In this interview Dr. Rhonda Patrick speaks with Jim Kean, CEO of National Pro Grid League (NPGL) and founder of WellnessFX. They discuss the quantified self movement and the importance of measuring biomarkers more than once. The talk about the gut's role in cholesterol and serotonin in the gut versus in the brain. They also talk about the role of exercise in preventing neuroinflammation and the effects of overtraining on sex hormones. Jim talks a bit about the psychology of constructing a new, non-gender segregated, team spectator sport and bringing it to market, the factors that separate a professional spectator sport from any other form of entertainment: including patriotism, justice, and vicariousness, the mathematical nature of the sport and the floor coach's role in monitoring athletes before they start "redlining," how NPGL teams may find new ways to tune their gameplay and find an edge on the competition in the future by stepping up the use of more advanced athlete-level analytics. Chapters 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:02:05 - Health monitoring 00:06:30 - LDL cholesterol during stress 00:08:12 - Vitamin D 00:09:03 - Cholesterol 00:10:14 - Jim's health advice 00:12:01 - Exercise and depression 00:13:07 - Serotonin and the gut 00:14:26 - Your brain on sugar 00:16:38 - Sugar promotes atherosclerosis 00:18:45 - Statins 00:20:07 - Creating a sport 00:27:04 - Exercise tracking 00:31:23 - Supplementation You can hit Jim up on Twitter here: http://www.twitter.com/jamesrkean You can check out the NPGL and WellnessFX here: http://www.npgl.com/ http://www.wellnessfx.com/ -------------------------------------------------------- Join my weekly newsletter (please!): http://www.foundmyfitness.com/?sendme=nutrigenomics Crowdfund more videos: http://www.patreon.com/foundmyfitness Subscribe on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=foundmyfitness Subscribe to the podcast: http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/foundmyfitness/id818198322 Twitter: http://twitter.com/foundmyfitness Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/foundmyfitness