Health Myths That Waste Your Time: Supplements, Seed Oils, Cold Therapy, and More
Boundless Life
Ben Greenfield
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🗓️ 9 January 2026
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Full Show Notes: https://bengreenfieldlife.com/article/newsletter-1
Writing a book is a lot like childbirth—exhausting, and not something you rush back into the moment it’s over.
I’ve never given birth, but I have written several books—and after finishing Boundless, I wasn’t too eager to jump straight into that process again. Until recently.
There are just too many health myths wasting your time, energy, and attention—especially around supplements, cold and heat exposure, sleep, fasting, seed oils, red meat, carbohydrates, psychedelics, biohacking, and the modern obsession with living forever.
So over the coming months, I’m going to tackle these types of topics through a weekly newsletter, article, and video series, which will eventually be crafted into my next book.
If something resonates, let me know. If something falls flat, tell me. And if there’s a topic that deserves a deeper dive, point me there.
Head to https://bengreenfieldlife.com/article/newsletter-1/ for today’s article, and drop any other feedback in the comments, including topics you think I should address in the book!
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| 0:00.0 | Well, somehow I have never gotten pregnant or had a baby, but I've heard that the process of giving birth, and God bless you if you have, is such a laborious ritual that most moms don't instantly turn to thoughts of attempting to produce another baby anytime in the very near future. |
| 0:19.2 | And that may not be true. |
| 0:20.8 | It is not a pub bed fact. |
| 0:22.7 | But let's say that it is true. |
| 0:24.9 | Then, and the following risks offending all hardworking mothers, for an author, like me, the process of writing and publishing a book might be synonymous to childbirth in some ways, meaning an author who has |
| 0:39.5 | just published a book may not be terribly excited about writing another book right away. So until |
| 0:45.8 | recently, I personally wasn't excited about launching another so-called baby making process, |
| 0:52.2 | but it's been around six months since Boundless was released, my last |
| 0:56.4 | book, and the writing flees beginning to gnaw somewhere near the base of my left ear again, |
| 1:01.4 | and it seems to have spread to my brain because I am writing again, and not only that, but I'm |
| 1:08.5 | also recording videos like this for you from my writing. |
| 1:13.5 | The reason is I've had quite a few thoughts lately about content production and writing, |
| 1:19.3 | such as, first, I like to express my thoughts in written word, and I like to put that written word out |
| 1:26.4 | in audio and video form like I'm doing |
| 1:28.2 | right now. Although I don't do many things well, writing is like an inborn skill of mine. It comes |
| 1:34.6 | somewhat easy. It makes me better at organizing and disseminating my thoughts and I trust that what I |
| 1:39.9 | write might be able to help you too. So I actually feel like I could be underserving you by not writing. |
| 1:47.1 | Now, second, I used to write a weekly newsletter that had a bit of, say, meat to it. |
| 1:54.2 | Now, currently a lot of the emails you give from me offer you some great discoveries, deals, research dives, and podcast alerts. But believe it or not, |
| 2:02.1 | I have some other musings rolling around in this skull that would be valuable to share with you. |
| 2:08.6 | And there's a big difference between me pushing out a quick social media post and me rolling |
| 2:11.9 | at my sleeves and writing something really meaningful and potentially more permanently value |
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