Mini-Episode: Cool Facts Friday #12
The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance
Dave Asprey
4.6 • 7.4K Ratings
🗓️ 25 June 2021
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Cool Facts are quick hits of new human and world science curated into short bursts of information just for you. This fun compilation publishes one Friday a month. Enjoy!
Here’s the current lineup for episode #12:
- Blood sugar affects your brain health
- Tapeworms change ant immunity and make them lazy
- New COVID-19 research about the lining of your blood vessels
- Larger pupils indicate higher intelligence
- One bad experience with food leaves a lifelong impression
- Gut bacteria can play a role in your mortality risk
- Playing red light, green light to control gene expression
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| 0:00.0 | For more than 10 years, I have been looking at ketones and mitochondria, and it's very clear that ketones can give your mitochondria superpowers. |
| 0:08.8 | In fact, I've written about it in a couple of my books. It's in the bulletproof diet. It's in fast this way, and actually the other ones too. |
| 0:16.0 | You don't always have to be in ketosis, but when you turn on your ketones, especially at high levels for brief periods, magic can happen. |
| 0:23.0 | We're talking better energy, better focus, better endurance, even better hydration. |
| 0:28.0 | I've been working with a company called Health via Modern Nutrition, or HVMN, that created ketone IQ, a daily ketone supplement drink. |
| 0:37.0 | Does any sugar or stimulants, it's just clean energy for better physical and cognitive performance? |
| 0:43.0 | I feel the difference if I'm meditating, if I'm doing neurofeedback, if I'm working out, or just what I need extra energy to do something really intense. |
| 0:51.0 | Go to hvmn.com, use code Dave 20, they'll give you 20% off. That's hvmn.com, use code Dave 20, they'll give you 20% off. This is worth a try. |
| 1:03.0 | One of the most profound things that has shaped my sleep is breathing. |
| 1:09.0 | There's a company called Mut, and what Mut is is a nasal dilator that's made from really soft medical grade polymers. |
| 1:16.0 | It holds your nasal airways open in a way that is not uncomfortable, it's actually totally fine. |
| 1:21.0 | Increases air flow by an average of 38%. That means easier breathing, less snoring, and better sleep for you and anyone who sleeps near you. |
| 1:30.0 | A lot of us deal with congestion, blockages, deviated septum, or narrow airwaves. |
| 1:34.0 | I had sinus infections for 15 years of my life, and I don't deal with those anymore, and attract my snoring every night. |
| 1:41.0 | When I use my mute, my snoring is two minutes or less. When I don't use it, my snoring is 10 to 12 minutes. |
| 1:48.0 | It's a noticeable difference, and you wake up feeling more refreshed. |
| 1:52.0 | If you go to mutesnoring.com, slash Dave, use promo code Dave 10, they'll save you 10% and get free shipping. That's mutesnoring.com, slash Dave, use code Dave 10. |
| 2:02.0 | Welcome to this edition of Cool Facts. |
| 2:05.0 | I appreciate the feedback you guys have been leaving for me. Just go to the podcast page on DaveAspry.com, and right there at the top, there's a link. |
| 2:13.0 | And you can ask any question you want, or you can submit any idea for Cool Facts. I actually use those. |
| 2:19.0 | So thank you for sharing with me, because it helps me make really cool things. Here we go. |
| 2:25.0 | Cool fact number one. |
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