Boundless Life Ben's Top Biohacks, Saving Your Carbs For Night, Problems With Keto, The Amazing Healing Power Of Light & Much More!
Jan 25, 2020
Explore the fascinating impact of light on health, including how melanin can generate energy from biophotons. Discover innovative biohacks like vagus nerve stimulators for calmness and optimal sleep. Learn about a unique carb refeed strategy and the importance of grounding practices to mitigate electronic pollution. Delve into the significance of local eating for gut health and responsible psychedelic use. Finally, uncover how tracking health metrics can provide insights into personal health optimization.
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Mitochondrial Health Tips
- Prioritize light exposure, including sunlight and photobiomodulation therapies, for mitochondrial health.
- Combine colorful foods with sunlight to boost ATP production without extra calories.
Hot-Cold Contrast Therapy
- Incorporate daily hot-cold contrast showers or sauna therapy followed by cold exposure.
- This improves blood flow, reduces inflammation, and stimulates the vagus nerve.
Grounding/Earthing
- Ground or earth yourself daily by connecting with the planet's surface.
- This exposes you to negative ions, benefiting cellular function and overall energy.
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Intro
00:00 • 2min
Innovative Health Solutions
01:50 • 5min
The Healing Power of Light and Grounding
07:00 • 6min
Connecting with Nature and Biohacking Health
13:16 • 20min
The Importance of Local Eating and Responsible Psychedelic Use
32:55 • 4min
Understanding Health Through Tracking
37:17 • 9min
Navigating Plant-Based Diets
46:36 • 7min
The Power of Relationships in Longevity
54:05 • 5min
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The Most Important Health Discovery Ever
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Martin Zucker
Clinton Ober
Earthing introduces readers to the concept of grounding, which involves connecting with the Earth's natural surface charge to promote wellness, reduce inflammation, and improve sleep.
The book explores how modern lifestyles have disconnected us from this energy and offers practical advice on how to incorporate earthing into daily life for better health.
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In 'Boundless', Kathleen Winter recounts her 2010 journey across the Northwest Passage, accompanied by marine scientists, historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists.
The book delves into the impacts of climate change, the emergence of new hybrid species, and the geopolitical tensions over sovereignty in the region.
Winter also reflects on her personal odyssey, including her childhood migration from England to Canada and the complexities of cultural identity and traditional ways of life among the Inuit population.
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This book explores the revolution in high performance driven by four accelerating forces: psychology, neurobiology, technology, and pharmacology.
It delves into how trailblazers like Eric Schmidt, Elon Musk, Navy SEALs, and maverick scientists are harnessing rare and controversial states of consciousness to solve critical challenges and enhance their lives.
The authors, Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal, spent four years investigating these leading edges, from Silicon Valley to the Navy SEALs, and present a provocative examination of what is possible and how to radically upgrade one's life.
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The Oxygen Advantage
Simple, Scientifically Proven Breathing Techniques to Help You Become Healthier, Slimmer, Faster, and Fitter
Patrick McKeown
In this book, Patrick McKeown introduces the Oxygen Advantage, a revolutionary approach to breathing that can significantly improve health and fitness.
The book explains the fundamental relationship between oxygen and the body and provides techniques such as the Body Oxygen Level Test (BOLT) to determine and improve oxygen efficiency.
McKeown's methods include light breathing exercises and simulating high-altitude training, techniques used by elite athletes and military personnel to enhance endurance, weight loss, and cardiovascular health.
The book addresses chronic overbreathing, a common but often overlooked issue that contributes to various health disorders, including anxiety, asthma, insomnia, and heart problems.
By following McKeown's program, readers can achieve better sleep, increased energy, improved concentration, reduced breathlessness during exercise, and enhanced overall well-being.
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Eat to Beat Disease
William Li
In 'Eat to Beat Disease,' Dr. William Li presents a groundbreaking approach to health by highlighting the role of over 200 health-boosting foods in activating the body's natural defense systems.
