These 3 Ancient Habits Are Secretly the Best Health Hacks

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Dr. Josh Axe

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 8 September 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Fasting, prayer, and communion aren’t just spiritual—they’re some of the most powerful health enhancers ever studied. In this episode, Dr. Josh Axe unpacks the research showing how these biblical practices improve immunity, reduce inflammation, and sharpen brain function. Discover how ancient wisdom and modern science agree on the habits that transform your health and your mind. Watch The Dr. Josh Axe Show every Monday & Thursday on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@drjoshaxe?sub_confirmation=1 🎧 Early Access! Our listeners enjoy every episode before anyone else! Tune in below and join our exclusive group of listeners → Spotify: https://bit.ly/DrJoshAxeSpotify Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3JDvWcS Order my NEW BOOK, The Biblio Diet → https://bit.ly/4oPEP3t Uncover what’s really going on in your body with advanced biomarker testing for hormones, thyroid, and metabolism— plus a 1-hour consultation with a Senior Health Advisor! → MyBloodWork.com CONNECT WITH DR. JOSH AXE Instagram→ https://www.instagram.com/drjoshaxe/ Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/DrJoshAxe/ TikTok → https://www.tiktok.com/@thedrjoshaxeshow/ X → https://x.com/drjoshaxe/ LinkedIn → https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshaxe Website → http://thehealthinstitute.com Sign up for my newsletter → https://bit.ly/4oE9Jf3 Ask Dr. Axe → http://speakpipe.com/drjoshaxe Links: https://www.biblestudytools.com/bible-study/topical-studies/what-exactly-is-fasting-all-about.html https://www.ucg.org/learn/bible-questions-and-answers/what-are-some-biblical-examples-fasting https://www.cslewisinstitute.org/resources/the-place-of-fasting-in-the-christian-life/ https://ultimatedanielfast.com/ultimate-daniel-fast-food-guidelines/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2114833 https://www.cell.com/cell-metabolism/abstract/S1550-4131(24)00225-0 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31804775/ https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMra1905136 https://www.studioapolimeni.com/editorcms/nejmra1905136_pdf.pdf https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31881139/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7918995/ https://www.eurekahealth.com/resources/intermittent-fasting-benefits-for-brain-health-en https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8954770/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S127977072500003X https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02673515 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/384602209_Insulin_resistance_reduction_intermittent_fasting_and_human_growth_hormone_secondary_analysis_of_a_randomized_trial https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37527766/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S127977072500003X https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02673515 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37377031/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3068072/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39991046/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7021351/ https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/59/8/1453 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullarticle/2521827 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0177618 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28741091/ https://ijsra.net/sites/default/files/IJSRA-2024-2136.pdf https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9216450/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7377019/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3671693/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37768634/ https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/regularly-attending-religious-services-associated-with-lower-risk-of-deaths-of-despair/ https://time.com/5159848/do-religious-people-live-longer/ https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0177618 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:25.7	Over the past several years, there's been a resurgence in people focusing on spiritual growth
0:32.3	in order to improve their physical health.
0:34.7	Both in the Eastern sense and in the biblical sense,
0:38.7	practices like meditation have really taken off because people are realizing that our spiritual
0:44.8	and mental health has a big impact on our physical health. And things like this are praised
0:50.7	by biohackers, influencers, and even medical doctors who are now talking about
0:55.9	how to build peace, how to build spiritual and mental health, via practices that are talked
1:01.6	about in the Bible and other ancient texts. But here's the thing. Many people today
1:07.3	aren't doing meditation correctly, prayer correctly, or fasting correctly in order
1:13.5	to achieve the results they're looking to achieve. And on today's episode, I'll be diving into
1:19.3	how you can pray, how you can take part in things like communion, how you can meditate and even
1:25.5	practice fasting the way the early church did and the way the
1:29.4	ancient physicians like Hippocrates recommended. And in this episode I'll cover how to fast, pray,
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