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The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance

Uncovering the Science of MCTs & Bulletproofing Your Pets with Melinda Culver – #151

The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance

Dave Asprey

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

4.67.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2014

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Melinda Culver is a veterinarian with a PhD in Animal Sciences from Washington State University. She works for ABITEC, a company that specializes in ester chemistry emulating products found in nature to produce high-quality pharmaceuticals, nutritional supplements, and personal care products, and acts as an advisor to the Horn School for Animal Wellness. Melinda did her dissertation on “The Growth and Development of Muscle and Fat Cells”, and has authored or co-authored over 30 publications, including extensive work using MCT Oil to craft a healthy diet for animals. Why you should listen – This episode is a must-listen for any animal lover! Melinda comes on the show to talk about the science of Medium Chain Triglycerides (MCTs), the optimal diet for your pets, the benefits of MCTs and ketones for animals, and to give a quick lesson on how fats are digested in the body. Enjoy the show! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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

0:35.4

synolytics, 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

Bulletproof Radio, a state of high performance.

1:17.7

You're listening to Bulletproof Radio with Dave Asprey.

1:23.2

I'm planning to live to at least 180 and that means that I take care of my body and my brain.

1:29.6

In order to stay dangerous as I age, I focus on Neurogenesis, which is when your body grows new

1:36.0

neurons. Neurogenesis helps you with brain fog, memory, even rewiring bad habits more quickly.

1:41.9

One of my all-time favorite ingredients that clinical studies backing that it boosts Neurogenesis

1:47.6

is lion's mane mushroom. I have tri-lens mane in a lot of different forms, but none of them come close

1:53.7

to collagenius by by optimizers and utopia. That's because collagenius supports Neurogenesis with

2:00.0

four different extremely hyper-concentrated mushroom extracts. lion's mane,

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