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The Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey

A Lesson in Adventure Hacking: Step Toward Your Fear – Jill Heinerth : 663

The Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey

Dave Asprey

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

4.67.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Bulletproof Radio, my guest explores the underwater world as one of the greatest cave divers on the planet. She is considered this generation’s Jacques Cousteau. Canadian Jill Heinerth has gone into places in the world where no one had gone before.

“The adventure seeker, the novelty seeker, the sensation seeker isn't necessarily risky in that foolish sort of way,” Jill says. “We're not adrenaline seekers necessarily. It doesn't mean we're dangerous. It doesn't mean were death-wish kind of thing. It just means we're out and interested in stimulation, learning, curiosity, and new things.”

She’s dived deeper into caves than any woman in history and set a women's world record for deep cave penetration. She became the first person to dive the ice caves of Antarctica, going further into an underwater cave system than any woman ever. 

“When I do choose to take risks, I'm very, very careful about assessing risks, trying to prevent as many things that could go wrong, pre-visualizing what could happen underwater, and then ensuring that I have the right training, the right personnel, the right equipment, and redundancy with me, so that I can handle that worst case possible scenario,” Jill says.

She’s completed more than 7,500 dives in her career so far and says, “We are capable of so much more than we could possibly imagine.”

Considered a legend in the diving community, she's spent more than three decades in submerged caves around the world partnering with National Geographic, NOAA, and various educational institutions and television networks worldwide. She’s also a writer and award-winning photographer and filmmaker who takes a keen interest in the health of our Earth’s oceans.

In recognition of her lifetime achievement, Jill was awarded the inaugural Sir Christopher Ondaatje Medal for Exploration. Established by the Royal Canadian Geographical Society in 2013, the medal recognizes singular achievements and the pursuit of excellence by an outstanding Canadian explorer. She also is the first Explorer in Residence for the society.

Jill says cave diving is “one of the most dangerous, yet exhilarating, pursuits in the world.” In our conversation, we talk about her adventures underwater and how her survival depends on how she balances risk, fear and the right amount of breathing.

“I'm scared all the time,” Jill says, “because I think being scared means that I care about the outcome.”

Enjoy the show! 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

When somebody says something's impossible, we can't possibly do that. We can't possibly go inside an iceberg or

0:08.8

This is too much for human-fisiology. I'm like, hmm. Well, surely there's a way and the problem solving aspect is

0:17.5

Is what's really interesting to me. So you're a hacker. You're saying yeah, I guess someone says it's impossible and you're like, oh, watch me do it, right?

0:30.0

Will it prove radio a state of high performance? You're listening to bullet proof radio with Dave Asprey.

0:41.0

Magnesium is incredibly important for stress, for sleep, and for energy. But these days doctors only use high-dose magnesium as a last resort when you're already sick.

0:51.3

This isn't a good idea because magnesium's involved in 300 different metabolic processes. When you're stressed, magnesium burns out of your nervous system,

0:59.8

which puts you at risk for deficiency. And there are seven different types of magnesium you need to have the best health and vitality and energy.

1:07.8

Getting all of those forms of magnesium in the right doses can upgrade virtually every function in your body.

1:14.8

Even if you need a well-balanced diet, it's a fantasy that you could get enough magnesium from food alone because our soil is depleted.

1:22.8

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1:32.8

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1:41.8

I was grabbing a danger coffee with my friend the other day and out of the blue he said, Dave, what do you do for your skin?

1:47.8

I left it first because it's not like I have a complex skin care routine. But I do know that my skin is the largest organ in my body.

1:55.8

And it is the first line of defense against the world. And it's really permeable if you don't take care of it.

2:00.8

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2:07.8

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2:14.8

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2:22.8

One of the things that makes timeline stand out to me is that there are lots of rigorous clinical trials showing that it works systemically and it works specifically on your skin.

2:31.8

It's made a big difference in how my skin looks and feels. So pay attention to your skin because it's an organ and you want all your organs to work right.

2:39.8

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2:45.8

Today's cool fact of the day is that underwater your body is under a lot of pressure and some interesting things happen.

2:53.8

If you breathe nitrogen under pressure in really deep water, it produces an intoxicating effect known as nitrogen Narcosis aka nitrogen euphoria or very romantically the raptures of the deep.

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