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Shawn Wells on Supplements for Women + Easy Ways to Improve Health

Episode 575 Published 3 years, 7 months ago

Episode Highlights With Shawn Wells

The experience that drastically shifted his own life and helped him find self love
Important caveats for women when it comes to supplementation
Why most research on supplements is done on young males and what to understand if you aren’t in this group (age, gender or ethnicity)
The things women have a greater need for and can benefit from supplementing
How much protein he recommends for women
What it means for protein to be thermogenic
Why women need more muscle and what this doesn’t make women bulky
What leuine is and why it is important
Creatine for women - what to know and how it can slow aging
The surprising benefits of baking soda and how it enhances performance (and why it is the most disease fighting compound he has seen in research)
75% of the population is deficient in magnesium and how to fix this
His take on how to support hormone health
What spermidine is and how it can be beneficial and correlates to longevity
How mortality is directly tied to mitochondrial health
Top ways to increase mitochondrial health
His take on niacin and how to use it to slow aging
Supplements that enhance NAD and what to be careful of
His stack: NMN, Fissitin, COQ10, and PQQ
What ergothianine is and why he’s excited about this supplement
Supplements he suggests that women avoid

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