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Aug 2024
1h 24m

The Fat You Didn’t Know You Needed : 119...

Dave Asprey
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In this episode of The Human Upgrade, Dave Asprey is joined by Dr. Stephanie Venn-Watson, a veterinary epidemiologist and co-founder of Seraphina Therapeutics, to explore the groundbreaking discovery of C15, also known as Pentadecanoic acid. 
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