Oxidation is one of the nine recognized hallmarks of aging and orthomolecular therapies can help. Vitamin C is one of the cheapest, most accessible, and powerful antioxidant supplements. In this interview, Dr. Thomas Levy shares the oxidative theory of aging along with commonly overlooked facets of optimal health. Ignore them at your own peril.
📕 Video chapters
0:00 Introduction
0:25 Why Dr. Levy takes vitamin C and cortisol in the morning
1:23 Vitamin C and the liver
2:05 How much vitamin C humans need
2:59 A primary driver of disease
4:03 How vitamin C works
5:40 The role of toxins
6:51 Two aspects of ongoing disease
8:39 Oxidation and the free radical theory of aging
14:01 Babies can make vitamin C but lose the ability
14:49 Superpower of a compound in olive leaf
15:59 Basic, cheap, and essential supplements
17:55 Dr. Levy's experiment with vitamin C and alcohol
20:05 Molecular hydrogen (H2)
21:30 Liposomal vitamin C vs regular
23:04 Buffered vitamin C supplements are dangerous
25:18 Vitamin C products with rose hips and other bioavailability boosters
27:49 Blunting hormetic stress with vitamin C
30:16 Biological dentistry
31:25 Link between coronary artery disease and pathogens
33:01 Crucial nature of your vitamin C level
34:15 What makes oral infections so dangerous
36:33 The 3D Cone Beam scan
37:13 Abscessed teeth are common and asymptomatic
43:44 Dangers of root canals
47:04 The risk of botox
50:33 Problem and solution to tonsils
51:11 Finding biological dentists
53:45 Why flossing is bad
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📝 About our guest
Dr. Thomas E. Levy is a board-certified cardiologist and has written six books on health-related issues. Most of his work has centered on how to restore and maintain good health in the face of the many different forms of toxicity that all of us face, typically on a daily basis. He no longer has a clinical practice in medicine and cardiology. Rather, he limits himself to research and writing at this time, and he is currently working on his seventh book, Death by Calcium: The Supplement that Kills.
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