performance; Studies: Astorino, Todd A., and Daniel W. Roberson. "Efficacy of acute caffeine ingestion for short-term high-intensity exercise performance: a systematic review." The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research 24.1 (2010): 257-265; and Ganio, Matthew S., et al. "Effect of caffeine on sport-specific endurance performance: a systematic review." The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research 23.1 (2009): 315-324.

[00:03:09] Effect of CYP1A2 gene + caffeine; Studies: Guest, Nanci, et al. "Caffeine, CYP1A2 Genotype, and Endurance Performance in Athletes." Medicine and science in sports and exercise 50.8 (2018): 1570-1578; and Rahimi, Rahman. "The effect of CYP1A2 genotype on the ergogenic properties of caffeine during resistance exercise: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover study." Irish Journal of Medical Science (1971-) (2018): 1-9.

[00:03:39] Caffeine gene: CYP1A2; marker (SNP): rs762551; Click here to check your 23andMe results. AA: faster metabolizer of caffeine; AC: medium metabolizer; CC: slower metabolizer.

[00:03:56] Podcast: How to Drop Your Cholesterol, with Dave Feldman.

[00:04:23] Lean Mass Hyper-responders.

[00:05:35] Podcast: Why Cholesterol Levels Have No Effect on Cardiovascular Disease (And Things to Think about Instead), with Dr. Malcolm Kendrick.

[00:08:06] Inversion pattern.

[00:10:56] Podcast: How Not to Die of Cardiovascular Disease, with Ivor Cummins.

[00:11:14] Book: Eat Rich, Live Long: Mastering the Low-Carb & Keto Spectrum for Weight Loss and Great Health, by Ivor Cummins.

[00:11:19] Podcast: The True Root Causes of Cardiovascular Disease, with Dr. Jeffry Gerber.

[00:11:42] Peter Attia.

[00:12:05] Dr. Tim Gerstmar Podcasts: How to Test and Predict Blood, Urine and Stool for Health, Longevity and Performance and Methylation and Environmental Pollutants.

[00:12:15] AHS 2014 Talk: Methylation: How 1 Carbon Affects Your Brain, Your DNA and Everything - Tim Gerstmar, N.D.

[00:13:06] Book: Antifragile; Nassim Taleb’s Lindy Effect.

[00:14:22] Autoimmune Protocol (AIP) diet