I recently had the opportunity to dive into the cutting-edge world of medical biohacking at the office of Dr. Ahvie Herskowitz: Anatara Medicine in San Francisco.

Dr. Herskowitz is an international leader and educator in the field of personalized, precision and holistic medicine. He founded Anatara Medicine and the San Francisco Stem Cell Treatment Center with the intention of developing one of the best integrative and regenerative health care centers in the world. He has a fascinating timeline of his medical education and experience: The term "Convergence Medicine" was coined by Dr. Herskowitz in 2011 to represent a novel strategy, which combines many forms of medical and energy practices into one cohesive strategy to optimize repair and rejuvenation in each individual.

Taking the best from Molecular and Functional Medicine, Nutrition and Metabolism, Physical Medicine and Energy Medicine, he layers in the best of ancient forms of medicine that speak to a person’s innate constitution (he calls it Archetypal Medicine), which helps predict how a patient will respond to different types of treatments, including:

-Stem cells

-Peptides

-Anti-aging

-Ozone

-IV therapy

-Advanced cancer care

-And much more!

During our discussion, you'll discover: -Dietary considerations for a "constitutional assessment" [11:15]

Ahvie has a molecular, cardiology background - as well as acupuncturist
Ancient wisdom has a role to play; fusion between Eastern and Western medicine
A constitutional assessment is a form of archetyping
Most accurate form, leads to accurate nutritional recommendations for the individual
Chinese astrology and medicine come from the same philosophy
Ben is missing two elements, and a third is weak because of where and when he was born (Lewiston, ID in 1981)
You learn how to tweak things specifically for the individual
Energy of the food when it's ingested: warming and cooling
Eating the right foods decreases the need to "biohack" one's deficiencies
Floating (deficient) fire: "hot" foods don't achieve their full efficacy
Do the diet, and the craving for suboptimal foods will go down

-Exercise considerations for a constitutional assessment [28:15]

Cold energy moves downward, warm energy moves upward - split in the energy
Cyclist Ahvie treated:
- Did a diet and training regiment based on his constitutional assessment
- Less actual cycling, more upper body work
- Eventually became national champion
Ben struggles with cold thermogenesis, yet has trained himself to do it through breathing, meditation, etc. However, heat therapy such as a sauna is no problem.
We're barraged with foods that do not fit our CA
Ahvie has treated tens of thousands of patients with their technology and knowledge

-What are "breaks" in the Chinese astrological cycle, and why they are opportunities rather than problems [36:35]

Stubbornness is a desire for freedom
Knee-jerk response is the opposite of freedom
Embrace "maybe"

-About the multi-pass ozone machine Ben was hooked up to during the interview [44:10]

Also called hyperbaric oxygen
Typical treatment is 10 passes of ozone
Global impact on micro-circulation, oxygen transport, Nrf2 pathways
The main use is for optimization and longevity
10 passes builds up the reserve for a full year
How one feels during and after the treatment will depend on their overall health

-How Ahvie injected laser lights into Ben intravenously [49:30]

-Peptides Ahvie wishes more people knew about [54:00]

BPC 157
Thymosin Alpha 1
"As a society, we're in a state of immune chronic activation"
Lost circadian rhythm, toxic load from the food supply
Humira is the #1 drug today; people can be treated in a more natural way
Rapamycin is a suppressant, not appropriate in high dosages
Peptides modulate rather than suppress
Immune system is the means of communication within the body
BGF podcast: "Peptides Unveiled" w/ Dr. William Seeds

-Ahvie's approach to nootropic stacks [1:04:00]

Look for repairing and detoxifying, in addition to fortifying
Very little for Alzheimers nor for TBI/concussions
Institute for Rare and Neglected Diseases (which Ahvie chairs)
DHA for blood brain barrier and hypothalamus

-About intravenous procaine [1:07:10]

Procaine is a neural anesthetic
Disturbs neural pathways enough to reduce pain

-Why Ahvie doesn't co-administer exosomes for recovery 1:11:05] -And much more! Resources from this episode:

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