Part 1–Ripple Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic That We’re Ignoring: DNA Impacts with Mansoor Mohammed, Ph.D. – #687
This episode of Bulletproof Radio is part one of a special two-part series. There was a lot to discuss about Covid-19 with Mansoor Mohammed, Ph.D., president and chief scientific officer of The DNA Company.
Subscribe To The Human Upgrade
In this Episode of The Human Upgrade™...
This episode of Bulletproof Radio is part one of a special two-part series. There was a lot to discuss about Covid-19 with Mansoor Mohammed, Ph.D., president and chief scientific officer of The DNA Company.
Today’s guest is widely regarded as a pioneer in medical genomics and has been the recipient of multiple academic and industry awards. He’s the holder of several patents in the general fields of molecular diagnostics and genomics research. Now you might think that we’re going to get into something scienc-y about DNA and coronavirus—and we are, but there’s so much more to consider.
For example, how DNA impacts your ability to fight Covid-19 and the vast ripple effect this pandemic is having across the world. There’s also an emotional effect, secondary to the pandemic, that very few people are talking about in any meaningful way.
Hardcore stress, anxiety, social isolation, employment and education disruption, and safety and security concerns are moving in waves across the world. Cortisol levels are up, inflammation is triggered, circadian rhythms are off, eating habits are upset—all making for a swirling storm of physical and mental health concerns beyond having the actual virus. For all of us.
And while it seems the Covid-19 illness doesn’t seem to be affecting youth as much as adults, we may be “leaving the youth out of the equation,” says Mansoor. “But those youth are equally likely to be affected by the emotional discord of seeing mom and dad scared, mom and dad fighting, parents worried, and they may not have the barometers by which to filter all of the stress that’s societally going on.”
Turns out there’s a genetic link to how we process trauma. A percentage of our youth have a “profound genomic makeup that significantly predisposes them to a much more anxiety based, much more war-based response to what’s going on,” Mansoor says. Adults are not immune, either. I had Mansoor check my own DNA; listen on to what he found.
“We’re performing a societal experiment right now,” Mansoor continues. “And we need to be aware of this and we need to be aware of the multitude of effects this is going to have—not just acute viral infection and acute hospitalization. There are broader effects here that we need to speak of.”
Enjoy the show!
Key Notes
- Alcohol is a very cheap form or not so cheap form of sugar. – 5:33
- In the last two weeks, 10 million new people have applied for unemployment. – 7:38
- Studies of the Rwandan genocide, something remarkable happened here. – 10:05
- Now take that person with the slow COMT, slow MAO coupled with this sensitive ADRB2B. – 11:45
- Look, it’s all hackable. That’s my point here. – 14:29
- What could you do to hack that response so that maybe noradrenaline is less of an issue for you. – 19:14
- When you go into the supermarket, what were the shelves? And what are the shelves that are empty? – 21:06
- The two major comorbidities associated with this virus, hypertension and type two diabetes. – 22:20
- We’re putting 5% of our children, our teenagers in that age bracket through a social experiment right now. – 24:42
- One was the pharmaceutical, one was a supplement? Give me like the top three things other than vitamin D. – 27:12
- You take too much magnesium threonate just before bedtime, you’re telling your body surge BDNF, surged BDNF is not a good proposition for a healthy night’s sleep. – 35:45
- Learn and do the best that you can with what you have. – 38:42
- There are two Ace genes very closely related to each other. – 42:12
- The tongue is one of the highest expresses of Ace II by far. – 45:55
Go check out my new book “Super Human: The Bulletproof Plan to Age Backward and Maybe Even Live Forever“ and also “Game Changers“, “Headstrong” and “The Bulletproof Diet” on Amazon and consider leaving a review!
If you like today’s episode, check us out on Apple Podcasts at daveasprey.com/apple and leave us a 5-star rating and a creative review.
Enjoy the show!
Follow Along with the Transcript
Links/Resources
Website: thednacompany.com
Facebook: facebook.com/thednacompany/
Twitter: twitter.com/drmansoorm
Instagram: instagram.com/thednaco/
Subscribe To The Human Upgrade
Similar Episodes
Subscribe To The Human Upgrade
BOOKS
4X NEW YORK TIMES
BEST-SELLING SCIENCE AUTHOR
Smarter
Not Harder
Smarter Not Harder: The Biohacker’s Guide to Getting the Body and Mind You Want is about helping you to become the best version of yourself by embracing laziness while increasing your energy and optimizing your biology.
Also Available
