The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance Remote Work Is Making You FATTER (Do THIS to Stop It) : 1340
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Oct 5, 2025 Working from home may seem liberating, but it disrupts your hormones and metabolism. Discover how posture and lack of movement lead to hormonal imbalances like lower testosterone and heightened cortisol levels. Learn practical posture resets to combat stress and insights on timing meals and incorporating movement to restore insulin sensitivity. Explore the power of light in regulating your hormones and how small environmental changes can boost your energy and libido without extreme dieting. It's time to biohack your remote work experience!
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Remote Work Steals Biological Cues
- Remote work removes environmental cues like commute movement and sunlight that regulate metabolism and hormones.
- Dave Asprey explains that this hidden loss causes fatigue, belly fat, and libido decline despite unchanged diet.
Hormonal Cascade From Home Offices
- Reduced movement and poor light exposure can lower testosterone by 20–30% in men and dysregulate cortisol.
- Chronic cortisol elevation, low testosterone, and insulin resistance compound to cause fatigue and fat gain.
Posture Sends Stress Signals
- Prolonged sitting shortens hip flexors, deactivates glutes, compresses the diaphragm and mimics a threat posture.
- That posture drives shallow breathing, sympathetic dominance, higher cortisol, and reduced testosterone and growth hormone.