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What Diary of a CEO says about fasting

Everything Diary of a CEO and guests said about fasting across 18 episodes — each point linked to the exact second on YouTube. Sourced expert opinion, not medical advice.

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70% of all hip fractures happen in women, and 30% of the time a hip fracture leads to death within one year.
00:01:02Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Dr. Stacy Sims, Dr. Vonda Wright & Dr. Natalie Crawford · The Diary of a CEO · Oct 2025
Each expert reveals their own training; Wright, firmly postmenopausal, still does all of it and punches the treadmill to 11 to hit a heart rate of ~186.
01:14:49Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Dr. Stacy Sims, Dr. Vonda Wright & Dr. Natalie Crawford · The Diary of a CEO · Oct 2025
Choosing to be a caregiver for a parent with dementia carries a 60% increased risk of death even after genetics are removed.
01:21:34Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Dr. Stacy Sims, Dr. Vonda Wright & Dr. Natalie Crawford · The Diary of a CEO · Oct 2025
Bartlett discloses he is a co-owner and investor in Ketone IQ, the exogenous ketone product he then promotes.
02:00:25Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Dr. Stacy Sims, Dr. Vonda Wright & Dr. Natalie Crawford · The Diary of a CEO · Oct 2025
Wright reveals she personally supplements with NMN and measures her own intracellular NAD+ levels for longevity.
02:08:15Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Dr. Stacy Sims, Dr. Vonda Wright & Dr. Natalie Crawford · The Diary of a CEO · Oct 2025
The panel warns GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic don't burn fat — they stop you eating, so without lifting and protein you lose muscle and bone ('Goodbye biceps').
01:33:25Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Dr. Stacy Sims, Dr. Vonda Wright & Dr. Natalie Crawford · The Diary of a CEO · Oct 2025
A study found women who were sexually abused, and whose children were abused, went through menopause about nine years sooner — implicating chronic emotional stress.
02:16:32Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Dr. Stacy Sims, Dr. Vonda Wright & Dr. Natalie Crawford · The Diary of a CEO · Oct 2025
More than 50% of women with sleep apnea go undiagnosed because they present differently than men, leading to shorter lives and more Alzheimer's.
02:28:25Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Dr. Stacy Sims, Dr. Vonda Wright & Dr. Natalie Crawford · The Diary of a CEO · Oct 2025
Hormones and the gut are a two-way street: your hormones influence your gut and your gut influences your hormones.
00:04:09Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Dr. Stacy Sims, Dr. Vonda Wright & Dr. Natalie Crawford · The Diary of a CEO · Oct 2025
Pilates and yoga build control, balance and core strength but won't build the muscle and bone density that true heavy strength training does.
00:17:12Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Dr. Stacy Sims, Dr. Vonda Wright & Dr. Natalie Crawford · The Diary of a CEO · Oct 2025
Women can lose 15-20% of their bone density during perimenopause from loss of estrogen alone.
00:38:00Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Dr. Stacy Sims, Dr. Vonda Wright & Dr. Natalie Crawford · The Diary of a CEO · Oct 2025
Dr. Beck's 'Lift More' study had osteoporotic women safely lift heavy (5 reps near failure) under supervision — none broke and they built bone.
00:45:17Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Dr. Stacy Sims, Dr. Vonda Wright & Dr. Natalie Crawford · The Diary of a CEO · Oct 2025
A weekly plan: knee-dominant squats one day, push/pull upper body another, posterior chain (deadlifts, hip thrusts) a third, plus jumps and sprints.
00:53:00Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Dr. Stacy Sims, Dr. Vonda Wright & Dr. Natalie Crawford · The Diary of a CEO · Oct 2025
Sprint intervals can be just 30 seconds all-out with 2-3 minutes full recovery, repeated four times — and a 4x4 VO2 max session needs doing only once a week.
00:55:05Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Dr. Stacy Sims, Dr. Vonda Wright & Dr. Natalie Crawford · The Diary of a CEO · Oct 2025
Experts recommend roughly 1 gram of protein per ideal pound of bodyweight, far above the RDA 'survival dose' of 0.8 g/kg.
01:42:18Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Dr. Stacy Sims, Dr. Vonda Wright & Dr. Natalie Crawford · The Diary of a CEO · Oct 2025
You'd need to eat about 22 chicken breasts to get the creatine that a 3-5 g daily supplement provides.
