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I recently read a book called The Reality Revolution: The Mind-Blowing Movement to Hack Your Reality.

It was really good.

Specifically, it did a great job "mashing up" in one title a ton of the energy flow and body enhancement routines, subconscious reprogramming, meditation and visualization tactics and much more in a very practical and easy to understand way, written and explained by someone who has obviously done this stuff for a long time.

The author's name is Brian Scott, and he's my guest on today's podcast.

Brian is an author, motivational speaker, thought leader, life coach, transformation coach, influencer, podcast host for the reality revolution podcast and the laptop lifestyle podcast, and he is also an artist.

He has studied and worked on consciousness expansion for over 20 years. His primary goal is to find that spark to and unleash your greatest potential.

Brian helps people overcome obstacles, unlock abundance, improve their health and improve their relationships. He incorporates basic to advanced strategies and technologies such as meditation, hypnosis, qi gong, reality transurfing, sensory deprivation, virtual reality, mind tech, quantum jumping, reality shifting, yoga, energy psychology, luck coaching, NLP, Silva Mind Control, and biohacking. After walking away unscathed from a near-fatal shooting in his home, Brian began a fanatical search for answers.

He deepened his research into parallel realities, quantum mechanics, and consciousness to uncover what happened in his close call with death.

Along the way, he developed a series of techniques capable of creating profound transformations.

In The Reality Revolution: The Mind-Blowing Movement to Hack Your Reality, Brian introduces you to the techniques that have helped his clients find lasting love, create wealth, and revitalize health.

You’ll learn how to surf through parallel realities and unlock the power of your mind through a mix of researched and science-backed techniques like qi gong, meditation, quantum jumping, energy work, and reality transsurfing. If you’re ready to create an incredible reality for yourself, this book shows you the way, and we have a great discussion about it on today's show.

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I met my friend Niraj Naik (the same guy who invented the crazy holotropic-style breathwork protocol I do in my sauna) inside a sauna in Estonia, Finland, where he led me and one of my buddies through an "omming" breathwork protocol, and I've been hooked on him as my "go to guy" for breath work ever since.

He joined me first on the podcast "The Renegade Pharmacist: How To Increase The Effects Of Psilocybin, The Secrets Of Colostrum, Fixing Constipation With Breathwork & More" and also invented the breath work routine that I took my boys and I through and detail in the article "How To Blast You (And Your Child's!) Physical, Mental, & Spiritual Resilience Through The Roof With Breathwork". He also recently designed an extraordinary 8 day breath work course called "SOMABreathFit" that my boys and I also just did - a course that combines fitness, sleep protocols, meditation protocols and much more in a simple-to-implement, done-for-you short daily program. 

Niraj comes from a background of working long hours for several years as a community pharmacist. Becoming a certified “legal drug dealer” at the ripe age of 24, he got to witness first-hand, many clients going home with shopping bags full of drugs each month, rarely getting better and usually going on to suffer from other diseases.

He also learned of the debilitating side effects of the prescription medications which drove many of the patients to have to take more and more drugs to ease the side effects. Curious to find ways to improve his own health, he attended several health seminars and discovered an in-depth approach on how to reach optimum health and vitality by understanding the true origin of disease and how to prevent it.

After experiencing great benefits with his own health, Niraj was motivated to devise a scheme to see if he could also help his suffering patients. He incorporates a lifestyle plan called his "healthy shopping lists" that includes simple food swaps, tools and websites to support their specific conditions.

Within two weeks he received testimonials from patients who were starting to get better and within a few months some being able to lower their dosages or completely come off their medications. After an arduous battle trying to get his novel approach accepted into the mainstream that resulted in a lot of stress and disillusionment, in 2010 he was diagnosed with a stress-related illness, ulcerative colitis, that left him housebound for over 10 months.

He was told by doctors and nurses there existed no cure and he would need to be on medication for the rest of his life. Like his patients, Niraj suffered from side effects of his medication to the point he felt completely hopeless and even suicidal. He was then left with a choice that would be a major turning point in his life. Test out a new drug or have his colon removed. He decided to choose option 3, a path not yet known by conventional medicine. So began his search to learn from people who had great success with either curing themselves or others from chronic illness.

He learned a combination of natural treatments including Ayurvedic practices and dietary recommendations from Paleo and Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD). He studied healing methods through meditation, yoga and mind power techniques like self-hypnosis and Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). He even discovered the powerful techniques of sound and music therapy as tools for reducing stress and promoting self-healing. Niraj finally broke free from the burdens of his illness, without medication. The experience of illness has allowed him to completely re

invent his life and discover a new passion for helping others to do the same. His specialty is helping people recover, prevent or reduce the dependency for longterm medication for the metabolic diseases of diabetes, heart disease and obesity as well as autoimmune disease where stress is an underlining factor in the cause.

Niraj is now a professional musician, holistic health expert and entrepreneur. He runs several successful websites that help others who suffer from stress-related, chronic diseases through his self-composed, captivating meditation music and online courses.

Niraj has composed music for healing centers, spas and therapists worldwide.

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Hey, what's up. It's Ben Greenfield. You may have heard that I wrote a new book. It's free at fitsoulbook.com as a digital download. You can also get the physical version for next to nothing. I'm not making any money off this book. I'm just covering my shipping and handling and printing costs. I just want you to experience some of the things I've written within the pages.

Now, because of that, I'm also recording the audio book version, and I want to give you a bit of a taste of that audio book version. 

If you like it all the resources and everything for what you're about to hear are at fitsoulbook.com/resources.

So I hope you enjoy this chapter and you can always find me on social media at Ben Greenfield Fitness on most social media platforms. And perhaps there you can just let me know what you think. 

So without further ado, here we go.

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• Does having sex before exercise impair performance? The million-dollar-answer revealed here (and please note the "mean duration of sex"🙂)...08:30
• Human Taste Buds Can Tell The Difference Between Normal And 'Heavy' Water...13:50
• Pretty darn useful nootropics/smart drugs review website...18:40
• New paper shows that when you combine blood flow restriction with a blood flow precursor (like betaine) you get significantly greater training benefits...23:00

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Chris asks: What are your thoughts on Dr. Jack Kruse's comments on Vitamin D protocols, or leptin protocols?

Q: Bryce asks: What are your thoughts around insulin synthesizing using 8-hydroxy-dihydroberberine?

• Bonus question: What is the craziest bio hack you've done that didn't work

Q: Dr Mehdi asks: Have you ever combined BFR training with beta-hydroxy beta-methylbutyrate (HMB)?

Q: Bob asks:  If you had a pacemaker what hacks could you do? and would a pacemaker throw off HRV measurements? 

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I get a ton of questions about hair growth, grey hair, male and female pattern baldness (alopecia), skin beauty treatments, scar and stretch mark fixes, beauty "biohacks," and beyond.

So I figured it was high time to get an expert on the show to unpack all of this. His name is Dr. Cameron Chesnut.

Dr. Chesnut and I have quite a history. We've known each other since way back in our Ironman triathlon competition days, grew up in the same general region of Northern Idaho/Eastern Washington, and have recently reconnected as brothers with similar interests in fitness, health, nutrition, spirituality, biohacking, beauty, and beyond.

Dr. Chesnut recently opened a brand spankin' new biohacking facility in Spokane, WA called "ÔPTIM," which is a fully comprehensive health optimization practice, combining a revolutionary blend of functional medicine and regenerative modalities in a way that offers you unparalleled wellness.

Recently at a dinner, Dr. Chesnut was enlightening me on common myths and tips regarding hair growth (based on my recent project of growing out my hair, and potentially, magically sprouting a beard), and also showing me all the other cool toys they have at Optim, such as hormone optimization, cryotherapy, laser, and other photobiomodulation treatments, platelet-rich plasma (PRP) treaments, hyperbaric oxygen, IV's stem cells, and beyond—so I figured we could geek out on a podcast.

So who is he, exactly?

Dr. Chesnut is recognized worldwide as a key opinion leader and innovator in both minimally invasive and non-surgical cosmetic procedures. He was fellowship-trained in cosmetic surgery, reconstructive plastic surgery, laser surgery, and Mohs micrographic surgery at UCLA, training in the most demanding cosmetic and surgical environments of Beverly Hills, Hollywood, and Los Angeles.

His fellowship at UCLA featured a rigorous, full integration of plastic surgery, facial plastic surgery, oculoplastic surgery, and dermatologic surgery. Through this one-of-a-kind integration, Dr. Chesnut is a well-rounded and cross-pollinated surgeon.

He has an unparalleled foundation in skin cancer treatment, plastic reconstruction, and cosmetic surgery, as well as laser and aesthetic dermatology. Dr. Chesnut is an international expert on both the art and science of facial aging, utilizing an approach that relies not just on surgery but addresses all aspects of aging.

He loves to utilize this knowledge and skill of cosmetic surgery to improve the results of his skin cancer patients during their plastic reconstructions.

A leader in the fields of dermatologic and cosmetic surgery, Dr. Chesnut is an internationally acclaimed, award-winning speaker and has been invited by his peers to present throughout the world on numerous cosmetic and reconstructive topics. He is a regular contributor to the surgical literature, continues to author numerous book chapters, and has been recognized for his research and innovation in cosmetic surgery, lasers, and noninvasive treatments.

A native of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Dr. Chesnut has returned home to the Inland Northwest. He graduated with Honors from the University of Washington School of Medicine as a member of the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society. He completed his dermatology residency at UCLA where he was selected as the Chief Resident and subsequently was selected for the integrated Procedural Dermatology Fellowship, also at UCLA.

Outside of surgery, Dr. Chesnut enjoys active time with his wife, Aubree, and his children Torin, Tatum, and Callum. He is an avid surfer, passionate skier, loves beach volleyball, tennis, and playing on the river.

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Hey, what's up. It's Ben Greenfield. You may have heard that I wrote a new book. It's free at fitsoulbook.com as a digital download. You can also get the physical version for next to nothing. I'm not making any money off this book. I'm just covering my shipping and handling and printing costs. I just want you to experience some of the things I've written within the pages.

Now, because of that, I'm also recording the audio book version, and I want to give you a bit of a taste of that audio book version. 

If you like it all the resources and everything for what you're about to hear are at fitsoulbook.com/resources.

So I hope you enjoy this chapter and you can always find me on social media at Ben Greenfield Fitness on most social media platforms. And perhaps there you can just let me know what you think. 

So without further ado, here we go.

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It's no secret that I weave into my personal health protocol many "ancient" tactics I've borrowed from the fields of Traditional Chinese Medicine and also Ayurveda, including...

...tooth and oral care via coconut oil pulling and tongue scraping...

...Tai Chi and Qi Gong-esque morning exercises...

...acupuncture, acupressure, and tapping...

...digestive organ massage...

...dry skin brushing...

...cooking and blending with ghee...

...and much more...

I find Ayurveda particularly intriguing.

After all, these days, time is scarce and precious in today’s world and we seek solutions that are quick. While allopathic medicine tends to focus on the management of disease, the ancient study of Ayurveda provides us with holistic knowledge for preventing disease and eliminating its root cause.

For the past 21 years, my guest on today's podcast and author of the excellent book Everyday Ayurveda: Daily Habits That Can Change Your Life in a Day, Dr. Bhaswati Bhattacharya, MPH, MD, Ph.D., DABHM, FABPM, HHC, CAP, has been practicing holistic family medicine emphasizing Ayurveda and teaching best clinical practices and educational techniques for learning Integrative Medicine.

She currently works between her private consultation medical practice in Manhattan and her deeper study of indigenous medicines around the world, when she consults with patients via phone/video conference.

She has recently completed a Ph.D. in Ayurveda at Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in the ancient city of Varanasi in India. As the first U.S. Fulbright Scholar sponsored jointly in 2013-2014 by the U.S. Department of State and the Government of India to research and teach Ayurvedic medicine, Dr. Bhattacharya continued research in the clinical and physicochemical bases of bhasmas, which are herbometallic compounds that often work quickly and cleanly to rebalance the body from "incurable" diseases.

For her Ph.D. thesis 2014-2018, she studied how plants work medicinally, from soil to stomach to cell. Specializing in The Patient, Dr. Bhattacharya actively incorporates traditional and indigenous medical systems into her clinical practice of holistic family medicine, using modern science only where it actually works for real patients.

The goal is not a clinical trial; it is to help each patient improve his/her quality of life, health, and well-being. She defines, refines, and practices medicine on a holistic and truly integrative path. She provides holistic medical care for the underserved as well as for insured patients.

Modalities that Dr. Bhattacharya uses include herbs, nutrition, yoga, breathwork (pranayama), exercise counseling, energy work, mind-body medicine, homeopathy, and aromatherapy, with a strong underpinning of Ayurveda, as well as the use of biomedical drugs and procedures as needed.

• Bhaswati writes a weekly column for South Asian Times
• Bhaswati's 12-step morning routine:

1. 1. Rise an hour before dawn
   2. Lie still and listen to your belly
      • Your belly conveys how it's doing (your second brain—your gut—talks to your first brain)
      • The gut tells you what it wants (if you are hungry) and any other information (gut instinct)
   3. Bend fully down and touch the ground with your hands; say a prayer before stepping on the earth
      • When you twist your body you twist your gut; waking it up
   4. Sit up, take a small sip of water from your right palm and swallow
      • Gives information from your mouth's microbiome to your body (do this only when you are healthy)
      • Things growing in your mouth signals the body to produce natural antibodies as well as hormones
   5. Head to the toilet
   6. Wash your hands, wash your face with cold water, a little bit of water into each nostril and expel
   7. Swish some water in your mouth
   8. Clean your teeth
      • Use a small Nim tree branch (4 inches long), chew on it, brush teeth with it, spit the bitter juice, rinse your mouth with water
   9. Tongue scraping
   10. Swish your mouth with sesame oil; very good for lubricating the nerves
       • Put some oil on your fingers, swipe on the insides of your cheek, gums, and put some hot water in the mouth
   11. Fill the 5 senses with beauty, good things, light a candle, light incense, touch something soft, tulsi plant
   12. Look in the mirror, present yourself for the day; head to the kitchen to sip your first beverage

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News flashes:

• Could coloring our steaks blue help reduce the world’s insatiable demand for meat?...11:20
  • Related to podcast 424, in which I mentioned a proposal to give us patches that make us allergic to meat and smart drugs that make us want to have fewer babies, all for “climate change” management
• A microbe enhanced carpet? Couldn't we just all wear our dirty shoes around the house?...20:22
• Food insecurity, intermittent fasting and exercise are all ways to grow new neural pathways. Basically, your brain gets smarter to get better at surviving and hunting down calories...24:15

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Hey, what's up. It's Ben Greenfield. You may have heard that I wrote a new book. It's free at fitsoulbook.com as a digital download. You can also get the physical version for next to nothing. I'm not making any money off this book. I'm just covering my shipping and handling and printing costs. I just want you to experience some of the things I've written within the pages.

Now, because of that, I'm also recording the audio book version, and I want to give you a bit of a taste of that audio book version. 

If you like it all the resources and everything for what you're about to hear are at fitsoulbook.com/resources.

So I hope you enjoy this chapter and you can always find me on social media at Ben Greenfield Fitness on most social media platforms. And perhaps there you can just let me know what you think. 

So without further ado, here we go.

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I recently read the book Earthing: The Most Important Health Discovery Ever! (and my twin boys also watched the accompanying documentary "THE EARTHING MOVIE").

Although I already knew about the importance of having an intimate connection with the planet we live upon, this book blew my mind when it comes to identifying one of the best solutions for chronic inflammation, better sleep, enhanced deep sleep, and much more.

Since reading it, I've been traveling everywhere with my grounding sleeping mat, wearing my Earth runners every day, and my boys have barely even touched their shoes. In the book, author Clint Ober introduces the planet's powerful, amazing, and overlooked natural healing energy and how people anywhere can readily connect to it.

This never-before-told story—filled with fascinating research and real-life testimonials—chronicles a discovery with the potential to create a global health revolution.

So obviously, I had to get Clint on the show!

Clint Ober is the innovator behind the Grounding Movement & CEO of Earth FX Inc., a research and development company located in Palm Springs, California. A series of seemingly unrelated synchronistic events dating back to his early childhood led to a groundbreaking discovery that’s being recognized as the greatest health discovery of all time.

Grounding has now become a massive international movement—causing people to shed their shoes and reconnect electrically to the surface of the Earth. Clint first learned about grounding when installing cable TV systems in Billings, Montana in the early 1960s.

A decade later, he formed Telecrafter Corporation and built it into the largest provider of cable installation services in the United States. This company specialized in the proper grounding of cable installations for safety and TV signal stability.

In the 1980s, he turned his attention to the developing computer industry and partnered with McGraw-Hill to distribute live digital news services, via cable, to PCs. This led to the development of the first cable modem and an increased awareness of the need for proper system grounding.

Following a health challenge in 1995, Clint retired and embarked on a personal journey looking for a higher purpose in life. During his travels, he noticed people wearing plastic and rubber-soled shoes that insulate the body from Earth. He wondered if no longer being naturally grounded could affect us. The question led to an experiment that suggested grounding alone reduced chronic pain and improved sleep.

Thereafter, he developed a working hypothesis: Grounding the human body to the Earth normalizes the functioning of all of the body’s systems ​—​ the body utilizes the earth’s electrical potential and free electrons to maintain its internal electrical stability, normalizing all of its self-regulating and self-healing systems.

Over the past twenty years, he has supported over 20 research studies* that collectively demonstrate that grounding reduces inflammation and promotes normal functioning of all body systems.

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The brilliant, slightly crazy, fringe Dr. John Lieurance is back! You may have originally heard him in the highly popular episode "The Crazy Future Of Medical Biohacking: Skull Resets, Suppositories, Nasal Sprays, Nebulizers, Sound Therapy & More With Dr. John Lieurance.", in which we delved into everything from Amazonian herbal hape nasal spray to nebulizing glutathione to NAD suppositories and a whole lot more.

Today's episode promises to be just as riveting, but is focused around one molecule in particular that John has been intensively studying and is now releasing a groundbreaking book about: melatonin. We'll answer questions about and also take a deep dive into the science behind melatonin topics such as:

Should you take melatonin?

How much is too much?

Does it lower your own endogenous production?

What delivery mechanism of melatonin is best?

Is melatonin good for anything besides sleep?

Should anyone not take melatonin?

Can you "reset" your circadian rhythm with high dose melatonin?

Dr. John Lieurance is a naturopathic physician, chiropractic neurologist, and all-around expert in medical biohacking who has been in private practice in Florida for 25 years. He is the chief scientific advisor of Glutagenic™ and Advanced Biome Corp™ and heads up Advanced Rejuvenation, a multi-disciplinary clinic with a focus on treating chronic diseases, regenerative medicine, functional neurology, functional medicine, and stem cell research.

Dr. Lieurance has spent most of his career focused on finding solutions for hearing loss, balance disorders, tinnitus, degenerative neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer's, autoimmune disease, chronic Lyme, CIRS, and mold illness and has suffered from chronic Lyme and mold illness himself for many years. From his treatments, he has seen the same success and ability to recover and regain a normal life—free from the chronic inflammation and pain associated with those disorders—in himself as well as in his patients.

