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Dr. Beth McDougall
CT mobile.com forming our steroid biosynthesis.
Sean
Even steroid biosynthesis?
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah. So cholesterol is the building block of all of our steroid hormones. So the very first step where cholesterol turns into pregnenolone, which is kind of the grandmother steroid, happens in the mitochondria.
Sean
Oh, wow. That was super important. Yeah. And people don't really talk about the mitochondrial health. All right, guys, Dr. Beth McDougall here. Today we're going to talk longevity. Thanks for coming in today.
Dr. Beth McDougall
My pleasure. Happy to be here.
Sean
Absolutely. So what's new in the space?
Dr. Beth McDougall
Oh my gosh, so much. Just we really have the tools now and the knowledge to extend life and health span. And that's what I spent all my day doing with people.
Sean
Yeah. Just looking at studies and seeing what the next new thing is.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah.
Sean
Yeah. It seems like every year there's a new device or a new method, biohacking. Right.
Dr. Beth McDougall
And it's really a new understanding about how you keep your mitochondria kind of energized and really improve the energetics in the system. I feel like with optimal energetics, we don't really have to age.
Sean
Right.
Dr. Beth McDougall
We age biologically, but not. But chronologically, but not biologically.
Sean
Yeah. So what exactly is energetics for people that are pretty beginner to this?
Dr. Beth McDougall
Well, you think about, first of all, just backing up that we live in a field of energy and information. Not only do we live within it, but it lives within us. And we and every other aspect of our material reality is derived from it. And when you look at the kind of structure and makeup of this field, the quantum level, it's incredibly potent and energetic. And the energy transfers up in the kind of a fractal nature to the different scales from the quantum scale all the way up to the universal scale.
Sean
Wow.
Dr. Beth McDougall
And our biology is hooked right into that. Know, has the same patterns, the same ratios, the same organization, but just at a different scale.
Sean
Yeah.
Dr. Beth McDougall
So I really think the mitochondria are kind of our plugin, so to speak, into this, this unlimited field of energy. And so if we can keep our mitochondria optimized and really improve mitochondrial energetics, we don't have to age.
Sean
That's fascinating. So over time, the aging process is because of mitochondrial damage or how does that work? Exactly.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Absolutely. Yeah. The mitochondria get damaged from toxic fats that, that collect in the mitochondrial membrane, oxidative damage and. And then also we're not spending enough time outside. We've disconnected from the diurnal patterns of the Earth. And actually that reconnecting is super critical for optimal mitochondrial function. If you go outside in the morning and put your bare feet on the earth and watch the sun come up, you know, and kind of crest the horizon, you're getting the red light, the near infrared light. That's very good for the mitochondria.
Sean
Yeah, good old grounding. Hard to beat that.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah. And the, the, those wavelengths of light that predominate in the early morning hours are really informing our body that it's daytime and actually informing our, our steroid biosynthesis, even.
Sean
Steroid biosynthesis?
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah. So cholesterol is the building bone building block of all of our steroid hormones. So the very first step, where cholesterol turns into pregnenolone, which is kind of the grandmother steroid, happens in the mitochondria.
Sean
Oh, wow. That was super important. Yeah. People don't really talk about the mitochondrial health.
Dr. Beth McDougall
And the mitochondria actually make a lot of melatonin. And we think about melatonin primarily being made by the pineal in the brain, but the mitochondria make melatonin as well. And it's an antioxidant that, that, that protects the mitochondria from oxidative stress.
Sean
Interesting. So if people have trouble sleeping, it might be poor mitochondrial health then.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Well, yes, and kind of back to what I was saying, like, if you have trouble sleeping, it's the diurnal. You're not hooked up with the diurnal cycle of the earth. So going outside in the morning actually informs your body that it's daytime.
Sean
Yeah.
Dr. Beth McDougall
And that allows, as those ratios of the different wavelengths of light are shifting throughout the. The day, it then it allows the body to wind down more naturally for sleep at night, provided we're not interfering with a lot of blue light exposure and all of that.
Sean
So people that work night shifts and graveyard shifts, that. That must be really bad for you.
Dr. Beth McDougall
It is tough. Yeah. It's really stressful on the body.
Sean
Yeah. Because I see the guards at the guard gates or security and they look like they're falling asleep like.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah, I know. I feel so sorry for people that are doing that. Damn.
Sean
Yeah. I wonder if there's a have you seen those things you put on your desk? It stimulates sunlight.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah.
Sean
Do you think those have any effectiveness?
Dr. Beth McDougall
I think it would help. Probably they would just have to flip their pattern and get some kind of sun. Sun wavelengths at night.
Sean
Yeah. Yeah. I always wonder if those stuff like.
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Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah, definitely. There's, there's good grounding, good evidence for that.
Sean
Really?
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah, you just, you start flooding electrons into your system which helps to charge up your cell membrane.
Sean
Okay.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Which are like batteries. Our cell membranes, we have 37 trillion cells. And the, the membrane charge, it should be negative from electrons. It's also influenced by the kind of mineral content of our body. It's also influenced by water and structured water within our cells, which is influenced by infrared energy which we also get from being outdoors. Yeah, but, but that grounding mats just, it's like, it's like being outside and putting your bare feet on the earth. Kind of on steroids.
Sean
Wow. Someone sent me one for my bed. Yeah, you sleep on.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah, I sleep on one too.
Sean
Oh, you do? Okay, I might have to start then. Wow. I did not know they were that effective.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah, they are.
Sean
Interesting. What other machines you got at the house?