The book explains how these foods can support the body's five health defense systems: Angiogenesis, Regeneration, Microbiome, DNA Protection, and Immunity.
It provides strategies for using food to transform health and prevent diseases such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, and autoimmune diseases.
Unlike traditional diet books, 'Eat to Beat Disease' focuses on adding healing foods to your meals rather than avoiding certain foods, making it a practical and life-changing guide to better health.
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The Human Photosynthesis
Arturo Solis Herrera
I recently had the pleasure to give a Q&A talk on all things health, wellness, nutrition, biohacking and more at Bouley's Test Kitchen in New York City. Every week, as part of his speaker series, world famous chef David Bouley brings in a physician or other guest expert to present on a topic or to answer questions, and each series is accompanied by a fabulous 5 star, multi-course meal that is both amazingly healthy and delicious.
I always enjoy giving these talks, and decided to record this one for your listening pleasure. Every member of the audience received a signed copy of my new book Boundless, so you'll hear me talk about the book a bit in this episode as well. Enjoy!
In this episode, you'll discover: -The 3 non-negotiable things Ben does for his mitochondrial health...5:35- Book: The Human Photosynthesis
- Light
- Sunlight
- Photobiomodulation (JOOVV)
- Cold thermogenesis
- Hot/cold contrast showers (2o sec. cold, 10 sec hot 10x thru)
- Sauna therapy
- Grounded w/ the earth (exposure negative ions in the earth)
- Look for stimulating the vagus nerve
- Shift yourself into parasympathetic state
- Vagal nerve stimulators
- Shift body into state of ketosis
- Low protein, low carb, high fat diet
- Avoid amino acid supplements
- Light can potentially exacerbate the tumor
- Book: Eat to Beat Disease
- Save carb intake until the evening
- Helps w/ serotonin production
- Won't impact triglycerides
- Producing ketones throughout the day
- Dinner is often the most social meal of the day
- Exercise mimics the insulin sensitivity we have in the morning
- Quality carbs: butternut squash, pumpkin, homemade sourdough bread, etc. (no Twinkies)
- Shoot for 100 g of carbs
- Rule #1: Don't eat from crop that's been treated w/ glyphosate
- Compounds which make the gut less permeable:
- Gluten Guardian
- 2 ways to plummet blood glucose after a long meal
- Post-prandial stroll
- Cold exposure
- Contain bacteria that's good for the biome and immune systems
- Used irresponsibly in many cases
- Lots of preparation that goes into (and going out of) proper ayahuasca retreat or use of psychedelics
- Journal and listen digital recorder for what you've said
- Track HRV via...
- Oura ring
- Whoop
- Elite HRV
- Nature Beat
- Track sleep (Quantified Bob)
- Quarterly blood panel
- Wellness FX
- Thorne blood test (Thyroid, testosterone, heavy metals, vitamin d, and weight management)
- Stool test once per year
- DNA test once per lifetime
- Dutch Panel to test hormones and neurotransmitters
- Cyrex Panel
- Apollo wearable (BGF podcast w/ the founder of Apollo is coming soon!)
- Very healthy and tasty when used in moderation
- Overuse can lead to a dependency
- Switch to decaf coffee for 7-10 days on a regular basis (reset adenosine receptors)
- MiCacao
- The risk of anti-nutrients found in plants may outweigh the benefits of a plant-based diet
- Must be soaked, fermented, treated properly prior to eating (quinoa, legumes, etc...)
- Risk excessive gas, or gut damage
- A piece of salmon, eggs, grass fed steak is simply easier to get the protein you need
- Can be difficult on the environment to grow the amount of plants needed
- Ch 18 of Boundless is on symmetry and beauty
- Breathe through the nose as much as possible (including while exercising)
- Heel rise of your shoes (as low as possible)
- Earth sandals
- Movement throughout the day:
- Eldoa stretching (BGF podcast on it)
- Foundation training
- JOOVV
- NuCalm
- MiCacao
- Book: Eat to Beat Disease
- Book: The Human Photosynthesis
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