Biohacking for Pets: How to Supercharge Your Pet's Health & Longevity - Dr. Gary Richter : 1084
The Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey
Dave Asprey
4.6 • 7.3K Ratings
🗓️ 31 August 2023
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
You've heard lots on this show about biohacking, longevity, and how to help your brain and body perform better. But what if you could do the same things for your pet? I've spent most of my life with pets and/or farm animals so I’m thrilled to have my longtime friend, Dr. Gary Richter, America's favorite veterinarian, here to tell you all you need to know about biohacking for your pets.
Dr. Gary Richter, DVM, is a distinguished veterinarian, international bestselling author of The Ultimate Pet Health Guide, and founder of Ultimate Pet Nutrition. He’s also the author of two new books, Longevity for Dogs and Longevity for Cats. Dr. Richter is certified in veterinary acupuncture, as well as veterinary chiropractic, understanding the benefits of both conventional and holistic treatment methods. He also places great emphasis on the well-being of the pet owner, knowing that a sick pet can cause great strain on a person's life.
Today, we talk about what supplements your pet should be consuming, how you can regenerate their health, genetic testing for pets, what's coming in the future, the things a lot of people believe about pet diets that are absolutely not true, and a bunch of other stuff from a top expert in the field.
All the studies show that having a pet raises your oxytocin. It makes you live longer. It increases heart rate variability. It makes your kids have healthier gut biomes, on and on. Tune in to start learning how to support your pets as well as they support you.
00:03:00 — How Long Can Our Pets Really Live?
• The truth about vegan cat food
• How long cats and dogs can live
• Why biohacking pets may be easier than for humans
• Why dogs like cat poop
• The oldest animals he’s worked with
• Physiological differences between dogs and humans
• How much it costs to invest in your pet’s longevity
• Pillars of aging for pets
• The root of genomic instability and suggested solutions
00:16:22 — Nutritional Support & Preventative Care for Pets
• What to feed your pets for optimal health
• Easy and readily available supplements for your pets
• Upgrade Labs: ownanupgradelabs.com
• Dave’s experience with electroacupuncture for his dachshund
• Documentary: daveasprey.com/heal
• Testing you can do for your pet to find out predispositions
• How much Vitamin D you need in your pet food
00:39:41 — Top Supplements to Support Your Pet’s Optimal Health
• Can you and your pet take the same supplements?
• What a whole food diet looks like for pets
• Benefits of MCT oil for dogs and cats
• Read: The Ultimate Pet Health Guide by Dr. Gary Richter
• Recommendations for how many supplements your pet needs
• Racehorse biohacking
• Dr. Richter's supplement list for dog/cat longevity
• Read: Longevity for Dogs by Dr. Gary Richter
• Read: Longevity for Cats by Dr. Gary Richter
• Integrative Veterinary Medicine: ahvma.org
• Ultimatepetnutrition.com (Use promo code ULTIMATEHEALTH40 for 40% off)
Resources
Dave Asprey’s NEW Book ‘Smarter Not Harder’ is out now: https://daveasprey.com/books
Ultimate Pet Nutrition: ultimatepetnutrition.com (Use promo code ULTIMATEHEALTH40 for 40% off)
Free Resource: Dr. Richter's supplement list for dog/cat longevity
Read: The Ultimate Pet Health Guide by Dr. Gary Richter
Read: Longevity for Dogs & Longevity for Cats by Dr. Gary Richter
Read: The Ultimate Pet Health Guide by Dr. Gary Richter
Integrative Veterinary Medicine: ahvma.org
Website: drgaryrichter.com
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the human upgrade with Dave Asprey, formerly bulletproof radio. |
| 0:17.5 | You're listening to the human upgrade with Dave Asprey. |
| 0:21.4 | You heard lots on this show about biohacking, about longevity and anti-aging and aging |
| 0:29.3 | more slowly than your friends, how to perform better, your brain, your body, this is how |
| 0:34.7 | to win so you have a good life. |
| 0:38.3 | What if you could do the same things for your pets? |
| 0:41.7 | I've spent most of my life with pets and or farm animals. |
| 0:45.6 | I tend to gravitate towards docksons, you know, weenerdogs because they think they're |
| 0:53.2 | big dogs. |
| 0:54.2 | They don't know that they're little dogs and there's nothing funnier than seeing a |
| 0:57.6 | laverdor bossed around by a dockson, but I think it's hilarious and they're also just |
| 1:03.4 | fun dogs. |
| 1:04.4 | So, all of my dogs, I've had six docksons in my life, all of them have lived to at |
| 1:08.8 | least 15 and sometimes 17 or 18, small dogs have lived longer, but there are things you |
| 1:14.6 | can do to biohack your pet and I've talked about this very briefly, like in the first couple |
| 1:19.1 | hundred episodes, but I have a long time friend on and we are celebrating international dog |
| 1:26.6 | day. |
| 1:27.6 | Now, I know that everyone, in fact, it's a national holiday mostly around the world, |
| 1:31.6 | okay? |
| 1:32.6 | No one's ever heard of international dog day, probably unless you're a breeder or a vet, |
| 1:36.1 | but hey, what the heck? |
| 1:37.1 | Now, this is my long time friend, Dr. Gary Richter, who is a well-known veterinarian. |
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