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The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance

Talking Dirty About Spiritual Plants and Microbial Biodiversity - #426

The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance

Dave Asprey

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

4.67.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2017

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode, Dr. Maya Shetreat-Klein is getting down and dirty with Dave! Dr. Maya - a neurologist, herbalist, and the author of “The Dirt Cure: Healthy Food, Healthy Gut, Happy Child” - offers an integrative and spiritual approach to treating health issues in both kids and adults. In this fascinating and wide-ranging conversation, Dr. Maya and Dave dig into why getting dirty and connecting with nature is the best way to create microbial biodiversity, the indigenous cultures she’s studied and their strong connection to plant medicine, and the relaxing vagus nerve stimulating exercise she teaches her patients. You’ll learn how microbes, bacteria, and parasites can have a positive impact on your health, you’ll hear Dave get candid about his experiences with plant medicine, and Dr. Maya will explain how you don’t need to travel anywhere exotic to a create transformative, spiritual experience; you can simply hug a tree!

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0:00.0

If you read my anti-aging book, you know that there are seven things that cause aging in your body,

0:04.7

and one of the biggest ones you could call zombie cells. Those are cells in your body that are

0:09.6

done living, but they don't really die. They sit around, they take up resources, and they make

0:13.6

free radicals and inflammation. As you age, you get more and more zombie cells. They also cause

0:19.0

aging symptoms like less energy and longer recovery times. I've been working with my friends at

0:23.6

Neurohacker on a formula that would cause your body to eliminate those zombie cells. It's called

0:30.0

Qualia Cinellytics. It's a new kind of supplement. It's got the most powerful, herbal, and natural

0:35.3

cinellytics, and it's so powerful you only take it for two days per month to turn on this cleanup

0:41.4

of your zombie cells. You don't take it every day because you don't want your body to get rid of

0:45.6

those cells every day because that would get in the way of your body's normal functioning. In

0:50.0

other words, you need to do a once a month cleaning cycle. When you check it out, you'll feel the

0:53.9

difference. Go to Neurohacker.com slash Dave, use code Asprey15, they'll give you 15% off.

1:00.0

That's Neurohacker.com slash Dave code Asprey15.

1:13.2

Will it prove radio? A state of high performance.

1:17.1

Here's why you want to listen through to the end of today's show. We're going to start out

1:20.7

talking about things like biodiversity in your gut, what you can do with plants and how plants

1:25.4

affect things, what parasites actually do for you and against you, and then we're actually going

1:31.6

to cut over to some spiritual practice stuff. You're going to learn a new breathing exercise for

1:36.3

a vagal term. How giving flowers to someone is actually a form of plant medicine, and you're also

1:41.8

going to hear some things about ayahuasca and some of the other uses in indigenous cultures

1:46.7

of these types of medicines, including some of my own experiences. It's a very broad-ranging

1:52.3

interview. We change direction several times, and all of them are fascinating and interesting

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