02:02:30Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Dr. Stacy Sims, Dr. Vonda Wright & Dr. Natalie Crawford · The Diary of a CEO · Oct 2025
Multi-day and water fasts mostly benefit men; for women they can promote visceral fat, inflammation and shut down hormones — and the autophagy benefits can be gained from exercise instead.
02:09:48Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Dr. Stacy Sims, Dr. Vonda Wright & Dr. Natalie Crawford · The Diary of a CEO · Oct 2025
Soy products can be protective: people with higher soy intake had the lowest BPA levels and better reproductive performance.
02:17:35Dr. Mary Claire Haver, Dr. Stacy Sims, Dr. Vonda Wright & Dr. Natalie Crawford · The Diary of a CEO · Oct 2025
Visceral fat doubles your risk of early mortality and raises metastatic cancer risk by 44%.
00:04:41Dr. Rhonda Patrick · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
Healthy young men sleeping 4 hours a night for two weeks gained 11% visceral fat with no change on the scale.
00:14:56Dr. Rhonda Patrick · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
Adolescent boys with the highest BPA levels had 50% lower testosterone than those with the lowest.
00:45:26Dr. Rhonda Patrick · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
Patrick says don't touch receipts: thermal paper is coated in BPA and hand lotion drives it into the bloodstream ~100x more.
01:03:47Dr. Rhonda Patrick · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
A consumer study found nearly all creatine gummies tested contained essentially no creatine.
01:24:22Dr. Rhonda Patrick · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
New accelerometer data shows one minute of vigorous exercise can equal 4-10 minutes of moderate activity for cutting mortality.
02:14:46Dr. Rhonda Patrick · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
Most people regain weight after stopping GLP-1 drugs as hunger returns 'with a vengeance.'
02:27:54Dr. Rhonda Patrick · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
A study found 83% of AI users couldn't recall a passage they'd written with AI help; brain connectivity nearly halved.
02:06:29Dr. Rhonda Patrick · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
Stop eating 3 hours before bed; eating late activates the sympathetic nervous system and fragments sleep.
00:18:33Dr. Rhonda Patrick · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
Cooked-then-cooled rice or potato becomes resistant starch, good for the gut and shown to help sleep.
00:19:36Dr. Rhonda Patrick · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
Resistance training barely moves visceral fat; aerobic, vigorous exercise (running, cycling, swimming) does.
00:24:46Dr. Rhonda Patrick · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
Sulforaphane from broccoli sprouts activates phase-2 enzymes that help the body excrete BPA in urine.
00:51:12Dr. Rhonda Patrick · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
Glass bottled water can carry more microplastics than plastic, from polymer paint on the lids.
00:58:01Dr. Rhonda Patrick · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
Vitamin D3 supplementation slowed biological aging by almost 2 years in deficient people in a large study.
01:11:31Dr. Rhonda Patrick · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
Creatine isn't just for muscle: ~10g/day raises brain creatine and Patrick calls it a daily 'game changer.'
01:20:47Dr. Rhonda Patrick · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
Urolithin A clears damaged mitochondria (mitophagy) and extended lifespan ~20% in mice.
01:35:43Dr. Rhonda Patrick · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
Women doing just 3.5 minutes of vigorous activity a day lowered cancer risk by 40%.
02:17:22Dr. Rhonda Patrick · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
Sitting is an independent risk factor for disease, especially cancer, even if you exercise.
02:21:36Dr. Rhonda Patrick · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
Aragon reveals he was a heavy-drinking alcoholic from age 40 to ~46, drinking a bottle and a half of wine nightly, seven days a week.
00:01:33Alan Aragon · The Diary of a CEO · Aug 2025
He explains he quit cold turkey with no counseling, redirecting his obsessive-compulsive tendencies into training and nutrition, and is approaching seven years sober.
01:45:33Alan Aragon · The Diary of a CEO · Aug 2025
Calls creatine 'king creatine,' saying with over 1,000 studies there's 'almost nothing creatine can't do.'
00:55:37Alan Aragon · The Diary of a CEO · Aug 2025
Claims menopause fat-gain doom is a myth: the SWAN study found average fat gain across the whole transition was just 3.5 lb and muscle loss only about half a pound.
00:37:26Alan Aragon · The Diary of a CEO · Aug 2025
When forced to pick only three of his supplements, Aragon drops creatine and keeps the multivitamin, omega-3, and vitamin D3.
