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Ben Greenfield Life

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Ben Greenfield Life

Ben Greenfield

Education, Fitness, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness

4.65.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2019

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In this premium podcast episode, recorded with Melanie Sliwka of SEALFit, you'll discover the following:

-Branched chain amino acids a game-changer for performance...4:00

  • Issues: they don't repair muscle mass, and spike blood sugar
  • I'm a fan of essential aminos: simple but effective

-What I would personally do if I needed to thrive on a vegetarian diet...

  • Learn the art of proper fermentation, sprouting, ancestral preparation techniques
    • Can unlock a lot of essential amino acids in them
  • Eat a wide variety of plant matter
  • Vitamin B12 supplement
  • Algae: chlorella, spirulina
  • Taurine supplement
  • Creatine
  • Essential aminos
  • Vitamin D
  • Vitamin K
  • Thorne Mediclear

-My thoughts on the ketogenic diet...15:00

  • It's not always wise because of one's genetics
  • Hormonal deficits and thyroid issues
  • Carb refeeds for athletes
  • Can induce short-term insulin resistance
  • Down regulation of glycogen synthase enzyme (can be used in your favor)

-How to enhance your mitochondria...23:30

  • Treat your body as a human battery that's charging
    • Good intake of water with an electrical charge (Hydrogen tablets, structured water)
    • JOOVV light
    • Add minerals and sea salt
    • Exercise and smart diet
    • Ground with the earth
    • PEMF mat and bed
    • Heat and cold

-And much more!

Resources from this episode:

Beyond Training

Kion Aminos

Episode sponsor:

-Kion: My personal playground for new supplement formulations, Kion blends ancestral wisdom with modern science. Ben Greenfield Fitness listeners receive a 10% discount off your entire order when you use discount code: BGF10.

Got a question for me about what Mel and I talked about in this podcast? Leave a comment below and I'll reply!

Transcript

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0:00.0

On this episode of the Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast, anytime I suck at something it just

0:06.8

fuels me.

0:07.8

Like I do not like to be bad at something that I want to try and so they fly into the

0:13.8

radar because I think they're super simple.

0:15.8

They're not sexy.

0:16.8

They don't have like freaking you know Chinese, Sistance, A, N, M, or whatever but man they

0:21.1

freaking work.

0:22.1

Once you do begin refeeding and it can actually be used as a sports performance tactic in

0:27.4

the same way that like you know avoiding caffeine for two weeks prior to a competition.

0:32.2

Health, performance, nutrition, longevity, ancestral living, biohacking, and much more.

0:43.2

My name is Ben Greenfield.

0:45.2

Welcome to the show.

0:47.2

Hey, how you guys all doing?

0:54.1

I'm Coach Mel here at Performance Challenge 2019 and we have Ben Greenfields you guys.

1:00.0

We are so lucky to get Ben with us.

1:03.9

Ben is one of the most versatile athletes I've ever met.

1:07.1

Is that fair to say Ben?

1:08.8

Probably not because I really cannot hit a home run.

1:13.0

I can't kick a field goal and I can't drive a golf ball more than about 200 yards without

1:20.9

it going really funny directions.

1:23.1

Well it's not bad.

1:24.1

You could work on those things if you really wanted to.

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