Hello ladies and gentlemen, it's Ben Greenfield. I'm still in the Bahamas and I

decided to bring to you a interview with a guy who I've interviewed before who

came back on the show. This guy interviewed about how to biohack your smoothie. He

knows a lot more than that. You're gonna dig today's episode. But speaking of

smoothies, I want to tell you about a component that is in just about every

smoothie I drink these days and that is mint. Yes, mint. I bet you didn't know

about all the wonders of mint leaves, did you? But mint in addition to being

great for your digestive system, which you probably already knew, provides a

considerable amount of vitamin A. Surprisingly, 924 international units of

vitamin A, which is good for your skin and your immune system. It's also a

really good source of minerals. It's high in iron. It's got about 15% of your

daily iron intake, manganese, which is good for brain function and the iron will

help provide yourselves with oxygen and the manganese feed your brains.

And the wins. Do you hear the wind? There's no wind in mint, but wind is

creeping over the Atlantic Ocean right now and blowing through my microphone

because I'm recording this for you straight from the beach in the Bahamas.

Anyways, though, I digress. So mint, along with spirulina, moringa,

chlorella, beets, maca green tea, wheat grass, ashwaganda, tumour,

calamity and coconut water is also all in my smoothie, but I don't actually

wake up and go wander half naked through the forest, collecting all this

stuff and ordering it from the jungles of wherever jungles produce moringa and

spirulina. Not quite sure. Actually, I think spirulina is from the ocean.

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