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Hey, what's up. It's Ben Greenfield. You may have heard that I wrote a new book. It's free at fitsoulbook.com as a digital download. You can also get the physical version for next to nothing. I'm not making any money off this book. I'm just covering my shipping and handling and printing costs. I just want you to experience some of the things I've written within the pages.

Now, because of that, I'm also recording the audio book version, and I want to give you a bit of a taste of that audio book version. 

If you like it all the resources and everything for what you're about to hear are at fitsoulbook.com/resources.

So I hope you enjoy this chapter and you can always find me on social media at Ben Greenfield Fitness on most social media platforms. And perhaps there you can just let me know what you think. 

So without further ado, here we go.

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https://bengreenfieldfitness.com/perez Recently, on my San Diego trip during which I interviewed Navy SEAL Nick Norriss  and hydration expert Tracy Duhs, I was introduced to a guy named David Perez, who is the Chief Executive Officer & Chairman of the Board at Nurish.Me

I immediately hit it off with David, because he and I were able to geek out hardcore on supplements and the supplements industry as a whole, along with a host of unique, fringe ingredients David has studied up on, and many other things David is up to and interested in, including space travel, global charities, nanotechnology and much more!

Over a career span of over 40 years, David Perez has founded highly successful entrepreneurial ventures, launched cutting edge, disruptive technologies, been at the forefront of innovation, financed startups, overcome personal tragedy, coordinated large scale natural disaster relief programs and rescue missions at ground zero. Today as the CEO of Nurish.Me, he is on a mission to deliver clinically proven nutraceuticals to enhance the vitality of people's mind and body. The vision of Nurish.Me combines the best evidenced-based nutrition and dietary supplement results from clinical trials in humans with an ethical approach to business practice. Nurish.Me formulations utilizes advances in biotechnology on the nanoscale for improved bioavailability.

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• The latest on high-intensity interval training (HIIT) being "bad for you" and how to do HIIT vs. (high-intensity resistance training (HIRT)...01:00
• Topo Chico appears to have cleaned up its act. Hooray for all my tequila and lime that was piling up. Read about it...16:30
• Folks who excessively fast but can't seem to drop fat should be aware of this—don't long-term calorie restrict without re-feeds...23:20
• Weight and Aging: A Paradox Part 1 by Josh Mitteldorf...29:45
  • And here's Part 2
• The latest takeaway's from JAMA on caffeine and exercise performance—I WILL unpack this in a future podcast episode...40:45

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Neil asks: What are your go-to methods for boosting nitric oxide, and how do you increase blood flow before and during your workout?

Joey asks: Can you work out your legs every day like other parts of your body, like your abs?

Ariam from Amsterdam asks: Are there benefits for fasting more than 72 hours, and is there a maximum amount of time before it begins to be unhealthy?

Anna asks: I recently tried a 28-day Carnivore Diet challenge, and really struggled with it. I just couldn't handle the diet with some preexisting conditions with celiac and whatnot. I ended up losing 17 pounds before I finally had to stop. Did I do something wrong? Is there a better time frame I could go with the Carnivore Diet?

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Hey, what's up. It's Ben Greenfield. You may have heard that I wrote a new book. It's free at fitsoulbook.com as a digital download. You can also get the physical version for next to nothing. I'm not making any money off this book. I'm just covering my shipping and handling and printing costs. I just want you to experience some of the things I've written within the pages.

Now, because of that, I'm also recording the audio book version, and I want to give you a bit of a taste of that audio book version. 

If you like it all the resources and everything for what you're about to hear are at fitsoulbook.com/resources.

So I hope you enjoy this chapter and you can always find me on social media at Ben Greenfield Fitness on most social media platforms. And perhaps there you can just let me know what you think. 

So without further ado, here we go.

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Dr. Don Wood is a guy I've been hearing about for years from multiple trusted friends of mine in the self-improvement and self-mastery realms, and I finally decided to connect with him and his work more deeply by hosting him at my house in Spokane, Washington to showcase the special flavor of therapy that he does - by working with both me and my family for a four hour session, followed by the podcast you can hear in this episode.

Don is the Founder of the Inspired Performance Institute and developed something called "TIPP™", which is a cutting edge approach to high performance using advancements in neuroscience. After years of research, Dr. Wood coined the term “emotional concussions ™” which simply means events and experiences in your life may have had a profound effect on your current behaviors and habits, he refers to these events and experiences as “atmospheric conditions ™” If you experience PTSD-like symptoms, health issues related to an overactive sympathetic nervous system, or impediments in your progress towards everything from business success to relationship issues to athletic performance, Don says nothing is wrong with you, and you might simply just need a reboot. Don's work is based on the idea that events and experiences throughout our lifetime continue to play a role in how we experience life in the present. He has also realized that there was a better way of treating these type of issues.

He says… …“Teaching people to live with, manage and cope with the daily stress doesn’t fix the problem. The solution comes from understanding it’s source and providing a long-term permanent solution”. Since 2015, Don's Inspired Performance Institute has worked to create innovative strategies to help people heal from the limiting effects of trauma, so they can feel and perform at their best.

The result has been the development of a revolutionary approach to performance improvement referred to as TIPP (The Inspired Performance Program). TIPP is based on the idea that our minds have developed some glitches and error messages in the ways they store information about events from our past. And apparently, we all have these glitches! Even high-functioning individuals, like executives and professional athletes, have so-called glitches from their pasts, and once “reprocessed”, their performance improves to a whole new level.

Once the mind is updated and refreshed using the Inspired Performance Institute’s NEURO technique, a part of TIPP, individuals are able to remain present, calm and focused, and their performance naturally improves. After we reset the mind with TIPP, we restore the body with our NOWW program. A chronically dysregulated and imbalanced nervous system can lead to anxiety, depression, PTSD, panic attacks, addictions, or even chronic illnesses such as auto-immune disorders, thyroid problems, cardiac and gastrointestinal diseases, and even, cancer. TIPP, TIPP KIDS, and the NOWW program are designed to help reset the mind and restore the body to optimal states of health, performance, and wellness.

Don actually separates trauma into two camps. Most of us think of trauma as a clearly defined, often injury-inducing event like a car accident or a mugging. He calls this big ‘T’ trauma. The second type of trauma he calls emotional concussion. These are experiences that affected us psychologically but may be more loosely defined or harder to pinpoint. Don says that a very large percentage of the population is dealing with unprocessed trauma when you consider these two types of trauma. Unresolved trauma or disturbing events and experiences from your past may be interfering with your ability to function at your highest level.

These experiences may limit our ability to regulate your mood, focus, or connect with others in a healthy, loving and safe way. When we experience a traumatic event, our body has a physical response to that trauma. Trauma triggers that fight or flight (aka active state) response. This creates inflammation in the body as a way of pausing the immune system so that the body can use all resources to respond to the trauma. When we are no longer in danger, the body allows everything to return to normal. What a lot of people don’t realize is that when we have unprocessed trauma, we think about it.

And, when we think about it, we relive it which results in the same fight or flight response. We have the physical response to the trauma just by thinking about it! If we are doing this constantly, the immune system can’t function properly, which overtime results in autoimmune issues. Often we dismiss the idea that trauma is the cause of an issue because we may not recognize the experience as trauma. Don uses a great analogy in this episode that points to the high-definition memories we have of traumatic times in our past vs the muted memory we have of a non-threatening event (like the dinner we had last night).

These high-definition memories can be very powerful and can trigger a physical response. The first step in identifying them as triggers sit to recognize the level of the memory and the physical response it brings. In Don's program, they actually monitor the brainwave state to determine the response to memories. Recognizing the physical response to memories of past trauma is not enough, the brain needs to be reconditioned as to how it responds to that memory. This is what Don does with TIPP. This program gets the mind to reset that high-definition memory into the same format as a day-to-day memory. By doing this, the body no longer sees that memory as a threat and it no longer triggers the fight or flight response. The brain is no longer sending an error message.

He points out that far too often we treat the symptoms caused by these trauma responses. For example, treating anxiety, depression, or inflammation that will never be resolved if the trigger memory is not reset. Many people block bad experiences or they dismiss them as not being traumatic. This may lead them to believe that these experiences can’t be the cause because they don’t have these vivid memories Don is talking about. However, these memories may still be operating on a subconscious level and can still put the body into an active response state. 

This happens because our minds receive too much information for us to actively process. So, the mind does something academics refer to as ‘time slicing’. This is when the mind takes in information and slices off some to be stored in the subconscious where it can be processed or accessed later. Then, when we encounter something similar, the mind goes searching for reference and the stored memory, resurrecting the memory in full color. This can trigger an active state response. For many people, the idea of unearthing or talking about their traumatic memories feels traumatic in itself. Don says that his patients don’t need to actually discuss the experience or share the memory. This type of work can be done without having to revisit the event consciously!

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Hey, what's up. It's Ben Greenfield. You may have heard that I wrote a new book. It's free at fitsoulbook.com as a digital download. You can also get the physical version for next to nothing. I'm not making any money off this book. I'm just covering my shipping and handling and printing costs. I just want you to experience some of the things I've written within the pages.

Now, because of that, I'm also recording the audio book version, and I want to give you a bit of a taste of that audio book version. 

If you like it all the resources and everything for what you're about to hear are at fitsoulbook.com/resources.

So I hope you enjoy this chapter and you can always find me on social media at Ben Greenfield Fitness on most social media platforms. And perhaps there you can just let me know what you think. 

So without further ado, here we go.

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I am asked quite often about how I practically weave into my own life so many of the spiritual disciplines and spiritual fitness principles that I discuss in my book Fit Soul, my Spiritual Disciplines Journal and my weekly Sabbath Ramblings posts. 

So in this special "solosode" podcast, I describe to you in detail how I practice and practically implement four key spiritual disciplines habits on a daily basis, specifically service, gratitude, purpose and self-examination, and I then turn to listener questions about spirituality, religion, God, reincarnation, my favorite spiritual books and resources and much more, and also include my entire Chapter 10 of my book Fit Soul for your listening pleasure.

-Spiritual Disciplines Journal

-Kion Clean Energy Bars

-JOOVV

-Paleo Valley Beef Sticks

-Kin Euphorics

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• Great read on the temperature dependence of sleep.
• Sleep cold but not TOO cold if you want to maximize REM sleep.
• In articles like this, I've talked about using LIGHT to shift your circadian rhythm backward or forward (to wake up or fall asleep earlier or later)...
  • ...but it turns out getting COLD at night (OR in the morning) can also shift it forward.
• This is cool and yet another benefit of creatine...it REDUCES your sleep needs without decreasing health like many other things that decreased sleep needs do.

-The Boundless Cookbook: Optimize your physical and mental performance with nutritious and delicious Greenfield family recipes. This is your roadmap to a culinary journey that includes ancient food and wild game preparation tactics, biohacked smoothies, meat rubs, cocktails, desserts, and beyond—without any restrictive diet, limited ingredients, or tasteless “health foods!” Pre-order yours today here! Check out Ben on Instagram for epic posts and photos about his morning, day, and evening routines, recipes, and much more! Follow Ben on Twitter for daily news flashes and the latest health, fitness, and anti-aging research. Join Ben's Facebook page for conversations with listeners and even more useful information, posts, and support!

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ButcherBox:

Paleovalley Beef Sticks: 

Arturez asks: You mentioned 5 g creatine consumption, and my wife is concerned it will bulk her up when she doesn't want to bulk up.

A functional medicine health coach from western MA asks: 

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Hey, what's up. It's Ben Greenfield. You may have heard that I wrote a new book. It's free at fitsoulbook.com as a digital download. You can also get the physical version for next to nothing. I'm not making any money off this book. I'm just covering my shipping and handling and printing costs. I just want you to experience some of the things I've written within the pages.

Now, because of that, I'm also recording the audio book version, and I want to give you a bit of a taste of that audio book version. 

If you like it all the resources and everything for what you're about to hear are at fitsoulbook.com/resources.

So I hope you enjoy this chapter and you can always find me on social media at Ben Greenfield Fitness on most social media platforms. And perhaps there you can just let me know what you think. 

So without further ado, here we go.

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Robert Slovak is my go-to "guru" for all things water.

He first joined me in the podcast "Water & Water Filtration: Everything You Need To Know About Water Filters, Alkaline Water, Structured Water, Hydrogen-Rich Water, Deuterium Depleted Water & Much More!"

...and then also in the podcast "Everything You Need To Know About How To Use Hydrogen Water: Timing, Dosing, Delivery Mechanisms, Hydrogen Tablets, Hydrogen Water Machines, Hydrogen Inhalers & Much More!"

...and now Robert is back for a three-peat to talk all things minerals, Quinton, advanced hydration methods, and beyond! Robert is a degreed mechanical, aeronautical, astronautical engineer best known for co-founding Water Factory Systems in the early 1970s.

He and his brother were among the early developers of reverse osmosis (RO) technology and its many applications. Their successful innovations encompassed home and office RO drinking water systems, bottled water production, laboratory purification, hemodialysis, seawater desalination, microchip production, bottled water production, water vending, spot-free vehicle washing, and scores more.

As a result of the rapid growth of RO applications, Robert’s ongoing seminars, and a best-selling industry book on the subject of point of use (POU) RO, he became a well-known figure in the water industry.

Robert officially retired from the US water industry in 1996 and went on to bring his knowledge and experience to Brazil, Asia, and other international markets. He put together a team and published Agua Latino America to establish a legitimate water equipment and education infrastructure in Brazil and South America. His “students” continue to play a major role in Brazil’s water industry.

In 2004, while in a remote location of Brazil, Robert became seriously ill and was introduced to an obscure 1897 medical discovery known as Original Quinton Marine Plasma (named after the famous revolutionary biologist René Quinton). Robert attributes his "jungle" survival to Quinton's remarkable healing properties. This ocean-harvested nutraceutical contains the entire Periodic Table of organo-complexed minerals and trace elements as well as essential and rare micronutrients and has been continuously produced for more than a century.

Having been an avid student of health and nutrition science for decades, Robert recognized the remarkable history and efficacy of Quinton Marine Plasma in supporting a wide range of the most difficult health conditions and has distributed it to leading-edge clinics and health practitioners around the world since 2008.

For the past nine years, Robert’s focus has been on bringing a new nutraceutical breakthrough called “Molecular Hydrogen” (H2) to medical professionals and health-minded consumers. This “smallest molecule in the Universe” has been overlooked for its remarkable health benefits until now. With more than 800 worldwide health studies on the subject, physicians, researchers, and clinicians have been proclaiming H2 as the most unique and versatile antioxidant and signaling molecule.

In 2010, Robert co-developed a practical way for everyone to benefit from this discovery by creating the first reactive hydrogen tablet that infuses water with a supersaturated concentration of H2 gas. This proven nutraceutical is now in its 9th year of distribution in both professional medical and consumer markets.

In 2011, Robert became a founding investor in the Quicksilver Scientific Corp., which was developing a groundbreaking new technology to deliver nutrients and nutraceuticals to the cells: nano-encapsulated liposomes. In just a few years, Quicksilver Scientific established its scientific dominance in this growing field and is currently expanding its product scope and global distribution.

Recently, several of the key formulas offered by Quicksilver Scientific have become a cornerstone in the ongoing battle against the coronavirus. While attending medical and wellness conferences throughout North America, Robert recognized the persistent minefield of water-related misinformation encountered by doctors, patients, and consumers alike—that’s after spending nearly 50 years in the water technology industry. This unsettling experience soon turned into the motivation to do something about it and Water And Wellness was established in 2017.

A team with more than 150 years of combined experience was assembled to create a product line of advanced POU and point of entry (POE) water treatment systems for health- and wellness-minded consumers. In addition, a line of synergistic water additives was formulated for the consumer market including Quinton and QuintEssential minerals & trace elements, Active pH Restore alkalizing mineral powder, Active H2 ULTRA molecular H2 tablets, and Active Ribose C high-bioavailability vitamin C.

Recently, Robert’s 20-year interest in Deuterium Depleted Water (DDW) took a new direction forward. With the revival of Soviet-era research from the 1960s and recent announcements explaining the profound health benefits of DDW, Robert and his associate acted quickly in creating a new company, Litewater Scientific.

Their strategy is to offer a more advanced and affordable brand of DDW for consumers and health practitioners. The Litewater brand of DDW is now available here in 1/2-liter (5 ppm) and 2-liter (10 ppm) bottles throughout North America. Robert continues to be a very active figure in the rapidly expanding role of water in the wellness and anti-aging community, making appearances and presentations worldwide.

-Spiritual Disciplines Journal

-Kion Creatine

-Paleovalley Beef Sticks-Ra Optics

-Vuori

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A few months ago, I was having dinner with my friend Jordan Rubin and - between bits of my friend Andy Neale's MCT-infused-coconut milk-collagen-superfood ice cream - Jordan fascinated me with stories of the crazy animals and superfoods he now grows on his farm, all in a sustainable and regenerative way that could feed a lot of people with very low acreage requirement. So I just knew I had to get Jordan on the podcast to talk about his farm and his techniques.

After growing up in a health-focused household, Rubin attended Florida State University. But at age 19, a life-threatening case of Crohn’s disease struck. After losing 80 pounds, Rubin was just 104 pounds and ravaged by inflammation. (His doctors didn’t expect him to live much longer.) With conventional medicine utterly failing him, he turned to nutritional-based healing and began specifically studying Biblical references to nutritional health and lifestyle.

Making Bible-based diet adjustments, unlocking the power of fermented food and utilizing probiotic supplementation teeming with soil-based organisms, Rubin turned his health around and healed himself of Crohn’s disease in weeks. Fast forward years later to 1999, and he and his wife, Nicki, founded Garden of Life.

The company quickly grew into an award-winning, retail powerhouse nutrition company. Jordan is now one of America’s most-recognized and respected natural health experts, and is the New York Times bestselling author of The Maker’s Diet, and 26 additional titles, including his latest work, Essential Fasting. An eco-entrepreneur, author and lecturer on health and nutrition, Jordan has shared a message of health and hope across the globe for the last 22 years.

Jordan is the founder of Garden of Life, the leading whole food nutritional supplement company, and Beyond Organic, a vertically integrated organic food, beverage and dietary supplement manufacturer. Jordan has formulated hundreds of dietary supplements, functional foods and beverages including many #1 top sellers in the Healthy Foods channel.

In 2016, along with co-founder Dr. Josh Axe, Jordan launched Ancient Nutrition, a company that brings the principals of Ancient Nutrition to the Modern World. Jordan is the founder of Heal the Planet Farm, a regenerative permaculture retreat located in Missouri’s Ozark mountains within the four-thousand-acre Beyond Organic Ranch. Jordan and his beautiful wife Nicki are the parents of six wonderful children.

-The Boundless Cookbook

-Kion Flex

-JOOVV

-Thrive Market

-Lucy Nicotine Gum

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Hey, what's up. It's Ben Greenfield. You may have heard that I wrote a new book. It's free at fitsoulbook.com as a digital download. You can also get the physical version for next to nothing. I'm not making any money off this book. I'm just covering my shipping and handling and printing costs. I just want you to experience some of the things I've written within the pages.

Now, because of that, I'm also recording the audio book version, and I want to give you a bit of a taste of that audio book version. 

If you like it all the resources and everything for what you're about to hear are at fitsoulbook.com/chapter4.

