Oh, hey, what's up? It's Ben Greenfield. This podcast sounds a little funny sounding. It's

because I'm out of the middle of nowhere. We have the hills of Napa Valley, if that's

nowhere. And I'm at this event called Roonga, but I happen to be staying in what they're

calling the cook house, which I think is a fancy name for the barn. So I'm in kind of

a cavernous room that might sound a little echoey with all of my traveling podcasting

equipment. I've also had to pass the marshmallow test many, many times while in this little cook

house because it's where they're cooking the meals for all the guests. And they're doing

these amazing scrumptious breakfasts and lunches and dinner, but it means that the entire

place I'm staying in is like littered with cacao nibs and spirulina and truffles and super

foods and organic almonds and cashews and these amazing like heirloom vegetables. And so

I'm just trying not to wake up at midnight and eat at night. So that's a big pat in the

back for me. I did a good job not eating all of the food. Some may or may not have gone

missing, just saying. Anyways, I'm also recording today's episode as a solo, so why am I recording

as a solo, so which I really like to say, obviously, because I've gotten so many questions

about this liver cleanse that I did, this liver cleanse and whether it's just complete

woo, woo, bullshit or what happens if you do a liver cleanse and whether there's any

science behind it. So I actually, I did this right. I got pre and post blood test results.

I tracked my spartate amino transferase and alline amino transferase and GGT and testosterone

all these hormones and enzymes and markers that would theoretically change if one cleanses

their liver or does what I'm about to explain to you. I'm going to detail it all on today's

solo. So there, I said it again. Anyways, I am, I'm recording this introduction for you

and because I'm on the move because I'm traveling, you may even notice that the audio changes

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