Boundless Life Ben Greenfield's Top Anti-Aging Tactics: Basic & Ancestral Strategies To Enhance Longevity
Jun 6, 2019
Discover fascinating insights from nature's longest-living creatures, like the immortal jellyfish and tortoises, revealing secrets about longevity. Learn how lifestyle choices, as seen in Blue Zones, contribute to a longer life. Explore the benefits of anti-aging supplements, including strategies like fasting and alcohol moderation. This conversation also touches on the power of breathwork and social connections in enhancing well-being. Uncover the intriguing links between fertility, health, and advanced techniques for longevity.
01:04:28
Longevity Lessons from the Animal Kingdom
- Clues from the animal kingdom reveal human longevity potential.
- We can learn from lobsters, naked mole rats, hummingbirds, tortoises, and the immortal jellyfish.
Emulate Blue Zones
- Study the Blue Zones, areas with disproportionately long-lived people.
- Implement their common characteristics into your lifestyle for longevity.
Clean Air is Crucial
- Avoid smoking and mitigate air pollution's effects with filtration systems.
- Consider using HEPA filters like AllerAir or Molekule and incorporating air-cleaning plants.
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Intro
00:00 • 3min
Secrets to Longevity: Insights from Nature and Lifestyle
02:43 • 30min
Strategies for Longevity: Alcohol, Fasting, and Purpose
32:49 • 10min
Harnessing Breath and Spiritual Discipline for Longevity
43:07 • 4min
Fertility, Longevity, and Advanced Anti-Aging Strategies
46:43 • 15min
Exploring Anti-Aging Supplements and Telomerase Activity
01:02:13 • 2min
Claim Your Power
Mastin Kipp
In 'Claim Your Power,' Mastin Kipp guides readers on a transformative journey to identify and dissolve hidden blocks, break free from trauma, and live a purpose-filled life. This book offers practical exercises and insights to help readers connect with their emotions and achieve personal growth.
The longevity diet
Valter Longo
The Blue Zones
Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest
Dan Buettner
In this book, Dan Buettner documents his research on the Blue Zones, areas around the world such as Sardinia, Italy; Okinawa, Japan; Loma Linda, California; Nicoya, Costa Rica; and Ikaria, Greece, where people consistently live longer and healthier lives. Buettner identifies nine common lifestyle habits, known as the 'Power 9® principles,' which include moving naturally, having a sense of purpose, reducing stress, eating a plant-based diet, and maintaining strong social connections. The book provides detailed accounts of the research team’s observations and interviews with centenarians and their communities, offering practical advice on how to apply these principles to one’s own life to achieve better health and longevity.
The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck
Mark Manson
In this book, Mark Manson argues against the typical self-help advice of constant positivity, instead suggesting that life's struggles give it meaning. He emphasizes the need to focus on what truly matters and to accept and confront painful truths. The book is divided into nine chapters and uses blunt honesty and profanity to illustrate its ideas, encouraging readers to find meaning through values they can control and to replace uncontrollable values with more meaningful ones.
The Plant Paradox
The Hidden Dangers in \"Healthy\" Foods That Can Wreck Your Health—And What You Can Do About It
Dr. Stephen Gundry
Dr. Steven Gundry's "The Plant Paradox" explores the impact of lectins, proteins found in plants, on human health. The book argues that lectins can trigger inflammation and various health problems, advocating for a lectin-restricted diet. Gundry provides a detailed list of lectin-rich and lectin-free foods, offering practical advice on meal planning and lifestyle changes. The book has generated significant discussion and controversy within the nutrition community, with some praising its insights and others criticizing its claims. It remains a popular resource for those seeking to improve their health through dietary modifications.
The End of Alzheimer's
The First Program to Prevent and Reverse Cognitive Decline
Dale Bredesen
In this book, Dr. Dale Bredesen presents a revolutionary program that fundamentally changes how we understand and treat Alzheimer’s disease. He argues that Alzheimer’s is not one condition but three distinct conditions, each impacting the brain differently. The book outlines 36 metabolic factors (including micronutrients, hormone levels, and sleep) that can trigger cognitive decline and provides a detailed protocol, known as ReCODE, to rebalance these factors through lifestyle modifications such as diet, supplementation, exercise, and brain training. The approach emphasizes the importance of addressing multiple 'holes' in brain health to prevent and reverse cognitive decline.
Eating on the Wild Side
The Missing Link to Optimum Health
Jo Robinson
Eating on the Wild Side explores the nutritional history of fruits and vegetables, revealing how domestication has reduced their nutritional content over thousands of years. The book offers practical advice on selecting modern varieties that are closer to wild plants in terms of nutritional value and provides methods for preparing them to enhance flavor and nutrition.
I recently had a chance to speak to a wonderful crowd of personal wealth management experts at the Raymond James conference in Las Vegas. During my talk, I covered both basic and advanced tactics to enhance longevity, and the talk was also recorded for your listening pleasure here.