Dr. Beth McDougall
Oh my gosh, the house. Well, pulsed electromagnetic field device which is also like grounding on steroids. And really at my center is where I use all my, my tech. Because, because we have three Novothor beds which are the kind of top of the line red light bed and near infrared light beds. And we have three because I use it for everything. When I'm creating protocols for people, I wrap that into most everyone's protocol because those devices have been shown to upregulate the cytochrome C oxidase, which is one of the enzymes in the mitochondria. You know, the mitochondria. First of all, let's. Let's put it in perspective. I mean, we have 37 trillion cells, and every cell has, depending on what cell type it is, has like, either hundreds to tens of thousands of mitochondria.
Sean
Wow.
Dr. Beth McDougall
So, I mean, that's hell of a lot of mitochondria.
Sean
The number on that. Quadrillions.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah. And so there's what? Inside the mitochondria, you've got a series of enzymes that will take oxygen and glucose and run them through those chemical steps to produce ATP, which is the energy currency of the body. And one of those enzymes is called cytochrome C oxidase. And it gets blocked by toxins, also gets blocked by intracellular nitric oxide that can elevate, and then. Then the energetics of the cell goes way down.
Sean
Interesting.
Dr. Beth McDougall
And that. That affects the cell membrane potential, which makes the cell kind of, first of all, more acidic, also more vulnerable to invasion by microorganisms, and actually can set up a, like, a cancer kind of milieu.
Sean
Whoa.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah.
Sean
That's scary.
Dr. Beth McDougall
So you want to try to keep your cell membrane potential as. As negative as possible, and you want to be able to have the, like, optimized energetics because you have. You need that ATP to fuel all your biochemical interactions.
Sean
Makes sense. Yeah. I use the red lights on almost every day.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah.
Sean
And I feel pretty good after.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah. Red light is incredible because it will. Those enzymes in the mitochondria are kind of like the rods and cones in your eye. They're. They're photosensitive. And the enzyme will literally change configuration when the wavelengths of red and near infrared light hit them. And then that will knock the nitric oxide or the toxin off that enzyme and kind of liberate it so it's ready to function more efficiently.
Sean
Wow. So light therapy, super, super, super important. And it's not too expensive, too, which I like. You could buy those panels or whatever price.
Dr. Beth McDougall
That's true. You do get what you pay for, you know, in terms of, like, the density of the lights and the lumens that they give off and, you know, the coordination of the. Of the. Of the release of the photons.
Sean
Right. That makes sense. Yeah. I've seen some fancy ones, for sure. I've been in a bed that was like thousands of dollars.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah. The Nova Thors.
Sean
I think it might have been that one.
Dr. Beth McDougall
The ultimate. It's like, I think 140 something per bed.
Sean
Those oxygen chambers are expensive too.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah.
Sean
I wanted to get one for my house. I was like, this is like $100,000.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yes. Huge investment. But also a good one.
Sean
Feels good, can't lie. But for now, I'm renting at my local wellness center.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah, you know, totally.
Sean
But yeah, that, that stuff cured or I can't use that word on YouTube, but it helped with my TBI.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Oh, yes, absolutely important for traumatic brain injuries. We do a ton of work with TBIs at Jason, which is my center, which is a bio optimization center. We have a neuroscience department and we have a neuroscientist that will do quantitative QEGs where we look at the brainwave patterns of all the different parts of the brain. And we can see if there are underactive areas, like low voltage areas of the brain that from a head trauma we can also see inflammation in the brain or parts of the brain that are hypocoherent and kind of firing 24, 7 like the limbic system because of a trauma or, you know, just chronic stress, even birth trauma.
Sean
There's birth trauma?
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah. Like, you know, like some, some babies have near death experiences as they're coming through because.
Sean
Yeah. They get suffocated, right?
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah, yeah, yeah, that makes sense. Yeah. Or they have head injury just like being pulled out or.
Sean
Yeah. I don't even know what mine stemmed from because I didn't have a concussion that I recall growing up. But when I went to get a brain scan, I had some areas of my brain that weren't getting that flow.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah, I know sometimes it doesn't. You don't actually have to be passing, passed out. You know, it can be just anything that causes like an acceleration, deceleration. Your brain is just gonna kind of like, you know, it's, it's, it's soft and then you've got the hard skull. So the brain will kind of hit one side and then bounce off and hit the.
Sean
Jeez.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah, yeah.
Sean
I know you work with a lot of fighters. You've probably seen some crazy scans.
Dr. Beth McDougall
It's extraordinary. I mean, like, my God, people that are repeatedly hit in the head, you just have these kind of low voltage areas all over. But the great news is, is that we can help them. So we do a lot of targeted red light called violite. And then our neuroscientist has kind of developed this protocol where People will go on this bike called a Vasper, just like a kind of like you're moving your arms and moving your legs at the same time while you have compression cuffs on your upper arms and upper thighs that have cold liquid in there. So you're, you're having compression therapy, cryotherapy, and you're doing kind of a hiit workout while you're breathing oxygen.
Sean
Whoa.
Dr. Beth McDougall
And so that is really good for kindling those, those kind of like low voltage neurons after the violite. And then we also do a lot with peptides. So cerebral lysin, for example, is a, is a, is an intravenous push that we do and it has a whole variety of neuro growth factors that just really stimulate kind of neuroplasticity.
Sean
Yeah. Peptides are an interesting topic because they got banned. A lot of them got banned in Cali. Right?
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah.
Sean
Where you're at.
Dr. Beth McDougall
They're coming back though.
