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What does it take to command a team of elite individuals?

It requires a commitment to seven key principles: Courage, Trust, Respect, Growth, Excellence, Resiliency, and Alignment. All of these are present in an elite team which commits to them deeply in order to forge the character worthy of uncommon success.

In his new book, Staring Down the Wolf: 7 Leadership Commitments That Forge Elite Teams, Retired Navy SEAL Commander, entrepreneur and New York Times bestselling author Mark Divine (founder of SEALFIT, NavySeal.com, and Unbeatable Mind) who first joined me on the episode "Secrets Of The Navy Seals: How To Train, Eat & Think Like The World’s Toughest Fighters") reveals what makes the culture of an elite team, and how to get your own team to commit to serve at an elite level. Using principles he learned on the battlefield, training SEALs, and in his own entrepreneurial and growth company ventures, Mark knows what it is to lead elite teams, and how easily the team can fail by breaching these commitments.

 

 

 

 

Mark believes that elite teams challenge themselves to step up everyday to do the uncommon. Developing the principles yourself and aligning your team around these commitments will allow you to thrive in VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity) environments, no matter your background or leadership experience.

 

 

 

 

Drawing from his twenty years leading SEALs, and twenty five years of success and failure in entrepreneurship and ten years coaching corporate clients, Mark has a very unique perspective that will allow you to unlock the tremendous power of your team.

During our discussion, you'll discover: -What is a Kokoro event?...6:15

 

 

 

-The philosophy behind Kokoro events...19:50

 

 

 

-How box breathing is different from other forms of breath work...28:00

 

 

 

-Why zen and mindfulness is not more widely practiced in the extreme fitness community...46:30

 

 

 

-How social media has skewed the efficacy of the SEAL training programs and mentality...54:40

 

 

 

-Why slow is smooth, and smooth is fast...59:30

 

 

 

 

-Two phrases from Mark's book that stuck out to Ben...1:11:20

 

 

-Mark's fascination with wolves...1:17:20 -And much more...

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It's time for a serious geek out on all things ketones, ketosis, ketone esters and more!

 

 

 

 

My guest on today's show, Geoffrey Woo, is co-founder and CEO of H.V.M.N. — Health via Modern Nutrition. He is also the host of the Health Via Modern Nutrition Podcast, a health & performance podcast that recently broke 4 million downloads. H.V.M.N. helped popularize ketones as a food group beyond fats, proteins, and carbohydrates and makes foods & supplements for metabolic performance and health.

 

 

 

H.V.M.N. fuels some of the world's top performers, athletes, and military service members. Geoff is an avid self-experimenter who’s done a 7 day water-only fast, inspired thousands under the COVID-19 lockdown to push themselves with positive challenges by completing the Crossfit Murph workout for 45 days in a row, and studies the optimization of human performance — at the individual scale, the team scale, the organization scale, and at the civilizational scale. He holds a BS with Honors and Distinction in Computer Science from Stanford University.

 

 

During our discussion, you'll discover: -How Geoffrey used ketones esters while doing a Crossfit "Murph" for 45 consecutive days...5:45

 

 

 

-Why ketogenesis is not a physiologically typical state...13:00

 

 

 

-The role ketones play when it comes to recovery...16:15

 

 

 

-Pros and cons of endogenous and exogenous ketosis...24:18

 

 

 

-The difference between ketone esters and salts...35:15

 

 

 

-The ketone ester developed by the DARPA program...38:45

 

 

 

-Gold standard usage for dosage and frequency of ketone esters...44:45

 

 

 

-Whether or not ketones break a fast...53:35

 

 

 

-How a process called lactalation enhances the expression of longevity genes...57:11

 

 

 

-Parallels between lactate and ketones...1:02:15

 

 

 

-Stacking sodium bicarbonate w/ ketone esters pre-workout...1:07:15

 

 

 

-Ketones used in place of alcohol in cocktails...1:10:15

 

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News Flashes…3:40

-13 Body Hacks, Evaluated: What Science Says About Shortcuts To Health And Wellness

 

 

 

 

 

-Flies aren’t little people I know… But it’s interesting that in sleep deprived flies, melatonin, NAD and alpha lipoic acid protect against the oxidation induced damage in the gut from sleep deprivation. Read about it here.            

