Q&A 408: The Awesome History Of Fad Diets, How To Upgrade Your Protein Shake, Blood Flow Restriction & Super Slow Training & Much More!
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Exploring a Device for Heart Rate Variability and Breathing Techniques
This chapter discusses a device that modulates heart rate variability using breathing techniques, showcasing its real-time functionality. The hosts also delve into pricing options and encourage listeners to explore additional health and wellness resources in the show notes.
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News Flashes...17:16 Follow Ben on Twitter- From The Sleeping Beauty diet to The Tapeworm Diet…this is an awesome history of fad diets (that will likely never stop coming!): A Brief History of Ridiculous Fad Diets.
- Someone should write a book called “The Sunshine Diet”: Could sunlight combat metabolic syndrome? - Testing the refrigerator light.
- Here’s how to upgrade your whey protein - add essential amino acids and creatine for enhanced absorption (in past I’ve said always take EAA’s on empty stomach, but now changing my mind if goal is maximal protein synthesis of protein you eat it with): This combination of protein, free essential amino acids and creatine works better than whey.
- Mmm…the new “toddler milk”...powdered milk, corn syrup, and vegetable oil - would YOU feed this to YOUR toddler? The Ominous Rise of Toddler Milk.
- Yeah, I thought this was a joke at first too, but I’ll bet feeding your children their vegetables via an ice cream delivery mechanism will actually be a pretty successful business: Veggies hidden in every bite.
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- Plant-A-Seed Day
- Lief self-quantification device (code GREENFIELD for 20% off their first month of subscription or full purchase of the device)
- The Sprout Book
- Boundless by Ben Greenfield
- Lucy Nicotine Gum (code BEN10)
- Book: The Sunshine Diet
- Kion Creatine
- Kaatsu training device (use code BEN for a 5% discount)
- Biomat
- Greenfield Naturals structured water filter (use code BEN15 for a 15% discount)
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Listener Q&A: Blood Flow Restriction Combined With Super Slow Training...41:23Matt asks: Can you combine blood flow restriction training with the Body by Science training protocol by Dr. Doug McGuff?
In my response, I recommend:
- BFR Bands
- Kaatsu training device (use code BEN for a 5% discount).
- Body by Science by Doug McGuff
- My podcast with Doug McGuff
- The Effects of a 7-Week Practical Blood Flow Restriction Program on Well-Trained Collegiate Athletes
Jim asks: I want to upgrade my air and water environment while I remodel my home and am wondering if you think it's worth the money to install a structured water filter. Do you have any resources on structured water by way of peer-reviewed articles?
In my response, I recommend:
- Greenfield Naturals structured water filter (use code BEN15 for a 15% discount)
- My podcast with my father, Gary Greenfield
- My podcast with Thomas Cowan on "The Heart Is Not A Pump"
- Book "Human Heart, Cosmic Heart"
- Article "The Heart Is Not A Pump"
- My interview with Dr. Gerald Pollack
- Gerald Pollack's book “The Fourth Phase of Water: Beyond Solid, Liquid and Vapor”
- Gerald Pollack's TEDxTalk.
- PLOS ONE article "Life Depends Upon Two Kinds of Water"
- Mae-Wan Ho's book "Living Rainbow H2O"
- Mae-Wan Ho's article in Water Journal "Large Supramolecular Water Clusters Caught on Camera - A Review"
- The Widespread Properties of EZ Water - A chapter in the book "The Origin And The Special Role Of Coherent Water In Living Systems"
- Annual Conference of the Biology, Chemistry, and Physics of Water
- Chronobiology of Trees and the Fourth Phase of Water
- CymaScope Imaging and Analysis of Cancer Cell and Healthy Cell Sonic Signatures in Water
- Dynamics of formation of the Exclusion Zone near hydrophilic surfaces
- Lorentz force in water: Evidence that hydronium cyclotron resonance enhances polymorphism
- Odd properties of water and ice explained: Water exists as two different liquids
- Water clusters: Untangling the mysteries of the liquid, one molecule at a time
- Physicists Just Discovered a Second State of Liquid Water
- Scientists Find That Water Might Exist in a Whole New State
- Water forms 'spine of hydration' around DNA, group finds
Kristina asks: I'm curious about these infrared sauna blankets I've seen. I'm a big fan of infrared sauna but finding a spa and getting the treatment I need is very time consuming, not to mention expensive. I thought perhaps one of these infrared sauna blankets might give some of the benefits of sauna therapy without having to invest in an actual sauna? What are your thoughts?
In my response, I recommend:
- Higher Dose Infrared Sauna Blankets
- My video about how to turn a Biomat into a home sauna
- Branch Basics spray
- A Hot Bath Has Benefits Similar to Exercise
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