143 Thaddeus Owen: The Truth About Biohacking

Nov 16, 2017

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The health and wellness world can be a very confusing place at times, especially when it comes to the rise of self-proclaimed health experts who may not always have your best health and wellness in mind.

This ocean of information online leads millions of people to the false-promised land every day from clickbait sites, facebook ads, and even more concerning now with a 2017 trend emerging towards getting the body, abs, and fitness people want in weeks rather than months, there is a new segment of our industry that is growing fast: Biohacking.

But do the biohacking claims about using wires, lights, pills, tubes and devices truly stack up against the power of doing the deeper emotional inventory around why someone's health suffered in the first place? What is our body's response to blue light and how do we biohack for wellness in the EMF/WiFi congested and artificially lit up world that so many work and live inside of?

Can we combine biohacking with the physical and emotional intelligence needed to live life well?

Join us on Wellness Force Radio 143 as we answers these questions and explore the truth about biohacking with Thaddeus Owen, Co-Founder of PrimalHacker.

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"Everyone's truth and exploration of life is on a different path. You must understand yourself and your own truth by seeking for the things that will build you up from the inside out."

- Thaddeus Owen

Links From Today's Show:

PrimalHacker on the web
PrimalHacker on Facebook
PrimalHacker on Twitter
PrimalHacker on Instagram
PrimalHacker Biohacking Certification Program News
Thaddeus Owen on LinkedIn
About Thaddeus Owen & ERISFIT
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TrueDark Glasses
Apple Night Shift
Android Twilight App
Bulletproof Conference
Qualia qEEG pilot study results
Spartan Race: Panel discussion on "The Role of Mental Toughness in Athletics"
Barbell Shrugged
Weston A. Price Foundation
Circadian Biology: Nobel Prize
Bulletproof Coaching Certification
Oura Ring: Use code WELLNESSFORCE for 10% off
Why Americans Can't Sleep
Blue Light Is Hurting Children's Eyes
NIH Study: Effects of blue light on the circadian system and eye physiology

Listen To Episode 143 as Thaddeus Uncovers:

How blue light emitted from handheld screens and desktops can damages are hormones
How using #TrueDark daytime sunglasses indoors can uplift mood, energy, and health
Thaddeus healed his own anxiety, lowered his blood pressure and fixed his sleeplessness using biohacking and Qigong
Why Thaddeus believes that the use of the term "Biohacking" is often misconstrued by the general public
Blue spectrum light causes free radical damage to your eyes AKA "reactive oxygen species created by excessive blue light
How red and infrared light applied smartly can reduce free radical damage in your eyes
How optometrists and ophthalmologists are predicting a sharp increase in blindness due to excessive screen use
Why exposure to blue light at night stops our melatonin production
Why Thaddeus chose to overcome such high social anxiety (so bad that he couldn't even talk to people in groups)
How Thaddeus left the pharmaceutical industry to find his true calling
The true meaning behind why N:1 is more of a statistical term rather than a health experiment
Why Thaddeus has experimented with holotropic breath and other emotional release techniques
Why Thaddeus believes that Qi gong is one of his most powerful "moving meditations"
Why Thaddeus's mom never let him eat dessert?
Thaddeus's Guidelines For Optimal Health:
- Natural sunlight early in the morning within 2 hours of waking (especially at early dawn)
- Quality sleep hygiene and sleep timing
- Eating whole, real foods that have no labels
- Blocking artificial light from our eyes and body
- Movement breaks, walking, mobility
Why The NIH held a meeting to expose the health risks of blue and artificial light
How To Defend Against Harmful Blue Light:
- Wear blue light blocking glasses at night
- Install www.iristech.co to block blue light from your devices
- Adjust your Apple or Android devices to timed "night-shift" mode or "twilight" app
How Thaddeus's health practices and wellness mindset changed when becoming a father
What you can do right now to garner better wellness for yourself and for the people you care about

Power Quotes From The Show

"Everyone's truth and exploration of life is on a different path. You must understand yourself and your own truth by seeking the things that will build you up from the inside out." - Thaddeus Owen

"I understood from a young age that having a powerful body lead to a more powerful and clear mind and how much eating and movement had to do with how we show up in the world." - Thaddeus Owen

"I can't work in a job that doesn't provide some kind of benefit to humanity, and that's why founded PrimalHacker." - Thaddeus Owen

"We see people dead on gurneys all the time that have six pack abs, have run marathons, and might look amazing; outwardly there were Adonis's is but inwardly they were not healthy. To me, real wellness comes from the inside. How comfortable do you feel in your own skin? How excited are you about life and exploring all the possibilities around you? Wellness to me is being curious, being excited to get up every day, and being comfortable with who you are from the inside out." - Thaddeus Owen

"A lot of people want to get healthy and well quickly so they tend to copy someone else who has had biohacking success, but they don't actually know for themselves why they're doing it." - Thaddeus Owen

There is increasing concern about the types of problems that might be caused by our constant exposure to blue light, from computers and televisions and other modern technology.

By cutting out the blue light, Thaddeus Owen says he sleeps much better and reduces potential problems with vision or cancers.

Thaddeus is a sustainability manager, a national leader in developing a zero-waste philosophy within industry and turning sustainable ideas into reality. Along the way, he has become a passionate advocate for responsible use of technology and our daily encounters with blue light. He wears sunglasses indoors and at night, and thinks the rest of us should too.

About Thaddeus Owen

Thaddeus began his journey outdoors, camping and fishing as a boy in the Adirondacks and Central NY forests. After a decade spent developing pharmaceutical products, he just couldn’t face another day adding terrible ingredients like high fructose corn syrup and numerous red dyes into children’s medicine. He shifted gears and engineered a successful work from home assignment following Tim Ferriss’s 4 Hour Workweek. From there, he was able to find a way to incorporate more movement, nature and sunshine into his work environment.

After learning about biohacking from the man who coined the term, Dave Asprey, Thaddeus healed his own anxiety, lowered his blood pressure and fixed his sleeplessness using biohacking, PrimalHacking and Qigong. He spends his free time experimenting on himself in hopes of helping others on their journey. He writes about his experiments on PrimalHacker.com. He also spends time with his two boys learning martial arts, shooting arrows at targets and hiking.

Thaddeus is a certified Bulletproof Coach from the first ever class of coaches, holds a personal training certification, nutrition certification, Master’s degree in Holistic Nutrition and studied Chemical Engineering a long time ago.

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