Sean
They are. RFK is bringing them back.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Thank God for rfk.
Sean
Yeah. I'm excited to see his changes.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Oh my God. I know. He's such a great guy. I've known him for a really long time.
Sean
Nice. Was he always big on health when you knew him earlier?
Dr. Beth McDougall
Oh, yeah.
Sean
That's cool.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah. Yeah. He's going to make extraordinary changes.
Sean
Yeah. It's needed because the fda, I mean, it's hard to trust them.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Just this governmental overreach. I know, it's really hard.
Sean
Yeah.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Like it like when I, I've been practicing for 26 years now and I had so many more tools in the beginning that have just progressively, one at a time, been taken away.
Sean
Really?
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah.
Sean
It's not just peptides, it was other.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Stuff like a lot of my intravenous ingredients and you know, so many things.
Sean
Meanwhile, they're giving kids a hundred vaccines.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah, I know, crazy. It's just tragic. But now finally it's coming to light.
Sean
Yeah. More and more people are opting out of those vaccines for their kids now.
Dr. Beth McDougall
And as they should. I mean like this needs to be seriously looked at scientifically. Just none of them have been subjected to good scientific studies.
Sean
Right. And all the studies are isolated. So like one vaccine isn't damaging.
Dr. Beth McDougall
But problem is the synergistic effect of all of these at once.
Sean
Yeah.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah. It's overwhelming.
Sean
And I remember in high school I had to get them to play sports or else you couldn't be on the team.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah.
Sean
So I don't know if they're still doing that, but that's pretty crazy if they're putting all the athletes on those.
Dr. Beth McDougall
They are still doing that.
Sean
Damn, that sucks. Yeah. Public school is a dangerous place.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah.
Sean
You send your kids to public school.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Well, my daughter is now graduated from college, but she went to a Waldorf inspired school, high school, and it was great. It's like an idyllic situation.
Sean
Yeah, I plan on doing that. My kids either private or homeschool.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah.
Sean
There's a lot of cool new private schools popping up these days.
Dr. Beth McDougall
I think we're also going to see a huge revolution in education.
Sean
Yeah.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Now coming with this next administration.
Sean
So, I mean, they want to get rid of the Department of Education, so.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Which is like a wet blanket. So I think it's going to be. It's going to be unleash, like, a whole variety of different educational options. I had a really cool one when I was growing up. I was. Went to an open school where.
Sean
What's up?
Dr. Beth McDougall
Well, it was in Minneapolis and kind of like the inner city of Minneapolis. And we got to take. Choose from a smorgasbord. They called it a smorgasbord of different options every day. And so the teachers, which were a bunch of hippies and stuff, would just, like, teach courses that they were interested in. So, you know, if it was photography or geometry or snow skill, sculpture building or modern dance or yoga or whatever. And so each day you had like, three periods. You get. You got to choose three of these. And then those would last for six weeks. And then there'd be a whole crop of new. And then for the rest of the day, you just study at your own pace. And there'd be people helping if you had questions.
Sean
That's incredible.
Dr. Beth McDougall
It was the best.
Sean
Yeah, that sounds fun. Because then you get to see what you like.
Dr. Beth McDougall
I know. And so I was really good at math, so I totally excelled at that. And then I would, like, we had all these forts and stuff. I got to just, like, hang out and read cool books and. And then do yoga and modern dance.
Sean
And, you know, that's how childhood should be. Just.
Dr. Beth McDougall
It was so awesome.
Sean
Yeah, that's definitely not like that anymore. Yeah, I was going crazy. Sitting eight hours a day with my ADHD is inhumane. No, it's literally torture now that I look back and reflect on it. I mean, I was just so much energy. And then the school lunch is terrible for you and. Yeah, yeah, a lot of different things.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Oh, my God. I envision a definitely new era where we're giving kids nutritious food at school, you know, for lunch and maybe before school, just so that at least if someone doesn't have good food at home, they're having it those two meals, Right?
Sean
Well, I'm actually learning you could eat for a decent price. You know, what you're doing totally doesn't have to be super expensive, right?
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah, no, it's so it's so important that we're eating vital, organically farmed food of multiple varieties and, you know, just really training people kind of common sense about eating and just let's ditch this whole package. Highly ultra processed food.
Sean
Yeah, absolutely.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Poison.
Sean
Super poisonous. How many centers you got now? Is it just the one?
Dr. Beth McDougall
Just the one right now. But we are, we're developing programs. We're about to do some franchising center.
Sean
Yeah, Gotta come to Vegas.
Dr. Beth McDougall
I know it'd be a good spot for one.
Sean
Very good. People hungover, come up to the center the next day. Yeah, yeah, I think it's gonna be. I think they're gonna overtake, like just hospitals. Like, there's gonna be more centers and hospitals eventually.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Well, you know, I was just, you know, I do think western medicine has its strengths, right? Like, you know, I had a patient whose son had mono and it enlarged his spleen and then he didn't know he had mono and he went out and played soccer, took it, needed the abdomen, and it ruptured his spleen. And they didn't know and they brought him into the er. The doctor kind of noticed something wasn't quite right, did an ultrasound right away. Sure enough, he was internally bleeding. Got him into surgery. Like, that's what western medicine's good at, right? Like, thank God for America, really, because that wouldn't have necessarily been done like that elsewhere. But like, what we need, what western medicine is not good at, is teaching people how to be healthy and how to stay well and how to prevent disease. And actually what's really needed and what western medicine doesn't do is teaches people how to reverse the trajectory of chronic illness, you know, because it's really in your control. If you've got pre diabetes, you've got diabetes, and, you know, that's. You're looking toward a path of like, you know, cognitive decline. Heart disease, you, you know, autoimmunity cancer. Because of that, like, you can turn that train around by eating differently, beginning to exercise properly, getting your hormones balanced, getting on some peptides that are needed, treating, you know, underlying issues. But this can be turned around in a fairly short period of time.