So I hope you enjoy this chapter and you can always find me on social media at Ben Greenfield Fitness on most social media platforms. And perhaps there you can just let me know what you think. 

So without further ado, here we go.

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Dr. Leland Stillman is one interesting doctor and a man after my own heart - meaning he's interested in everything from how polar bears use cold thermogenesis and hibernation to enhance longevity to how your environment drastically shapes your health no matter how hard you exercise or how perfect you eat.

He became interested in natural and integrative medicine at an early age. After majoring in environmental health at Connecticut College and earning his medical doctorate from the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Dr. Stillman completed his training in internal medicine at Maine Medical Center.

Board-certified in internal medicine and specializing in integrative medicine, he has a passion for doing whatever it takes to discover the root cause of his patients' medical problems through advanced laboratory testing and then addressing those imbalances with dietary or lifestyle interventions.

Dr. Stillman focuses not only on the patient but on all aspects of the environment they live in. Some of Dr. Stillman's professional interests include phototherapy (photobiomodulation), nutrition, toxicology, and the immune system. In this podcast, we talk light, EMF, air, water, sound, metabolic typing, COVID vaccines, and a whole lot more!

• His ancestor was a physician to Gov. Stanford of California in the 1800s
• Son died of a bacterial infection and was named after Gov. Stanford
• Practice is in Richmond, VA; however, 99% of his practice is virtual
• Pretty Healthy practice in NYC
• Dr. Anthony Beck's BGF podcasts:
  • The Physician Who Personally Advises The World’s Leading Health Authorities, And His Tiny Invention That Pro Athletes Swear By.
  • The Danger Of ‘Shrooms, Eating & Supplementing “Seasonally”, Whether Lectins Are Really Bad For You & Much More With Dr. Anthony G. Beck.
• Leland's videos on COVID went viral (video is now not available)
• Life Site News

• Ben is not 100% opposed to the idea of vaccinations
• Many ethical concerns with the current COVID vaccine
• FDA has often approved drugs that were later taken off the market
• Fundamental ethics of medicine is to not force anything on a patient
• Why Viruses Are Crucial To Life On This Planet, The Link Between Air Pollution, Glyphosate & Pandemics, Loss Of Biodiversity (& What We Can Do About It) & More With Dr. Zach Bush.
• The Invisible Rainbow by Arthur Firstenberg
• Video on non-native EMF (by Leland) was later taken down
• Evidence for a Connection Between COVID-19 and Exposure to Radiofrequency Radiation from Wireless Telecommunications Including Microwaves and Millimeter Waves - COVID-19 paper by Beverly Rubik and Robert Brown mentioned in the video
• BioGeometry Protection Of Your Home, Plant Medicine, Parenting, Stacking Rocks, Stages Of Human Consciousness & More With Paul Chek
• Faraday materials and EMF blocking/shielding gear
  • Clothing/Underwear
  • Grounding bags/Bags for phones
  • Canopy/Tent
• BGF podcasts with Brian Hoyer:
  • Hunting Down EMF In Your Office, Bedroom, Gym & Beyond: Is Your Home’s “Dirty Electricity” Wrecking Your Sleep, Your Recovery, Your Health & More? The Official Ben Greenfield & Brian Hoyer Low-EMF Home How-To, With Brian Hoyer.
  • The Intriguing Science Of Building Biology (Along With A Complete Analysis & Surprising Results From Ben Greenfield’s So-Called “Biohacked Home”), With Brian Hoyer.

• It's difficult to expose everyone to a virus
• There's no element of the environment that won't have an effect on human health
• How To Biohack The Ultimate Healthy Home: Part 1, with Dr. Jack Kruse
• Light and biochemistry
• Optimizing internal and external environments

• Quantify the light in your environment via a smartphone app
• Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) - Sunlight deficiency
• Sunglasses may be contributing to SAD, affecting emotions deleteriously
• Paper: Melatonin and the Optics of the Human Body
• Bright light during the day is essential for proper melatonin production at night
• Re-Timer light therapy glasses
• Antioxidant benefits of light are lost
• Supplementation of melatonin should copy nature
• Red and near-infrared light (Joovv)
• Naturally lit environment at night
• Vaping, ozone generators hurt melatonin production
• Tryptophan and vitamin B6 are necessary to produce melatonin

• Dr. John Lieurance melatonin reset
  • The Crazy Future Of Medical Biohacking: Skull Resets, Suppositories, Nasal Sprays, Nebulizers, Sound Therapy & More With Dr. John Lieurance.
• The Man Who Is Curing Blindness And Alzheimer's, Growing New Brain Cells & Elegantly Fabricating Some Of The Most Powerful Nootropics Known To Humankind with Dr. Andrew Huberman
• Exposure to light at a temperature minimum to reset circadian rhythm
• Don't reinvent nature; tools can become liabilities
• Lux light meter app for smartphone
• Article: Indoor Lighting Causes More Cancer than the Sun by Leland Stillman
• D Minder app
• Clearlight Sauna
• Joovv

• First determine your goal
• Red lamp during the night when waking up in the night
• HugoAi lamps
• Dimmable lights tend to produce higher amounts of EMF
• Dirty EMF filter
• Turn off dimmers during sleep

• Dr. Jack Kruse: "Eat like a shark, live like a polar bear"
  • Jack Kruse Tells You How To Live Like A Polar Bear And Eat Like A Great White Shark
• Humans in high artificial light eat lots of food, gain weight, don't sleep well, etc.
• Polar bears have many of the same metabolic abnormalities as humans with the poor diets
• Adaptations that allow them to survive the winter
• Leland had many of these symptoms
• Repleted levels of nutrients and health improved dramatically
• Balance Protocol by Dr. Anthony Beck

• Vladimir Buteyko
  • The Ultimate Breathwork Ninja Guide: How To Banish Stress & Kiss High Cortisol Goodbye
• The sickest patients breathe quickly and rapidly
• Animals that live the shortest take more rapid and shallow breaths
• Low rate of oxygen exposure = longer lifespan
• Nasal, diaphragmatic breathing for the vagus nerve
• Box breathing
• Respiratory systems back to optimal breathing mechanics
• BGF podcasts on breathing and breathwork:
  • Biohack Your Breath With Nose “Boners,” Carbon Dioxide Inhalation, Tibetan Longevity Stretches & Much More: How To Unlock The New Science Of A Lost Art, with James Nestor
  • The Renegade Pharmacist: How To Increase The Effects Of Psilocybin, The Secrets Of Colostrum, Fixing Constipation With Breathwork & More, with Niraj Naik
  • The Ultimate Guide To Freediving, Legal Blood Doping, Wim Hof Breathing, Increasing Your Breathhold Time, Underwater Ear Equalizing, Spearfishing & Much More! With Ted Harty
  • Maximize Oxygen Utilization Efficiency, Simulate High Altitude Training, Get The Cardiovascular Capacity of a Navy SEAL & More With “The Oxygen Advantage” Author Patrick McKeown.
• Breath Belt
• Relaxator, developed by Anders Olsson
  • Biohack Your Breath With Nose “Boners,” Carbon Dioxide Inhalation, Tibetan Longevity Stretches & Much More: How To Unlock The New Science Of A Lost Art, With Anders Olsson

• Figure out what you absolutely cannot eat (elimination diet)
• Food allergy tests have many false positives
• Immune system has reactions we can't explain
• Chia and flax seeds are rich in arginine and Omega 3 fatty acids
• Soak and blend chia and flax seeds
• We all need our diet tailored to our allergies, insensitivities, etc.
• Nutrition and the Autonomic Nervous System by Nick Gonzalez
• Measure sympathetic vs. parasympathetic nervous systems
• Article on the 5-day juice fast (Stay tuned to my feed for this article next week)
• Nature Beat app
• Driven: Understanding and Harnessing the Genetic Gifts Shared by Entrepreneurs, Navy SEALs, Pro Athletes (& Maybe You), with Doug Brackmann
  • Driven by Doug Brackmann

• Ra Optics blue light blocking glasses
• BGF podcasts with Matt Maruca:
  • Ben Accidentally Gets A Bit High On Ketamine & Talks About His Journey Of Biohacking, Ancestral Health, Spirituality, Fitness & Much More With Light Expert Matt Maruca.
  • What Time Of Day Can You Eat A “Cheat Meal,” How Cold Can Make You Unstoppable, Lies We’ve Been Led To Believe About Sunlight & Much More!, With Matt Maruca
• Our bodies are built to retain light via the mitochondria
• Hot mitochondria? Paper by Nick Lane mentioned by Leland
• Light is a form of energy
• Mitochondria emit large amounts of infrared light
• Lack of magnesium affects the ability to produce internal light

• Mindset and psychology
• Those around us sabotage our efforts to get well because of toxic negativity
• The best results are those patients with the most hope, faith, most positive mindset
• Placebo effect is a thing
• Anatomy of An Illness by Norman Cousins
• Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton

- Dr. Leland Stillman:

• Pretty Healthy
• Dr. Leland Stillman's YouTube Channel
• Indoor Lighting Causes More Cancer Than The Sun

- Podcasts And Articles:

• The Physician Who Personally Advises The World’s Leading Health Authorities, And His Tiny Invention That Pro Athletes Swear By.
• The Danger Of ‘Shrooms, Eating & Supplementing “Seasonally”, Whether Lectins Are Really Bad For You & Much More With Dr. Anthony G. Beck!
• Why Viruses Are Crucial To Life On This Planet, The Link Between Air Pollution, Glyphosate & Pandemics, Loss Of Biodiversity (& What We Can Do About It) & More With Dr. Zach Bush.
• Hunting Down EMF In Your Office, Bedroom, Gym & Beyond: Is Your Home’s “Dirty Electricity” Wrecking Your Sleep, Your Recovery, Your Health & More? The Official Ben Greenfield & Brian Hoyer Low-EMF Home How-To, With Brian Hoyer.
• The Intriguing Science Of Building Biology (Along With A Complete Analysis & Surprising Results From Ben Greenfield’s So-Called “Biohacked Home”), With Brian Hoyer.
• The Crazy Future Of Medical Biohacking: Skull Resets, Suppositories, Nasal Sprays, Nebulizers, Sound Therapy & More With Dr. John Lieurance.
• The Man Who Is Curing Blindness And Alzheimer's, Growing New Brain Cells & Elegantly Fabricating Some Of The Most Powerful Nootropics Known To Humankind with Dr. Andrew Huberman
• Jack Kruse Tells You How To Live Like A Polar Bear And Eat Like A Great White Shark
• Biohack Your Breath With Nose “Boners,” Carbon Dioxide Inhalation, Tibetan Longevity Stretches & Much More: How To Unlock The New Science Of A Lost Art, With James Nestor
• The Renegade Pharmacist: How To Increase The Effects Of Psilocybin, The Secrets Of Colostrum, Fixing Constipation With Breathwork & More, With Niraj Naik
• The Ultimate Guide To Freediving, Legal Blood Doping, Wim Hof Breathing, Increasing Your Breathhold Time, Underwater Ear Equalizing, Spearfishing & Much More! With Ted Harty
• Maximize Oxygen Utilization Efficiency, Simulate High Altitude Training, Get The Cardiovascular Capacity of a Navy SEAL & More With “The Oxygen Advantage” Author Patrick McKeown.
• Biohack Your Breath With Nose “Boners,” Carbon Dioxide Inhalation, Tibetan Longevity Stretches & Much More: How To Unlock The New Science Of A Lost Art, With Anders Olsson
• Driven: Understanding and Harnessing the Genetic Gifts Shared by Entrepreneurs, Navy SEALs, Pro Athletes (& Maybe You), With Doug Brackmann
• Ben Accidentally Gets A Bit High On Ketamine & Talks About His Journey Of Biohacking, Ancestral Health, Spirituality, Fitness & Much More With Light Expert Matt Maruca.
• What Time Of Day Can You Eat A “Cheat Meal,” How Cold Can Make You Unstoppable, Lies We’ve Been Led To Believe About Sunlight & Much More!, With Matt Maruca
• The Ultimate Breathwork Ninja Guide: How To Banish Stress & Kiss High Cortisol Goodbye

- Books:

• The Invisible Rainbow By Arthur Firstenberg
• Driven By Doug Brackmann
• Anatomy Of An Illness By Norman Cousins
• Biology Of Belief By Bruce Lipton

- Gear and Supplements:

• Re-Timer Light Therapy Glasses
• Joovv
• Clearlight Sauna
• Red Lamp
• HugoAi Lamps
• Dirty EMF Filter
• Breath Belt
• Relaxator
• Ra Optics
• No Choice Grounding Garments
• Lambs Underwear
• Grounding Bags
• Bags For Phones
• Canopy
• Silvershield EMF Shielding Tent
• Melatonin Patch
• Melatonin Reset
• Thorne 5-Hydroxytryptophan (Tryptophan With Vitamin B6)
• Chia Seeds
• Flax Seeds
• Kion Omega

- Other Resources:

• Life Site News
• Lux Light Meter App
• D Minder App
• Nature Beat App
• Balance Protocol by Dr. Anthony Beck
• Box Breathing
• Vladimir Buteyko
• Melatonin And The Optics Of The Human Body
• Hot Mitochondria?
• 10 Dangerous Drugs Recalled By The FDA
• The Therapeutic Potential Of Melatonin: A Review Of The Science
• Comparing The Best Light Meter Apps That Actually Work
• Evidence for a Connection Between COVID-19 and Exposure to Radiofrequency Radiation from Wireless Telecommunications Including Microwaves and Millimeter Waves

-The Boundless Cookbook: Optimize your physical and mental performance with nutritious and delicious Greenfield family recipes. This is your roadmap to a culinary journey that includes ancient food and wild game preparation tactics, biohacked smoothies, meat rubs, cocktails, desserts, and beyond—without any restrictive diet, limited ingredients, or tasteless “health foods!” Pre-order today.

-Kion Clean Energy Bars: Satisfying, nutrient-dense, real-food energy bars with a delicious chocolate coconut flavor! BGF listeners save 20% off your first order with code BGF20. -Organifi Green Juice: Now you can get all your healthy superfoods in one glass...with No Shopping, No Blending, No Juicing, and No Cleanup. Get a 20% discount on your entire order when you use discount code BENG20.

-Water and Wellness: The best solution for clean and safe drinking water. Water and Wellness also offers an amazing line of essential water additives such as Quinton Marine plasma which contain over 78 trace minerals and elements from the ocean to help restore your biological-terrain. Get 15% off your order when you use discount code GREENFIELD.

-Beekeeper's Naturals: A wellness company specializing in innovative nutraceuticals made from healing hive compounds and plant-based ingredients. Get 15% off your order when you use discount code BEN.

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I thought I knew everything there was to know about essential oils. I've been using them ever since my father, Gary Greenfield, introduced me to the incredibly powerful oil of oregano nearly 18 years ago. I quickly adopted oil of oregano as part of my health regimen—using it for everything from supporting my immune system to balancing my gut microbiome to cleaning my teeth.  I've also done tons of podcasts about essential oils, including:

• The Wizard Of Essential Oils Strikes Again: The Hidden & Magical World Of Little-Known Plant Extracts For Digestion, Relaxation, Libido, Immunity & Much More! with Dr. Nick Berry.
• Everything You Need To Know About Essential Oils For Fat Loss, Performance, Smart Drugs, Scar Healing, Detoxing And More, With Dr. Sarah Lobisco.
• The Best Book That Exists For Learning About The Healing Power of Essential Oils And How To Use Them: Soothe Inflammation, Boost Mood, Prevent Autoimmunity & Much More, With Dr. Eric Zielinski.
• Psychoactive Sleep Edibles, Essential Oil Wizardry, Cosmic Orgasms & More With Dr. Nick Berry

I am constantly diffusing essential oils in my bedroom and office; sniff oils like peppermint, rosemary, and cinnamon pre-workout; rub oils into the feet of my children before they go to bed at night; and basically check every box of being a full-on, card-carrying essential oil hippie.

But, after recently reading the book Essential Oils to Boost the Brain and Heal the Body: 5 Steps to Calm Anxiety, Sleep Better, and Reduce Inflammation to Regain Control of Your Health by my friend Jodi Cohen, I wound up learning a host of new information and uses for essential oils I had previously been unfamiliar with. So naturally, I just had to get Jodi on my podcast.

Jodi is a bestselling author, award-winning journalist, functional practitioner, and founder of Vibrant Blue Oils, where she has combined her training in nutritional therapy and aromatherapy to create unique proprietary blends of organic and wild-crafted essential oils. She has helped over 70,000 clients heal from brain-related challenges, including anxiety, insomnia, and autoimmunity.

Her website, vibrantblueoils.com, is visited by over 500,000 natural health seekers every year, and she has rapidly become a top resource for essential oils education on the Internet today. Jodi believes that just as your cell phone or laptop slows down and drains the battery when too many tabs are left open, your brain fatigues when poorly functioning systems or ailments drain its energy.

Complaints of brain fog, fatigue, and ADD/ADHD are on the rise and growing every year. All of these factors can block your brain's ability to detoxify and heal. If toxins are not eliminated, they recirculate in the brain, leading to inflammation, which further compromises your brain. What's more, formal diagnoses of brain-related health challenges like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and ALS are increasing exponentially.

Here's her good news: Plant-based essential oils are a powerful self-care tool for transforming your life and healing on many levels, even when prescription drugs have failed. In Jodi Cohen’s five-step protocol outlined in her book, the body's natural systems are jump-started with essential oil recipe blends that can:

• Alleviate stress, anxiety, and depression
• Improve sleep
• Calm pain and inflammation
• Increase energy, sharpen focus, and improve memory
• Improve digestion and promote weight loss
• Strengthen the immune system

Armed with Cohen’s five steps in her book, and this podcast, you’ll be able to start your own essential oils regimen immediately and be on your way to a healthier body and brain.

