In this episode of the Ben Greenfield Fitness Show, what's worse for the planet?

Vegetarianism or carnivore? How to recover from a TBI or a concussion fast?

The minimal effective dose of exercise from muscle and much more?

Health, performance, nutrition, longevity, ancestral living, biohacking, and much more.

My name is Ben Greenfield. Welcome to the show.

Yo, yo, Jay. What's up? What's up? I'm back, baby.

I like how we talk like gangsters. I know. I know. I think when your voice goes lower,

my voice goes lower. So next thing we're now, we're going to sound like

Thanos from Infinity War. Yeah, we're just middle-aged, health enthusiasts, trying to sound cool.

How's life been, man? Life's been a fast pace, brother. I mean, there's a lot,

a lot been going on since I've seen you last, actually. Yeah, I had to record my last Q&A podcast

without you, podcast 401. I have to admit, I might need your help today to keep this thing

rolling. I'm going on about eight hours of sleep for the past two days. Whoa, tell me why, what

caused this? It's complicated, but let me open up my Zivia here and take a sip.

I thought it was going to be the Asinza again, because I've been drinking those things like crazy.

What is it? Oh, the Asinza, the stuff from Costco. Yeah, when you can buy like 36 of them or

whatever, 38 of them for like 10, 99, it's a bit of a deal. Yeah, I still like Zivia better,

but that stuff is pretty good. I've been immersed in a plant medicine retreat for the past couple

of days, which means that I've basically burnt through as many neurotransmitters as I'd normally

burn through in a week in a couple of days. And of course, when you do those things, you don't

really sleep either. And as I think a lot of our listeners know, I know I endorse people going

out and doing 40 ayahuasca ceremonies in their lives to go find themselves, but at the same time,

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