Sean
Agreed. Yeah, I think both are needed. Yeah. It saved my life too, actually. I had pretty bad bronchitis during COVID yeah, so it definitely saved me. But yeah, preventative. I would go eastern all day.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah. So we just need these parallel systems. And most of the healthcare is done in the system of wellness care, really, and education and giving people the tools they need. That's what we do at Jaizen. We really put the data in their hands. We've partnered with a group called Heads up, and I love them because they did exactly what I envisioned. They spent a lot of money and a lot of time to figure out how to collate data from all different types of data streams and including blood labs. But also like wearables, like continuous glucose monitors, Oura ring for measuring your sleep at night, smart scales. And then we make prescriptions that are like, you know, eat this particular way. Maybe consider intermittent fasting a couple days a week. You know, I'm just making that up because it's not good for everyone. But, you know, do muscle training workouts three times a week, maybe hiit training twice a week, and then zone two cardio on the other times. And, and then we say take these supplements. Here's the. Let's balance your hormones. And then they can see in real time when they do a red light therapy, for example, like, what happens to their deep sleep at night, what happens to their heart rate variability, you know, that night, like, so it's like you can start to see this cause and effect relationship and then zoom out a little bit and see how the blood labs change, you know, every six weeks to three months. You're checking, you're checking the, the kind of metabolic markers and you're checking the cholesterol and the hormones and all of that and just watching things move in a good direction.
Sean
I love that approach because a lot of people want to see their results as quick as possible.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Well, it's the best, like, biofeedback tool, right? Like, you know, you really are like, whoa, okay, I do this and this happens and are like, I drink before bed and my, my deep sleep goes to hell. And you know, HIV is terrible.
Sean
And yeah, that's why I like the eight sleep.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Oh, you like mattress?
Sean
Yeah, I just got it. And it's, it's really insightful. And I just did a VO2 max test and that was really eye opening, isn't it?
Dr. Beth McDougall
I love it. We have a metabolic testing department at Jaizen where we do, we do VO2 max. We do resting metabolic rate, body composition analysis, and even things like spirometry and grip strength so that we get a full kind of like understanding of where someone's weak spots Are so we can give them like training prescriptions.
Sean
Right.
Dr. Beth McDougall
You know what, spirometry, that's where you're measuring your tidal volume of your lungs and you're forced kind of how much air you can blow out in a certain period of time.
Sean
Interesting.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Just kind of the strength of your lungs because your lungs can be trained.
Sean
I gotta try that one out.
Dr. Beth McDougall
It's really cool.
Sean
That sounds fun. And grip strength, I use those forearm things.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah.
Sean
You know, those flexors, Those are fun.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah, yeah, that's a good thing. And grip strength, you know, is really kind of just a marker of your, your overall level of fitness. Because in order to have good grip strength, you're probably having to lift heavy things, you know, and move and, and be, be doing. It's not just about like, oh, I'm training these muscles, but I'm training my whole body. And the, these are improving. Yeah. But it's associated with longevity.
Sean
I love that. I had Dr. Andy Galvin on the show. He's Huberman's, one of Huberman's biggest guests.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Okay.
Sean
He's like a VO2 Max expert. But I showed him my results and he said it was so bad.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Oh.
Sean
So I, I didn't realize how important VO2 Max was.
Dr. Beth McDougall
It's huge.
Sean
It's. He said it's one of the biggest markers for longevity.
Dr. Beth McDougall
One of the biggest. It's actually just associated with, you know, just kind of reduction in all cause mortality. If you can improve your VO2 max. And, and you know, some people are really strong in certain areas and some people are weak in other areas.
Sean
Yeah.
Dr. Beth McDougall
But what we love to see is like, you know, when you start out at low, at low levels of exertion, you're burning fat and then there's a point where you kind of switch into carbohydrate burning. And that, that point is really an interesting point. So that you can start to advise people, like depending on what their goals are. Like if their goal is to burn fat, you often need to exercise at a fairly low level of endurance.
Sean
Interesting.
Dr. Beth McDougall
To keep in that zone of fat burning.
Sean
How do you identify that rate, like when it switches over?
Dr. Beth McDougall
Well, you just, you're measuring the gases in the breath and you, you emit different gases when you're burning fat versus when you're burning carbohydrates.
Sean
Oh, wow, I didn't know that. So everyone should find out where they're at.
Dr. Beth McDougall
It's so important. It really is. I mean, like, so, you know, it's, it's just crazy. Like in a given day so many people come in and they're like, their number one complaint is wanting to lose fat.
Sean
Yeah.
Dr. Beth McDougall
You know, and some people, it's like, I want to put on muscle, but they're, they're super closely linked. So, yeah, we've developed, like, a full metabolic program where we can test, you know, especially if people are like, I do everything right, I eat well, I exercise, I cannot get this fat off. You know, they're just stuck. Then we'll really broaden out our workout, work up. We'll do like, insulin glucose tolerance tests where we're bringing someone in fasting and then putting an IV in their arm, measuring their blood and then having them drink a solution and then measuring insulin and glucose at different time points going forward to see, like, how is their body handling that. That sugar load.