00:52:30Alan Aragon · The Diary of a CEO · Aug 2025
Pushes back on the fasting/autophagy hype, noting autophagy ramps up in any caloric deficit and via exercise, not just fasting.
01:12:50Alan Aragon · The Diary of a CEO · Aug 2025
Argues physique competitors aren't metabolically special; they simply make their physical goal priority number one over five competing priorities.
01:38:51Alan Aragon · The Diary of a CEO · Aug 2025
The biggest protein myth is meal timing: hitting your total daily protein is 'the cake' and distribution is just 'a very thin layer of icing.'
00:05:43Alan Aragon · The Diary of a CEO · Aug 2025
Very high protein intakes (3.3–4.4 g/kg) can aid fat loss, partly by displacing fattier foods and increasing satiety.
00:13:04Alan Aragon · The Diary of a CEO · Aug 2025
Aragon believes you can successfully get off GLP-1 drugs like Wegovy by weaning rather than quitting cold and building real habits.
00:25:33Alan Aragon · The Diary of a CEO · Aug 2025
Metabolic 'slowdown' is mostly behavioral: people unconsciously move and fidget 200–300 fewer calories' worth (reduced NEAT) when dieting.
00:26:36Alan Aragon · The Diary of a CEO · Aug 2025
About 130 g of carbohydrate per day is the rough 'sweet spot' for blood-sugar control in type 2 diabetes and similar conditions like PCOS.
00:43:41Alan Aragon · The Diary of a CEO · Aug 2025
'Collateral fattening': losing muscle while dieting triggers ramped-up hunger signals that drive rapid rebound weight gain.
01:03:22Alan Aragon · The Diary of a CEO · Aug 2025
He uses sticks/jugs of butter as a visual—four sticks equal one pound, a gallon jug of butter equals eight pounds of fat.
01:09:09Alan Aragon · The Diary of a CEO · Aug 2025
Long-term keto studies show carb 'up-creep': dieters assigned 50 g/day often drift to ~150 g within 12 months because keto is hard to sustain.
01:23:21Alan Aragon · The Diary of a CEO · Aug 2025
Saccharin is the one artificial sweetener with a poor track record, but it's nearly commercially extinct; sucralose, aspartame, and stevia are fine.
01:50:41Alan Aragon · The Diary of a CEO · Aug 2025
Fresh fruit, despite its sugar, is shown to improve glycemic control, body composition, and protection against cardiometabolic disease and cancer.
01:53:49Alan Aragon · The Diary of a CEO · Aug 2025
First-ever human age-reversal trial (treating blindness) submitted to the FDA, set to begin about a month from the recording.
00:08:14Dr David Sinclair · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
An independent lab injected his three reset genes into very old mice and got an additional 100% lifespan extension.
00:12:50Dr David Sinclair · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
A foreign investment of over $100 million into one of his companies was blocked by the US government over 'super soldier' / dual-use fears.
00:47:34Dr David Sinclair · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
Asked what age he'd choose to live to, Sinclair answers 'Infinity.'
01:06:08Dr David Sinclair · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
Admits his 1996 red-wine paper drove red wine sales up 30% and that he now no longer believes a daily glass is healthy.
01:31:36Dr David Sinclair · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
Reveals stroke-in-the-eye blindness is rising due to Ozempic and other weight-loss drugs, ~30,000 cases/year in the US.
02:08:09Dr David Sinclair · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
States he believes there is a better-than-50% chance reality is a simulation.
02:12:49Dr David Sinclair · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
Says he received a death threat for writing in his book that women are at a higher level of consciousness than men.
02:21:38Dr David Sinclair · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
Flying, X-rays/CT scans and even loud rock concerts accelerate aging by breaking DNA and stressing cells.
00:33:31Dr David Sinclair · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
Lifestyle, not DNA, accounts for roughly 80-90% of your rate of aging.
00:35:04Dr David Sinclair · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
A Harvard study of WWII veterans suggests good habits can add about 14 years of life.
00:36:06Dr David Sinclair · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
The 'breakfast is the most important meal' idea is early-20th-century marketing from cereal companies.
01:09:44Dr David Sinclair · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
NAD, the fuel sirtuins need, falls to about half its youthful level by age 50; fasting raises it again.