• Circulation blend
  • Black pepper to a circulatory blend enhances synergy of the blend
  • Helps with oxygen flow, thought, reactivity, etc.
• Datis Kharrazian
• Master Cleanse fast
• BioGeometry Protection Of Your Home, Plant Medicine, Parenting, Stacking Rocks, Stages Of Human Consciousness & More With Paul Chek.
• FUM pen

• Jodi's daughter was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and her son was diagnosed with depression
• Collapsed emotionally after her son was under proper care
• Ingesting what she thought was the proper nutrition (trained as a nutritionist)
• A friend gave her a gift of essential oils; said her gut was damaged to not ingest the nutrition she was taking in
• Muscle testing technique to narrow into the most effective remedy
• Suffering from insomnia
• Pineal gland doesn't secrete melatonin when cortisol is released in excess
• Researched essential oils and realized two things
  1. Very little was researched on how essential oils balance physiology
  2. Existing research was too complicated
• Oils can be used for preventative medicine

• Clinical practice inconsistent with the research
• Topical application does not have a systemic benefit
  • Behind the ears for vagal nerve stimulation
  • Above the kidneys on the lower back for the adrenals
• Clinical practice was inconsistent with what the research said
• Research on topical application says it is not very effective
  • Applying topical application on a sore knee after a workout has an almost immediate effect but a topical application on the knee does not relieve soreness on your neck
• Kevin Tracey, surgically implementing devices behind the ear to activate vagus nerve
• FDA has approved this for epilepsy, migraines, and such
• Stimulatory oils to trigger the parasympathetic nervous system (experiment with blends)
  • Parasympathetic blend for the vagus nerve; trigger a systemic response by stimulating the vagus nerve
  • Adrenal blend for the adrenals
• Acupuncture and oils alleviate stagnation and congestion with the energy
• Hidden Messages in Water by Masaru Emoto

• Plant constituents involved in flavonoid synthesis
• Terry Wahls wrote foreword to Jodi's book
• Advocates plant diversity and essential oils
• Good for the digestive process, act as prebiotics
• Chemistry of Essential Oils Made Simple by David Stewart
• Breast cancer treatments target hormone receptors and prevent cancer cells from metastasizing
• Endocrine-disrupting chemicals
• Essential oils are fat-soluble, can access the cell and clean cell receptors

• Reflex points are on the bottom of the feet and ears
• Big toe correlated with the brain
• Err on the side of caution with a carrier oil
• Parasympathetic blend has clove and lime for the vagus nerve; use as an acupuncture needle
• Only pressed citrus blends may have potential for harm to the skin in the sun (distilled isn't as harmful)
• Vagus nerve infection hypothesis
• Mouth is a hotbed for most infections
• The jaw drains near the earlobe where it intersects with the vagus nerve
• Dr. Christine Schaffer of Immanence Health in Seattle
• Topically applying oils on the neck has many benefits
• Lymph is like a one-way street

• Different oils work differently as carrier oils
• Fractionated coconut oils for the vagus nerve
• Jojoba oil for slower, yoga-type effect
• Most essential oil research looks at blends, not single oils

• Circadian Rhythm blend, with rose geranium, grapefruit, melaleuca, myrtle, lavender, myrrh, balsam of Peru, with fractionated coconut oil as carrier
• Pineal gland releases melatonin in response to darkness
  • Melatonin is great for detoxifying
• Blood-brain barrier doesn't protect the pineal gland; blood flow is very high in that area
• Glyphosate, aluminum, and fluoride from the water hits the pineal gland harder than other parts of the brain (impedes ability to release melatonin)
• Most remedies can't get into the brain due to the blood-brain barrier
• They remove calcification, congestion
• Remove chelation in the brain area
• Skin above the ears is very thin, ideal place to apply oils
• Things imbalanced in most people (as discussed in the book):
  • Stuck in the parasympathetic fight or flight state of the nervous system so they can't heal
  • Lack of sleep; sleep is when the brain detoxifies; the brain cleans house during sleep
  • Energy
  • Immune modulation
• People report better recall of dreams and even erotic dreams using the Circadian Rhythm blend

• Essential oils improve blood and lymph flow, relieve inflammation
• Peppermint is efficacious for pain relief
• Parasympathetic blend, with clove and lime, calms pain signals
• Smelling as a general anesthetic - takes priority over all your senses
• Nose cells are actually brain cells; calms your nervous system that way
• Topically apply peppermint, basil, lavender, and frankincense for immediate relief

• Different types of cinnamon oil depending on where on the plant it comes from
• Cinnamon bark for appetite suppression
  • Topically apply in inner cheek, diluted with coconut oil
• Oil pulling is a great strategy
• Jodi's oil pulling strategy:
  • 1/2 cup coconut oil
  • 30 drops of either peppermint or cinnamon
• Cinnamon oil is also a great mosquito repellant
• Thieves oil
• BGF oral health podcasts:
  • It’s All In Your Mouth: How Your Teeth Are Impacting Your Immune System, Sleep, Performance, Inflammation & Much More (& What You Can Do About It With Holistic Dentistry), With Dr. Dominik Nischwitz
  • Is Charcoal Toothpaste OK, 8 Crucial Mouth Beauty & Oral Health Tips, Peptides For Oral Care, The Invisible Dental Flow In Your Mouth & Much More With Nadine Artemis.
  • 403: Teeth Care Tactics, How To Time Your Protein For Muscle Gain, Biohacking Night Shift Work & Much More!

1. Shifting the nervous system into parasympathetic
2. Improving sleep and detoxifying the brain
3. Fueling the brain with energy; lymphatic flow
4. Reducing stress, improving mood, weight loss, and increasing energy
5. Modulating the immune system

• Inhale through the left nostril as an antidote to anxiety attacks
• The Healing Code by Alexander Loyd
• Apply on the forehead for hypothalamus to "reboot to factory settings"
  • The adrenals and the thyroid are controlled by the hypothalamus
  • The hypothalamus is the "CEO of the endocrine system"
• Brain inflammation is responsible for fatigue, memory loss, pain
• Immune cells in the brain are different from immune cells in the body
• Frankincense can turn off inflammatory cascade in the brain (similar to CBD)
• The most efficient way to apply oils is at the base of the brain

• Morning exercise, oil pulling - peppermint with coconut oil
• Enhance circulation with Circulation blend mentioned above
• Combine with Lymph oil
• Parasympathetic state optimizes digestion
  • Parasympathetic blend before meals
• Circadian rhythm blend before bed (in an Epsom salt bath)
• Your skin is your largest organ
• For relaxation before bed, combine in a bath (mix in the tub so the oil doesn't float on top):
  • 2 cups of baking soda
  • 1 cup of Epsom salt
  • 3 drops of lavender
• Any essential oil diffuser will work fine; be sure to clean regularly with vinegar so you're not diffusing mold, and avoid overuse

• Linda Buck research on effects of rose oil on olfactory receptors
• Stay in the parasympathetic state as much as possible
• Jodi's free gift "Boost the Brain"  (an entire chapter from her book on the vagus nerve)
• Ensure the oils you use are organic

- Jodi Cohen:

• Essential Oils To Boost The Brain And Heal The Body
• Healing With Essential Oils
• Vibrant Blue Oils
  • Circulation Blend
  • Parasympathetic Blend
  • Adrenal Blend
  • Circadian Rhythm Blend
  • Peppermint
  • Lavender
  • Frankincense
  • Lymph Oil
• Free Chapter "Boost the Brain"

- Podcasts:

• The Wizard Of Essential Oils Strikes Again: The Hidden & Magical World Of Little-Known Plant Extracts For Digestion, Relaxation, Libido, Immunity & Much More! with Dr. Nick Berry.
• Everything You Need To Know About Essential Oils For Fat Loss, Performance, Smart Drugs, Scar Healing, Detoxing And More, With Dr. Sarah Lobisco.
• The Best Book That Exists For Learning About The Healing Power of Essential Oils And How To Use Them: Soothe Inflammation, Boost Mood, Prevent Autoimmunity & Much More, With Dr. Eric Zielinski.
• Psychoactive Sleep Edibles, Essential Oil Wizardry, Cosmic Orgasms & More With Dr. Nick Berry
• BioGeometry Protection Of Your Home, Plant Medicine, Parenting, Stacking Rocks, Stages Of Human Consciousness & More With Paul Chek.
• It’s All In Your Mouth: How Your Teeth Are Impacting Your Immune System, Sleep, Performance, Inflammation & Much More (& What You Can Do About It With Holistic Dentistry), With Dr. Dominik Nischwitz
• Is Charcoal Toothpaste OK, 8 Crucial Mouth Beauty & Oral Health Tips, Peptides For Oral Care, The Invisible Dental Flow In Your Mouth & Much More With Nadine Artemis.
• 403: Teeth Care Tactics, How To Time Your Protein For Muscle Gain, Biohacking Night Shift Work & Much More!

- Books:

• The Cure In the Cupboard By Cass Ingram
• Hidden Messages In Water By Masaru Emoto
• Chemistry Of Essential Oils Made Simple By David Stewart
• The Healing Code By Alexander Loyd

- Other resources:

• FUM Pen
• Essential Oil Diffuser
• Oil Of Oregano
• Master Cleanse
• Fractionated Coconut Oils
• Oil Pulling
• Coconut Oil
• Thieves Oil
• Magnesium Bath Salt
• Baking Soda
• Datis Kharrazian
• Kevin Tracey
• Terry Wahls
• Dr. Christine Schaffer Of Immanence Health
• Linda Buck Research On Olfactory Receptors
• Vagus Nerve Infection Hypothesis
• How Essential Oils Detoxify The Pineal Gland
• 3 Essential Oil Blends To Mend Cell Receptors

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Hey, what's up. It's Ben Greenfield. You may have heard that I wrote a new book. It's free at fitsoulbook.com as a digital download. You can also get the physical version for next to nothing. I'm not making any money off this book. I'm just covering my shipping and handling and printing costs. I just want you to experience some of the things I've written within the pages.

Now, because of that, I'm also recording the audio book version, and I want to give you a bit of a taste of that audio book version. 

If you like it all the resources and everything for what you're about to hear are at fitsoulbook.com/chapter3.

So I hope you enjoy this chapter and you can always find me on social media at Ben Greenfield Fitness on most social media platforms. And perhaps there you can just let me know what you think. 

So without further ado, here we go.

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Meet Tracy Duhs. I've been a guest on Tracy's podcast in the past. You can listen to that episode here.  T

racy, like me, was homeschooled K-12, so she's a bit...well...weird, like me. Like me, she also believes that optimal health is a fundamental right for all humanity, not just a privilege for a select few. Helping people activate their vitality and feel alive has been Tracy’s life long mission.

Growing up in a missionary home cultivated her profound sense of compassion and her desire to educate on the simple foundations needed to look and feel our best.

Also like me, by the time she was 15, Tracy had already begun her undergraduate education in medicine. At 16, Tracy shadowed a missionary doctor working in an indigenous village in Guatemala, where she gained hands-on surgical and medical training. The time she spent there opened her eyes and enlarged her heart, to the need for wholistic wellness education and foundations.

After her experience in Guatemala, Tracy decided to forgo a traditional allopathic medical career in favor of one that focused on regenerative care and education. When Tracy became a mother, her professional  path took a personal turn.

Her first child, Grace, was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s thyroid and alopecia universalis at the age of two. Emboldened by her daughter’s struggle, Tracy began her journey into into hydration education by pursuing a PhD in the field of biogenetics as well as shadowing doctors from all around the globe to learn their different approaches to disease.

It was through these experiences that Tracy became passionate about hydration as she learned the power hydration has to transform overall health and wellness in all people.

Today, Tracy works as a modern wellness advocate specializing in the restorative powers of intelligent hydration. She has parlayed her wealth of experience and knowledge into a multi-dimensional career in wellness advocacy and education, starting with her podcast, HYDRATE.

Tracy frequently consults large corporations and hotels to help build and facilitate wellness experiences. She also serves as the Director of the International Brain Summit.

Tracy is the founder the Sanctuary Wellness Experience in San Diego and co-founder of Hydrate at the Sanctuary.

• Elixir ingredients:
  • Chaga
  • Tocos powder (rice bran extracts for vitamin E)
  • Monk fruit for sweetener
• Blend with Vitamix
• Tracy is publishing an elixir book soon, Hydrate: A Foundation For Life
• Tracy's podcast Hydrate
• Proper nutrients improves neurochemistry, which in turn improves your person
• Kin Euphorics

• Sanctuary Wellness Center - Tracy's crib in San Diego
• Why Water, Sunlight, Grounding & Relationships Are The Keys To Your Health & How To Feed, Clean & Protect Your Body Forever: An Interview With Ben Greenfield’s Father Gary Greenfield
• Tracy grew up in Salinas, CA
• Her mom's chronic illness inspired compassion and a desire to learn about human physiology
• First pregnancy at age 24 she was always craving water
• She had to do an emergency caesarian due to a dry sac - baby could have died if she didn't
• The water she was drinking could not effectively hydrate - it was simply passing through her system
• Excelled in science in school and college
• Traveled to Guatamela with her missionary father to work in medical missions
• Considered medical school but didn't connect with the reality of being a MD
• Moved to San Diego at age 17 with her parents and switched to a business focus in college
• Paid for school by modeling, took an interest in the wellness of fellow models
• She eventually began a modeling agency that taught health and wellness to models to help their careers

• Her daughter suffered from autoimmune deficiency
• Lymphatic cleanse was the missing component that resulted in Tracy's daughter's issue
• Dr. Perry Nickelston, lymphatic system expert
• Went back to school to learn more about her daughter's problem
• Blood, bioenergetic testing to gauge detox
• Electro Acupuncture (EAV) device that measures cell's vibratory frequency
• German and Chinese meridian points

• There are things we need to do in the modern world people didn't need to do previously
• Trampoline
• Magnetic clay bath
• Water & Water Filtration: Everything You Need To Know About Water Filters, Alkaline Water, Structured Water, Hydrogen-Rich Water, Deuterium-Depleted Water & Much More with Robert Slovak
• Water and Wellness hydrogen tablets
• Mud packing and baths helped with swollen joints Tracy suffered as a child
• Walking on wet sand for 45 minutes is a miracle worker
• The ocean is the Earth's amniotic fluid
• The Cure Is In the Cupboard by Cass Ingram
• Hyssop was used for cleansing in biblical times

• Was doing reverse osmosis (chemically clean, but no minerals, dead water)
• A medicine woman gave her nettle horse tail hibiscus tea; the life slowly came back to her body
• Realized the issue was a lack of minerals in the water she was drinking
• Dr. Thomas Cowan's writings on water
• H3O2 - Dr. Gerald Pollack
• Structured water
• Photobiomodulation (Joovv)
• First and last 15 minutes of sunlight are packed with essential nutrition
• Grounding, magnetism from the Earth allow cells to maintain their charge
• Non-native EMF's harm cells, depolarization
• Cancer cells are depolarized cells
• Unplug wifi to shift body into parasympathetic state
• Tracy has 800 pounds of magnets under her bed
• The cells in our body hold more information than our cell phones

• We're made of 98.9% water molecules
• Water is the source receiver of all information we come into contact with
• Studying physics and quantum mechanics caused everything to come together intellectually, spiritually, emotionally
• Realized the thoughts she was thinking affected how the cells in her body charged or were not charged
• Positive thoughts, belief in a higher power, healthy family life circumventing less than ideal health habits

• Water & Water Filtration: Everything You Need To Know About Water Filters, Alkaline Water, Structured Water, Hydrogen-Rich Water, Deuterium-Depleted Water & Much More!, with Robert Slovak of Water and Wellness
• Beta-oxidation results in naturally deuterium-depleted water
• DDW Center in Los Angeles
• Tracy's podcast on DDW
• The body makes its own metabolic water - the purest water possible
• Sunlight, grounding, minerals is how our body makes this water

• Quench by Dana Cohen
• Quench: The Big “8 Glasses A Day” Water Myth, Why Water Isn’t The Best Way To Fully Hydrate & Much More!, with Dana Cohen
• Quinton minerals
• Cucumbers, chia seeds slurries, avocados (especially organic) have naturally structured water
• Jerky, so-called healthy foods that are dehydrated lose many of the really healthy qualities in their natural form

- Tracy Duhs:

• Hydrate Podcast
• The Sanctuary Wellness Experience
• Going Deeper With Ben Greenfield Podcast
• Prolonging Human Life By Examining The Effects Of Deuterium With Dr. Laszlo G. Boros
• Comin Out Soon: Tracy's Book Hydrate: A Foundation For Life

- Podcasts:

• Why Water, Sunlight, Grounding & Relationships Are The Keys To Your Health & How To Feed, Clean & Protect Your Body Forever: An Interview With Ben Greenfield’s Father Gary Greenfield
• Water & Water Filtration: Everything You Need To Know About Water Filters, Alkaline Water, Structured Water, Hydrogen-Rich Water, Deuterium-Depleted Water & Much More With Robert Slovak
• Quench: The Big “8 Glasses A Day” Water Myth, Why Water Isn’t The Best Way To Fully Hydrate & Much More!, With Dana Cohen
• My New #1 Hack For Zapping Inflammation, Increasing Deep Sleep & Recovering Faster – Earthing (The Most Important Health Discovery Ever?), With Clint Ober

- Books:

• The Cure Is In the Cupboard By Cass Ingram
• Quench By Dana Cohen

- Gear and supplements:

• Trampoline
• Magnetic Clay Bath
• Joovv
• Structured Water
• Vitamix Blender
• Kin Euphorics
• Chaga
• Tocos Powder
• Monk Fruit Sweetener
• Water and Wellness Hydrogen Tablets
• Quinton Minerals

- Other resources:

• Center For Deuterium Depletion In Los Angeles
• Dr. Tom Cowan On Why Cells Depend On Structured Water For Form & Function
• H3O2: The 4th Phase Of Water

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No trip to San Diego would be complete without interviewing at least one Navy SEAL, which is exactly what I got up to on a recent trip to San Diego.

