Remote Work Is Making You FATTER (Do THIS to Stop It) : 1340

The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance

Dave Asprey

Fat, Health & Fitness, Meditation, Biohacking, Lifestyle, Diet, Science, Self-improvement, Fasting, Nutrition, Hacking, Fitness, Brain, Wellness, Education

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🗓️ 5 October 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Remote work might feel like freedom, but your biology disagrees. In this video, I break down how your work-from-home setup is hijacking your hormones: crushing testosterone, spiking cortisol, and wrecking insulin sensitivity. I’ll show you exactly how posture, light, movement, and meal timing secretly control fat gain, energy crashes, and libido drops... and how to take back control without quitting your job or starving yourself. This is about biohacking your environment to work for you—not against you.

Chapters:

0:00 – Introduction

1:04 – How Working From Home Disrupts Your Biology

1:58 – The Silent Hormonal Downshift of Remote Workers

3:29 – How Posture Sends Stress Signals to Your Brain

4:49 – Fix This: 3 Postural Resets to Normalize Hormones

5:50 – The Hormone Remote Work Destroys Most: Insulin

6:59 – How To Restore Insulin Sensitivity

9:45 – Why Light Is More Powerful Than Food

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0:00.0	You thought that remote work was going to be good for you.
0:03.0	And it kind of is, but unfortunately it's making you pudgy, tired, and weak.
0:08.0	Yes, having no commute is wonderful, and a flexible schedule changes everything,
0:14.0	but your body is quietly packing on belly fat, draining your energy, and it's killing your sex drive.
0:19.0	You're gaining weight even though your diet hasn't changed.
0:22.5	You crash every afternoon at 2 p.m.
0:24.7	Your libido starts to crash.
0:26.6	You feel mentally foggy most of the day.
0:29.3	It's not a coincidence.
0:31.1	It's because of your environment in your house has hijacked your testosterone, your cortisol,
0:36.0	and your insulin.
0:37.2	Remote work tricks your brain and forces your body to store fat you shouldn't be storing.
0:41.9	And the longer that you stay blind to it, the fatter and weaker you become.
0:46.3	In the next few minutes, I'll show you exactly how remote work is systematically breaking down your
0:51.5	body's fat burning and energy systems and how to fight back,
0:54.5	so you don't get stuck with a soft, tired body that feels 10 years older than it should.
0:59.2	You can make remote work even healthier than going into the office.
1:03.2	See, in that office setting, you actually moved around.
1:06.5	You walked your car.
1:07.7	You got sunlight on your skin during your commute, during your lunch.
1:10.7	You had built-in breaks, structured meals, even socialized with actual human beings in real
1:15.9	life.
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