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The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance

How I Lost 100 Pounds By Drinking Butter Coffee : 1371

The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance

Dave Asprey

Fat, Health & Fitness, Meditation, Biohacking, Lifestyle, Diet, Science, Self-improvement, Fasting, Nutrition, Hacking, Fitness, Brain, Wellness, Education

4.67.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In 1999, a Silicon Valley millionaire on the brink of collapse took one mysterious sip atop a frozen Tibetan mountain - and everything changed. That moment sparked a global movement, rewrote the rules of fat and energy, and turned an ancient secret into a modern revolution.


00:00 – The Dying Millionaire

00:40 – The Mountain That Changed Everything

01:30 – The Birth of Bulletproof Coffee

02:40 – When the World Took Notice

03:45 – The Fat Lie We All Believed

04:45 – The Truth About Good Fats

06:00 – Escaping the Sugar Trap

07:15 – Stop Counting Calories

09:00 – Why Inflammation Keeps You Fat

10:40 – Eat Less Often, Not Less Food

12:00 – The Exercise Myth

13:40 – The Hidden Toxins Problem

15:20 – Fixing the Root Cause

17:40 – The Power of Mitochondria

20:00 – One Sip That Changed Everything


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Transcript

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0:00.0

How many nights have you stared at the ceiling, counting the hours until morning?

0:05.0

Maybe you try to sleep supplement, but it knocked you out and left you groggy, like you traded one problem for another.

0:11.0

Poor sleep doesn't just make you tired. It kills your performance, slows your brain down, and speeds up aging.

0:18.0

Kill Switch from Switch supplements solves that problem. It works with your biology

0:22.9

instead of against it. It contains five gut-friendly, extensively researched ingredients like

0:29.0

Gaba, magnesium glycinate, and tart cherry extract to help you fall asleep naturally, stay asleep,

0:34.6

and wake up clear. And it's in the form of a delicious, sugar-free,

0:39.0

no-b-s-hot-coco drink. Sleep tracking data proves how well it works. People consistently hit 90-plus

0:46.1

sleep scores and more than double their REM sleep in only three days with KillSwitch. If you're

0:51.8

ready for the best sleep of your life, order now at Switch Supplements.com

0:56.1

and use code Dave for 20% off. If you don't sleep better, you get your money back. Kill Switch

1:02.2

works with your biology. Your body does the rest. Back in 1999, I was a brand new millionaire in Silicon Valley, but I was dying, literally.

1:13.6

I weighed 300 pounds, and my doctor told me I was heading straight for a heart attack or stroke, and I was only 30 years old.

1:21.6

So for the next year and a half, I hit the gym six days a week, ate a low-calorie diet, and even tried going vegan for 18 long

1:29.0

and dark months.

1:30.8

Nothing worked.

1:31.8

The fat wouldn't budge.

1:32.8

I could lose half of it, and then it would come back with a vengeance.

1:36.3

And then I drank a cup of something very, very strange at the top of a mountain on a spiritual

1:41.2

pilgrimage.

1:42.4

One sip flipped a switch in my brain that turned it on in a way I have never felt before.

1:48.1

And when I started doing it regularly, it helped me drop the hundred pounds of fat, and I still

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