161: Biohacking our health
Wise Traditions
Weston A. Price Foundation
4.7 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 19 November 2018
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
You wouldn't settle for the second-best partner in your life or for a job that you dislike, so why would you settle when it comes to your health? Thaddeus Owen, a personal trainer with a Masters in Holistic Nutrition and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering, explains today how to reach optimal vitality by making the most of our surroundings. Thaddeus is a biohacker, an individual who incorporates ancestral practices with modern science to boost the body's health and natural functions. Today, he gives us the tools to overcome our indoor, sedentary, and oftentimes toxic lifestyle with a new focus on diet, light and temperature. In short, he describes how reacquainting ourselves with nature, by spending time outside, can reset our circadian rhythm, boost our mood, and help heal our mitochondria. He offers us tools that are simple, inexpensive and practical as we "biohack" our health to new levels.
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| 0:00.0 | You look at all the different food diets and new diets keep coming out and people keep looking for more super foods, |
| 0:05.2 | it's because diet alone doesn't work. And if we simply just look at what Dr. Price studied when he went around the world and looked at |
| 0:14.0 | indigenous cultures. Not only were they eating a native diet, but every one of |
| 0:19.5 | them was connected to their outdoor environment. |
| 0:23.0 | They all were getting natural light through their eyes and on their skin, |
| 0:27.0 | and none of them were living a completely indoor lifestyle. sponsored by the Weston A Price Foundation for wise traditions in food, farming, and the healing arts. |
| 0:47.0 | We're your source for scientific knowledge and traditional wisdom to help you achieve optimal health. Hey everybody, I'm Hula-Labrata Gore Gore and this is episode 161. My guest today is Thaddeus Owen, the primal hacker. |
| 1:08.2 | Thaddeus takes the best of ancestral practices in today's modern world to optimize health. |
| 1:15.0 | Today he explains why diet alone may not be enough to get us where we want to be. |
| 1:20.2 | He suggests that light and temperature are the missing pieces to our wellness equation. |
| 1:25.8 | Thaddeus is a health expert with a master's degree in holistic nutrition |
| 1:30.0 | and a Bachelor of Science and Chemical Engineering, among other certifications. |
| 1:35.0 | He knows his stuff. |
| 1:37.0 | Today Thaddeus educates us about the benefits of natural sunlight and being outdoors. |
| 1:41.0 | He warns us about the biological confusion that occurs |
| 1:45.0 | when our bodies are exposed to the blue light emitted by our many screens and |
| 1:49.9 | even our LED and CFL light bulbs. |
| 1:53.4 | But Thaddeus doesn't just leave it there. |
| 1:55.4 | He gives us the science behind what's going on, |
| 1:58.0 | and he offers plenty of practical advice |
| 2:00.5 | to go from just so-so average health to biohacked, optimized health. |
| 2:06.0 | Before we get into the conversation, we want to recognize our sponsors. |
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