#307 - Good Stress, The Inevitability Of Impermanence, The Locus Of Consciousness, Psychological Benefits Of Fasting, Information Foraging, The Benefits Of Being Uncomfortable, Fear Of Death And Aging, Dopamine Hits, Focus And Happiness, And More!

The Melanie Avalon Biohacking Podcast

Melanie Avalon

Alternative Health, Nutrition, Health & Fitness

4.5 • 650 Ratings

🗓️ 20 June 2025

⏱️ 131 minutes

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0:00.0	How we make energy, essentially metabolism, sits upstream from so many different aspects of your life.
0:08.0	When you study human physiology, what you find is that we are actually seven octillion self-assembled atoms
0:14.8	experiencing 37 billion billion, and that's not an oral typo, 37 billion billion chemical reactions per second.
0:24.1	And so you look at a 45% obesity rate in the United States, that's normal.
0:29.8	That is a normal outcome for how we're living.
0:32.7	Welcome to the Melanie Avalon Biohacking podcast, where we meet the world's top experts to explore the
0:39.1	secrets of health, mindset, longevity, and so much more. Are you ready to take charge of your
0:45.0	existence and biohack your life? This show is for you. Please keep in mind. We're not dispensing
0:51.5	medical advice and are not responsible for any outcomes you may
0:55.3	experience from implementing the tactics lying herein. So friends, are you ready to join me? Let's do
1:01.8	this. Welcome back to the Melanie Avalon Biohacking podcast. Friends, what a beautiful whirlwind of a conversation that I have in store for you today
1:15.6	with the incredible Jeff Krasno.
1:17.6	I loved his book, Good Stress, The Health Benefits of Doing Hard Things.
1:22.2	It truly touches on all the things we talk about in this show.
1:25.6	And I really love the direction the conversation
1:27.8	took today. It was a very deep contemplative esoteric route, where we talk a lot about the
1:33.4	nature of our identity and sense of self in this world and how it's affected by things
1:38.1	like biohacking and cold exposure and our diet and just all the things. My brain felt so expanded after this conversation,
1:46.6	and I bet you guys will feel the same as well. These show notes will have a full transcript
1:51.1	as well as links to everything that we talked about, so definitely check that out. That will be
1:55.4	at Melanieavalon.com slash good stress. So get ready as we dive into topics like the inevitability of impermanence,
2:03.4	the locus of consciousness, a really cool psychological benefit of fasting, the concept of
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