The Lucky Charms Vs. Steak Controversy, Toxic Super Foods, Better Fibers, Fasting Tips And Why Minerals Matter With Dave Asprey

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Dhru Purohit

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 9 February 2023

⏱️ 97 minutes

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This episode is brought to you by Cozy Earth, InsideTracker, and LMNT. Today on The Dhru Purohit Podcast, Dhru sits down with Dave Asprey, the “Father of Biohacking,” to discuss optimizing your biology in a way that’s sustainable, smart, and personalized to your uniqueness. Dave Asprey is an acclaimed entrepreneur, four-time New York Times bestselling science author, host of the top-100 podcast The Human Upgrade, and CEO of Upgrade Labs. Today, Dave is focused on upgrading humanity through Upgrade Labs, the first biohacking facilities, and is proud to launch his latest book Smarter, Not Harder: The Biohacker's Guide to Getting the Body and Mind You Want, available everywhere books are sold February 28, 2023. In this episode, Dhru and Dave Asprey dive into: -Why the new nutrient-profiling system ranks Lucky Charms higher than beef (2:37) -How antinutrients in plant foods can cause nutrient deficiencies (13:00) -The type of fiber Dave supplements with and why (16:55) -How your “meat operating system” keeps you alive (23:00) -How thyroid hormone dysregulation can prevent weight loss (35:56) -The top foods Dave recommends to thrive (42:58) -The most toxic superfoods (47:36) -Dave’s thoughts about minerals and nutrient deficiencies (1:06:58) -The telltale signs that someone is deficient in essential minerals (1:10:35) Also mentioned in this episode: -Smarter, Not Harder (available for preorder) -The Human Upgrade Podcast Hype or Hope? Semaglutide Changes the Weight Game -Biohacking Conference 2023 -Dave’s coffee, Danger Coffee -The world’s first human upgrade center, Upgrade Labs For more on Dave Asprey, follow him on Instagram @dave.asprey, YouTube @DaveAspreyBPR, or his website, https://www.daveasprey.com Cozy Earth are the most comfortable, temperature regulating, and non-toxic sheets on the market. Right now, get 40% off your Cozy Earth sheets. Just head over to https://www.cozyearth.com and use code DHRU InsideTracker provides detailed nutrition and lifestyle guidance based on your individual needs. Right now, they’re offering my podcast community 20% off. Just go to https://www.insidetracker.com/DHRU to get your discount and try it out for yourself. Right now, LMNT is offering my listeners a free sample pack with any purchase, that’s eight single-serving packets FREE with any LMNT order. This is a great way to try all eight flavors or share LMNT with a salty friend. Get yours at https://www.drinkLMNT.com/DHRU. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	When we're at full energy, we have the ability to fully think about and process
0:05.6	something. But quite often we're not at full energy and we're distracted so our
0:08.5	brains take shortcuts. And the biggest shortcut is if something is good, do more of it
0:12.4	and if something is bad, do less of it. You are not lazy, but sometimes your body is
0:18.2	and if you understand how to take advantage of that, you can achieve your
0:23.0	wildest health dreams. That's what our guests today believes. Welcome to the
0:26.7	Drupalat podcast. Each week we explore the inner workings of the brain and the
0:30.6	body with one of the brightest minds and wellness medicine and mindset. This
0:34.8	week's guest is Dave Asprey and Dave has a new book out. It's called Smarter,
0:38.9	Not Harder, the Biohackers Guide to getting the body and mind you want. Today's
0:45.4	interview we cover a lot of topics for Dave who's been on this podcast a bunch.
0:48.5	We jump into the topic of toxic superfoods. Foods that Dave thinks are not as
0:56.6	healthy as other people think. Now I'll be honest, this is always a confusing
1:02.2	topic for me and I know it can often be a confusing topic for our listeners.
1:06.6	When a whole group of people say that a food is healthy and then another person
1:10.9	or another group of people will say that food is not healthy, it brings up a lot
1:14.9	of questions and Dave and I had a healthy back and forth where I pushed them a
1:18.6	little bit and said help us really understand why you see these foods as not
1:23.6	as healthy. I don't know if toxic is the right word but not as healthy. We also
1:28.4	talk about fiber. What are the best sources of fiber that Dave recommends? We
1:33.6	talk about weight loss and Dave's approach to weight loss in his own life and
1:38.6	why that might be different than a lot of the weight loss advice that's out
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