Sean
Right.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Then we'll combine that data with the typical blood labs of like, hemoglobin A1C and the lipid panel and the inflammatory markers and, and insulin and glucose and then hormones. And then we'll do the VO2 Max testing and the resting metabolic rate and then just kind of crunch all that data, especially also including sleep data, because that's hugely important for your metabolism. And then, then we kind of figure out a program for them, a full circle. What's the best way to eat? What's the best way for you to work out? Like, a lot of times people are, are like carb restricting too much or they're caloric restricting too much. You know, they're not eating enough. That actually happened to me. I was like, kind of always been a carb restrictor, just traditionally. And then I started intermittent fasting, and so then my calories went way down and my metabolism slowed down. So a lot of times these things you think are going to be really good end up backfiring.
Sean
Right.
Dr. Beth McDougall
They're too stressful in the body and they release cortisol. And that raises your blood sugar, which raises your insulin and continues to bombard your insulin receptors and kind of makes them more resistant.
Sean
I can see that because people promote these diets. But it doesn't work for everyone.
Dr. Beth McDougall
It doesn't. And, you know, if it's, if you're stuck. Well, let's, let's get, let's, let's get some data and figure out why you're stuck and then make, like, really accurate recommendations based on your testing of what you can do to kind of turn this around.
Sean
Yeah. Have you seen a massive difference in blood work with carnivores and vegans?
Dr. Beth McDougall
Oh, yeah, sadly, sad to say. But absolutely.
Sean
Okay.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah.
Sean
And I like that answer because you're actually analytical with it because people always debate about it, but you actually have data to back up what you're about to say.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah, I think that protein is a really important macronutrient. It, we, we need it to maintain our muscle mass. We need it to kind of trigger an anabolic response in, in the body that like causes us to not only improve our muscle mass, but the health of our muscle cells. And then the amount of muscle that we have on our bodies and the health of the muscle, it kind of is directly proportional to our resting metabolic rate, which is where we burn most fat. So we burn fat at rest and we at the lower kind of levels of endurance when we're working out, but that's when we burn fat. So, so what ends up happening to a lot of vegans is that they're not eating enough protein. And so not only does their resting metabolic rate go down, but then, and not only does their longevity go down, unfortunately, because they don't have enough muscle mass when muscle contains a ton of mitochondria. So it's been said, and I totally agree, that muscle mass is the currency of longevity. It really is. And then unfortunately they don't have like quite enough amino acids to maintain collagen structures. And you will often see long term vegans with like cracks in their teeth or like kind of crack teeth. Yeah, I've seen that bone loss and, and kind of like where the skin just is losing some of its integrity and all of that.
Sean
Interesting. So long term you don't think it's the move for most people?
Dr. Beth McDougall
No. And then it's. You can also get deficient in B vitamins and iron and so you do I. Once in a while someone thrives on a vegan diet. Like everyone's unique. There's no one diet that's right for everyone. And once in a while I will see someone that does well. But it's the exception.
Sean
Yeah, you don't want to be the exception. It's way harder to be the exception.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah, yeah.
Sean
Brian Johnson is the exception. He's on a vegan diet. Yeah. What do you think of him?
Dr. Beth McDougall
Well, I think it's cool that he's, you know, putting his money, you know, to kind of advancing the field of longevity and he's willing to experiment on himself. So I appreciate that he's out there kind of on the fringes doing his thing. Yeah.
Sean
A lot of spiritual people are on the vegan diet.
Dr. Beth McDougall
That's true.
Sean
And there is Another component that I don't see talked about often, which is the energetic component of meat.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah.
Sean
And how it's sourced.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Oh, my God. That is so important. Yeah. I just think the factory farming situation out there in the world is so inhumane and animals are treated so poorly and it's just unhealthy living conditions. That's. That's breeding infections and then there's antibiotic use and there's. It's. It's just tragic, actually.
Sean
It is. Yeah. So I stopped buying from the grocery store, my meat.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah. I think if you're going to eat meat, you want to get it from the farmers directly at the farmer's market, where you really know that. That animals are being treated well.
Sean
Yeah.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah.
Sean
Shout out to this company. They don't even sponsor the show, but Farm Fresh to you dot com. Have you heard of them?
Dr. Beth McDougall
No.
Sean
So they're just a bunch of farmers and they supply a lot of grocery stores.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Oh, cool.
Sean
But it's all like, good quality stuff.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Awesome.
Sean
I just met them at my locals farmers market.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Oh, that's so cool.
Sean
Yeah. So I get my meat there now. Or the local butcher.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Mm.
Sean
Yeah. I try to eat locally as much as possible.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Me too. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah. And I totally appreciate the. The idea that, you know, that a lot of spiritual people have. That we're not supposed to eat another animal. Like I. So that's why I. And I've prefaced the whole conversation here with saying, like, I hate to say it, but. But just facts are, like, in the blood work and watching people age. I've probably sat behind the desk from 50,000 people over the years.
Sean
Damn.
Dr. Beth McDougall
I mean, I've been doing this for a really long time and a lot of the patients that I. I started with in 1998 are still with me.
Sean
Wow.
Dr. Beth McDougall
You know, I've been watching people age, so. Yeah. I mean, people tend to age better when they incorporate some animal protein. I think you can probably do it as a vegan. You just have to be super conscientious.
Sean
Yeah. What do you think of those biological age tests?
Dr. Beth McDougall
I think we're still waiting for a really good one.
Sean
Okay. So I took the cheek one and it said I was like 21, but I don't know how they judge that.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah.
Sean
You know?
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah. I still haven't found one that I'm super ready to get behind.
