Conscious Bacteria? The Secret New Science of Cellular Intelligence | Zach Bush : 1275

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

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🗓️ 29 April 2025

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

What if mitochondria weren’t just energy engines — but conscious beings guiding your survival and evolution?

In this episode, Dave Asprey sits down with Zach Bush, MD, to uncover a radical new science of cellular intelligence. Together, they reveal how your mitochondria, microbiome, and genetic memory do far more than support survival—they actively shape consciousness, drive healing, and accelerate human evolution.

You’ll discover why chronic disease, fatigue, brain fog, and emotional trauma often trace back to lost cellular communication—and how restoring that network can unlock radical resilience, deeper energy, and true longevity.

Through the lens of soil health, vibrational biology, light frequencies, and ancient microbial wisdom, Zach Bush shows why the future of biohacking demands reconnection to the deeper intelligence already alive inside you.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

• How mitochondria act as conscious messengers—not just energy factories—and why that changes everything about health and aging

• Why rebuilding gut microbiome intelligence strengthens immune function, brain health, and emotional resilience

• How disrupted cellular communication fuels chronic inflammation, autoimmune disease, and premature aging

• How emotional trauma imprints onto genetic expression and triggers mitochondrial collapse

• Why viruses and bacteria serve as evolutionary partners—not enemies—and how they upgrade your biology

• How “cellular safety” activates healing, regeneration, and peak human performance

• How carbon cycles, soil health, and light frequencies repair DNA and extend human lifespan

• Simple daily practices that rebuild cellular coherence, boost energy, and reconnect you to your innate intelligence

This conversation will rewire how you think about health, disease, and human potential—giving you the tools to upgrade your biology at the deepest level.

**Check out Zach's exclusive offer for The Human Upgrade listeners at https://intelligenceofnature.com/ and use code ‘DAVE10” for a discount!**

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0:00.0	If DNA is the memory of biology, I think the energetic world or these past life experiences are the database of felt realities.
0:07.4	Dr. Zach Bush.
0:08.9	Dr. Zach Bush.
0:09.8	Dr. Zach Bush.
0:11.1	The entire world is actually inside of the human DNA.
0:13.4	Every single gene that's ever been expressed by any organism on the planet is probably stored in the human genome.
0:18.6	I've come to believe that mitochondria are the foundation
0:22.0	of consciousness, and that may be a bit humanist. It may just be bacteria are the foundation of consciousness,
0:28.7	and mitochondria are one of the many bacteria. Nature has no purpose. Nature has an existence,
0:34.2	but this human condition identifies that nature intended us into our existence and into our
0:39.0	resilience and into our full potential.
0:40.7	And it's in this last hundred years where we've accelerated this march away from that nature.
0:44.9	Human cells don't have their own communication network.
0:47.2	And so it should really beg the question is humans even a species.
0:50.9	You're listening to the Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey.
0:57.1	Zach. You're listening to The Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey. Zach, Wired Magazine once wrote an article that said,
1:01.4	We are surrounded by a cloud of fart and poop bacteria that identify who you are.
1:07.5	True or false?
1:08.2	True.
1:09.9	Ew.
1:10.8	How far does this cloud extend? It's a big fart. It's a big one.
1:15.7	It turns out that it is a soup. It's the stew of life that sits within kind of an eight
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