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Hey folks, if you've been listening to the podcast for a couple of months, then you know

that I recently spoke at the Bulletproof Biohacking Conference.

And I have to admit that I had just flown in from racing the Vermont Spartan Beast when

I spoke at that conference.

And I was a little bit jet lagged, I was a little bit tired.

I was slightly below my desired cognitive capacity prior to hopping on stage.

So as I was wandering through the expo prior to getting on stage to speak, I thought, well,

why not just try some new fangled smart drug that I've never tried before as one does.

So as you'd probably suspect that I don't necessarily advise getting on stage in front

of hundreds of people with some new nutraceutical in your body you've never tried before, but

I occasionally live life on the wild side.

So I grabbed a handful of this stuff called siltep, which is basically a mix of artichoke

extract and forkullin and a few other things we'll probably talk about in today's podcast.

I wash it out with the glass of water and then I gave my presentation and low and behold,

I did not get sick, I did not vomit, I did not die.

Things went pretty well during the presentation.

But ultimately I got an email a few weeks later from the folks at natural stacks who are

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