S2E22: Dr. Mike Mallin - Precision Medicine: Using Your Genes as the Blueprint for Reaching Optimal Health

<p><span style="font-weight: 300;">Dr. Mike Mallin is a former ER doctor who has also taught tens of thousands of physicians and the co-creator of the Ultrasound Podcast, which is an ultrasound education tool for physicians, and the Ultrasound Leadership Academy, a non-profit education company that has taught all over the globe.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">Dr. Mallin is also the co-founder of Wild Health, a company that uses advanced machine learning and combines it with DNA analysis, biometrics, microbiome testing, and phenotypic data to give you a personalized blueprint to optimize your health and lifespan. Dr. Mallin and his team are upending a broken medical system and they’re creating an incredible, individualized, and better approach to healthcare.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">In this episode, Dr. Mallin discusses the differences between genetics and epigenetics, how often DNA testing should be done, what precision medicine is and how it differs from standard medicine, the issues with relying on traditional blood work alone, and so much more.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 300;">Here is the episode breakdown:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 300;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 300;">00:00 Introduction to the Keto Answers podcast</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 300;">00:29 Introduction to this episode’s guest, Dr. Mike Mallin</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 300;">02:55 Dr. Mallin’s background and what brought him to the precision medicine space</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 300;">08:28 Should you test your DNA often and after implementing intervention strategies?, What’s epigenetics?, and How does epigenetics differ from genetics?</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 300;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 300;">12:15 If you have genes that say you can’t met