Stop Wasting Your Money On These Supplements! - What To Actually Take For Longevity | Brad Stanfield

The supplement industry has experienced exponential growth, inundating consumers with a plethora of new recommendations. Navigating through the abundance of information to discern genuine needs and what is actually beneficial for longevity can be challenging. Today’s guest is here to help us navigate the research and clarify what is truly worth taking.

Today, on The Dhru Purohit Show, Dhru sits down with Dr. Brad Stanfield to discuss the research behind the top supplements that are beneficial for longevity and the ones that fall short based on the studies. Dr. Stanfield shares the benefits of creatine, collagen peptides, and hyaluronic acid serums. He also discusses the importance of a quality multivitamin, adequate fiber, and the best way to take daily supplements. If you are looking to deep dive into the world of supplements, this episode is for you.

Dr. Brad Stanfield is a primary care physician hailing from Auckland, New Zealand who has garnered over 200,000 followers on YouTube for his video segments related to longevity-promoting strategies.

In this episode, Dhru and Dr. Stanfield dive into:
-The top three longevity supplements that are overhyped
-The impact of lifestyle changes and lifestyle coaching
-What we know about rapamycin
-The slam dunk evidence behind creatine for recovery and cognition
-Collagen peptides as a wrinkle reducer
-Hyaluronic acid serums versus supplements
-Increasing fiber intake with psyllium husk
-The data behind Omega 3s and testing levels
-Are daily multivitamins helpful?
-The best way to take your daily supplements
-Dr. Stanfield’s daily smoothie recommendation
-Optimal protein intake
-Exercise is more protective for health than any supplement
-The fundamentals of a healthy diet
-Dr. Stanfield’s journey

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[DrBradStanfield]

Thanks for having me on your show, Dhru. The supplement industry is a minefield unfortunately.
Can’t beat diet, exercise, and sleep 😀

[beardumaw]

Exercise, sprints, weights, stretching, prioritize sleep, clean whole foods organic diet no alcohol or prossessed foods, it works ! Im 60 and in better shape than most 30 year olds ! I Mountain Climb, 12, 000 foot mountains with 45-60 lbs packs.

[bbyng]

Hi Dhru, please can you start doing time-stamps. I don't have time to listen on one go. What i love is dipping into a few time-stamps and only then, later listening to the whole 9 yards? Ta.

[tomk]

Great discussion - really appreciated it. For those who don’t have the time, the summary of the supplements that Dr. Stanfield recommends is at the 57:35 mark.

[pags]

3 and a half day fast..raised my cortisol through the roof..havent had good sleep ever since..massive headaches ..heart rate 107 bpm..

[judilaw]

I’ve got very strong opinions on supplements, I listened too much to the hype of supplements & would start taking them, one was Creatine! My blood pressure shot up to a scary number. So now I take very few basic ones like vitamin D with K & magnesium & eat real foods.

[carolginsberg]

Thank you Dhru for having Dr Stanfield on your show! I really respect his opinion.

[LTPottenger]

The things that will help the most are taurine, alpha keto-glutarate, glycine and cysteine/NAC, and of course fasting. They will probably only have a much more modest effect in humans than mice as far as the actual increase in years go. Maybe 1/10 as much but that is still significant and could add up to years of lifespan and importantly, the animals seem to also look and behave much younger. Some benefits of occasional extended fasting and lowering carbs in the diet: High blood pressure is lowered to normal levels very quickly while fasting. Fibrosis/scarring is reversed over time, including in the heart and lungs.

Vitamin D plasma levels are increased as fasting improves metabolic health, and vitamin D in turn increases autophagy. When insulin is high, vit D stays locked in the blood cells.

Fasting stimulates phagocytosis, the ingestion plaques, growths and pathogens by the immune system. This will also remove spikes quicker, whether natural or unnatural in origin!

Your body recycles up to 1/3 of all immune bodies in a 72h fast, rejuvenating your entire immune system. This helps prevent the onset of new autoimmune conditions, which develop through a leaky gut and damaged immune system.

Blood sugar and insulin are lowered when fasting, reducing inflammation and allowing the immune bodies to move freely through the body.

Fasts from 36-96 h increase metabolic rate due to norepinephrine release!

Blood clotting is lessened and clots and plaques are removed over time.

Fasting restores your circadian rhythm to normal over time.

T cells and T reg cells are vital in fighting cancer, autoimmune disease and infections but as we age the thymus stops making as many of them. Fasting releases stem cells, which then can become new T cells. It also releases growth hormone, which regenerates the thymus itself!

Fasting restores NAD+ and increases nitric oxide release to open blood vessels.

Reflexes and short term memory are increased.

Fasting increases anti-aging Yamanaka factors and increases average telomere length in stem cell pools.

Fasting can help with MS, Depression, BPD, Autism and seizures.


The hunger hormone ghrelin also lowers with extended fasting and rises from dieting.

What breaks a fast? Anything with protein or carbohydrates in it will break a fast but most teas and herbs are OK. Supplements and meds often break ketosis directly or contain a filler that will. Many meds are dangerous to take while fasting.