-What would make your high cholesterol a BAD THING? Four articles I read recently give us some clues.

 

 

 

What To Do About Caffeine Sensitivities & Alternatives To Coffee...38:25

 

 

 

What Is Ben Greenfield's Current Daily Routine?...57:05

 

 

 

 

Episode sponsors: Kion, Joovv, Four Sigmatic, Seed Daily Synbiotic

 

 

 

 

 

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Zach Bush, MD is a physician specializing in internal medicine, endocrinology and hospice care.

 

 

 

 

He is an internationally recognized educator and thought leader on the microbiome as it relates to health, disease, and food systems. Dr. Zach founded *Seraphic Group and the non-profit Farmer’s Footprint to develop root-cause solutions for human and ecological health. His passion for education reaches across many disciplines, including topics such as the role of soil and water ecosystems in human genomics, immunity, and gut/brain health. His education has highlighted the need for a radical departure from chemical farming and pharmacy, and his ongoing efforts are providing a path for consumers, farmers, and mega-industries to work together for a healthy future for people and planet.

 

 

 

During this show, we get into the viral pandemic, the George Floyd crisis, how we can save our planet, your microbiome and how to treat it properly, and much, much more.

 

 

 

During our discussion, you'll discover: -Zach's thoughts on the global reaction to the coronavirus pandemic...7:30

 

-Whether or not we should fear viruses...10:00

 

-The importance of viruses to life as we know it...18:30

 

-How dramatic changes in the production of food in 1976 led to the current pandemic...26:25

 

-Why COVID-19 became a global pandemic...53:49

 

-An informed and rational response to the current COVID-19 pandemic...1:03:00

 

-How regenerative farming differs from organic farming...1:17:15

 

-What the Black Lives Matter movement can teach us about the earth's microbiome...1:23:00 -And much more!

 

 

Episode sponsors: Kion Serum, Butcher Box, Pique Tea, Lucy Nicotine Gum

 

 

 

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It's time for Part 2 of my monster podcast with Joel Greene. If you missed part 1 - in which we discuss rebooting your gut and sparking fat loss using some very unique biohacks and strategies - you can click here to listen to it now. bengreenfieldfitness.com/joelgreene

 

 

 

So who is Joel Greene, exactly?

He had his 10,000 hours already in before I was even born.

In the 1970’s he was interval training.

In 1979 he was doing olympic lifts 3 hours every night.

In the 80’s he began studying MCT’s.

In 1990 he began studying the Keto diet.

In the early 90’s he was doing what would be called intermittent fasting today.

In the mid 90’s he experienced the rebound from chronic starvation. You read this today for this reason.

In the late 90’s he went through his clean eating phase, his macro phase, his ancestral diet phase.

By 2001 he had his first nutrition website publishing the cutting edge research.

By 2006 he came to the end of all the above and discovered none of it worked over time under real life pressure.

In 2007 he authored the first article to the health and fitness community based on the new science linking gut bacteria and obesity.

in 2008 his website lookcut.com hit #2 in google for weight loss, with over 1,000 original groundbreaking articles that today represent many of the most widely copied ideas in nutrition.

In 2009 he launched the worlds first diet system based on targeting the gut bacteria.

In 2010 he was implementing signal activation of the AMPK pathway. The gurus only began speaking to AMPK in 2017.

By 2013 he had the world's largest body of anecdotal outcomes for body composition targeting the gut bacteria.

In 2013 he published the first article to the health and fitness community on the dangers of MCT oil supplementation.

Today, at 53, on 1 workout a week, eating whatever, whenever, with no drugs, sarms, prohormones, or ergogenic aids ever, he is the world leader in hacking the body. He is the real deal. He has done it longer and always been far ahead. He looks it, he lives it. What the guru's say is impossible he was living every day before they were guru's.