• Nick's interview with Tim Ferriss
• Graduated SEAL training in 2004
• Served in Iraq in the mid 2000's alongside multi services
• BGF podcasts with Mark Divine
  • Potent Breathwork Tactics From A Navy SEAL Commander, Staring Down Your Wolf, Operating Calmly Under Stress & More With Mark Divine.
  • Secrets Of The Navy Seals: How To Train, Eat & Think Like The World’s Toughest Fighters With Mark Divine.
• Mark Divine's Kokoro program (Ben says this is one of the more difficult things he's done)

• COMT gene (shared by serial killers)
• Means you clear dopamine slower than others
• Driven by Dr. Doug Brackmann
• Driven: Understanding and Harnessing the Genetic Gifts Shared by Entrepreneurs, Navy SEALs, Pro Athletes (& Maybe You), With Dr. Doug Brackmann.
• What separates SEALs from the rest of their peers; it's also a barrier to civilian life when they leave the service
• High stress environment in SEAL training enables those not genetically endowed to operate under extreme stress

• Nick was part of a drill carrying a very heavy object
• People were falling out, quitting left and right
• This led to Nick being extremely frustrated, nearly losing control of his emotions
• He realized that being in control of his emotions was the most important quality of being an officer in the SEALs
• Dr. Andrew Huberman of Stanford U.
  • The Man Who Is Curing Blindness And Alzheimers, Growing New Brain Cells & Elegantly Fabricating Some Of The Most Powerful Nootropics Known To Humankind, With Dr. Andrew Huberman.
• Sometimes the best thing you can do is something to make you feel like you're making forward progress
• Lattice climbing group in the UK

• Oura Ring
• Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions org Nick mentions
• Blake Mycoskie and Pat Dossett of Madefor
• Studying Ibogaine as a treatment for PTSD/micro TBI
• Chris Bell documentary on Ibogaine
• Typical dose is around 800 mg; smaller than when used for opioid addiction
• Risk of cardiac arrhythmia, EKG is needed prior to treatment
• Ibogaine microdose for energy prior to workout

• Nick struggled with shame associated with PTSD (was reluctant to open up on Ferriss' podcast)
• SEALs are great at "compartmentalizing"; great for their job, not so much in civilian life
• Felt "flat" after leaving the SEALs
• Initially approached it from an endocrine standpoint
• Docs labeled it as a clinical depression
• Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
• Eventually led to Ibogaine on the recommendation (and social proof) of fellow SEALs
• Approach Ibogaine with much caution
• Hot/cold contrast therapy
• Morozko Forge (use code BENFORGE to save $150)

• Compartmentalization
• Fear of judgment; you're either "in" or "out" as a SEAL
• Overcoming "messiah" complex
• Relate love for our children with the love God has for us
• Unconditional love from a greater power

• Sleep was messed up for most of his military career (REM sleep was non-existent)
• Psychedelic assisted therapy
• Multi-modal approach
• Meditation to prepare for experience of ibogaine
  • Sam Harris' Waking Up app
  • Developed his own meditation practice (mindfulness and breathwork)
  • Intuition
• Driven by Doug Brackmann
• Staying vigilant and operating between green and yellow is a good thing

• Bouldering keeps him outdoors
• Ambulating under load (walking for extended period of time with weight)

• Protekt Products
• "Keep it simple" is the mantra for the brand
• Book on hydration - Quench by Dana Cohen (drinking water is inefficient for hydrating)
• Consume foods that are naturally plenteous in water (not dehydrated variants)
• What's in the water and water content of the food you eat is the most important factor
• Exercise and a good meal in the afternoon and evening often contradict conventional wisdom

• Nearly drowned while cliff jumping on the Big Island of Hawai'i
• Belief in eternal life as a panacea to FOMO
• Heaven by Randy Alcorn

- Nick Norris:

• Protekt Products
• C4 Foundation
• Veterans Exploring Treatment Solutions
• Nick's Interview with Tim Ferriss

- Podcasts and articles:

• Potent Breathwork Tactics From a Navy SEAL Commander, Staring Down Your Wolf, Operating Calmly Under Stress & More With Mark Divine.
• Secrets of the Navy Seals: How to Train, Eat & Think Like the World’s Toughest Fighters With Mark Divine.
• Driven: Understanding and Harnessing the Genetic Gifts Shared by Entrepreneurs, Navy SEALs, Pro Athletes (& Maybe You), With Dr. Doug Brackmann.
• The Man Who is Curing Blindness and Alzheimers, Growing New Brain Cells & Elegantly Fabricating Some of The Most Powerful Nootropics Known to Humankind, With Dr. Andrew Huberman.
• Why You Can’t Afford Not to Meditate (& One Simple Mindfulness Exercise You Can Do Today)
• The Ultimate Breathwork Ninja Guide: How to Banish Stress & Kiss High Cortisol Goodbye

- Books:

• Driven by Dr. Doug Brackmann
• Quench by Dana Cohen
• Heaven by Randy Alcorn

- Other resources:

• Oura Ring
• Morozko Forge (use code BENFORGE to save $150)
• Mark Divine's Kokoro Program
• Waking Up App
• Dr. Andrew Huberman of Stanford University
• Chris Bell Documentary on Ibogaine
• Psychedelic Assisted Therapy
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
• Intuition Meditation
• COMT Gene
• Lattice Climbing
• Bouldering

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Hey, what's up. It's Ben Greenfield. You may have heard that I wrote a new book. It's free at fitsoulbook.com as a digital download. You can also get the physical version for next to nothing. I'm not making any money off this book. I'm just covering my shipping and handling and printing costs. I just want you to experience some of the things I've written within the pages.

Now, because of that, I'm also recording the audio book version, and I want to give you a bit of a taste of that audio book version. 

If you like it all the resources and everything for what you're about to hear are at fitsoulbook.com/chapter2.

So I hope you enjoy this chapter and you can always find me on social media at Ben Greenfield Fitness on most social media platforms. And perhaps there you can just let me know what you think. 

So without further ado, here we go.

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I've talked in the past about the use of inaudible sound waves to elicit specific brain wave and neurotransmitter responses, specifically with a device called the "Apollo," which I discuss in this podcast.

I've also been exploring the use of magnetic waves to elicit certain neurotransmitter responses, via a device called a "Hapbee," which can simulate chemicals such as caffeine, nicotine, melatonin, MDMA, etc. to elicit a physiological response without the actual intake of supplements, pharmaceuticals, or any other compounds or medicines. I'll be doing a podcast on this device soon.

And finally, I've now been experimenting with a so-called "Infopathy" device (use code BENG10 for 10% off any of their devices), which "imprints" water, or your body, with frequencies of everything from St. John's Wort to coffee to Viagra to anything else you want from their literal hundreds of "infoceutical" options. It's so fascinating that I just had to get the inventor on the show!

Anton Fedorenko, the creator of the Infopathy devices, received his BASc in applied physics and mathematics and MASc in innovation and high technologies from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in Russia. For 10 years, Anton has been involved with several water-related projects wherein he not only conducted fundamental research but also developed water-related products and web-based platforms.

From 2013 to 2017, he was a member of the organizing committee for the annual Water Conference on the Physics, Chemistry, and Biology of Water.

In 2018, Anton founded Ash•Nu Technologies Inc. and is currently developing two platforms: Infopathy and AquaPsy. Infopathy allows users to transfer infoceuticals (ICs) for health, cosmetic, veterinary, and gardening purposes anytime, anywhere.

AquaPsy takes consciousness research to a whole new level. Through AquaPsy, people from around the world can be connected remotely to water-based sensors, which can detect and evaluate influences caused by non-local mind effects. Both these platforms help one rediscover themselves from the quantum view.

• An online platform where people can download signals recorded from various substances
• Use properties for medications without actual substances
• Naturopaths have used this practice for years
• First publication on the topic was in 1922 (how metals affect blood vessels in rabbits)
• Memory of water is a term associated with infopathy
• Why Water, Sunlight, Grounding & Relationships Are The Keys To Your Health & How To Feed, Clean & Protect Your Body Forever: An Interview With Ben Greenfield’s Father Gary Greenfield.
• Similar, but not the same as homeopathy
• Article: What Are Infoceuticals?
• Infoceutical FAQs

• Video on the QED theory
• Should water be consumed immediately after being treated?
  • Consume within 3 days
  • Avoid exposure to WiFi or cell phones
• Miron glass to protect herbs and nutrients from radiation
• 1 tsp of salt added into the water to increases the efficacy of infopathy (mineralized water is more stable)
• IC Pad for charging water (use code BENG10 to save 10%)

• A "complex" is a mix of several ingredients into one water
• Suggestions for complexes in order to get the desired result
• Public complexes are created by practitioners via a peer-reviewed process
• Running a new infoceutical on top of an existing one will override the old one

• IC Hummer wearable device, that can also be used on water (use code BENG10 to save 10%)
• If you don't have the IC Pad, wrap the Hummer around the water and get the same effect
• IC Pad is slightly faster than the Hummer and also contains herbs
• The IC Hummer can be attached to the body and absorbed while you do stuff
• Get a better effect if you wear two IC Hummers at once
• You can be up to 30 feet away from the device and get the effect
• A wired device will be more effective than a bluetooth device

• Files are stored in audio format
• The PEMF absorbs the electromagnetic waves that are present in the audio
• Some infoceuticals are PEMF only: must be plugged in, no Bluetooth
• PEMF infoceuticals are best applied directly to the body, not by drinking imprinted water
• Three types of infoceuticals:
  • Imprint - signals created from substances; physical products (with any device or via water)
  • PEMF - use them with Glowing IC Pad or IC Hummer to emit PEM waves (wearable and wireless)
  • Audible - does not require a device are used with headphones or with the IC Hummer (also emits acoustic waves)
• PEMFs are directly applied to the body

• Liquid should not be hotter than 30°C (around 90°F)
• Molecules move too fast for it to be effective
• Ben did a liver and gallbladder transfer via a chilled cocktail

• Publications listed on Infopathy website
• Study on Metformin's effects on Type 2 diabetes is forthcoming

• Imprint into water
• Treat pain behind eyes
• Prep 1.5 liter and use throughout the day
• Trauma complex
• Testosterone
• Sildenafil
• Complex for adrenal fatigue
• Multiple imprint infoceuticals transfer simultaneously
• PEMF is best transferred one by one via a playlist
• BioCharger

• Miracle Gro plant booster, which includes minerals
• Quinton sea minerals
• Hypertonic seawater

• Imprinted and PEMF require regular use to maintain the effects
• IC Pad can be made wireless with an inexpensive adapter
• Occasional Bluetooth exposure is not as problematic as constant exposure

• Miron glass water-dropper bottles

- Anton Fedorenko:

• Infopathy (use code BENG10 to save 10%)
  • Glowing IC Pad
  • IC Hummer
  • Circuit IC Pad
  • M.I.N.D.
  • For eyes
  • Liver and gallbladder support
  • Trauma complex
  • Testosterone
  • Sildenafil
  • Complex for adrenal fatigue
  • Hypertonic seawater
  • Miracle Gro
• Ash•Nu Technologies Inc.
• AquaPsy

- Podcast:

• Why Water, Sunlight, Grounding & Relationships Are The Keys To Your Health & How To Feed, Clean & Protect Your Body Forever: An Interview With Ben Greenfield’s Father Gary Greenfield.

- Gear:

• Hapbee
• Apollo
• Headphones
• BioCharger

- Other resources:

• Quinton Sea Minerals
• Sea Salt
• Miron Glass
• Water Conference on the Physics, Chemistry, and Biology of Water
• Nikolai P. Kravkov: Informational Influence of Pharmacological Agents on Biological Tissues
• Video on the QED theory

-Kion Coffee: Carefully selected and roasted for taste, purity, high antioxidants, and health. BGF listeners save 20% off your first order with code BGF20.

-Joovv: After using the Joovv for close to 2 years, it's the only light therapy device I'd ever recommend. Give it a try: you won't be disappointed. For a limited time, Joovv wants to hook you up with an exclusive discount on your first order. Just apply code BEN to your qualifying order. 

-Kin Euphorics: Kin Euphorics are stacked with the good stuff and none of the bad: think adaptogenic herbs and mushrooms, that help curb stress in the moment and over time. As well as nootropics that support cognitive function i.e. clarity, memory, creativity.

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If there's anything people say they want more of these days...it's energy.

The world around us continually requires more from us while we give less and less thought to our long-term health. This distracted and overwhelmed mindset has landed us squarely in survival mode, depriving us of the necessary steps to create lasting, sustained energy. The truth is most of us are so exhausted and don't know how to find the energy to live our best lives.

My friend Shawn Wells just put the finishing touches on his new book The ENERGY Formula: Six Life Changing Ingredients to Unleash Your Limitless Potential... ...which covers keto, Paleo, biohacking, stoicism, supplements, CBD, nootropics, MCTs, infrared saunas, cold plunges, how to create a sleep fortress, circadian rhythm, and much more.

With about 60 full-color diagrams and over 100 scientific citations, Shawn gives you the knowledge you will not find anywhere else, including "Formulator's Corners" in every chapter that cover doses, brands, and forms of supplements you need to be taking as well as "Resource Hacks" that tell you the products, devices, apps, and more to use. Developed by biochemist, dietitian, sports nutritionist, and formulation scientist Shawn Wells after surviving a series of torturous health battles, this pivotal and groundbreaking book is the product of meticulous and persistent research to find solutions to his personal and painful experiences—paired with two decades of legitimate clinical and scientific expertise.

Shawn previously joined me on the podcast episode "The Nitty-Gritty Underground World of Supplement Ingredients, Sports Nutrition Frankenfuels, Illegally Laced Compounds & More.," and he's been studying up on plenty more since that show, so prepare for a wild ride on today's podcast. Shawn, who is an MPH, LDN, RD, CISSN, FISSN, is a leading nutritional biochemist and expert on health optimization. He has formulated over 500 supplements, foods, beverages, and cosmeceuticals, has patented 10 novel ingredients, and is now known as the Ingredientologist—the scientist of ingredients. Formerly a chief clinical dietitian with over a decade of clinical experience, he has counseled thousands of people on natural health solutions such as keto, paleo, fasting, and supplements.

He has also personally overcome various health issues including Epstein-Barr virus, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, depression, insomnia, obesity, and a pituitary tumor. As a world-renowned thought leader on mitochondrial health, he has been paid to speak on five different continents. His insights have been prominently featured in documentaries, nationally syndicated radio programs, and regularly on morning television. Shawn's expertise can help any health-conscious individual to better manage stress and experience higher performance and more energy through utilizing his practical research-backed solutions.

• He was 40 hours into a 72-hour fast
  • 36 to 48 hours into the fast is when he starts to feel amazing
• Pique fasting tea
• Redmond Real Sea Salt
• Redmond Re-Lyte Electrolyte Drink Mix
• Hypernatremia, and why slight dehydration isn't a bad thing for performance...9:40
• Hypernatremia: not enough sodium in the blood
  • Athletes are not only more hypernatremic than dehydrated, but usually both
• Electrolyte formulas are fine, but more salt is lost while sweating
• Keto dieters tend to be hypernatremic
• Hunger and headaches may be a sign of hypernatremia rather than a lack of water
• Redmond Real Salt (contains trace minerals, family-oriented company)
• Real salt tested low in contamination (no anti-humectant added to dry out the salt)
• Celtic Sea Salt (recommended by Robert Slovak)
• Ben's morning hydration regimen:
  • Adds Quinton Hypertonic Minerals to well water from his property
  • Vitamin C 2:1 ratio to baking soda
  • Water and Wellness hydrogen tablets
• BGF podcasts on deuterium depleted water
  • • Deuterium Demystified: Everything You Need To Know About Deuterium Depleted Water (DDW), How To Lower Deuterium & Much More, With Dr. Ann Cooper And Dr. Que Collins.
    • Water & Water Filtration: Everything You Need To Know About Water Filters, Alkaline Water, Structured Water, Hydrogen-Rich Water, Deuterium-Depleted Water & Much More, With Robert Slovak.
    • Why The War On Cancer Has Failed & What You Can Do About It: Mistletoe, NAD, Deuterium Depleted Water, Melatonin, Gerson Therapy & Beyond, With Dr. Thomas Cowan
    • Vape Pens, Hair Growth Serums, Fixing The Pineal Gland & C60 (The Next Great Longevity Molecule), With Ian Mitchell.
• H2Bev hydrogen water in a can (use code BEN to save 10%)
• Avoid glyphosate like the plague (Roundup)

• Mitochondrial glutathione is the main line of defense against cell death; prevents impairment of the electron transport chain
• N-Acetylcysteine (NAC) is one of the best ways to boost glutathione
• AlmsBio Mitotherapy, with PQQ and COQ10 (use code BENGREENFIELD10 to save 10%)
• Bioadvantex's PharmaNAC
• Thorne NAC (what Shawn uses)

• Contract manufacturing is in some ways better than in-house
• Thorne, Standard Process, Pure Encapsulations invest heavily in quality control
• BioTrust spent 2 years working on a formula with Shawn
• The Nitty-Gritty Underground World of Supplement Ingredients, Sports Nutrition Frankenfuels, Illegally Laced Compounds & More, With Shawn Wells.
• You get what's on the label, and you don't get what's not on the label
• A little bit more pricey, but you're paying for that quality
• Beware of vegetable oils or "proprietary blends"
• Companies use the leaf or stem in their product when they should be using the root
  • Gingko has to be the leaf; ginseng has to be the root

• Theacrine and Dynamine™
  • Worked with Dr. Hector Lopez and Dr. Tim Ziegenfuss
• Methylliberine (Dynamine™)
• In the methylxanthine family (of which caffeine is a part)
  • Enhanced energy and focus
  • Pain reduction
  • Stimulated NAD production
  • No habituation effect as you find in caffeine
  • Less adaptation effect
• Biggest difference is the half-life
• Infopathy generator (use code BENG10 for 10% off) (Ben's podcast with Anton Federenko will be published on February 27)
• Hapbee wearable
• Theacrine and Dynamine™ are full synthetic (GMP and informed-choice tested for sports - tested athletes can use it); natural extraction is cost-prohibitive, but it does occur naturally in tea leaves and cacao
• Shawn's energy stack:
  • Creatine
  • Dynamine™
  • Alpha GPC

• Advanced Smart Drugs & Nootropics You’ve Never Heard Of, Rare Japanese Seaweed For Sleep Enhancement, The Most Powerful Form Of Vitamin B1 That Exists & Much More! With Lucas Aoun.
  • Ergogenic Health
• β-aminoisobutyric Acid - L-Baiba is an exercise mimetic (exercise augmenter)
  • Intense exercise breaks down BCAA muscle pool to use those amino acids for fuel for the workout
  • L-Valine ends up converting into L-Baiba
  • Mitoburn (L-Baiba)
• Positive things associated with exercise are enhanced when L-Baiba levels are increased in plasma
• Brown adipose tissue is brown because of the amount of iron; it's more mitochondrially dense (only 2% or so in your body); burns fat like nothing else
  • Babies can't shiver until about 6-9 months to create heat thermogenesis; we have brown adipose tissue for that reason
  • It is around your collarbone because that's your core; it's important to keep heat near your core
• More brown adipose tissue may be a factor in one's metabolism

• Grains of paradise is a type of pepper, gingery taste; similar to capsaicin and ginger
• Enhances metabolism without a stimulant effect
  • 40mg increased thermogenesis and caloric expenditure of around 100 calories a day

• Humans are the easiest to kill in all of history
• Goldilocks zone - just the right amount of hormetic stressors
• Polyphenols are xenohormetics to plants
• "Strong people are harder to kill than weak people—and more useful in general."
  • Why Strong People Are Harder To Kill (And How To Get Strong), With Keith Norris.
• Ben's 40th birthday activity: complete in a 40 hour fasted state:
  • 2-3 rounds of Wim Hof breathing leading up to a 4-minute static breath-hold
  • 1 40 kg kettlebell Turkish get-up per side
  • 4-minute dead hang from a bar 
  • 400-meter farmer's walk with a kettlebell in each hand (40kg)
  • 4-minute ice bath at 32°F (use code BENFORGE to save $150 off any Forge)

• A Rocket Scientist Homeschooler’s Insider Blood Glucose Monitoring Secrets, The Best Way To Use A Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM), Blood Sugar Biohacking Tips & Much More, with Josh Clemente of Levels Health
• Dihydroberberine
  • Consuming berberine at the gut level converts it to dihydroberberine; at the plasma level it is converted back to berberine
  • Berberine is a glucose disposal agent
• Dihydroberberine is Shawn's number 1 recommended anti-aging ingredient
  • 5x more bioavailable than berberine, and lasts around twice as long
  • Doesn't give you GI distress that you get berberine
• Mitochondrial hormetic

• HVMN ketone ester
• Ketone Aid
• Patent on active isomer RBHB (aka DBHB)
• Exogenous ketones can carry excess minerals; causes some GI distress
• All in powder form, very salty in taste

• Caprylic acid (C8) is best for increasing ketones
• Lauric acid is great as a virucidal and anti-bacterial; monolaurin for the immune system
• Dom D'Agostino has a patent pending (ketone + C8)
  • Which Ketone Supplement Works Best: Ketone Salts vs. Ketone Esters With Dr. Dominic D’Agostino.

• NMN (use code GREENFIELD10 to save 10%) is better than NR
• Ben Greenfield Interviews Dr. David Sinclair About Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don’t Have To.
• Intranasal supplements (use code BEN to save 5%) are often administered incorrectly
• Getting a quality NMN and the correct amount
• Fisetin, NMN, apigenin the ultimate stack
• Add in COQ10 and PQQ for the ultimate mitochondrial stack
• Article by John Lieurance: Mito Fast: A Brand New Advanced Anti-Aging Protocol To Nurture Your Mitochondria, Boost Autophagy, & Rejuvenate Your Stem Cells. 
• Iontophoresis NAD patches

- Shawn Wells:

• The ENERGY Formula: Six Life Changing Ingredients to Unleash Your Limitless Potential
• The Nitty-Gritty Underground World of Supplement Ingredients, Sports Nutrition Frankenfuels, Illegally Laced Compounds & More.