In this episode, you'll learn... -Clues from the animal kingdom about our own longevity...9:45- Lobster has high activity of the telomerase enzyme (prevents telomeres from shortening rapidly)
- Naked mole rat have robust protein folding mechanisms
- Hummingbird has extremely high metabolism; produces high amount of endogenous antioxidants which extends its life
- Tortoise's internal organs do not degrade as rapidly as the rest of its body
- The Immortal Jellyfish: Sinks to the bottom of the ocean when it dies and renews its life
- Humans do not tap into their longevity potential due to their deleterious lifestyle
- Blue Zones by Dan Buettner
- Air quality in your environment [17:15]
- We're bombarded with air pollution
- 150,000 cases of diabetes directly related to air pollution
- Allerair air filters
- Molekule (use code BEN)
- It's possible to begin reversing lung damage from smoking within 12 months
- Full spectrum antioxidants
- Taurine
- Wild plants, herbs and spices [20:32]
- Hormesis: Things that are bad for you in large amounts can strengthen your body's stress resilience in small amounts
- Plants have built-in defense mechanisms
- Xenohormesis
- Book: The Plant Paradox by Dr. Steven Gundry
- Plants cause gut damage to those with existing gut damage (leaky gut, dysbiosis, etc.)
- Book: Eating on the Wild Side by Joe Robinson
- Avoid processed food [24:45]
- Two ingredients commonly found on processed "healthy" food: vegetable oil and sugar
- Two things to track:
- Glycemic variability w/ Dexcom G6
- Inflammation
- High amount of legumes [28:50]
- Rinsing and sprouting
- Legumes are a low glycemic index food
- Slow carbs
- A slice of bread can spike your sugar higher than a candy bar
- Low level physical activity throughout the day [34:50]
- You don't see cross fit regimens in blue zones
- Gyms are a product of the post-industrial era
- Natural way to exercise is walking, chopping wood, outdoor activities
- Standing work station [link]
- Treadmill work station [link]
- Design your lifestyle so that the gym is an option, not a necessity
- Strenuous gym activity will not improve your longevity
- Social engagement [38:25]
- Podcast: The Hidden Health Epidemic Nobody is Talking About
- It's impossible to simulate face to face interaction in a digital format
- Use the Internet as a means of facilitating F2F contact, not trying to simulate it (meetup.com)
- Drink healthy forms of alcohol [40:55]
- Ben's cocktail: Gin or vodka, on the rocks, wedge of lemon and house bitters
- FitVine Wine (discount code greenfield10 for 10% off)
- Podcast: Todd White of Dry Farm Wines
- Alcohol is toxic, but while too much can be harmful, a little bit can be efficacious
- Calorie restriction and fasting [44:15]
- Long time between meals, your body up regulates cellular autophagy (cleanup of cellular debris in your body)
- Intermittent fasting allows you to derive benefits of fasting without calorie restriction
- The Longevity Diet by Dr. Valter Longo
- Ben's fasting protocol:
- Quarterly 5 day period of calorie restriction
- Daily intermittent fast
- Monthly: Dinner to dinner fast
- Strong life purpose [48:05]
- Have a reason you exist, a mission statement, you can clearly articulate to yourself and others regardless of your circumstances
- My podcast with Mastin Kipp
- Claim Your Power: A 40-Day Journey to Dissolve the Hidden Blocks that Keep You Stuck and Finally Thrive in Your Unique Life's Purpose
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
- Low amounts of stress [50:40]
- Go for the low hanging fruit (natural stress relief) before using technology
- Our breath (prana) is a natural stress relief
- Box breathing
- Alternate nostril breathing
- 4-7-8 breathing
- Spiritual discipline and belief in a higher power [53:12]
- Believe we're more than blobs floating through the air, seeing who can accumulate the most trophies
- Physical intimacy [55:30]
- Nature doesn't want to keep organisms that aren't useful to its propagation
- Having sex regularly sends a message to Nature that you want to propagate the Earth
- Hormesis via hyper oxygenation (hyperbaric chamber)
- Hormesis via EWOT (exercise with oxygen therapy)
- Thermogenesis
- Cryotherapy chamber
- Full spectrum infrared sauna (Clearlight)
- UVA/UVB radiation
- Rhodiola
- Calorie restriction pneumatics
- Rapamycin
- Metformin
- Ketone esters
- Insulin stabilizing herbs and spices
- Ceylon cinnamon
- Apple cider vinegar
- Berberine [thorne link]
- Bitter melon extract
- Sirtuin activating compounds (stacs)
- Fisetin
- Quercetin
- Stem cells
- V cells
- Exosomes
- Foods that can enhance your own stem cell productioin
- Colostrum
- Chlorella
- Aloe vera
- Coffee berry fruit extract
- Ben Greenfield's ultimate anti-aging smoothie
- Peptides
- Mitochondrial support
- Telomeres
- Astragalus
- Trusii Hydrogen-rich water (enter code BEN at checkout and get 30% off)
- TA 65
- TAM 818 (link?)
- Book: The End of Alzheimer's by Dale Bredesen
- Book: Blue Zones by Dan Buettner
- Book: The Plant Paradox by Dr. Steven Gundry
- Book: Eating on the Wild Side by Joe Robinson
- Book: The Longevity Diet by Dr. Valter Longo
- Book: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson
- Rhodiola
- Ben Greenfield's ultimate anti-aging smoothie
- Thymus
- Fish oil
- Trusii Hydrogen-rich water (enter code BEN at checkout and get 30% off)
- TA 65
- TAM 818
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