Sean
Okay.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah.
Sean
Yeah. I. I don't know because I took a blood test like the next month and I had a lot of deficiencies, so I don't know how they're Calculating that biological age.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yep. So I'm looking forward to this next a 4M, you know, kind of perusing the whole exhibit hall and just kind of. I'm always on the lookout for that.
Sean
Yeah.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Because I'm, you know, I have the ways of tracking people's progress as they're going through these protocols I put them on, but that I would love to find one that I feel good about.
Sean
Yeah, I love how you incorporate the spirituality component, because a lot of, you know, doctors don't do that at all.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah. I mean, right from the get go, before I went to medical school, I was just very interested in the energetic nature of reality. And also kind of right before it was a big topic, psychoneuroimmunology, I was interested in kind of how we store experiences that have happened to us and kind of the reverberation of how we. What have. What's happened to our. Our parents and, you know, kind of the ancestral line.
Sean
Right.
Dr. Beth McDougall
You know, we actually are programmed by, you know, the messaging that we receive early on. And all of those things kind of sit in our field. They, they. They affect how we see the world. They affect our projections, our perceptions, the choices we make. And I think stagnant energy in the field that's not kind of like looked at and excavated and cleared will eventually manifest in a physical problem.
Sean
100%. I've had to get rid of a lot of limiting beliefs over the years.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Same that I had from childhood. Yeah, same.
Sean
Yeah. Because my family environment was pretty, I would say, tumultuous. Like, my parents got divorced, so I'm around that energy as a kid, just fighting. So that definitely affected me growing up.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Totally. It affects every one of us. And so at a certain point, you have to. Some, like, a great entree in is to kind of look at your life, but from a critical standpoint of like, okay, why am I making these choices that I'm making? It probably is a reflection of a belief that I have about myself that was set in place early on.
Sean
Right.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Do I want that? Like, is there. Can you call it up for analysis? Like, just so that you can decide, do I want it anymore?
Sean
And that's the first step, that awareness. A lot of people don't even get there.
Dr. Beth McDougall
You're right. It's true. And it just takes. It takes like a daily practice, I think, of meditation tuning in. And then it also takes kind of agency, like taking responsibility for your life. A lot of times things will happen to someone and they'll have like, almost like a victim mindset about It.
Sean
Yep.
Dr. Beth McDougall
You know, they will be like, why is this happening to me? You know, as opposed to curiosity of like, oh, this has happened. Why did it happen? What. What. Why did I choose this? And why is this situation here? What's it here to teach me, and what can I learn about myself because of it?
Sean
Right.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Change. Yeah. So I think it's. It's an orientation.
Sean
Yeah. At a certain point, you got to take accountability. Right. Because I see a lot of people, like, with anger issues or maybe they're depressed and they're like, oh, my parents, you know, did that to me growing up.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah.
Sean
But at a certain point, you got to, like, take accountability for that 100%.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah. And I also see it with health problems, too. You know, it's. You don't want to blame, quote the victim. You know, I. I've been on podcasts and talking about this, and people have given me a lot of hate before. However, I feel like no matter what you have, whether it's cancer or even Lyme disease or you name it, I do encourage people to kind of go within and just really see, like, what is it here to teach you? What can I learn from this? How can I clear the energetics that maybe kind of led to this on a physical level? You know, what can I do to change my mindset about it as well?
Sean
Right.
Dr. Beth McDougall
A lot of times people will have a physical symptom, and right away, you know, they kind of. It triggers like, a response of anger or fear or kind of like a poor me or whatever. But in. But if you often, if you go into those kind of lower vibratory states, it's. You're going to have worse symptoms.
Sean
Yeah.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Whereas, you know, if you can kind of not succumb to the fear and be like, I still got this. You know, I can. I can still clear this and keep positive. It will just bring you up and kind of help your body get on top of it.
Sean
100. I mean, when you hear the stories of people getting these stage four cancer diagnosis and who survives versus who doesn't.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah.
Sean
And you look at the mindset of the ones that survive.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah.
Sean
It's like they always thought they were going to make it.
Dr. Beth McDougall
They do. That's right. They thought they would be the. The 3% that didn't die from that cancer, you know, in that 3%. Or they, you know, just. The stories of spontaneous remissions are so incredible.
Sean
Yeah. I've heard a few of those.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yep.
Sean
Yeah. I think you got to be careful giving timetables, like, totally. You have this amount of time to live.
Dr. Beth McDougall
I think that's dangerous. It's like a hex.
Sean
Pretty much, yeah. They're manifesting it in a way, you know, because then they're going to believe that, internalize it.
Dr. Beth McDougall
That's right.
Sean
Dangerous.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Totally.
Sean
Yeah. I think they should get away from that.
Dr. Beth McDougall
I agree.
Sean
Well, Dr. Beth, it's been really fun. Anything else? I know you got three other companies.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah, I am chief medical officer for a company called Kenobi and it's got 13 sub entities and so a lot of them are health focused. And so I'm been involved in multiple companies. One of my companies is here in Nevada. It's called Immunicore, and we're studying the effects of some pox family viruses. So one of them is a parapox virus, and it's been used as an oncolytic virus in our work, in our research, in vitro, and we're just beginning animal trials. But we've had great success with pancreatic cancer already in six different pancreatic cancer cell lines and really good success with gastric cancer. Had neck cancers, triple negative breast cancer. And we're continuing to study different tumor lines, but the first one that we're going to do in animals is pancreatic.
Sean
Nice.
