On this episode of the Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast.

I want to go to the greatest sources on earth,

simplify it and actionable things that people can do.

And I want to show people that they can do to have more energy strength and vitality.

You don't have to wait for some giant intervention.

You can make these minor interventions and see radical changes in the quality of your life.

And then people say, well, I don't want to know.

And I was like, bullshit. Of course you want to know, you know,

especially now where you can do so much about it.

I'm definitely looking forward to a decade from now

when I can head down to Safeway to get pickles and yogurt and grab a spleen.

Help, performance, nutrition, longevity, ancestral living, biohacking, and much more.

My name is Ben Greenfield. Welcome to the show.

Let's talk Kava.

Kava is this this plant-based stress relieving, neutral pick drink.

I used to drink it when I would go to Hawaii and race Iron Man.

I'd like to drink at night before bed to help myself fall asleep.

It was like Hawaiian weed almost, but legal.

And perhaps a little bit less disruptive to one's cognition.

Anyways, Kava has been used for like 3,000 years.

It's a safe, natural, non-addictive alternative to drugs and alcohol.

And it's got these, it's cool because it works like an entheogen,

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