- Podcasts and article:

• Deuterium Demystified: Everything You Need To Know About Deuterium Depleted Water (DDW), How To Lower Deuterium & Much More, With Dr. Ann Cooper And Dr. Que Collins.
• Water & Water Filtration: Everything You Need To Know About Water Filters, Alkaline Water, Structured Water, Hydrogen-Rich Water, Deuterium-Depleted Water & Much More, With Robert Slovak.
• Why The War On Cancer Has Failed & What You Can Do About It: Mistletoe, NAD, Deuterium Depleted Water, Melatonin, Gerson Therapy & Beyond, With Dr. Thomas Cowan
• Vape Pens, Hair Growth Serums, Fixing The Pineal Gland & C60 (The Next Great Longevity Molecule), With Ian Mitchell.
• Advanced Smart Drugs & Nootropics You’ve Never Heard Of, Rare Japanese Seaweed For Sleep Enhancement, The Most Powerful Form Of Vitamin B1 That Exists & Much More! With Lucas Aoun.
• A Rocket Scientist Homeschooler’s Insider Blood Glucose Monitoring Secrets, The Best Way To Use A Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM), Blood Sugar Biohacking Tips & Much More, with Josh Clemente
• Which Ketone Supplement Works Best: Ketone Salts vs. Ketone Esters With Dr. Dominic D’Agostino.
• Ben Greenfield Interviews Dr. David Sinclair About Lifespan: Why We Age―and Why We Don’t Have To.
• Why Strong People Are Harder To Kill (And How To Get Strong), With Keith Norris.Mito Fast: A Brand New Advanced Anti-Aging Protocol To Nurture Your Mitochondria, Boost Autophagy, & Rejuvenate Your Stem Cells.

- Food and supplements:

• Pique Tea
• Redmond Real Sea Salt
• Redmond Re-Lyte
• Celtic Sea Salt
• Quinton Hypertonic
• Vitamin C
• Baking Soda
• Water and Wellness Hydrogen Tablets
• H2Bev (use code BEN to save 10%)
• NAC
• AlmsBio Mitotherapy (use code BENGREENFIELD10 to save 10%)
• Bioadvantex's PharmaNAC
• Theacrine
• Dynamine™
• Infopathy (use code BENG10 for 10% off)
• Creatine
• Alpha GPC
• L-Valine
• Mitoburn (L-Baiba)
• Grains of Paradise
• Dihydroberberine
• Berberine
• HVMN
• Ketone Aid
• Caprylic Acid (C8)
• Monolaurin
• NMN (use code GREENFIELD10 to save 10%)
• Nicotinamide Riboside
• NeuroNAD Intranasal Spray (use code BEN to save 5%)
• Fisetin
• Apigenin
• COQ10
• PQQ
• NAD Patches

- Other resources:

• Hapbee Wearable
• Kettlebell
• Morozko Forge (use code BENFORGE to save $150)
• Wim Hof Breathing
• Methylxanthine
• Turkish Get-up Video
• Dead Hang Video
• Farmer's Walk with a Kettlebell Video

-Kion Coffee: Carefully selected and roasted for taste, purity, high antioxidants, and health. BGF listeners save 20% off your first order with code BGF20.

-Chili Technologies: ChiliSleep makes both the chiliPAD and OOLER, innovative options that fit over the top of your mattress and use water to control the temperature of your bed and help lower your core body temperature to trigger deep, relaxing sleep.

-Paleovalley Beef Sticks: 100% grass-fed AND grass-finished. Keto friendly and higher levels of Omega 3 Fatty Acids. Receive a 15% discount on your order when you use my link.

-Butcher Box: Delivers healthy 100% grass-fed and finished beef, free-range organic chicken, and heritage breed pork directly to your door on a monthly basis. All their products are humanely raised and NEVER given antibiotics or hormones. 

-Spiritual Disciplines Journal: The new Spiritual Disciplines Journal by Ben Greenfield is coming soon! Sign up to download a free preview and get notified once it's ready.

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Hey, what's up. It's Ben Greenfield. You may have heard that I wrote a new book. It's free at fitsoulbook.com as a digital download. You can also get the physical version for next to nothing. I'm not making any money off this book. I'm just covering my shipping and handling and printing costs. I just want you to experience some of the things I've written within the pages.

Now, because of that, I'm also recording the audio book version, and I want to give you a bit of a taste of that audio book version. 

If you like it all the resources and everything for what you're about to hear are at fitsoulbook.com/chapter1.

So I hope you enjoy this first chapter and you can always find me on social media at Ben Greenfield Fitness on most social media platforms. And perhaps there you can just let me know what you think. 

So without further ado, here we go.

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bengreenfieldfitness.com/benandpaul

For over 20 years, Paul Chek’s unique, holistic health approach to treatment and education has transformed the lives of countless men and women through programs like the P~P~S Success Mastery Program. He is a world-renowned expert at developing practical and effective methods for addressing all aspects of well-being, both physical and mental.

Paul has been a podcast guest of mine on many previous episodes and I on his. 

In 1995, he founded the C.H.E.K Institute to accommodate an ever-growing clientele and to train and certify future CHEK Practitioners. Not surprisingly, Paul is sought after as an international presenter and consultant for successful organizations like the Chicago Bulls, Australia’s Canberra Raiders, and the U.S. Air Force Academy. He has produced more than 50 videos, 6 books, and 16 advanced-level home study courses while regularly contributing to several publications and web sites, such as Mercola.com and Personal Training on the Net.

As a walking, talking definition of success, Paul has become above all an educator: teaching and applying his methods to benefit others through lectures, multimedia, and, most recently, in the areas of personal, professional, and spiritual development through the PPS Success Mastery Program.

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My guest on today's podcast, Jim Fadiman, PhD, has a host of information on microdosing psychedelics in both his books and also at MicrodosingPsychedelics.com and is considered to be one of the world's leading experts on psychedelics and plant medicine, and has developed some particularly helpful and effective microdosing protocols. 

James holds degrees from Harvard and Stanford and wrote his entire dissertation about LSD-assisted therapy. As well as holding consulting, training, counseling and editorial jobs, he has taught in psychology and design engineering at San Francisco State, Brandeis, and Stanford and, for three decades, taught Sufism and other classes at Sophia University that he co-founded. He has published textbooks, professional books, a self-help book, a novel, a produced play and videos including: Drugs: The Children are Choosing for National Public Television. He was featured in a National Geographic documentary and had three solo shows of his nature photography. He has been involved in researching microdosing psychedelics since 2010. His most recent books are:

• The Psychedelic Explorer’s Guide: Safe, Therapeutic, and Sacred Journeys and
• Your Symphony of Selves: Discover and Understand More of Who We Are (with Jordan Gruber).

• Typical LSD micro-dose is 10 micrograms (mcg); mushrooms is .10 gram
• Small amount, not taken very often
• The variable you use to know the proper dose is how you feel, not necessarily body mass or type
• A "high" feeling is a sign it's too much
• L-theanine used to take the edge off when take too much caffeine (100-200 mg)
• Magnesium threinate
• Not just the brain is affected; the entire body feels the effects as well

• The system works better in general when in equilibrium
• A marathoner reported taking 20 minutes off his time on a half-marathon after microdosing
• LSD is not currently banned by WADA, the NCAA, USADA
• Size of a microgram: 1.45 quadrillion molecules in one microgram
• The small improvement from a micro-dose may be all you need to win the race, the competition, etc.
• BGF podcast on ultra-marathoners using CBD/THC to get into a flow state

• LSD may turn into other substances once it's in the body (ALD, 1P-LSD)
• MDMA is not a psychedelic
• Ibogaine to overcome addiction
• Psilocybin and peyote have "agendas" or identities not found in LSD
• Chris Bell documentary on ibogaine
• Ibogaine is not recreational; the experience can be very unpleasant in its vivid recall of the past
• Microdosing does not give a psychedelic effect

• Cells exposed to micro-doses develop more dendrites, capacity
• People w/ long-term problems such as concussions have legit repair after microdosing
• Navy SEALs found ibogaine to be one of the best concussion repair treatments they'd experienced

• Psychedelics have tolerance, the reverse of addiction
• Fadiman Protocol (2 day effect): 1 day on, 2 days off, 1 day on
• Stamets Protocol: 4 days on, 3 days off; or 5 days on, 2 days off
• A study to determine the difference between the two is currently underway
• Jim does not recommend a "rotational" protocol where a different substance is taken each day
• Go for the max benefit w/ the least amount you take
• The best results are reported when taken less often

• Combine it with other practices such as meditation or walking in nature
• People report it causes them to return to meditation or walking in nature
• People have less alcohol, marijuana and coffee because they "don't feel the need"
• Good idea to take a few weeks off every couple of months
• Similar to periodization for exercise
• Flow State Micro
• Microdosing minus 1 (minus psilocybin)

• Chronic depression patients experience remarkable recovery after microdosing
• Ketamine is uncertain on its effects on neuroplasticity
• "More glad, less sad"
• Good Chemistry by Julie Holland

• You experience the social effects of plant medicine for 4-6 weeks after a high dose
• Don't make a major life decision within 1 week of a high dose
• Wait until the ego is back onboard, thinking logically
• Ginkgo Biloba
• Astaxanthin
• Quercetin
• Fecetin
• Lions Mane
• Cordyceps
• Choline derivatives (eggs, walnuts) on microdosing days

• Your Symphony of Selves by James Fadiman
• Not wanting to go to the gym, then realizing how much you enjoy the gym when you get there
• Who are you arguing with when you argue w/ yourself?
• Different roles you play: professional vs. being a parent
• Microdosing helps you get into the "right mind at the right time"
• Become more forgiving of yourself, and more tolerant of the quirks and faults of others, particularly your children

• microdosingpsychedelics.com

- Microdosing Institute video: Start your Microdosing Journey today with this video course

-The Psychedelic Explorer's Guide: Safe, Therapeutic,and Sacred Journeys

-MicrodosingPsychedelics.com

-Twenty percent better with 20 micrograms? A qualitative study of psychedelic microdosing self-rapports and discussions on YouTube

-Good Chemistry: The Science of Connection, from Soul to Psychedelics

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To download your free copy of Fit Soul, visit fitsoulbook.com

Hey, what's up. It's Ben Greenfield. You may have heard that I wrote a new book. It's free at fitsoulbook.com as a digital download. You can also get the physical version for next to nothing. I'm just covering my shipping and handling and printing costs. 

I'm also recording the audio book version, but I'd like to give you a bit of a taste of that audio book version. And I may actually begin to release every chapter for you on this podcast on Sundays. 

So you can sit back and prepare to experience the half hour long or so audio recording of the first introductory chapter of Fit Soul. I hope you like it. If you like it all the resources and everything for what you're about to hear are at fitsoulbook.com/introduction.

So I hope you enjoy this first chapter and you can always find me on social media at Ben Greenfield Fitness on most social media platforms. And perhaps there you can just let me know what you think. And if you want me to keep releasing chapters like this on a weekly basis, if it helps you out touches your life somehow or gives you good information, I'll do it.

So without further ado, here we go.

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Have a question you'd like Ben to answer on the podcast? Click here, or use the 'contact' button in the free Ben Greenfield Fitness app. 

• New drug reverses age related mental decline *within days*! 

• a proposal to give us patches that make us allergic to meat and smart drugs that make us want to have fewer babies, all for "climate change" management

• Oh hooray - more sex makes you live longer! (at least, if you're a naked mole rat) (see conclusions)

• In the most recent longevity biomarker study, HIGHER LDL-P levels were protective against death and myocardial infarction

• Want to build muscle? Get STRONG first

• Researchers find how to stop muscle mass loss as you age (kind of interesting because bodybuilders have been using post-workout arachidonic acid for years to do this same thing!)

• This study backs up what I've been saying for a long time - one of the best ways to build muscle is to maintain high blood levels of essential amino acids (EAA's), particularly during training sessions

• That charcuterie plate and glass of wine just might be extending your life

Elle asks: I am a triathlete, I'm a Yogi, and I also have ADHD. I was prescribed Ritalin recently, which has helped me a lot, except that it's compromised the quality of my deep sleep. I have a very excitable parasympathetic nervous system. I do a lot of different yoga and different breathing exercises, transcendental meditation and prayer to help reactivate my parasympathetic nervous system to balance it. However, I still have issues with my deep sleep. Aside from supplements, biohacks, breathing, yoga and exercises, I was wondering if you could help me with this one. Thanks so much for taking the time.

Ben Pollack asks: Hey, Ben Pollack here from Pemberton, British Columbia. Thanks for all the hard work and the amazing information that you bring for us so that we can live an amazing life. My burning question is about pee. Sometimes when I pee it's foamy. Sometimes it's not foamy, and sometimes it's in-between. Is there something that pee tells us? And if so, what? Thanks very much.

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I first met today's podcast guest at a private conference where he was teaching long range rifle shooting combined with meditation? Sound a bit weird and intriguing? I thought so.

It turns out that my guest on today's show - Dr. Doug Brackman - has studied and worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs, pro-athletes, inventors, adventurers, and Navy SEALs and found that certain people are born with a drive often seen in these types of people. It's in their DNA - research has shown that certain genes can manifest resilient and highly focused people who can also be impulsive and easily distracted. While these traits enabled our ancient ancestors to survive, if you have these traits today, it can create havoc in your life. You may be diagnosed with ADHD, ADD, or OCD.

But what the world tells you is a disability or disorder may actually be your greatest gift. Using his experience teaching the highly driven how to master their gift, Doug provides the insight and tools you need to master yours. He teaches you how to:

- Stop self-sabotage forever - End shame and doubt - Find your wolf pack - Use meditation to put yourself on the right path

I just finished his new book Driven: Understanding and Harnessing the Genetic Gifts Shared by Entrepreneurs, Navy SEALs, Pro Athletes (& Maybe You) and was absolutely glued to the pages, so I just had to have Doug on the show.

After achieving a dual PhD in 2002, Dr. Doug struck out to research the components of powerful thought and action, culminating in a very successful practice of helping driven “hunters” focus their gifts on a daily basis.  Dr. Doug has used and integrated approach of meditation, bio-hacking, and applied real world counseling to help thousands of people. He has been naturally drawn to the driven (often ADD/ADHD spectrum) business owner/entrepreneur, and for the last 10 years has worked exclusively with these amazing clients. Dr. Doug is a twenty plus year meditation practitioner and continuous student of the rapid advances in science explaining the benefits of specific types of meditation. He describes himself as a functional MRI geek and student of all spiritual practices and religions.

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As I've mentioned many times before on podcasts, I've been using something called a "Continuous Glucose Monitor" (CGM) at various intervals throughout my life for about 4 years or so.

Considering that, as I write about here, I consider glycemic variability (which is exactly what these CGM's track) and inflammation (which is a bit more difficult to measure as it typically requires a visit to a lab) to be my top two key biomarkers for health and longevity, my use of a CGM has given me some very valuable data on how my body responds to certain foods, supplements, exercises, lifestyle practices, and even emotions.

But how does a CGM work, exactly? 

What does the really tiny "filamentous" needle actually measure?

How do you get yours to "stick" for long periods of time, or in water? 

How does the phone gather data from the sensor, and is EMF a concern?

Does the sensor have to be calibrated to a blood glucose reading due to the fact it is recording interstitial fluid vs. blood? 

Is this type of thing, from an insurance standpoint, that is only available to diabetics? 

What do you do about activities that cause high glucose excursions, such as exercise/sauna/coffee etc., which wind up decreasing the metabolic score when, long-term, those are all glucose stabilizing/insulin sensitizing activities?

Are there certain supplements or herbs that do the best job controlling blood glucose?

I explore these questions and many others in this podcast with Josh Clemente. Josh is a rocket scientist and worked at SpaceX for 6 years, managing the team that designed the life support systems in their space shuttles. Overtime, he started to notice extreme levels of fatigue and experienced volatile spikes and crashes of energy throughout his day. For someone that worked out consistently and followed the guidelines for what he believed to be healthy practices, it didn’t seem to add up. After experimenting with glucose monitoring, he realized that he was pre-diabetic, borderlining on fully-blown diabetic, and that the foods he was eating were having a significant impact on his performance. It was this discovery and struggle to derive actionable insights from his glucose monitoring that led him to start Levels.

Today at Levels Health, Josh and his team are revolutionizing the way people think about their metabolic health. And why is metabolic health so important? Before Levels, an average person had no way of understanding how efficiently or inefficiently their body was producing energy. Levels enables you, using a new CGM system, to access and understand this information in real-time, so you can start making better diet and lifestyle choices to avoid those energy peaks and valleys.

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I'll admit that I've never been a fan of the "juicing" and "cold-pressed juice" trend.

Most of these popular juices are full of oodles of sugar that basically mainline fructose into your bloodstream with very little of the actual fiber and water you'd find in whole fruit.

Most are extremely overpriced compared to what you could make at home, yet what you can make at home creates a huge mess and cleanup situation (anybody else ever tried to clean a juicer daily and had to deal with all the pulp and waste all over the kitchen counter?).

Furthermore, the actual source of most of the produce used in the juices is subpar fruit and vegetables grown in degraded, mineral-depleted soil and/or contains GMO ingredients, pesticides, herbicides and other additives - and if they *don't* have preservatives they go bad super quickly in your fridge, hence destroying all your hard-earned juice.

In the past, my solution for this has been to use a good organic vegetable juice powder, such as the one made by my friends at Organifi

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In this special episode of the podcast, recorded live at Ben's house in Spokane, Washington, Ra Optics founder and light/circadian rhythm expert Matt Maruca interviews Ben Greenfield. Ben takes you along his 8 year brick-and-mortar journey in the world of fitness and why he eventually switched into writing, speaking, consulting, and podcasting. He discusses his experiences since starting the Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast 12 years ago to what the world of podcasting offers now.

Matt and Ben talk about ancestral health and Ben shares whether he sees their small footprint making its way to the mainstream route anytime soon. Ben expresses why he recently began managing his daily information consumption through a quality over quantity perspective. Finally, Matt and Ben dive into the idea of finding true fulfillment through spirituality.

You'll hear about Ben’s experiments with the magical butter machine and ketamine, the light diet in its spiritual form, how Ben created a name for himself in the fitness world and his podcasting journey over the last 12 years, whether this small ancestral health footprint go mainstream, what fascinates Ben most about natural living, how we make the most impact on this planet, why outsourcing eliminates information overwhelm and the perspective of quality over quantity, spirituality through the lens of the hero’s journey and much more.

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In the podcast episode "Magic Chocolate, Holotropic Breathwork, Grounding, Earthing, Vortexes, Crystals & More With Shamangelic Healer Anahata Ananda.", I introduced you to my friend Anahata Ananda. Recently, I returned to Anahata's hometown of Sedona, along with my Kion Co-Founder, CEO and business partner Angelo Keely, to undergo a transformative breath work session, during which both Angelo and I had some deep business insights and a profound physiological experience very similar to what one might experience from plant medicine or psychedelics!

