PEA: Perspectives from a pharmaconutritionist with Dr Adrian Lopresti & Dr Paul Clayton
FX Medicine Podcast CentralShow Notes
Paul Clayton is joined by fx Medicine by BioCeuticals ambassador Dr Adrian Lopresti, who together deep dive into the role of PEA in all conditions (beyond pain), and where PEA can relieve symptoms and support resolution.
Paul is an advocate of lifestyle and nutrition in the prevention and management of disease. As a pharmaconutritionist, Paul understands the vital importance of how nutrition impacts chronic disease, and the role that chronic inflammation plays in driving ageing, as well as the onset and development neuroinflammatory and neurodegenerative disease.
Together Adrian and Paul examine the role of PEA in the treatment of inflammatory disease states, dosage and supplementing, and its use in the effective management of both acute and chronic conditions.
Covered in this episode
(00:57) Welcoming Dr Paul Clayton
(01:58) What is a Pharmaconutritionist? (09:12) Drivers of ageing
(11:15) Introduction to PEA
(13:45) Endogenous production of PEA
(14:30) Therapeutic benefits of PEA
(18:40) PEA supplementation
(21:04) PEA and the brain
(21:55) Supplemental dosing
(22:42) Bioavailability of PEA
(25:15) PEA and neuroinflammatory stress
(27:06) Drivers of chronic inflammatory stress
(30:37) PEA in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases
(31:34) PEA as an alternative to CBD
(33:52) Sources and dosage guidelines
(42:29) Thanking Paul and final remarks
Find today's transcript and show notes here: https://www.bioceuticals.com.au/education/podcasts/pea-perspectives-from-a-pharmaconutritionist-with-dr-adrian-lopresti-dr-paul-clayton
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