The Life Stylist Performance Medicine: Adrenals, Circadian Rhythm, Peptides, NAD, Ketamine w/ Dr. Craig Koniver #303
Today’s episode combines some much-needed Inspiration with tactical information for next-level living. Healing the adrenals, optimizing your circadian rhythm, biohacking your body and mind with peptides and NAD+ IV, the potential uses of ketamine therapy — there’s some crazy stuff here, but this is the future of medicine.
And our guest is one of the world’s foremost experts in Performance Medicine. Dr. Craig Koniver has been practicing Performance Medicine through his practice Koniver Wellness for nearly two decades, helping clients like Navy SEALs, world-class professional athletes, and Fortune 100 executives optimize their health and performance through time-tested, nutrient- and science-driven protocols that are the cutting-edge of medicine.
I’ve been working with Dr. Koniver personally and it’s no exaggeration to say that he changed my life. I’ve wanted to have him on the show for a while now and I’m stoked that I can finally share his wealth of knowledge and insight with all of you. We NEED more doctors like this.
If you’re interested in trying out the peptide protocols or working with Dr. Koniver, you can use the code “Luke10” for 10% off anything at www.koniverwellness.com/shop.
12:55 — What the hell is Performance Medicine?
- Optimization Vs. the standard allopathic model
- Why Dr. Koniver was never satisfied with the allopathic or functional medicine models
- Going beyond just feeling well
- The difference between living for a long time and having a long life worth living
18:00 — Decoding circadian rhythms and sleep cycles
- We’re all hardwired for a certain cortisol rhythm
- The role of light in shaping our rhythm
- Why you want to go outside as early as possible every day, even for just a little bit
- The one change you can make in your routine to see the biggest difference in your sleep
- That groggy feeling when you sleep in too late
- Sleeping at the “wrong time”
27:15 — How to restore adrenals (and how they actually work)
- The liquid fruit and Hydrocortisone protocol that Luke has been using
- What are the clinical markers for adrenal fatigue?
- How your adrenals respond to stress, good or bad, real or simulated
- The lie we’ve been told about multitasking
37:50 — Does taking hormones or supplementing with other things that your body makes deregulate your body’s natural production?
- Yes, so these have to be used tactically
- We have to be particularly mindful of hydrocortisone
- Dosage guidelines to avoid suppressing the adrenals
43:45 — How Dr. Koniver has been using Ketamine to help improve his clients’ emotional and spiritual well-being
- How the architecture of our nervous system is shaped during the first five years of our life
- The role of Glutamate in our body
- How ketamine can start to change your perception of self
- Breaking dysfunctional patterns from your past
- How professionally-guided ketamine therapy is being used to heal emotional trauma and depression
- Why Dr. Koniver and others have referred to ketamine as a “magic molecule”
- Ketamine prescription products that might be coming soon
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59:50 — The time Luke accidentally fell into a K-hole
- Transcending the ego (but in a kinda scary way)
- Observing yourself
- Feeling like he’s stuck in another dimension or maybe dead
- The trend of using ketamine to “turn off” your consciousness
01:12:05 — Biohacking performance with oxytocin (AKA “the love hormone”)
- Why oxytocin pairs so well with ketamine
- How it can help in relationships
- Why you don’t really need to worry about throwing off your body’s natural production of oxytocin
01:16:45 — Dr. Craig Koniver’s work with Sovereignty
- Check out the herbs and supplements at sovereignty.co/luke
- My two favorite Sovereignty supplements: Purpose and Dream
- Why I use Purpose before every podcast recording (including this one)
- Why fermented herbs are more bioavailable than the traditional formulas
- The best supplements for sleep
01:22:30 — The best supplements for sleep
- Dream from sovereignty.co/luke
- Use code “Luke10” for 10% off SLEEP Peptide Protocol
- You shouldn’t use the sleep peptide protocol every night
01:30:38 — What are peptides and how do they work in a clinical environment?
- A peptide is a short chain of amino acids
- Why they first became popular for anti-aging and high-performance athletes
- How peptides are administered
- How Dr. Koniver is combining peptides in a novel way
- It doesn’t work for everyone, but nothing does
- The potential risks of buying peptides that you don’t know much about
- The peptide that’s almost too effective at giving an erection
- Emerging discoveries in the world of peptides
01:40:30 — Everything you need to know about NAD
- NAD = Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide
- NAD is found in all living cells
- Why we need NAD and its role in our metabolism
- The various ways to supplement with NAD.
- Why he prefers straight NAD to the NAD precursors available on the market
- How NAD helps addicts get clean
- The relationship between metabolic function and addiction
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