Does fasting lower testosterone? No, it raises it when the fast is broken by increasing lutenizing hormone. Fasting also increases insulin sensitivity, which helps with muscle building.

Fasting activates autophagy (literally self eating). This will cause cells to recycle damaged proteins and foreign matter such as viruses.

Lowering insulin via fasting virtually eliminates chronic inflammation in the body.

Weight loss from daily caloric restriction has 1/4 to 1/3 of the weight lost as lean tissue while many studies show fat loss from 36 h fasts without losing any lean tissue!

The obese will lose loose skin while fasting, but the frail will have increased growth hormone release, which helps to make more lean tissue and reduce frailness.

Fasts of 36-96 will not affect short term female fertility or affect menstrual cycle. They also may increase long term fertility for some women.

Fasting reduces pain and anxiety by stimulating the endocannabinoid system, just like the effect of CBD oil

Just 24h of fasting can cut your leptin levels in half! This reduces leptin resistance, which impairs immune function.

Stomach acid is reduced over time while fasting and can allow for the healing of treatment resistant ulcers. Some patients may need continued acid reduction medication while fasting.

Your brain also prefers to burn ketones at a rate of around 2.5 to 1 when they are available in equal quantity to glucose. Except for brief periods of very intense exercise, your body mainly burns fats in the form of free fatty acids.

It increases mitochondrial function and repairs mitichondrial DNA, leading to improved ATP production and oxygen efficiency. Increased mitochondrial function also has the added benefit of increasing your metabolism, fighting infection and cancer prevention!

Fasting releases BDNF and NGF in the blood which stimulates new nerve and brain cell growth. This can help a great deal with diseases like MS, peripheral neuropathy and Alzheimers.

Fasting also increases telomere length, negating some of the effects of aging at a cellular level.

When you fast, this stimulates apoptosis in senescent or genetically damaged cells, destroying them. Senescent cells are responsible for many of the effects of aging and are a root cause of the development of cancer.

A fasting mimicking diet for 3-5 days in a row also provides many of the same benefits as water fasting. FMD usually has 200-800 calories, under 18 g of protein and extremely low carbs.

Exogenous ketones can aid with fasting, making it easier in healthy people and allowing some people with specific issues to fast in spite of them without worrying as much about hypoglycemia. They also help with dementia and many other issues even if you take them while not fasting!

Glycine and trimethylglycine can also be useful supplements while fasting that won't break ketosis and have many benefits.

Children, pregnant or nursing women should not fast for periods longer than 16 hours. People with pancreatic tumors or certain forms of hypoglycemia generally cannot fast at all. Type 1 diabetics can also fast but it is more complicated and should be approached with caution as it could lead to ketoacidosis. If you experience extreme symptoms of some kind, especially dizziness or tremors, then simply break the fast and seek advice.

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This list compiled over years of research by the user known as Pottenger's Human on youtube. Feel free to copy and paste this anywhere you like, no accreditation needed!

My community tab will always contain an updated version of this list of fasting benefits. I also have playlists on fasting and health topics.

[carladerenzy]

Great interview with Brad. I love what both you guys are doing. So solid.

[MariaEmmerich]

Pea protein has a very low bioavailability compared to animal protein. You only net 1/2 the amount of protein that the container claims.

[paulettechernoff]

I appreciate all the intensive intricate work he did to get where he wanted to help & educate us

[jakobw]

Why don't you interview Dr David Sinclair IN THE PRESENCE OF Dr Brad Stanfield - to derive an OBJECTIVE PERSPECTIVE?

[bellers]

I bought resveratrol and took one a day. It upset my digestion to such an extent I daren’t leave the vicinity of a toilet. My testosterone dropped to 12.2. I stopped, the digestion improved and testosterone went back to 20 plus.

[davidmanning]

On. NMN 1000 mg a day. Reversed pain and increased flexibility after 3 months pain from other old injuries stopped stiffness disappeared and. Helped joints From 40 years. If weight lifting

[carloscarion]

I’m a musician I have a pretty good exercise schedule I work out every morning when I get off I do something very energetic before I eat I only eat one meal a day, but Because of my crazy schedule my sleep quotient is severely hampered, now I taken to really consciously make myself go to sleep no matter what else is going on so I’m sort of on the way I think but I’ll take very few supplements and I have experimented with quite a few supplements to no avail

[alexissmith]

Great talk! So far I am not ok with omega 3 supplements as long as we have nuts, seeds and cold pressed oils...I don't see the point. Thank you for the informative dialog!🙏

[tonyc]

This guy( Stanfield) did a video on 'useless supplements' one of which was multivitamins. During the presentation, he plugged his own 'multivitamin' five times.

[erwinrogers]

Metformin impairs, mitochondrial functions

[ricksanford]

Take it, Don't take it, no take mine, no mines better take mine. Crap like this is ridiculous if resveratrol is in grapes blueberries etc I will continue to try and eat whole foods.

[pramuanchutham]

This doctor prescribes statins with 1.1% effectiveness in reducing CVD while downplaying Nattokinase with 95.4% effectiveness. Do i want him as tertiary healthcare physician? Hell No! 😮