Founder of Sedona’s Shamangelic Healing, Anahata Ananda blends the compassion and tenderness of an Angel and the wisdom and strength of a Shaman to guide profound journeys of core healing and spiritual awakening. As a Certified High-Performance Coach, Shamanic Healer and Soul Guide, Anahata has guided thousands of individuals through life shifts, helping them to heal core wounds, release their fears, open their hearts and reclaim their power. She is the host of the internationally acclaimed Shamangelic Healing Podcast which is designed as a platform for sharing deep authentic conversations and resources to address REAL LIFE issues. In Sedona, Arizona, Anahata offers in-person sessions, ceremonies and retreats as well as, coaching, online courses and virtual workshops.

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In the past, I've discussed the link between respiration and body fat in articles such as "The 2 Best Ways To Burn Fat Fast (Without Destroying Your Hormones Or Metabolism)" and on the podcast "16 Reasons You’re Not Burning Fat (& How To Lose Weight The Right Way)."

But my friend and former podcast guest Adam Wenguer recently introduced me to a guy who has thoroughly studied the link between breath and fat loss, and he has some very interesting insights on the matter as well as some potent fat loss tips you may find quite handy. His name is David Morin.

David is a German-born American fitness trainer, model, corporate wellness speaker, and entrepreneur. An accredited strength and conditioning trainer and coach with 16 years of experience, David's clients include everyone from folks in the U.S. Special Forces to NBA stars like Allen Iverson. His skill set continues to evolve through various modalities rooted in movement, martial arts, Chi Kung, mediation, biofeedback, free-weight training, HIIT, and advanced biohacking techniques.

He has appeared on more than 30 fitness magazine covers, including Muscle & Fitness, FitnessRX, Men’s Health, and Ironman magazine. For over 10 years and in 15 countries, David has been featured over 100 times as an editorial contributor and instructional fitness model for print media. Not to mention, he has hosted a number of successful fitness product infomercials. David joined “A-list celebrity” Rebel Wilson for a six-page editorial inside Glamour Magazine recently and can be found in advertisements on the internet and in print and billboards around the world representing his supplement partner Dymatize. David can also be seen in the documentary The Perfect Physique as well as working on director Micheal Bay's film “Pain & Gain” with The Rock and Mark Wahlberg.

As a father of four who likes to stay active, David took matters into his own hands to create an effective, efficient at-home training regime called Lynx Fitness. As a corporate wellness speaker for clients such as Bank United and Post Holdings, David covers nutritional topics, practical guides to better health, DNA-test-specific nutrient selection, and behavioral pattern course correction towards higher productivity and health.

Finally, David created FLO2 essential oils for "sniffing" pre-workout, and I have to admit, since David sent me some after this podcast and I began to use them, they are now my preferred alternative to full-on "smelling salts" for hard workouts. I recommend you try them for yourself. You can click here to get FLO2, and use code BENFLO to save 25%.

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Special Announcement: In the beginning of this episode, I describe how I got COVID and what I did about it. Enjoy!

Back in 2017, I visited the Peak Brain Institute in Los Angeles, California for a special type of advanced brain scan and brain mapping system called a quantified electroencephalography, or “QEEG”, and I was shocked at what they discovered in my brain.

Dr. Andrew Hill, my guest on today's show, oversaw the entire mapping protocol. Dr. Hill, a UCLA trained cognitive neuroscientist, lecturer, discovered what he described as some pretty severe patterns of excess stressful beta waves, excess theta waves, and excess delta waves in my brain.

What's that mean, exactly? Basically, it suggests that I had some history of concussions and traumatic brain injury (which I indeed have had, in everything from football to mountain biking to kickboxing), as well as built-up deficits of attention, increased distractibility, limited sleep potential and less-than-optimal cognitive performance from life, travel, toxins, head injuries and beyond.

Two months after the scan, I hopped on a plane back to LA, and ventured back into the Peak Brain Institute for three days of intensive training to fix my brain, returning to Spokane with a briefcase packed with a laptop, electrodes, conducting gel, and everything I needed to use neurofeedback to fix my brain. The next three months I trained for 30 minutes every other day using a style of neurofeedback I can best describe as “meditation on steroids”. Mostly, my protocol involved flying a spaceship with my mind. Each time my brain subconsciously shifted into brainwave patterns considered to be unfavorable, the spaceship would stop flying and the music generated by the neurofeedback software would fade away, very much like a cognitive “slap on the wrist”.

So how exactly does neurofeedback work? Technically, it’s a non-invasive form of what is known in the medical industry as “central nervous system biofeedback”. It trains the brain to develop new resources by encouraging certain areas to raise or lower the amplitude and ratios of particular brainwaves. To a very large extent, and unlike peripheral biofeedback such as practicing a physical exercise like a handstand, neurofeedback is an entirely non-voluntary process in which you are shaping the brain giving the brain feedback only when it’s doing certain things. Professional clinicians report that about 90% of users notice a significant positive impact from this style of training, and it can be used for everything from decreasing anxiety and stress to inducing faster sleep onset to even resetting tolerance to marijuana and alcohol.

Neurofeedback training simply involves the placement of electrodes on the scalp, which produces a signal then picked up by an EEG amplifier. These signals are fed into software that then sends back to the user some form of visual and/or auditory “feedback” or reward. This reward stimulus is given when the brain produces desired brainwave changes in amplitude or frequency.

Unlike many books and magazines would have you to believe, this type of protocol is slightly risky, and not just something you download a free neurofeedback app to do. Neurofeedback is a powerful tool and every brain is different, so the single most crucial aspect of neurofeedback training is selecting the proper protocol. Although the QEEG provides crucial information about one person’s brain, the training plan itself needs to be adaptive and iterative, based upon how someone responds to the training, which is why it's important to have the entire testing and training process overseen by a neurofeedback practitioner. Heck, when I did my three months of training with the Peak Brain Institute, Dr. Hill and I were text and email buddies nearly every day.

Neurofeedback can produce side effects, although they are generally minor and short lasting – and also informative to a neurofeedback practitioner. If you get adverse effects, protocols can be adjusted to steer the brain in a different direction. But if you are training yourself with no supervision and no sense of what’s actually happening in your brain, you can easily produce negative side effects and if you keep doing it you can cause these negative effects to become permanent. So proceed with caution, but with the understanding that neurofeedback is one of the more powerful pieces of headgear that can be used to enhance or change your brain.

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Even though it's pretty rare I scroll through many feeds on Instagram or elsewhere, I recently began following an interesting Instagram account. Titled "Ergogenic Health", it intrigued me with some very interesting content I hadn't seen before, including:

-A commonly known special fruit that enhances the effects of psychedelics...

-A simple free activity you can do anytime to lower cortisol by over 21%...

-How the way you brush your teeth may actually reduce intelligence...

-A very unique form of vitamin B1 called Thiamine tetrahydrofurfuryl disulfide (TTFD) that increases exercise performance, motivation, mood and overall energy...

-How capsicum from peppers may lead to anxiety in some people...

-The little known "younger sister" of curcumin...

-And much more!

So recently, I was able to connect with the guy who runs that Instagram channel, along with a host of other intriguing, well-informed, and outside-the-box websites, along with a podcast. His name is Lucas Aoun, and he graciously agreed to take a nerdy deep dive into biohacking with me on this podcast episode.

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• This just in: weed doesn't appear to make you stupid...02:05
  • but may impair short term memory...05:15
• Wow: cannabis users TWICE as likely to experience erectile dysfunction...07:00
  • But have higher testosterone levels...09:30
  • Regular THC users were defined as those who use THC at least one time per month, every month for at least 1 year.
• Four herbs in this testosterone study increased testosterone: fenugreek, forskohlii, ashwagandha and ginseng...11:00
• New study shows astaxanthin a good brain anti-aging agent...13:15
  • It appears that it also protects cell membranes systemically, particularly relevant to cytokine storm...16:40
• Astaxanthin is also one of the few antioxidants/antinflammatories that can cross the blood-brain barrier for a neuroprotective effect: Read more...19:30

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-Thrive Market

Jason asks: Hey, Ben.  I'm 46 years old and I've got cold hands. They get worse in the winter time, but they're cool in the summer. Probably I'm thinking Raynaud's, but I don't want to claim that. I'm open to any feedback you have on maybe how to make it better, fix - physiology, neurology supplements, testing, breath work, etc. I'm open to all of it. Any help is much appreciated.

• Paleo Autoimmune Protocol (Mickey Trescott)
  • Cookbook
  • Diet Book
• Organifi Red
• Nitro glycerin cream
• BGF podcast on nitric oxide
• Prostaglandin
• Kion Omegas
• Wim Hof protocol

Preston asks:What's up Ben Preston here, long time listener, constant applier of everything you talk about on podcasts and in Boundless. But when it comes right down to it, I'm still wanting to take a scoop of pre-workout (powder) dump it in the mixer, shake it up and go wrap it out with the bros at the gym. So what's the deal with pre-workout powder and how much stimulant should I be intaking on a daily basis. I'm going to the gym every day, but I'm using pre-workout three, four times a week. Love to hear your thoughts.

• Podcast 420, in which the following solutions were described:
  • Lucy gum (use code BEN10 to save $10 off the $60 subscription)
  • Zen nasal spray and Zen EO spray by Dr. John Lieurance
  • Lion's Mane
  • L-Theanine
  • Qualia Mind Caffeine-free (use code GREENFIELD2019 to save 15%)
  • B.Powered by Beekeeper's Naturals (use code BEN to save 15%)
  • The Crazy Future Of Medical Biohacking: Skull Resets, Suppositories, Nasal Sprays, Nebulizers, Sound Therapy & More With Dr. John Lieurance.
• My podcast with Milos Sarcev
• Milos Sarcev's Pre-Workout Formula (around 30-45 minutes before)
  • 10-15g EAAs
  • 5g Leucine
  • 10g Glutamine
  • 5-10g Creatine depending on the athlete
  • 5g Citrulline
  • 3g Arginine
  • 2-3g Beta-Alanine
  • 2-3g L-carnitine
  • 2-3g electrolyte drink powder (e.g. Thorne Catalyte or a pinch of salt)
• Kion Creatine
• Kion Aminos
• HVMN or KetoneAid exogenous ketones
• Ben's current favorite for hard workouts: 2 sprays Zen/nostril, 10g Kion Aminos, 5g Kion Creatine, 1 serving HVMN or KetoneAid
• Vitargo or Glycofuse
• Thorne Catalytes

Rama asks: Hey, Ben, my name is Rama. I am 16 years old and I am curious how much fasting and intermittent fasting would you recommend for a teenager like me to avoid or even improve my running performance and also how much is too much exercise for my health. Thank you very much. Love you, Ben.

• Weston A. Price Diet (e.g. Sally Fallon's book "Nourishing Traditions")
• Fast Track Study on fasting in adolescents
• BGF podcast w/ Dan Pompa
• fasttracktrial.com

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River and Terran Greenfield are my twin 12 year old sons. They are unschooled, they are hyper-creative, they can survive in the wilderness with a knife, backpack and wool blanket, they know more kitchen and cooking tricks than most adults (and have an amazing cooking podcast), and they are generally crushing life.

So in this very special episode, I put my twin boys in the podcasting hot seat to discuss life, creativity, cooking and healthy eating for kids, fitness, and much more.

• Fresh-baked sourdough bread w/ jam and butter
• Eggs and bacon
• Smoothies made w/ Organifi
• Florida Cells French restaurant in N. Idaho

• Graphic novels (novel illustrated in comic book style)
  • Wings of Fire
  • Asterisk
  • Graveyard by Neil Gaiman
• The Hero's Journey by
• The Writer's Journey by Christopher Vogler
• Graphic novels always contain a distinct style in the artwork
• The Lost Language of Plants (television destroyed dreaming)
• Almanac of Naval Ravikant

• Essay by Naval Ravikant Ben mentions on the 5 core skills needed for life
  • Reading
  • Writing (long form)
  • Logic and/or computer programming
  • Arithmetic
  • Rhetoric/persuasion
• The Almanac of Charlie Munger
• Mathnasium program River and Terran use for their schooling
• Unschooling allows learning how the world works alongside the subjects being learned (math, logic, etc.)
• Advantages of AI and robots outweigh the negatives (skills becoming obsolete)
• Rhetoric game
• Tell 'em what you're gonna tell 'em; then tell 'em; then tell 'em what you told 'em

• Board/card games
  • Quibbler
  • Web of Spies
  • Telestrations
  • Boggle
  • Scattergories
  • Scrabble
• BGF podcast w/ James Altucher on game theory

• Feed rabbits, play a game, play piano, workout, shoot bow
• More scheduled or structured play/learning til 3-5 pm
• Is life school, or is school life?
• BGF podcast on unschooling
• Journal on daily activities
• St. Andrews College in Moscow, ID
• Liberal arts studies is a good way to get a well-rounded education

• Make up own workouts; workouts w/ dad give more motivation
• Animal Movements by Darrell Edwards
• Irwin Lecour movement fitness
• Sandbags, kettlebells
• Exercise is more than workouts, gyms; movement throughout the day
• Breathwork:
  • 4 in, 8 out promotes parasympathetic nervous system
  • SOMA breathwork course
  • BGF article on the SOMA course
  • Far better for stress control than pill popping
• BGF podcast w/ Niraj Naik, the Renegade Pharmacist
• Fish oil supplement
• Restore for gut health
• Glutathione supplement
• Limit screen time

• Breakfast: natural eggs and meat
• Lunch: Sandwiches w/ mom's sourdough bread
• Wild Planet fish
• Pickles, lettuce, arugula in the sandwiches
• Walnuts, raisins for snacks
• Sesame seed rice crackers
• Sparkling water
• Halo stevia drink
• Mocktails at restaurants
• Izzy for parties
• Chai tea and Italian sodas
• Coconut ice cream for dessert

• Mediterranean diet seems more agreeable than other diets
• Eating w/ people, long family dinners
• Making your own food helps you appreciate it more
• Easy to overeat from packages vs. food prepared yourself

• They both have an iPod Touch and is for business purposes (podcast)
• Computer used mostly for school

• Started 4+ years ago
• Began learning to cook at age of 3 (made mom eggs for Mothers Day)
• The Four Hour Chef by Tim Ferris
• Eggs are a great starting point for learning to cook
• Favorite recipes:
  • Paleo doughnuts made w/ Magic Spoon cereal
  • Terran: Soufflé
  • River: Risotto
• Top baking tip from Terran: Don't overcook; don't rely on looks to determine if it's done
• Top risotto tip from River: Keep stirring, pay attention constantly
• Top tip from the chef: Don't add too many seasonings; keep it simple
• Clean up as you go
• Pay attention to recipes

• Do it a lot at home to appreciate the diversity in other locales
• Bow hunting is more natural and dependent on physicality than w/ a rifle

• First thing in the day: read Bible, journal, express gratitude
• Sing doxology every Sunday
• Spiritual Disciplines handbook by Adele Calhoun
• Abide app
• Self-examination at the end of each day allows you to reflect on how you did that day

• "To make the love and joy of God through writing and art"
• "To use my art to make people feel strong emotions"

• They enjoy seeing dad more
• Different reactions w/ kids vs. adults

-The GoGreenfields podcast

-The Kion Fasting Challenge: The Challenge starts January 6th, it's completely FREE to join, and when you do you'll get a bunch of exclusive content including access to a Q&A by yours truly answering all your burning fasting questions. To join just go to getkion.com/fasting-ben

-Organifi Green Juice: Now you can get all your healthy superfoods in one glass...with No Shopping, No Blending, No Juicing, and No Cleanup. Get a 20% discount on your entire order when you use discount code: BENG20

-Lucy Nicotine Gum: If you are looking for a cleaner and tastier alternative to other nicotine products, then this product is for you. The gum comes in three flavors - Wintergreen, Cinnamon, and Pomegranate - and the lozenges in cherry ice. To save 20% on any order, just use discount code: BEN 20.

-Water and Wellness: The best solution for clean and safe drinking water. Water and Wellness also offers an amazing line of essential water additives such as Quinton Marine plasma which contain over 78 trace minerals and elements from the ocean to help restore your biological-terrain. Get 15% off your order when you use discount code: GREENFIELD

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I first met Doug Wolkon when I was visiting Kauai and was convinced by big-wave surfer Laird Hamilton to go visit a favorite local farm of his called Kauai Farmacy. I was immediately blown away by the vast array of over 80 varieties of organic healing plants and food orchards...

...along with a team of incredibly knowledgeable herbalists and gardeners; a closed-loop vermiculture feeding system (worm compost farm), honeybees, butterflies, and other pollinators; wildfowl; environmentally-compatible farming (water-catchments, permaculture guilds, and more); and medicine-making systems (solar-dehydrators, low-temperature herb-curing, herbal teas, tinctures, hydrosols, salves, honey, capsules, and more).

Everything is done by hand at the Farmacy, including brewing homemade fertilizers from the plants they grow. They seed, propagate, plant, hand-harvest, artisanally-craft, and package all the herbal products they grow right on the farm. The fresh and pure nature of the herbs ensures high quality, potent, consistent, and effective plant medicine straight from the source.

Since that visit two years ago, if you've been following me on Instagram and elsewhere, you've seen me using ample amounts of Kauai Farmacy powders and tinctures in my recipes, along with products such as their salves and hydrosols for joint and skin health. Rooted in the wisdom of Hawaiian La’au lapa’au, Ayurveda, Chinese medicine, and the tribal indigenous, the potent herbal plant medicines harvested from the rich, volcanic soil of Kauai just seem to have a very unique and special energy.

After graduating from the University of Michigan, Doug pursued a ten-year career in private equity finance in Connecticut. Before moving his family to Hawaii in 2007, Doug published The New Game, an economic theory and strategy for sustainable communities.

Doug co-founded Kauai Farmacy in 2010 with his wife Genna, and they currently live there with their three kids. The Farmacy is a seed-to-cup tropical herbal oasis spanning four acres and consisting of what may be the most diverse collection of plant medicine in the western hemisphere.

After spending the last 10 years experiencing the power of fresh plant medicine for both himself and his family on a daily basis, Doug thrives on a high-fat, ketogenic, 100% raw-food diet. Doug believes Kauai Farmacy's vertically-integrated herbal medicine model is a budding example of what needs to be the future of a more sustainable, preventative-care-focused healthcare industry.

You can click here to shop Kauai Farmacy, and use code GREENFIELD15 to save 15% on any products on their site, including those you'll discover below.

