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Mastering Nutrition

Chris Masterjohn, PhDthedailylipid.libsyn.com
Welcome to the Mastering Nutrition podcast. Mastering Nutrition is hosted by Chris Masterjohn, a nutrition scientist focused on optimizing mitochondrial health, and founder of BioOptHealth, a program that uses whole genome sequencing, a comprehensive suite of biochemical data, cutting-edge research and deep scientific insights to optimize each person's metabolism by finding their own unique unlocks. He received his PhD in Nutritional Sciences from University of Connecticut at Storrs in 2012, served as a postdoctoral research associate in the Comparative Biosciences department of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's College of Veterinary Medicine from 2012-2014, served as Assistant Professor of Health and Nutrition Sciences at Brooklyn College from 2014-2017, and now works independently in science research and education.
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COVID-19: IgA Antibodies and Vitamin A

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Jun 21, 202026 min

COVID-19: New Insights Into Clotting

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Jun 21, 202026 min

COVID-19: Blood Clots Cause the Strokes in Young People

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May 20, 20206 min

COVID-19: The Liver is Clotted But Not Very Inflamed

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May 19, 20206 min

COVID-19: Lower ACE2 Isn't the Problem in Older Males

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May 18, 20207 min

COVID-19: The First Human Zinc Study is Promising

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May 17, 202010 min

Vitamin D and COVID-19: The Association Gets More Consistent But Weaker

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May 16, 202049 min

COVID-19: "Leaky Blood Vessels" May Underlie Clotting

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May 16, 202020 min

COVID-19: ACE Inhibitors and ARBs Don't Increase ACE2 or Disease Risk

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May 14, 202033 min

Glutathione and COVID-19: Very Preliminary Evidence

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May 13, 202022 min

COVID-19: Ivermectin Probably Isn't Useful

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May 11, 202011 min

COVID-19: Naproxen (Aleve), Clotting, and Viral Growth

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May 10, 202016 min

COVID-19: Remdesivir Is Toxic to Male Fertility, and Its Benefit Is Unclear

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May 09, 202022 min

COVID-19: Why the Mutated Virus Spreads Faster in North America and Europe Than East Asia

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May 08, 202025 min

COVID-19: The Virus Has Mutated to Spread Faster

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May 08, 202019 min

Should a female focus on lowering DHT to avoid pattern baldness? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #117

Question: Should a female focus on lowering DHT to avoid pattern baldness? Carrie: DHT is only one of the alpha metabolites. If you just do it in serum, that's usually what everyone test, but there are some other big ones, androsterone, and 5 alpha-androstanediol is another big one that you can test in your intestine. DHT maybe low in women, but I'll see the androsterone be really elevated which is more common in women I see. In which case, yes, you can decrease testosterone, but you need to get...

Apr 30, 20202 min

COVID-19: Machine Learning and 8.2 Million Clinical Notes Identify the Early Symptoms

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Apr 29, 202014 min

Is there an optimum number of meals or insulin spikes per day for optimizing thyroid function? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #116

Question: Is there an optimum number of meals or insulin spikes per day for optimizing thyroid function? Assuming that you're controlling for the level of insulin sensitivity on the thyroid gland -- I guess if I had to throw out a wild guess, the free fatty acid concentration is probably mostly relevant when the free fatty acid levels are really high. It's probably not the case that you want to just like -- it's probably -- I don't know. If you go a long time without eating food or you eat like ...

Apr 29, 20202 min

COVID-19: New Evidence That Interferon Could Be Harmful

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Apr 28, 202019 min

What can be done to reverse hypothyroidism other than taking thyroid medicine? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #115

Question: What can be done to reverse hypothyroidism other than taking thyroid medicine? Chris: I'll throw in a couple things. If you just look at the nutrients needed to make thyroid hormone, you're looking at enough protein in addition to enough iodine. But then also the production of thyroid hormone is a very, very dirty process that requires an enormous amount of antioxidant support. Selenium is very important. But also, if you're looking at antioxidant protection, you're looking at not just...

Apr 28, 202011 min

Why would a woman have no cycle? Why would a woman have an anovulatory cycle? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #114

Question: Why would a woman have no cycle? Why would a woman have an anovulatory cycle? Carrie: Remember, cortisol is very, very, very potent in the brain. If the body perceives itself is under stress, whether it's physical, mental, emotional, environmental, it doesn't matter, then reproduction is not its primary focus anymore. I had been thinking this for a long time. I didn't know how to eloquently say it and then she said it on stage one day. She said, "Ladies, whether you want to or not, I'm...

Apr 27, 20206 min

Update on Vitamin D and COVID-19

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Apr 26, 202023 min

COVID-19: Is Baicalein From Chinese Skullcap Effective?

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Apr 26, 202010 min

COVID-19 and the Smoking Paradox

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Apr 25, 202010 min

COVID-19: ACE2 Explains Why Smoking Is Associated With Worse Outcomes

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Apr 25, 20209 min

COVID-19: Blood Clots May Be the Cause of Low Oxygen Levels

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Apr 24, 20209 min

COVID-19: My Response to Dr. Rhonda Patrick on Vitamin D and ACE2

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Apr 24, 202010 min

What to do about premenstrual water retention? | Masterjohn Q&A Files #113

Question: What to do about premenstrual water retention? Chris: I looked at a really good paper that showed that in women who had water retention symptoms with PMS, the main difference in their hormones was that they weren't clearing progesterone as fast from their ovulation-related peak. I was discussing this with a different friend who had found that she would consistently get water retention in response to using progesterone creams. Carrie: A big reason, that we are protected up to the point ...

Apr 24, 20205 min

COVID-19: Could Elderberry Cause a Cytokine Storm? Extremely Unlikely.

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Apr 23, 202010 min

COVID-19: Two Easily Available Lab Markers to Identify Patients at Risk of Severe Cases

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Apr 23, 20209 min
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