Transform Your Home into a Biohacker’s Dream: Expert Tips for Ultimate Health Optimization : 1209
The Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey
Dave Asprey
4.6 • 7.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Today, we’re hacking your home—big time. I’m sitting down with three experts who know exactly how your living space might be messing with your health, and more importantly, how to fix it.
First up, we’ve got Michael Rubino, aka the mold medic, who’s here to blow your mind about the invisible toxins lurking in your walls. Mold? It’s everywhere, and it’s doing more damage than you think. Michael’s got killer insights on why dust might be your biggest health enemy and exactly how to get rid of it before it starts messing with your system.
Then, we’ve got Ryan Blaser dropping some serious science on environmental toxins you probably didn’t even know were impacting you. EMFs? VOCs? Ryan explains why your home’s air quality might be worse than you think, and how to fix it with a few smart biohacks.
Finally, Matteo Franceschetti, the sleep optimization guru, breaks down how your home could be trashing your sleep. He’s got the secrets to transforming your environment so you can supercharge your recovery and performance every night.
Check out the Full Episodes here:
• Detox Your Home: How to Improve Indoor Air Quality & Get Rid of Mold – Michael Rubino | 1036 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gncPqFlRXho&t=2s
• How Mold Affects Your Health & What You Can Do About It – Michael Rubino | 1041 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QD5RUcN8uds&t=2s
• Improve Your Home Environment & Breathe Better – Michael Rubino | 1045 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gncPqFlRXho&t=2s
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Resources:
- Michael Rubino’s Website: https://www.themoldmedic.com
- Michael Rubino’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mold_medics/
- Michael Rubino’s Book: https://www.themoldmedic.com/books
- Michael Rubino’s Company: https://www.allamericanrestoration.com
- Ryan Blaser’s Website: https://www.testmyhome.com
- Ryan Blaser’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/testmyhome/
- Ryan Blaser’s Blog: https://www.testmyhome.com/blog
- Matteo Franceschetti’s Website: https://www.eightsleep.com
- Matteo Franceschetti’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/matteofranceschetti
- Eight Sleep Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eightsleep
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Timestamps and Highlights:
- 00:00 Introduction: The Hidden Dangers in Your Home
- 00:02 Air Quality and Mold: The Silent Threat
- 00:40 Furniture Choices for Better Air Quality
- 01:51 Cleaning and Maintenance Tips
- 03:00 The Impact of Environmental Toxins
- 04:04 Formaldehyde and VOCs: Invisible Enemies
- 07:36 Energy Efficiency vs. Health
- 11:14 HVAC Systems and Air Filters
- 21:57 DIY Dust Testing and Home Lab Kits
- 29:02 Top Indoor Pollutants and Final Thoughts
- 30:47 Identifying Mold in Your Home
- 31:46 Health Impacts of Mold Exposure
- 32:18 Dangers of Air Fresheners and Fragrances
- 33:23 Improving Indoor Air Quality
- 35:59 Gas vs. Electric Stoves
- 37:07 Lighting and Its Effects on Health
- 40:57 Managing Humidity and Mold in Humid Climates
- 43:17 Carbon Monoxide: The Silent Killer
- 46:26 Dealing with VOCs in Your Home
- 50:38 Importance of Regular Cleaning
- 52:26 Noise Pollution and Its Impact
- 53:41 Advanced Sleep Tracking Technology
- 59:04 The Future of Consumer and Medical Devices
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| 0:00.0 | It doesn't matter how efficient we are if we're all dead. |
| 0:02.3 | If you want to know if your air quality is good, |
| 0:04.7 | stop testing your air or start testing your dust. |
| 0:07.1 | Over 50% of the global population deals with at least one chronic condition. |
| 0:11.0 | Go to every room in your house that has an air freshener and throw it away. |
| 0:15.0 | That's usually an indication that you have mold spores in your air. |
| 0:18.0 | This is the first month that the US government has outlawed the only type of light bulbs that are good for you. |
| 0:23.9 | Our government has completely given up on any kind of standards that are around human health. |
| 0:29.1 | They are not your friend. |
| 0:31.7 | You're listening to the human upgrade with Dave Asprey. |
| 0:35.0 | I will not buy a fabric catch. |
| 0:40.0 | There's a couple of reasons for that. I will not buy a fabric catch. |
| 0:43.0 | There's a couple of reasons for that. |
| 0:45.0 | One is you usually breathe a lot more of whatever foam is in there. |
| 0:49.0 | The other one is it's a huge dust cloud |
| 0:51.0 | and it's usually flame retardant. |
| 0:52.0 | Leather couches are the way to go because you can wipe dust off |
| 0:56.3 | leather and when you jump on a leather couch you don't see a cloud of dust unless you just didn't dust it with a cloth. |
| 1:01.8 | So for air quality that in carpet seemed like the worst things you |
| 1:05.4 | could ever have in your house if you wanted to live a long time. Am I off base |
| 1:08.7 | on that? No, you're not off base at all. I mean I purposely don't have wall to wall carpets |
| 1:14.2 | anywhere if I ever get carpets I get small little area rugs as a decoration |
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