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The Gene Food Podcast

Dec 17, 2019

Consumer sleep tracking devices are all the rage, but are they accurate? We share our experiences wearing the Oura ring, plus break down the studies which have measured popular consumer sleep tracking devices against the "gold standard" in sleep tracking - polysomnography. For more, see this blog post: Why I Stopped...


Nov 25, 2019

Today our guest is Dr. Stuart Nunnally, DDS, a biologic dentist practicing in Marble Falls, Texas. Dr. Nunnally is chairman of the jawbone osteonecrosis committee of the International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology. He holds fellowships in the Academy of General Dentistry and in the International Academy of...


Nov 18, 2019

Pharmaceutical drugs, especially statins, tend to get a bad rap, but the world of heart drugs goes well beyond statins. In fact, one of the best known heart drugs called Zetia, is used as a therapy for people who hyper absorb cholesterol as well as plant sterol. At Gene Food we are interested in both cholesterol and...


Oct 17, 2019

Our favorite celebrity has gone Vegan, but should we? The answer is a resounding yes according to James Wilkes, a former UFC fighter who went plant based after suffering an injury in the Octagon. James tells his story of recovery using a strict plant based diet in the new documentary The Game Changers. Many of us have...


Oct 15, 2019

Today, our guest is Dr. Theoharis Theoharides, a world renowned expert on mast cells and the immune system. Dr. Theoharides is a Stanford and Yale trained immunologist who currently serves on the faculty at Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Theoharides' lab investigates the mechanism of selective secretion...