Dr. Beth McDougall
And then we'll be kind of putting together a package to sit down with a biotech partner on that.
Sean
That's.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah. So that. That's been incredibly fun. And then a lot of our companies are more based on new thinking in physics. So like I was talking about, you know, if we really understand how to plug ourselves back into this. This almost infinite field of energy, we. It will slow the aging process, it will create, it will kind of transmute dissonance in the system, et cetera. But, you know, everything boils down to information and energy, basically. And so a lot of our companies are finding new ways to deliver information signatures. So everything in nature has a particular kind of electromagnetic and geometrical information signature. You know, magnesium has one and strep bacterium has one and, you know, you name it, everything has a signature. So we have one company that's figured out how to both measure the information signature of something and then transfer it to a substrate so we can imbue the signature into a substrate. Like I'm wearing a patch right now. The. The focus patch. Yeah, you can see it. But that is, whenever I do a podcast or something, I put one of these on because it's just boom. Like you're so focused.
Sean
You could feel it instantly.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah. And it doesn't have any Actual chemicals in here.
Sean
Holy.
Dr. Beth McDougall
But it's got information signatures of things in nature that are really good for focus.
Sean
Yeah. Is that scalar energy?
Dr. Beth McDougall
Well, scalar tech is used in the, the transfer of the signature to a substrate.
Sean
That's amazing.
Dr. Beth McDougall
So we've studied for a long time of like, you know, the appropriate substrates that are perfect for holding data. And then we also looked for years to find the right adhesives because they play a role in the transfer of the information. So through kind of an electrodermal interaction, the information in the patch transfers into. Into the body. And we have a patch. There's a really good. One of our companies that has white labeled. This is Vibrance. You can get on Amazon. There's a pain patch that Vibrance does. They do the focus patch. They do one for sleep and they do one for stress.
Sean
That's incredible. I'm going to try those out.
Dr. Beth McDougall
They're so amazing.
Sean
Yeah, we'll link that below for sure.
Dr. Beth McDougall
And then we do the same where we use information signatures in agriculture. So one of the companies is called Uptera and you'll find them on, on social and Instagram. But they're installed in, you know, like hundreds of thousands of acres now of different farming crops. And we've structured water in such a way that it becomes better able to hold information, but actually it's at a really fast flow rate. So we have things that we put over pipes, like even large pipes that, that water crops with one of those sprayers that, you know, kind of can, can spray over large areas. So that's a very fast flow rate. But we, we structure the water and then we imbue information signatures of nitrogen and different fertilizer elements that are nutrients that the plants need into the water.
Sean
Wow.
Dr. Beth McDougall
So because the water structured it, the plants take it up so much better. And so the water usage is lower, like we've cut it down to 50%, like for almond groves, for example. And the information signatures can fully replace using chemical additives.
Sean
That's so exciting because the tap water these days is so bad for you.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah.
Sean
So that's a game changer. Wow. I can't wait to see more farms using that technology.
Dr. Beth McDougall
Yeah. And so, and then one of the things that's on the horizon that I'm most excited about, that I think is important for longevity, is that Nissim Harriman is a friend of mine, he's a physicist and he's written a paper recently called the Origin of Mass and the Nature of Gravity. And it's on Sonodo, which is like a kind of a preprint server through cern. So it's beautiful paper, but what he's described are the actual kind of coupling constants and formulas of like how our biology kind of hooks into the field of information and energy that we are derived from, basically. And so what I think we'll be creating going forward is, is a chamber probably involving scalar energy and coupling constants that that will allow us to more seamlessly couple to the field because we lose our connection as we go through life. That's really the reason why we age. Our body gets kind of contaminated with misinformation that come from these information. Signatures of toxins and bad fats and, you know, etc. Yeah, and so, so all of that misinformation almost becomes like static on the radio and it really reduces kind of the seamless exchange of energy from the field into our biology. So I think there'll be ways to kind of go into chamber, so to speak, that will both transmute the dissonant signatures and enhance the energetics and then we really don't need to age. So I don't think that it's pie in the sky to say one day we'll be living to 200, but it's one thing to live that, that long, it's another thing to do it well, you know, to have a health span. And that's really what I'm all about.
Sean
I love it. We'll link all that below. That's exciting to see you working on all that stuff. Thanks so much.
Dr. Beth McDougall
You're welcome, Sean.
Sean
Yeah, thanks for watching guys. Check out our stuff below. See you next time.
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Release Date: January 26, 2025
Host: Sean Kelly
Guest: Dr. Beth McDougall
Podcast: Digital Social Hour
The episode kicks off with Sean Kelly welcoming Dr. Beth McDougall to discuss the intricacies of longevity, particularly focusing on mitochondrial health. Dr. McDougall emphasizes the central role mitochondria play in our biological aging process.
Notable Quote:
Dr. Beth McDougall: "Cholesterol is the building block of all of our steroid hormones. So the very first step where cholesterol turns into pregnenolone, which is kind of the grandmother steroid, happens in the mitochondria." [00:34]
Dr. McDougall explains the latest advancements in extending both lifespan and healthspan through optimizing mitochondrial function. She introduces the concept of "energetics" and its impact on preventing biological aging.
Notable Quote:
Dr. Beth McDougall: "With optimal energetics, we don't really have to age biologically, but not chronologically." [01:37]
The conversation delves deeper into energetics, where Dr. McDougall describes humans as beings living within and as part of an energy and information field. She highlights the fractal nature of energy transfer from quantum to universal scales and positions mitochondria as our connection to this infinite energy source.
