They say that it takes a decade to master a topic and another 5 years after that to make it your own. Although I feel like I have a good sense of competency, I am far from mastering all that is out there in the training universe. Socrates once said, “the more you learn, the more you realize how little you do know.”
When I finished grad school a few years ago, I thought about continuing on in the field of nutrition, especially performance nutrition. In exploring what is out there in field of health and nutrition, I came across a biomedical researcher named Rhonda Patrick. Patrick’s field of expertise lies in aging, cancer, and nutrition. She tackles optimizing health on a cellular level and the interplay of genes and apoptosis (cell death). The question that she tries to answer in her research is: how we can hone our nutrition, diet, and lifestyle choices to enhance our cellular functions?
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The latest research she has brought to forefront is the role of vitamin D, fish oil, and gut bacteria and its relationship with brain function, mood/depression, immunity, and obesity. According to Patrick, Vitamin D, for example, is critical to about 9000 genes we hold in our body. In fact, over 50% of the population is deficient in this vitamin. And thus as I’ve gotten little older and stopped feeling like Superman, I am making the connection that I need to take Patrick’s advise and optimize my health.
If you are interested in her finding more about her work, you can find her at foundmyfitness.com.
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