MTOR is responsible for sensing whether there are nutrients in the environment and deciding whether the body is catabolic or anabolic, therefore affecting various physiological functions such as fertility and muscle growth. This protein's role in regulating the body's response to nutrient availability is crucial, especially in times of food scarcity.
The activation of mTOR leads to muscle growth, but long-term activation of it can lead to cancer, while chronic suppression results in frailty. To suppress mTOR and build muscle, one solution is to have a few hours of fasting before bed, workout and have coffee to suppress the protein.
Research shows that most animals eat to regulate their protein intake, while humans tend to regulate their eating around carbohydrates. Bias training can help individuals focus on protein intake rather than just carbohydrates.
Researchers have discovered that AGRP neurons serve as the accelerator on eating. These neurons are activated by hunger and stimulate food intake, causing animals or people to eat excessively, while their activity decreases after eating, signaling satiety.
Focusing on the positive effects of behaviors can have an outsized effect on health. The salutogenic model promotes a mindset and orientation towards behaviors that enhance energy, endocrine, and metabolic function for optimal wellbeing.
The speaker reflects on the ethics of building increasingly human-like AI systems and compares our dominion over technology to our role as caretakers of animals, highlighting the power dynamics in these relationships.