Notable Quote:
Dr. Beth McDougall: "The mitochondria are kind of our plugin, so to speak, into this, this unlimited field of energy." [02:28]
Dr. McDougall discusses factors that damage mitochondria, such as toxic fats and oxidative stress. She underscores the importance of reconnecting with natural diurnal patterns to support mitochondrial health.
Notable Quote:
Dr. Beth McDougall: "If you can keep your mitochondria optimized and really improve mitochondrial energetics, we don't have to age." [02:45]
The benefits of grounding (spending time barefoot on the earth) and morning light exposure are explored as methods to enhance mitochondrial function and regulate sleep cycles.
Notable Quote:
Dr. Beth McDougall: "Putting your bare feet on the earth and watch the sun come up... you're getting the red light, the near-infrared light. That's very good for the mitochondria." [03:27]
A significant portion of the discussion focuses on red light therapy's role in activating mitochondrial enzymes like cytochrome C oxidase. Dr. McDougall explains how red and near-infrared wavelengths enhance mitochondrial efficiency by removing nitric oxide and toxins.
Notable Quotes:
Dr. Beth McDougall: "Red light is incredible because it will… knock the nitric oxide or the toxin off that enzyme and kind of liberate it so it's ready to function more efficiently." [11:14]
Sean Kelly: "Light therapy, super, super, super important." [11:40]
Sean and Dr. McDougall discuss the negative impacts of night shifts on mitochondrial health and overall well-being. They explore solutions like grounding mats and light stimulation devices to mitigate these effects.
Notable Quote:
Sean Kelly: "Do you think those [grounding mats] have any effectiveness?" [05:16]
Dr. Beth McDougall: "They are: 'These grounding mats are like being outside and putting your bare feet on the earth, kind of on steroids.'" [08:18]
Dr. McDougall shares insights into her use of advanced technologies at her wellness center, including PEMF devices, NOVAThor red light beds, and cryotherapy. She explains how these tools enhance mitochondrial function and overall health.
Notable Quote:
Dr. Beth McDougall: "We have three Novothor beds… they have been shown to upregulate the cytochrome C oxidase, which is one of the enzymes in the mitochondria." [09:16]
Sean Kelly: "I've been in a bed that was like thousands of dollars." [12:07]
The discussion shifts to treating TBIs using a combination of red light therapy, physical exercise with compression and cryotherapy, and peptide treatments to promote neuroplasticity and brain healing.
Notable Quote:
Dr. Beth McDougall: "Our neuroscientist has developed this protocol where People will go on this bike called a Vasper… it's really good for kindling those low voltage neurons after the violite." [14:46]
Dr. McDougall touches on the regulatory landscape for peptides, expressing optimism about legislative changes that may reinstate their use. She highlights the importance of peptides in modern health practices.
Notable Quote:
Sean Kelly: "Peptides are an interesting topic because they got banned… RFK is bringing them back." [15:15]
Dr. Beth McDougall: "Peptides are… paraox family viruses being used as oncolytic agents in our research are an exciting development." [39:04]
A significant discussion on dietary impacts on longevity ensues. Dr. McDougall contends that while some individuals thrive on vegan diets, the majority face challenges such as inadequate protein intake, leading to reduced muscle mass and metabolic rates. She advocates for a balanced diet incorporating animal proteins for optimal health and longevity.
Notable Quotes:
Dr. Beth McDougall: "Muscle mass is the currency of longevity." [28:28]
Sean Kelly: "Brian Johnson is the exception. He's on a vegan diet." [30:08]
Dr. Beth McDougall: "Vegans often lack the necessary protein, which affects resting metabolic rates and muscle mass." [28:18]
Sean and Dr. McDougall discuss the effectiveness and reliability of various biological age tests. They express skepticism about current methods, emphasizing the need for more accurate and scientifically validated tools.
Notable Quote:
Dr. Beth McDougall: "I think we're still waiting for a really good [biological age test]." [32:27]
Sean Kelly: "I took the cheek one and it said I was like 21, but I don't know how they judge that." [32:35]
The conversation explores the intersection of spirituality and health. Dr. McDougall shares her belief in the energetic aspect of reality and how unresolved emotional energy can manifest as physical ailments. Both discuss the importance of personal accountability and mindset in overcoming health challenges.
Notable Quotes:
Dr. Beth McDougall: "Stagnant energy in the field that's not looked at will eventually manifest in a physical problem." [34:14]
Sean Kelly: "I had to get rid of a lot of limiting beliefs over the years." [34:17]
Dr. McDougall introduces several innovative ventures she's involved in, including:
She also discusses future prospects like chambers using scalar energy to enhance energy coupling and combat aging.
Notable Quotes:
Dr. Beth McDougall: "We have one company that's figured out how to both measure the information signature of something and then transfer it to a substrate." [39:10]
Dr. Beth McDougall: "Our companies are finding new ways to deliver information signatures… Everything in nature has a particular kind of electromagnetic and geometrical information signature." [40:37]
Sean Kelly: "That's amazing. I'm going to try those out." [41:31]
Sean wraps up the episode by thanking Dr. McDougall for her insights into mitochondrial health and longevity. He encourages listeners to explore the technologies and practices discussed to enhance their health and lifespan.
Notable Quote:
Dr. Beth McDougall: "It will slow the aging process, it will create, it will kind of transmute dissonance in the system… you really don't need to age." [43:nn]
Sean Kelly: "Thanks so much." [44:52]
Note: This summary distills the core content of the episode, highlighting the essential discussions and insights shared by Dr. Beth McDougall. For a comprehensive understanding, listening to the full episode is recommended.