01:18:34Dr David Sinclair · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
Deep cellular cleanup (chaperone-mediated autophagy) only kicks in after about 2.5-3 days of fasting.
01:23:46Dr David Sinclair · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
'Eat the rainbow' works because stressed, colorful plants make polyphenols (resveratrol, fisetin, quercetin) that activate sirtuins.
01:29:01Dr David Sinclair · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
Japanese matcha growers shade the plants to stress them, boosting polyphenol content.
01:30:35Dr David Sinclair · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
Sinclair has taken a statin to lower LDL since age 30, before he had any heart disease.
01:35:13Dr David Sinclair · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
His company Life Biosciences screened ~8 billion candidate molecules with AI to find a single age-reversal pill.
02:08:41Dr David Sinclair · The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2026
Lembke reveals she became addicted to erotic romance novels in her early 40s, hiding books and chain-reading until 3-4am.
00:01:21Dr. Anna Lembke · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2025
Describes a patient who, after quitting alcohol, became addicted to drinking water to induce delirium and ultimately took her own life.
00:31:50Dr. Anna Lembke · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2025
Reveals about 1 in 4 Parkinson's patients given dopamine-precursor L-Dopa develop a brand-new addiction (shopping, sex, gambling).
01:00:29Dr. Anna Lembke · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2025
Lembke shares the loss of her own child and how accepting permanent pain, rather than escaping it, brought relief.
01:10:53Dr. Anna Lembke · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2025
Argues society has 'gone soft,' resetting our pain threshold so minor discomfort now feels like trauma.
01:05:41Dr. Anna Lembke · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2025
Claims by one accounting, one hit of a meth pipe equals 10 orgasms in dopamine release.
00:54:11Dr. Anna Lembke · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2025
Calls the smartphone 'a masturbation machine' and warns porn is replacing real-life intimacy, especially for men.
01:50:58Dr. Anna Lembke · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2025
Rats engineered without dopamine will starve even with food a body-length away because they lack the motivation to reach it.
00:00:00Dr. Anna Lembke · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2025
The genetic risk of addiction is roughly 50-60%; a parent or grandparent with addiction raises your risk.
00:00:31Dr. Anna Lembke · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2025
Brain scans show people addicted to cocaine, meth, alcohol, and heroin remain in a dopamine deficit state two weeks after quitting.
00:56:50Dr. Anna Lembke · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2025
Acute withdrawal typically eases after 10-14 days; around 30 days most people start to feel genuinely better.
00:58:22Dr. Anna Lembke · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2025
Exercise raises dopamine gradually and keeps it elevated for hours afterward without a 'come down,' unlike drugs.
01:02:03Dr. Anna Lembke · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2025
The universal symptoms of withdrawal from any addiction are anxiety, irritability, insomnia, depression, and craving.
01:30:40Dr. Anna Lembke · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2025
Rats given cocaine then abstinent for a year were instantly plunged back into a 'running frenzy' after a single dose, showing a permanent latent 'echo' of addiction.
02:00:50Dr. Anna Lembke · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2025
At age five the brain has about 50% more neuronal connections than in adulthood; pruning continues to about age 25.
02:02:57Dr. Anna Lembke · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2025
Lembke recommends a 30-day 'dopamine fast' because two weeks isn't enough to exit the dopamine deficit state.
01:55:09Dr. Anna Lembke · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2025
Lembke calls romance novels 'socially sanctioned pornography for women' with a formulaic climax two-thirds through.
00:46:28Dr. Anna Lembke · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2025
Her 2019 pilot of ~2,700 people across 110 countries found 90% reduced cravings and ~40% of those wanting to lose weight did, with no calorie restriction.
00:52:49Jessie Inchauspé · The Diary of a CEO · Sep 2024
Claims PCOS 'is not a real condition' but a cluster of symptoms, often driven by insulin resistance (60% of cases).
00:27:55Jessie Inchauspé · The Diary of a CEO · Sep 2024
Says three women doing her hacks for one month got their periods back and were able to get pregnant.
00:28:00Jessie Inchauspé · The Diary of a CEO · Sep 2024
Frames GLP-1 weight-loss drugs as proof the food system is broken: 'we've had to invent a drug to prevent people from eating the food around them.'
01:12:01Jessie Inchauspé · The Diary of a CEO · Sep 2024
Notes scientists now call Alzheimer's 'type 3 diabetes' — diabetes of the brain.