• Cacao Olena Olena is Hawaiian for turmeric
  • Helps with inflammation, metabolism
  • Freshness is key
  • Ingredients are yin and yang with the root family
  • Cacao is more of a fruit than the other ingredients (ginger and Olena)
• Dark chocolate is a good source of magnesium
• Cacao pods before they become chocolate are an intense experience
  • Elevates serotonin levels
  • High iron levels
• Trail mix is coming soon (not on the website yet)

• Buzz Chew produced by Kauai Farmacy
• Dr. Thomas Cowan's Vegetable Powders
• Less, but more potent, is the trend in food
• Integrate these items into the lifestyle
• Curry Blend by Kauai Farmacy

• High school athlete; went into world of finance
• Left that world at age 31, overweight, unhealthy lifestyle
• Became disenchanted with western medicine and lifestyle after traveling the world
• Saw a need for real education on health and wellness in Western culture
• Settled in Kauai, began a "healing journey"
• Began planting and harvesting noni leaves
• Island of Kauai is unmatched in its beauty and potential for plant medicines
• Building the immune system is the best defense against disease
• Blockages between the head and the sacral

• Kauai Farmacy has noni leaves in their salves
  • Beeswax
  • Coconut oil
• Noni Hydrosol (steamed distillation)
• Alkaloid Xeronine in noni
• Noni leaves grow wild all over the island of Kauai
• Cancer tumors are made up of acidic toxins
• Noni alkalinity chips away at the toxins left in the body from bad food
• Use caution when using noni at night due to its high circulatory effect in the bloodstream

• Biodiversity is the key
• Feed the garden what is grown in the garden
• Vermiculture (worm composting)
• Worm poop is the healthiest manure possible
• Comfrey tea goes in the garden
• Hand-feed, harvest, cull, craft everything
• It's very labor-intensive (but that's what this society needs)
• Trenched farm, feeds into stream due to excessive rain on Kauai
• Freshness of water, exposure to minerals

• Salve is the most convenient form
• Root is more potent than the leaf, but the leaf has qualities not found in the root
• Local beeswax added for additional medicinal benefits
• Lubrication is a way of "thanking" your body after strenuous exercise or work
• Cracked heels are a sign of things to come without any intervention
• Comfrey brings suppleness to the bones and joints
• Three main benefits of comfrey: stabilizes breath, hydrates, brings restoration

• Endurance Powder
• Love Potion Tea
• Farming techniques more in tune with nature produce a more efficacious product than you'll find at the local pharmacy
• Rhonda Patrick podcast on moringa and broccoli sprouts
• Moringa is one of the most iron-rich plants in the world
• You are what your soil eats

• Soil in Kauai is the best in the world for ginger and turmeric
• Kauai Farms Turmeric
• Here's the turmeric root photo Ben mentions
• Turmeric research:
  • Dietary curcumin could stall the spread of fat-tissue by inhibiting new blood vessel growth
  • Turmeric, the Golden Spice
  • Curcumin: a novel treatment for skin-related disorders
  • Potential Therapeutic Effects of Curcumin, the Anti-inflammatory Agent, Against Neurodegenerative, Cardiovascular, Pulmonary, Metabolic, Autoimmune and Neoplastic Diseases
  • Pre-administration of turmeric prevents methotrexate-induced liver toxicity and oxidative stress
  • Turmeric extracts containing curcuminoids prevent experimental rheumatoid arthritis
  • Bioactivity of Turmeric-Derived Curcuminoids and Related Metabolites in Breast Cancer
  • Turmeric: Reemerging of a neglected Asian traditional remedy
  • Topical Turmeric Microemulgel in the Management of Plaque Psoriasis; A Clinical Evaluation
  • Effect of Oral Curcuma Gel in Gingivitis Management - A Pilot Study

• Coconuts
• Cacao
• Macadamia nuts
• Avocado
• Fruits and greens during the day (the darker the better)
• Moringa and spinach (raw)
• Keep clean and light
• Eat fatty foods in the evening
• Avoid processed foods
• Mashed, pureed, "slipper" foods

- Doug Wolkon:

• The New Game
• Kauai Farmacy (use code GREENFIELD15 to save 15%)
  • Cacao Olena
  • Buzz Chew
  • Curry Blend
  • Noni Hydrosol
  • Comfrey Tea
  • Comfrey Salve
  • Endurance Powder
  • Love Potion Tea
  • Kauai Farms Turmeric

- Podcast:

• Anti-Aging, Homeschooling, Underwater Workouts, Pooping & More With Laird Hamilton & Gabby Reece

- Other resources:

• Dr. Thomas Cowan's Vegetable Powders (use code BEN to save 15%)
• Macadamia Nuts
• Rhonda Patrick podcast on moringa and broccoli sprouts
• Is Moringa as effective as sulforaphane? | Jed Fahey
• Rhonda Patrick podcast on moringa and broccoli sprouts
• Turmeric research:
  • Dietary curcumin could stall the spread of fat-tissue by inhibiting new blood vessel growth
  • Turmeric, the Golden Spice
  • Curcumin: a novel treatment for skin-related disorders
  • Potential Therapeutic Effects of Curcumin, the Anti-inflammatory Agent, Against Neurodegenerative, Cardiovascular, Pulmonary, Metabolic, Autoimmune and Neoplastic Diseases
  • Pre-administration of turmeric prevents methotrexate-induced liver toxicity and oxidative stress
  • Turmeric extracts containing curcuminoids prevent experimental rheumatoid arthritis
  • Bioactivity of Turmeric-Derived Curcuminoids and Related Metabolites in Breast Cancer
  • Turmeric: Reemerging of a neglected Asian traditional remedy
  • Topical Turmeric Microemulgel in the Management of Plaque Psoriasis; A Clinical Evaluation
  • Effect of Oral Curcuma Gel in Gingivitis Management - A Pilot Study

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It's time for Part 3 of my monster podcast series with author Joel Greene, in which Joel hops on for an epic solosode to answer all your burning questions, including:

• How does "The Carnivore Code" affect Crohn's disease?
• Should you cook beans, or eat them raw?
• How much gelatin should you eat before bed or in the afternoon?
• If apple peel is the first way forward, my question is how much apple peel should we aim for? And what's the best color apple?
• How should we take human milk oligosaccharides (HMO)?
• Any thoughts on taking pectin powder (like the kind used to make jellies) in order to feed Akkermansia?
• Can you take apple peels and predigest them like sauerkraut?
• Is there a clean baby formula or another supplement you can recommend?
• What are the dangers of MCT oil supplementation? 
• What’s your opinion of Nuchido Time+ NAD supplements?
• Do I do the 2 weeks of apple skins, HMO, and phenol powder before I attempt any of the other modules?
• Do I do the Daisy Cutter protocol right away or wait until later? At what point do I add the other modules in?
• What is Joel’s one-day B vitamin protocol?
• What is your source of HMO? Which brand and product?

If you missed part 1, in which we discuss rebooting your gut and sparking fat loss using some very unique biohacks and strategies, you can listen to it at "How To Reboot The Gut, Eat Cheesecake Without Gaining Weight, Amplify Any Fasting Protocol & Maximize Fat Loss."

You can hear part 2 at "Joel Greene Podcast Part 2: How To Reshape Fat Cells, Enhance Repair During Sleep, Target Your "Circaseptan Rhythms," Build Young Muscle & Get Rid Of Old Muscle."

You can also, check out Joel's guest post on my blog entitled "Your Body Fat Is Your Immune System’s Mothership: The Mysterious Relationship Between Fat Cells & Immunity."

So, who is Joel Greene, exactly?

To put it simply, he's a man who had his 10,000 hours in before I was even born.

• In the 1970s, he was interval training.
• In 1979, he was doing Olympic lifts for three hours every night.
• In the 80s, he began studying MCTs.
• In 1990, he began studying the keto diet.
• In the early 90s, he was doing what would be called intermittent fasting today.
• In the mid 90s, he experienced the rebound from chronic starvation. 
• In the late 90s, he went through his clean eating phase, his macro phase, and his ancestral diet phase.
• By 2001, he had his first nutrition website publishing cutting edge research.
• By 2006, he came to the end of all the above and discovered none of it worked over time and under real-life pressure.
• In 2007, he authored the first article for the health and fitness community based on the new science linking gut bacteria and obesity.
• In 2008, his website lookcut.com hit #2 on Google for weight loss—with over 1,000 original groundbreaking articles that today represent many of the most widely copied ideas in nutrition.
• In 2009, he launched the world's first diet system based on targeting gut bacteria.
• In 2010, he was implementing signal activation of the AMPK pathway. The gurus only began speaking to AMPK in 2017.
• By 2013, he had the world's largest body of anecdotal outcomes for body composition targeting the gut bacteria.
• In 2013, he published the first article to the health and fitness community on the dangers of MCT oil supplementation.

Today—at 53, on 1 workout a week, eating whatever, whenever, with no drugs, SARMS, prohormones, or ergogenic aids ever—he is the world leader in hacking the body. He is the real deal. He has done it longer and has always been far ahead. He looks it, he lives it. What the gurus say is impossible, he was living every day before they were gurus.

He has hacked peak human…

Working out once per week…

Eating whatever, whenever…

…and does it all on fast food!

He is the future of real-world health and nutrition, today.

Joel is the creator of the VEEP Nutrition System, the world's first commercially available program based on targeting gut communities to effect biomarkers. He is a featured author, speaker, and guest in top tier publications such as Muscle and Fitness, 24 Hour Fitness Digital Magazine, CBS Online, Superhuman Radio, and beyond. His system has also been featured on the Dr. Phil Show, where it has delivered astounding life-changing results.

He is the future of real-world health and nutrition—today, and his new book was one of the most nitty-gritty deep dives into “rebooting your body” that I've ever read. The Immunity Code is simply a new paradigm and an entirely new way to think about caring for your body. The new goal is learning to control immunity, health, and aging using new science-based techniques (or hacks, if you will) to steer immunity for health and to slow, or even reverse, aging. ​

This book will change everything you know about your body. Starting with simple easy to-dos that build one on top of the other, you will emerge with a powerful understanding of how your body really works and how to control it over time, in the real world. Simply put, you will jump 10 years ahead of anything else on the shelf today.

• The Carnivore Code podcast about Crohn's disease
• The Truth About The Carnivore Diet: Everything You Need To Know About Dangers, Benefits, Mistakes & Hacks For Eating Only Meat, With Dr. Paul Saladino.
• Going purely plant-based may show short-term benefit, but long-term harm
• What will heal the gut?
• Oil and gas in the engine: the order in which it is added is essential
• Structure-function of the gut:
  • Essential foods based on how the gut works
  • Diet that's high in fish and fiber may be the most beneficial
  • High meat and omega 6 fats may increase susceptibility to Crohn's disease
• Gut and colon exist in a state of extreme oxidative stress (normal for the colon)
• The colon is where most digestion takes place
  • Butyrate is the primary fuel of colonocytes, the cells lining the colon
  • When you use the saccharolytic pathway to fiber, you get antioxidants and short-chain fatty acids (SCFA)
  • When you use amino acids to make butyrate, you get short SCFAs and ammonia
• When the right bacteria in place is given fiber, you get:
  • Optimal amounts of butyrate
  • Moderate amounts of propionate and acetate
• Fatty liver a result of too much acetate
• Macrophages in the colon are adapted to ignore inflammatory signals like interleukin 1β (IL-1β)
  • Antioxidants maintain this colonic homeostasis
• When the colon is deprived of antioxidants...
  • Ascorbate levels in the colonic walls go down
  • Inflammatory mediators like tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα) is elevated, shutting off butyrate transport (gut can't make use of butyrate)
• Crohn's disease is characterized by...
  • A loss of butyrate-producing species of bacteria
  • A gain of methane-producing species of bacteria
• Butyrate is also made from amino acids and other proteins
• Butyrate from amino acids gives:
  • SCFAs
  • Ammonia
• Sustained production of ammonia gives cancer-promoting alkylated carbonyls
  • Higher alkalinity in the colon will lead to cancer
• Fiber and plants are the optimal way to feed the colon
• Long term production of butyrate from sources other than fiber gives you...
  • A lack of antioxidants
  • Ammonia
  • SCFA imbalances
• Lower gut is fed by plants
• Upper gut is fed by animal foods
  • Animal proteins are the best source of amino acids
  • Amino acids with niacin (also abundant in meat) are beneficial for the gut

• Studies done on mice are limited in their efficacy to treat humans' mental health
• Changes in gut biome give a bump in energy, but not big differences in mood
• Reductions in body fat and improvements in metabolism are correlated with improved mood, ameliorating depression
• Research project headed by Dr. Ryan D'Arcy, a type of "FitBit or Oura Ring for the brain" (wearable for the brain)
  • Maps and measures the impact of various specific indices of cognitive performance such as mood, depression, recall, etc.
  • Measures how changes in the gut biome can affect mood, depression, energy, etc.

• Cook then cool down beans
• Not all lectins are toxic; many have large health benefits
  • Chick pea lectins inhibit breast cancer
  • Banana lectins can slow the growth of liver cancer
  • Concanavalin, a legume lectin, kills certain types of cancer in mice and ameliorates diabetes and HIV in humans
  • Human lectins are essential for immunity

• ~100 grams via 5 cal. jello
• Bedtime intake results in body fat reduction
• Glycine in the jello tends to sensitize adiponectin and helps improve insulin sensitivity
• During the day, it helps with hunger pangs while dieting strictly

• Red apples due to color pigments
• Not an exact science on the amounts due to individual tolerances
• Start small, titrate your dose up due to your own tolerance
• Strains of bacteria in the gut will affect the best intake

• A smoothie with the HMO powder, apple peel, and red phenols mixed with whey protein is the easy way...
• BEN, WOULD ORGANIFI RED BE A GOOD OPTION FOR RED PHENOL POWDER? THE AMAZON RESULTS CURRENTLY LINKED GIVE SOME PRETTY VARIED OPTIONS.

• Citrus pectin is similar to apple peel in terms of polysaccharides; don't absorb very well in the gut unless heated
• Does not really feed Akkermansia
• What citrus pectins do is prevent cancer

• Fermentation is what makes bacteria; the idea is to make bacteria in the gut

• There are a lot of HMO products in the market right now and more coming out soon

• Dangers of MCT oil (2013)

• Nuchido Time+ NAD supplement

• Not done all the time but have to do periodically (done whenever needed)
• Immune-related and immune-centric issues in the gut are targeted

• Two-day core eating is meant to solve declining bifidobacteria with age, ageing in general, sleep disruption, etc.

• It's not for the faint of heart; only do it if you're prepared physically and mentally
• Once a year max

• It is kind of a test that you do when you feel you need energy

• Immune cell metabolism is the underlying issue

• Baby formula does the job

• What is the primary fuel source of colonocytes?
  • Google search: Primary fuel source colonocytes
  • The primary fuel source of colonocytes is butyrate, but can use glucose and glutamine
• In the intestines, glutamine is the main fuel source of the enterocytes
• Butyrate levels in the colon are more important than glutamine
• Akkermansia levels in lean vs. obese people; men vs. women
  • Japanese herb Kampo
• Insufficient human evidence for polyphenols stimulating Akkermansia
• How cold exposure affects Akkermansia
  • Google search: Cold exposure Akkermansia PubMed 
• Prebiotics blunt the effects of TNFα

- Joel Greene:

• The Immunity Code: The New Paradigm for Real Health & Radical Anti-Aging
• VEEP Nutrition
• LookCut
• Podcasts and articles:
  • Joel Greene Podcast Part 1: How To Reboot The Gut, Eat Cheesecake Without Gaining Weight, Amplify Any Fasting Protocol & Maximize Fat Loss.
  • Joel Greene Podcast Part 2: How To Reshape Fat Cells, Enhance Repair During Sleep, Target Your "Circaseptan Rhythms," Build Young Muscle & Get Rid Of Old Muscle.
  • Your Body Fat Is Your Immune System’s Mothership: The Mysterious Relationship Between Fat Cells & Immunity.

- Other resources:

• HMO Powder
• Red Phenols
• Whey Protein
• Glycine
• Niacin
• Essential Amino Acids
• Nuchido Time+ NAD
• The Carnivore Code podcast about Crohn's disease
• Dr. Ryan D'Arcy
• Wearable for the brain developed by Dr. Ryan D'Arcy
• Dangers of MCT oil

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• This study found that a combination of colostrum and probiotics is more effective in preventing flu than vaccination! [06:25]
  • And this study found colostrum alone at least 3 times more effective than vaccination to prevent flu and is very cost-effective [08:54]
• Interesting approach to a COVID vaccine...seems relatively natural - passive immunity by immunoglobulin transfer [10:45]
  • Another model/mechanism of action for colostrum/COVID here [12:30]
• Interesting...The most effective anti-COVID medicine in one recent analysis was…melatonin [15:20]

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Grace from Australia asks: I've been hearing a lot about the dangers of polyunsaturated fats lately, particularly in regards to how they oxidize easily, which could create cellular damage. Does this mean I should avoid regular consumption of nuts and fatty fish? I know that in nuts, the antioxidant properties of vitamin E could offset this oxidative damage, but vitamin E is also susceptible to light and heat.

• Cate Shanahan's books:
  • Deep Nutrition
  • The Fat Fix
• Kion Omega
• Ben's article: A Deep “Dive” Into The Fascinating World Of Fish Oil, The Right Fat Ratios In Your Diet, Plant Vs. Animal Based Oils & The Exact Fish Oil Ben Greenfield Uses Every Day. (Re: when Ben mentions peroxidation vs. oxidation)
• Profiling of Omega-Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Their Oxidized Products in Salmon after Different Cooking Methods
• Joule Sous Vide wand
• Study: Identification of Vitamin D3 Oxidation Products Using High-Resolution and Tandem Mass Spectrometry
• Study: Oxidative Destruction of Vitamin D
• Thorne Vitamin D/K liquid
• Q&A 420
• Q&A 421
• BGF podcast on Omegas w/ Bill and Katherine Harris
• Refrigerate your olive oil to separate linoleic acid
• Cronometer

Taylor asks: I wanted to start by saying your podcast is absolutely incredible and it has changed the way that I view health and longevity. My question for you today is regarding sunlight. I live in the Midwest and typically in late October is when the UVB starts to decline. However, I was wondering if there is still benefit to getting out in the light, even without a shirt on. I know that sounds crazy in the winter months, but please let me know what your thoughts are on this, and thank you so much.

• D-Minder app
• Sperti Vitamin D Lamp
• Study: Benefits of Sunlight: A Bright Spot for Human Health
• Study: Biological Effects of Sunlight, Ultraviolet Radiation, Visible Light, Infrared Radiation and Vitamin D for Health
• Study: Is Sunlight Exposure Enough to Avoid Wintertime Vitamin D Deficiency in United Kingdom Population Groups?

Jake asks: Hey, Ben, my name is Jake and I was just wondering how you find balance. I personally struggle trying to find balance in my financial, physical, mental, and spiritual health. How do you find the time? Thanks.

1. Eat the frog first, whatever that is for you
2. Create, not consume while using screens
   • YouTube to mp3 converter app
3. All push notifications OFF
   • Kegel camp app
4. Only one major meal per day
5. Batch cooking
   • PowerXL Pressure Cooker
   • Good Crockpot
   • Joule Sous Vide Wand
   • Traeger Grill
6. Split the day in two with a nap
   • NUCalm (w/ th 30 minute reboot function)
7. Walk a LOT (and listen to audiobooks, podcasts, etc. while walking)
8. Always be reading/learning (Kindle WhisperSync)
9. Evernote synced across all devices (e.g. as outlined here) - use a simple text file to capture, organize, and ultimately clarify all relevant information during administrative blocks — leaving your brain free to execute.
10. Ruthlessly outsource
11. Calendar every Sunday evening (Google cal or Busy cal)
12. Be in touch with God at all times
    • Book: Practicing His Presence
13. Accept seasons in life of harder work (e.g. 16-18 hour work days)
14. Work hard, rest hard (e.g. Sabbath)

• Recommended Books:
  • Art of Less Doing 
  • 4 Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
  • Time Rich 
  • Deep Work by Cal Newport

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