Q&A 449: The Best Caffeine Alternatives (& Things That Make Coffee Work Even Better), Why You Need A "Skin Callus", Flawed Red Meat Study, 4 Keys To Happiness & Much More!
Ben Greenfield Life
Ben Greenfield
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🗓️ 27 October 2022
⏱️ 81 minutes
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- Caffeine to the rescue for endurance, and how it works: How Caffeine Boosts Endurance...11:45
- Three things to add to your coffee, things that will help caffeine work better: Paraxanthine, Theobromine, L-theanine
- How our ancestors built up a "skin callus" that protected them from the sun (you can too!): Human Skin Stood Up Better to the Sun Before There Were Sunscreens and Parasols – an Anthropologist Explains Why...32:10
- Was all that “red meat is bad for you” stuff overhyped? Quite possibly: Lancet Study Faces Renewed Calls to Amend Overcooked Claims...40:15
- 50 ways to be ridiculously generous—and feel ridiculously good: 50 Ways to be Ridiculously Generous—and Feel Ridiculously Good...45:30
- Four secrets from the world’s longest happiness study: Four Secrets from the World’s Longest Happiness Study (SUMMARY: relationships, authenticity, service and openness/love) ...50:30
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| 0:00.0 | In this episode of the Ben Greenfield Life Show, the best caffeine alternatives and things that |
| 0:05.2 | make coffee work even better. Why you need a skin callus, the flawed red meat study for keys |
| 0:11.3 | to happiness and much more. Faith, family, fitness, health, performance, nutrition, longevity, |
| 0:25.3 | ancestral living, biohacking and a whole lot more. Welcome to the show. |
| 0:35.9 | All right, I've been drinking this stuff at lunch. Usually I have bone broth with lunch, |
| 0:39.3 | but I switched to this stuff. Super interesting. It's called halon. Halon is spelled H-A-E-L-A-N. |
| 0:46.0 | It might be halon. I don't know. Helin, whatever. It tastes good. I think it's halon. Anyways, |
| 0:51.0 | it's called Helin 951. This is basically soy. I know all of you are like soy. You're not |
| 0:58.0 | supposed to consume that. Now, understandably, there's lots of conflicting information out there. |
| 1:03.2 | The short answer is yes, you should be consuming soy, but only if it's the right kind, which is |
| 1:06.8 | pretty rare. Because genetic engineering and poor soil and improper harvesting means most modern |
| 1:11.3 | soy has some serious issues and try and save modern day soy 10 times fast. I dare you. I did a |
| 1:16.8 | podcast with Dr. William Lee from the Angiogenesis Foundation. We actually talked all about soy |
| 1:21.4 | benefits, but this helon stuff gets this. It's a concentrated nitrogen fermented beverage made |
| 1:27.1 | from organic soybeans grown in the mountains of Mongolia. They have proven this species to be |
| 1:32.0 | anti-angeogenic, meaning it doesn't feed cancer, antiviral, anti-inflammatory, and anti-carsinogenic, |
| 1:37.7 | enormously rich in vitamins and minerals and a complete protein source, all your essential amino |
| 1:42.4 | acids. People use this stuff now for energy, for better sleep, for detox, for longevity, for |
| 1:47.2 | meal replacement, really great anti-cancer benefits as well. Now, it's fermented and it's soy, |
| 1:54.5 | until it doesn't taste that good. I'll just come around and tell you. But what they do is they |
| 1:58.5 | ship out like this mint powder that you mix with it. That makes it actually taste really good. I've |
| 2:02.8 | just drink it on ice with this mint powder with lunch, and it's really, really amazing stuff, |
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