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#007 Tim Ferriss on Biomarkers, Ketosis, Microbiome, and Lyme Disease

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Rhonda Patrick, Ph.D.

Nutrition, Health & Fitness, Medicine

4.85.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 July 2015

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Tim Ferriss

Tim Ferris is a notorious self-experimenter, three-time New York Times bestselling author, angel investor, startup advisor, and much, much, much more. 

In this episode, we discuss... 

  • (00:00) Introduction
  • (02:29) Oxytocin, vasopressin, and the neuroendocrine basis of pair bond formation
  • (05:54) Tim's self-experimentation with the ketogenic diet and the biomarkers he measures daily
  • (14:55) Can a ketogenic diet reduce Alzheimer's disease risk?
  • (22:14) Inflammation accelerates aging, but is necessary for tissue repair
  • (26:17) Vitamin C reduces inflammation, but may also inhibit muscle growth
  • (35:22) Tim describes his experience with Lyme disease
  • (45:43) Rhonda talks about her experience with MRSA and antibiotics
  • (48:55) Tim's personal experience with ketosis
  • (55:06)The 4-Hour Body talks about improving your body's performance while doing less
  • (01:02:56) How to reduce social stress by exposing yourself to similar stresses
  • (01:09:52) Meditation can help you stay focused and improve production
  • (01:12:40) Tim Ferriss' future plans in Hollywood

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0:00.0

Hello guys and gals. Today's podcast is a special one because it is a full hour and 13 minutes of world-renowned self-experimenter Tim Ferris.

0:10.0

And perhaps unsurprisingly, it's also loaded with a multitude of great information, including topics like what Tim's leading blood biomarkers are that he focuses on optimizing.

0:22.0

The importance of tracking glucose along with ketones to make sure you do not confuse non-nutritional ketosis with the real deal.

0:30.0

Tim's personal experience beating Lyme disease and his insights on recovery, the origin and cause of Lyme hysteria,

0:37.0

and how some of the symptoms of what is described as chronic Lyme disease may actually be caused by a disrupted gut microbiome from uninterrupted long-term use of antibiotics.

0:48.0

What the minimum effective dose is when it comes to working out and a little bit about Tim's workout routine, and much, much more.

0:56.0

For your convenience, you can also download a full transcript of the podcast at foundmyfitness.com for its last Tim transcript.

1:04.0

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1:08.0

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1:16.0

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1:21.0

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1:37.0

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1:44.0

Without further ado, the podcast.

1:48.0

Dr. Mottipatric here. Today I'm very excited to be sitting here with my friend Tim Ferris, a notorious self-experimenter, a three-time New York Times bestselling author, an angel investor, startup advisor, and much, much, much more.

2:04.0

So before we start, I really just want to say that I really enjoyed the last time you and I had a conversation about a year ago, I think, on your podcast.

2:12.0

Micronutrients, aging, epigenetic stem cells, all that stuff, super fun. So I'm very excited to have the opportunity to interview you on my podcast.

2:21.0

Yeah, I'm intimidated.

2:24.0

But I'm looking forward to it, so.

2:26.0

Great. So we were, I kind of want to start off with the self-experimentation.

2:30.0

Sure.

2:31.0

And we were actually just having this interesting conversation that we stopped so that we could continue it, you know, live.

2:37.0

And that has to do with a little bit about the night you just had and what you're doing to recover from that night.

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