A Potent NON-Drug Hack For Blood Pressure, Giant Beaver Attacks During Cold Therapy, A Simple Mineral *Trick* For Muscle & More With Dr. Cody Strodtman
Boundless Life
Ben Greenfield
4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2026
⏱️ 71 minutes
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In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Cody Strodtman, a naturopathic doctor, acupuncturist, and the author of "Your Life, Your Choice: The Rise of Adaptive Medicine." Broadcasting from their respective homes in Idaho and Portland, Oregon, Ben and Cody dive deep into the science of adaptive medicine—a philosophy that encourages listeners to transform everyday lifestyle practices into powerful medicine.
Cody unpacks the essence of adaptive medicine, drawing from a decade-long obsession with understanding health beyond just treating disease. You’ll hear compelling discussions on circadian rhythms, environmental hormesis (think: cold plunges and sauna sessions), breathwork, fasting, and innovative techniques to optimize both body and mind. Cody shares science-backed routines—from inspiratory muscle training that can lower blood pressure, to strategic uses of cold and heat for boosting immunity and recovery.
Dr. Cody Strodtman is a leading authority in Adaptive Medicine, blending his medical expertise and training as a Naturopathic Doctor and Acupuncturist, with a passion for empowering individuals to optimize their health. In his book, Your Life, Your Choice: The Rise of Adaptive Medicine, Dr. Strodtman offers foundational insights on preventing, treating, and reversing chronic diseases, while also enhancing performance and longevity. His unique approach emphasizes the power of lifestyle change, inspiring individuals to take control of their health through their behaviors.
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| 0:00.0 | My name is Ben Greenfield, and on this episode of the Boundless Life podcast, |
| 0:04.9 | health is synonymous with robust function in the systems that we need for life, and disease |
| 0:09.5 | is dysfunction in those same systems. So health equals function, and disease equals dysfunction. |
| 0:14.6 | So any technique that improves function will improve help. |
| 0:19.6 | Welcome to the Boundless Life, with me, your host, Ben Greenfield. |
| 0:24.0 | I'm a personal trainer, exercise physiologist, and nutritionist, and I'm passionate about |
| 0:28.7 | helping you discover unparalleled levels of health, fitness, longevity, and beyond. |
| 0:40.2 | All right, time for a little science lesson. |
| 0:42.8 | A buckle trokey, not B-U-C-K-L-E like the belt, |
| 0:47.8 | buckle, B-U-C-C-A-L like your cheek. |
| 0:51.0 | A buckle trokey is a small, dissolvable lozenge, this place between the upper cheek |
| 0:56.5 | and the gum. And whatever's in that trokey is extremely fast acting, typically 15 to 30 minutes, |
| 1:02.8 | because anything in that area between the upper cheek and the gum goes into the cheek mucosa, |
| 1:10.2 | and that's an area that's highly vascular and very close to the brain. |
| 1:14.4 | So you get a fast acting uptake and you bypass the digestive system altogether when you're using a troki, |
| 1:21.2 | which means faster onset versus up to two hours to take effect. |
| 1:25.8 | So enter this company Troscriptions. They are a team of |
| 1:29.2 | four physicians who have developed some very cool trokeys. They have methylene blue. They have |
| 1:36.2 | cordisepin. They have agarine from the fly agaric mushroom. They have B3 Gaba and many other ingredients |
| 1:43.8 | that they've jam packed into these trokeys |
| 1:46.0 | for things like calm, for things like better sleep, for supporting the immune health, |
| 1:52.3 | and also because of the blue and a couple of the products, enhancing focus and productivity and |
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