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The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance

#112 AJ Jacobs on His Life as an Experiment

The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance

Dave Asprey

Nutrition, Wellness, Lifestyle, Brain, Biohacking, Education, Fitness, Fasting, Science, Meditation, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Hacking, Diet, Fat

4.67.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2014

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Bestselling author and renowned NYC journalist, AJ Jacobs is a living, breathing experiment. On this episode of Bulletproof Radio, AJ reveals his methods behind hacking into (what he calls) the three domains of self-improvement. Jacobs talks about his quest to become the smartest person, what happened when he lived (quite literally) according to the Bible, and his humble quest for bodily perfection. Also catch tips on how to act your way into a new way of thinking. Enjoy!     A.J. Jacobs is an author, journalist, lecturer and human guinea pig. He has written four New York Times bestsellers that combine memoir, science, humor and a dash of self-help. He is also editor at large at Esquire magazine, a commentator on NPR and a columnist for Mental Floss magazine. His first book is called The Know-It-All: One Man’s Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World (Simon & Schuster, 2004). The memoir — which spent two months on the New York Times bestseller list — chronicles the 18 months Jacobs spent reading the entire Encyclopedia Britannica in a quest to learn everything in the world. It was praised by Time magazine, Newsweek, Vanity Fair, USA Today, Janet Maslin in the New York Times and AJ’s uncle Henry on Amazon.com. Follow him on Twitter @ajjacobs! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

If you read my anti-aging book, you know that there are seven things that cause aging in your body,

0:04.7

and one of the biggest ones you could call zombie cells. Those are cells in your body

0:09.2

that are done living, but they don't really die. They sit around, they take up resources,

0:13.1

and they make free radicals and inflammation. As you age, you get more and more zombie cells.

0:18.2

They also cause aging symptoms like less energy and longer recovery times.

0:22.3

I've been working with my friends at Neurohacker on a formula that would cause your body

0:27.0

to eliminate those zombie cells. It's called qualia synolytics. It's a new kind of supplement.

0:33.1

It's got the most powerful, herbal, and natural synolytics, and it's so powerful you only take it

0:38.5

for two days per month to turn on this cleanup of your zombie cells. You don't take it every day

0:43.9

because you don't want your body to get rid of those cells every day because that would get in the

0:48.0

way of your body's normal functioning. In other words, you need to do a once a month cleaning cycle.

0:52.7

When you check it out, you'll feel the difference. Go to Neurohacker.com slash Dave,

0:56.9

use code Asprey15, they'll give you 15% off. That's Neurohacker.com slash Dave code Asprey15.

1:04.3

You know, it's possible that your gut bacteria are part of what's making you old.

1:08.1

At this point, there is a huge amount of research suggesting that one of the secrets to living

1:13.0

a long, healthy life is controlling what's happening in your gut, and your specific combination of

1:19.4

gut bacteria can determine how well you age. One of your first lines of defense to protect your

1:24.5

gut is a good probiotic. If you've been following me for a while, you've probably heard about P3OM

1:30.8

from bioptimizers. So if you're looking to completely transform your digestion, especially if you

1:36.5

need help or you're looking for more energy or you just want to feel better, P3OM is the thing to

1:43.3

try. And because you listen to the show, bioptimizers is offering you a free bottle of P3OM

1:48.9

super-strain probiotics. I've used them. I've talked about my experience on the show.

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