495: How to Biohack Your Body & Mind to Live to 180+ | Dave Asprey
The Ultimate Health Podcast
Jesse Chappus
4.5 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2022
⏱️ 89 minutes
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Summary
Watch the full video interview on YouTube here: https://bit.ly/495daveasprey
Dave Asprey (IG: @dave.asprey) is an entrepreneur, four-time New York Times bestselling science author, and host of the top 100 podcast The Human Upgrade, formally Bulletproof Radio, which has more than 200 million downloads.
He’s the founder of Bulletproof Coffee and a leading voice in the movement to take control of our own biology.
Today Dave’s making his 5th appearance on the show, sharing a ton of practical ways to upgrade your diet and lifestyle to extend your life.
In this episode, we discuss:
- Skipping dinner vs breakfast is better metabolically
- How long Dave fasts for + how he breaks a fast
- The Bulletproof Diet
- Dave’s recent mission in Peru
- What is spiritual reframing?
- Don't underestimate ayahuasca and other "safer" options
- Holotropic breathing stimulates altered states of consciousness
- Health is an ill-defined goal
- Upgrade Labs helps you reach your goals
- Get more energy to dive deeper into self-improvement
- 3 practical tips to gain energy now
- Should you get tested for heavy metals?
- Why you shouldn’t eat kale!
- Get your hormones tested
- People who have energy are kind to each other
- Adrenal extracts are energizing
- The benefits of adding salt to your water
- How to structure your water
- Structuring your water with a high-powered blender vs. a frother
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Related links:
Follow Dave Asprey on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter
Listen or watch Dave Asprey previously on TUHP (episodes #061, #159, #305, and #389)
Dave Asprey - Smarter Not Harder (book)
Dave Asprey - Fast This Way (book)
Listen to Paul Saladino previously on TUHP (episode #400)
Listen or watch Gabby Bernstein previously on TUHP (episode #208 and #458)
Life Cykel Lion's Mane Mushroom Extract
Dr. Matthew Walker - Why We Sleep (book)
Listen to Dr. Satchin Panda on TUHP (episode #353)
Listen to Dr. Daniel Amen previously on TUHP (episodes #333 and #359)
Dr. Gerald Pollack - Fourth Phase of Water (book)
Related episodes:
Use Fasting as a Tool to Lose Weight & Prevent Disease | Mike Mutzel (#492)
The #1 Superfood to Heal Your Immune System | Dr. Jeffrey Bland (#481)
This Is Why You’re Unhealthy & How to Fix It! | Dr. Casey Means (#479)
The Bitter Truth About Sugar: It’s Poisoning You! | Dr. Robert Lustig (#474)
What to Eat to Starve Cancer & Heal the Body | Dr. William Li (#469)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | coming up on the Ultimate Health podcast. |
| 0:02.3 | And that's why I'm absolutely convinced I'm going to live to lease under 80. |
| 0:05.4 | That's why I know anyone listening to this can raise their IQ by 10 points, |
| 0:08.9 | because it's not that hard. There's multiple ways to do it. |
| 0:11.7 | You can add years to your life. But more importantly, you can just wake up feeling amazing |
| 0:15.9 | instead of waking up feeling healthy, because healthy is just table stakes. |
| 0:24.7 | Hello and welcome to Ultimate Health podcast episode 495. |
| 0:28.9 | I'm Jesse Chapus, and I'm here to take your health to the next level. |
| 0:32.5 | Each week I'll bring you in-depth conversations with health and wellness leaders from around the world. |
| 0:37.4 | This week, Dave Asprey is back on the show. |
| 0:39.7 | Dave is an entrepreneur, four-time New York Times specializing science author, |
| 0:44.0 | and host to the top 100 podcasts of human upgrade, |
| 0:47.2 | formerly Bulletproof Radio. This show has more than 200 million downloads. |
| 0:52.0 | He's the founder of Bulletproof Coffee, and a leading voice in the movement to take control |
| 0:56.3 | of our own biology. Today, Dave's making his fifth appearance on the show for a wide-ranging |
| 1:01.2 | conversation. It's going to leave you with a ton of practical ideas for upgrading your diet and |
| 1:05.9 | lifestyle. Highlights include skipping dinner versus breakfast is better metabolically. |
| 1:11.4 | How long Dave fasts for, plus how he breaks a fast? |
| 1:14.9 | Three practical tips to gain energy now. Why you shouldn't eat kale, and how to structure your water. |
| 1:21.9 | As always, if you'd prefer to watch versus listen, this full conversation is available |
| 1:26.2 | over on YouTube. You can get there by going to ultimatehealthpodcast.com slash YouTube. |
| 1:31.0 | Be sure and subscribe while you're there so you don't miss any of the action. |
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