407: The future of personalized medicine & how to test for longevity | Precision medicine physician Matt Dawson, M.D.

Matt Dawson, M.D.: “Talking about nutrition is almost like talking about religion; people are convinced their diet is the best.”  Dawson, a precision medicine physician and co-founder and CEO of Wild Health, joins mbg co-CEO, Jason Wachob, to discuss how to track your longevity progress, plus: - How to optimize your HRV (~13:28) - How to tell if you're living with purpose (~15:58) - Why your genes are not your destiny (~25:42) - The best way to exercise for your brain (~26:57) - Why sleep is the No. 1 way to support brain health (~30:11) Referenced in the episode: - Learn more about Wild Health. - A study on access to greenery & recovering from gallbladder surgery. - Study showing effects of prolonged isolation equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day. - The End of Alzheimer's, by Dale Bredesen. Take 25% off vitamin D3 potency+ with code D3POD. Cannot combine with gift cards or other discount codes. Apply code at checkout. Enjoy this episode! Whether it's an article or podcast, we want to know what we can do to help here at mindbodygreen. Let us know at: [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices