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Back to EpisodesDr. Ted Achacoso: Nature vs. Nurture in Medicine + A New Framework for Health Optimization
Season 1
Episode 1
Published 2 years, 11 months ago
Description
In this episode of the Smarter Not Harder podcast, we are joined by Dr. Ted Achacoso, the founding pioneer of the clinical practice of health optimization, medicine and practice and the Chief Science Officer of Smarter, Not Harder Inc. Listen along as Dr. Ted and host Boomer Anderson discuss metabolomics, your metabolome, genetic testing, and the health optimization medicine and practice framework.
What we discussed:
00:22 - About Dr. Ted Achacoso
4:00 - Why DNA isn't as important as we think
8:03 - Dangers of detoxification or genetic-based diets
10:00 - Nature vs. Nurture
15:30 - How metabolites help trace back autoimmune diseases
17:53 - Health Optimization Medicine and Practice
24:00 - Understanding the cell danger response
26:42 - The importance of Metabolomics
32:00 Quality vs Quantity of Life
34:28 - How metabolomics fits into the overall health optimization medicine practice
52:11 - What Made Dr. Ted formalize Health Optimization Medicine Education?