01:07:06Jessie Inchauspé · The Diary of a CEO · Sep 2024
Admits she nearly quit a year and a half ago until a black cab driver told her 'whatever you're doing, it's important.'
01:35:17Jessie Inchauspé · The Diary of a CEO · Sep 2024
Steven reveals he quit coffee 31 days ago and sleeps and thinks better since.
01:32:39Jessie Inchauspé · The Diary of a CEO · Sep 2024
One billion people worldwide have type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes, and the number rises daily.
00:03:05Jessie Inchauspé · The Diary of a CEO · Sep 2024
All sugar is the same molecule (sucrose) — a fruit smoothie is no better for your glucose than chocolate cake.
00:18:33Jessie Inchauspé · The Diary of a CEO · Sep 2024
One tablespoon of vinegar in water before a meal can cut its glucose spike by up to 30%.
00:47:42Jessie Inchauspé · The Diary of a CEO · Sep 2024
Eating a meal in order — veggies, then protein/fat, then starch/sugar — can reduce its glucose spike by up to 75%.
00:54:54Jessie Inchauspé · The Diary of a CEO · Sep 2024
Calories are measured by literally burning food and measuring heat, which says nothing about what the food does inside you.
00:37:13Jessie Inchauspé · The Diary of a CEO · Sep 2024
Supermarket fruit is not natural — it's been bred for thousands of years to be sweeter, like wolves bred into Chihuahuas.
00:14:29Jessie Inchauspé · The Diary of a CEO · Sep 2024
A study had 300 married couples stick pins in spouse voodoo dolls; those with bigger glucose dips stuck in more pins.
00:44:05Jessie Inchauspé · The Diary of a CEO · Sep 2024
Up to 40% of weight lost on GLP-1 drugs is muscle, and people regain ~70% (as fat) after stopping.
01:12:32Jessie Inchauspé · The Diary of a CEO · Sep 2024
Drinking coffee after breakfast instead of before can cut its glucose spike by up to 50% in some people.
01:29:32Jessie Inchauspé · The Diary of a CEO · Sep 2024
A 41-year-old Down syndrome patient with Alzheimer's spoke a three-syllable word for the first time after 3 weeks of keto.
00:36:43Dr. Annette Bosworth (Dr. Boz) · The Diary of a CEO · Nov 2025
Dr. Boz admits she personally couldn't reach ketosis for ~9 months despite being a doctor, nearly dismissing keto as junk science.
00:28:20Dr. Annette Bosworth (Dr. Boz) · The Diary of a CEO · Nov 2025
Live on-camera ketone tests: Steven's team and a guest (Jack) scored as low as 0.1 ketones, which she calls 'trash being made.'
00:44:03Dr. Annette Bosworth (Dr. Boz) · The Diary of a CEO · Nov 2025
A patient (Jane) ate only sardines for 100 days, resolving emotional eating and tripling her vitamin D.
01:01:08Dr. Annette Bosworth (Dr. Boz) · The Diary of a CEO · Nov 2025
Her mother's cancer numbers dropped 70% in 6 weeks on keto alone, versus the 30% expected from chemo.
01:17:13Dr. Annette Bosworth (Dr. Boz) · The Diary of a CEO · Nov 2025
Dr. Boz was charged with 12 felonies and sentenced to 24 years in prison over unwitnessed campaign petitions.
01:41:32Dr. Annette Bosworth (Dr. Boz) · The Diary of a CEO · Nov 2025
The South Dakota Supreme Court ruled the attorney general abused his power and all 12 felonies were erased.
01:45:39Dr. Annette Bosworth (Dr. Boz) · The Diary of a CEO · Nov 2025
She claims one bite of food after 6pm is worth ten bites before noon for aging metabolisms.
00:08:44Dr. Annette Bosworth (Dr. Boz) · The Diary of a CEO · Nov 2025
Severely insulin-resistant patients can take up to 15 days on 20g carbs before producing a single ketone.
00:17:31Dr. Annette Bosworth (Dr. Boz) · The Diary of a CEO · Nov 2025
Burning ketones is described as a cleaner, antioxidant fuel that crosses the blood-brain barrier without insulin's help.
00:23:41Dr. Annette Bosworth (Dr. Boz) · The Diary of a CEO · Nov 2025
Soldiers on keto reportedly gained ~20% more power at 6 months and nearly 50% more by 18 months versus peers.
