Ben Greenfield On Sleep Health, Cortisol, Walking Pace, Red Light, Carbs, Grounding, Hot/Cold Therapy, Meditation, Parenting and The Power Of Spirituality

Pursuit of Wellness

Mari Llewellyn & Pursuit Network

Mental Health, Nutrition, Fitness, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Today we're joined by Ben Greenfield - one of my dream guests! Ben is a health consultant, speaker, New York Times bestselling author, 13-time ironman triathlete, former bodybuilder and has been voted as one of the top 100 most influential people in health and fitness. He’s an expert when it comes to anti-aging, optimal living, longevity, biohacking, nutrition, fitness, cognition and so much more. We go deep on all things health, mental health and spirituality today. I hope you guys find this episode as valuable as I did!

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a deer media production.
0:05.4	Hi guys, it's Mari and you're listening to the pursuit of wellness.
0:18.4	Today on the show we have one of my dream guests Ben Greenfield. He's an expert when it comes to
0:24.1	anti-aging, optimal living, longevity, biohacking, nutrition, fitness, cognition and so much more.
0:31.3	I have his book Boundless which is basically a giant encyclopedia for all things health
0:36.0	and he just released the pre-order for his new book Boundless Parenting which I'm so excited to
0:41.0	chat about. Ben, welcome to the show. Hey, thanks for having me on. Yeah, gotta hype you up for a sec.
0:47.6	My husband and I have been listening to you for years and you have had a big impact on
0:53.5	our health journey and a lot of what we do. I know you're a wealth of knowledge in so many areas
1:00.8	but for anyone listening who doesn't know you, what's kind of the elevator pitch of who you are
1:05.1	and what you do. Yeah, my background is like I got a master's degree in exercise physiology and
1:09.5	biomechanics from University of Idaho to a pre-med degree down there and then wound up working
1:14.9	in the fitness world for about a decade or so. Training clients and open up studios and gyms and
1:21.2	eventually be sad that I want to kind of be a stay-at-home dad and homeschool my kids and so
1:26.2	I'm new to the house and made an excuse to work in my underwear from home so started to do a lot
1:31.9	more like book writing and podcasting and a lot of what I do now. Amazing and just to paint the
1:37.3	picture for anyone who's listening but not watching Ben is walking on his treadmill right now.
1:42.1	He's got the red light behind him in front of him. The picture of health. I'm very inspired.
1:48.8	Well, you know what? I think there's even some evidence that you make more brain drive
1:54.3	neurotropic factor and more of what's called vascular and a feel of growth factor which both
1:59.3	both of which are kind of miracle grow for the brain if you're if you're moving when you're learning
2:04.0	or moving when you're teaching or moving when you're talking and you know a lot of times I'm
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