February 18, 2021
#081 - Dr. Ben Lynch: Understanding Your “Dirty” Genes, Cleaning Up SNPs, Microbiome Health & Diversity, MTHFR, Medications, Histamine Intolerance, Glutathione, And More!
The Melanie Avalon Biohacking PodcastAbout this episode
GET TRANSCRIPT AND FULL SHOWNOTES: melanieavalon.com/dirtygenes 2:25 - IF Biohackers: Intermittent Fasting + Real Foods + Life: Join Melanie's Facebook Group At Facebook.com/groups/PaleoOMAD/ For A Weekly Episode GIVEAWAY, And To Discuss And Learn About All Things Biohacking! All Conversations Welcome! 2:40 - Follow Melanie On Instagram To See The Latest Moments, Products, And #AllTheThings! @MelanieAvalon Join Melanie's Facebook Group Clean Beauty And Safe Skincare With Melanie Avalon At Facebook.com/groups/cleanbeautymelanieavalon To Discuss And Learn About All The Things Clean Beauty, Beautycounter And Safe Skincare! 6:55 - Ben's Background 12:10 - The Purpose Genetic Expression of SNPs 16:55 - Addressing Dirty Genes 19:35 - Which Genes Didn't Make It Into The Book 20:40 - NOS3 21:40 - Breathing Exercise 23:10 - Explaining Common Problems With Genes 25:15 - Medication Causing Dirty NOS3 28:00 - Cleaning Up NOS3 28:20 - Other Causes Of Dirty NOS3; Overtraining 30:40 - Keto And High Protein Diets 33:05 - Nitrogen Balance 35:25 - Producing Ammonia After Eating Protein 37:10 - Elevated BUN 39:40 - Carnitine Synthesis 42:50 - Carnivore 45:15 - GST/GTX And Hydrogen Peroxide 48:25 - Aspirin And Gut Health 50:00 - Serrapeptase To Replace Aspirin 51:10 - Metformin And Histamine Intolerance 57:05 - DAO And Histamine Overload 58:50 - Low Reactive Diets And Microbiome Diversity 1:01:05 - Histamine Degrading Probiotics 1:02:20 - Supporting Glutathione 1:06:15 - Side Effects Of Glutathione 1:09:10 - Supplements 1:12:35 - IV Glutathione 1:15:20 - Overwhelming Your Body With Glutathione And IV Chelation 1:18:40 - MTHFR 1:23:55 - MTHFR And Cofactors 1:25:50 - Supplementing Methyl Folate 1:26:45 - Balancing Supplements 1:28:20 - PQQ Balancing Glutathione 1:29:50 - Folic Acid 1:34:40 - Folic Acid Enrichment In Processed Foods 1:36:00 - COMT/MAOA: Genes Associated With Dopamine And Serotonin 1:39:25 - COMT/MAOA Effect On PMS 1:41:40 - COMT/MAOA Effect On Sleep 1:48:50 - Genetic Testing Results