00:32:33Dr. Annette Bosworth (Dr. Boz) · The Diary of a CEO · Nov 2025
A blue strip measures ketones and a brown strip measures glucose; she divides glucose by ketones for the 'Dr. Boz ratio.'
00:39:21Dr. Annette Bosworth (Dr. Boz) · The Diary of a CEO · Nov 2025
She argues you need butyrate, not fiber, for a strong microbiome and dismisses fiber as 'for farting.'
01:05:47Dr. Annette Bosworth (Dr. Boz) · The Diary of a CEO · Nov 2025
Methylene blue, once used as an anti-malarial, dyed soldiers' brains and hearts blue at autopsy, proving it reached the cells.
01:23:25Dr. Annette Bosworth (Dr. Boz) · The Diary of a CEO · Nov 2025
Creatine supplementation can falsely elevate creatinine, making kidney blood tests look worse than reality.
01:25:32Dr. Annette Bosworth (Dr. Boz) · The Diary of a CEO · Nov 2025
Exogenous ketones act as a signal telling the liver to make more ketones and to spare muscle mass over fat.
01:32:04Dr. Annette Bosworth (Dr. Boz) · The Diary of a CEO · Nov 2025
Cancer cells often rely on glucose (the Warburg effect), the theoretical basis for keto 'starving' tumors.
01:19:19Dr. Annette Bosworth (Dr. Boz) · The Diary of a CEO · Nov 2025
Calorie counting is 'complete nonsense' with no long-term study showing it sustains weight loss; over 95% of dieters regain the weight.
00:18:32Tim Spector · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2023
Most vitamins and supplements are a waste of money, and calcium tablets may raise heart-disease risk.
00:40:46Tim Spector · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2023
Exercise has very little role in weight loss; the link was exaggerated, partly funded by food and drink companies.
01:02:59Tim Spector · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2023
Most people who believe they are gluten intolerant test fine; only ~1% have true celiac disease.
00:59:55Tim Spector · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2023
Switching from sugary sodas to diet versions shows no real difference in weight; artificial sweeteners disrupt gut microbes and can spike blood sugar.
01:07:07Tim Spector · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2023
One in four people eating an identical muffin get a blood-sugar dip and then overeat, disproving calories-in-calories-out.
00:23:11Tim Spector · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2023
A Mediterranean gut-friendly diet produced better remission of depression than antidepressant medication in studies.
01:13:50Tim Spector · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2023
The gut microbiome weighs roughly the same as the human brain, several pounds combined.
00:10:47Tim Spector · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2023
In the UK, 24% of people carry the parasite Blastocystis, which is actually linked to good health and being thinner.
00:15:27Tim Spector · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2023
Eating 30 different types of plant per week maximizes gut-microbe diversity; a plant includes nuts, seeds, herbs, spices and coffee.
00:16:29Tim Spector · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2023
Ground almonds yield about 30% more available calories than whole almonds despite identical labeling.
00:23:42Tim Spector · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2023
Iron added to some breakfast cereals can be pulled out with a magnet as iron filings and barely absorbs into the body.
00:29:54Tim Spector · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2023
White chocolate is about 60% sugar.
00:51:36Tim Spector · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2023
A ZOE time-restricted-eating study had 130,000 sign-ups; participants reported better mood, energy and reduced hunger.
00:36:04Tim Spector · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2023
Transplanting gut bacteria from anxious mice into sterile mice makes the recipients anxious and depressed.
01:11:45Tim Spector · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2023
UK children get over 70% of their food from ultra-processed sources; adults 50-60%.
01:18:31Tim Spector · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2023
ZOE reached a roughly 200 million valuation with around a quarter-million people on its UK wait list.
01:23:41Tim Spector · The Diary of a CEO · Jan 2023
Claims most mutations are downstream effects of mitochondrial dysfunction, so 'the mutations are largely irrelevant' to cancer's cause.
00:33:44Thomas Seyfried · The Diary of a CEO · Oct 2024
Cites nucleus-transplant experiments: a tumor nucleus in a normal cell behaves normally, but a normal nucleus in tumor cytoplasm grows out of control, pointing to the mitochondria.
00:35:16Thomas Seyfried · The Diary of a CEO · Oct 2024

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