 

 

 

He has hacked peak human...

working out once per week...

...eating whatever, whenever,

...and does it all on fast food!

He is the future of real world health and nutrition, today.

 

 

 

 

As creator of the VEEP Nutrition System, the worlds first commercially available program based on targeting gut communities to effect biomarkers, Joel also is a featured author, speaker, and guest in top tier publications like Muscle and Fitness, 24 Hour Fitness Digital Magazine, CBS Online, Superhuman Radio. His system has also been featured on the Dr. Phil Show where it has delivered astounding life changing results.

 

 

 

 

 

He is the future of real-world health and nutrition—today, and his new book was one of the most nitty-gritty deep dives into “rebooting your body” that I've ever read. The Immunity Code is simply a new paradigm and an entirely new way to think about caring for the body. The new goal is learning to control immunity, health, and aging using new science-based techniques (or hacks if you will), steer immunity for health, and to slow or even reverse aging. ​

 

 

 

 

 

This book will change everything you know about the body. Starting with simple, easy to-dos that build one on top of the other, the reader will emerge with a powerful understanding of how the body really works and how to control it over time, in the real world. Simply put, you will jump 10 years ahead of anything else on the shelf today.

 

 

 

 

 

During our discussion, you'll discover: -How to refill fat and reshape the extracellular matrix (ECM)...6:35

 

 

 

-How Hypoxia Inducible Factor (HIF-1) and breath work affect our sleep...15:15

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-How to mitigate pexophagy...25:30   -Circaseptan vs. circadian rhythms...35:05

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-Why NAD supplementation accelerates aging...39:50

 

 

-How to keep muscles young...43:30

 

 

-The "daisy cutter" diet protocol...46:00

 

 

-The molecule that may make the keto diet impractical...47:30

 

 

-And much more!

 

 

Episode sponsors: Kion, Organifi, Public Goods, Paleo Valley

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My guest on today's podcast, Joel Greene, had his 10,000 hours already in before I was even born.

 

 

 

In the 1970’s he was interval training.

 

 

 

 

In 1979 he was doing olympic lifts 3 hours every night.

 

 

 

 

In the 80’s he began studying MCT’s.

 

 

 

 

In 1990 he began studying the Keto diet.

 

 

 

 

In the early 90’s he was doing what would be called intermittent fasting today.

 

 

 

 

In the mid 90’s he experienced the rebound from chronic starvation. You read this today for this reason.

 

 

 

 

In the late 90’s he went through his clean eating phase, his macro phase, his ancestral diet phase.

 

 

 

 

By 2001 he had his first nutrition website publishing the cutting edge research.

 

 

 

 

By 2006 he came to the end of all the above and discovered none of it worked over time under real life pressure.

 

 

 

 

In 2007 he authored the first article to the health and fitness community based on the new science linking gut bacteria and obesity.

 

 

 

in 2008 his website lookcut.com hit #2 in google for weight loss, with over 1,000 original groundbreaking articles that today represent many of the most widely copied ideas in nutrition.

 

 

 

In 2009 he launched the worlds first diet system based on targeting the gut bacteria.

 

 

 

 

In 2010 he was implementing signal activation of the AMPK pathway. The gurus only began speaking to AMPK in 2017.

 

 

 

By 2013 he had the world's largest body of anecdotal outcomes for body composition targeting the gut bacteria.

 

 

 

 

In 2013 he published the first article to the health and fitness community on the dangers of MCT oil supplementation.

 

 

 

 

Today, at 53, on 1 workout a week, eating whatever, whenever, with no drugs, sarms, prohormones, or ergogenic aids ever, he is the world leader in hacking the body. He is the real deal. He has done it longer and always been far ahead. He looks it, he lives it. What the guru's say is impossible he was living every day before they were guru's.

 

 

 

 

He has hacked peak human...

working out once per week...

...eating whatever, whenever,

...and does it all on fast food!

He is the future of real world health and nutrition, today.

 

 

 

 

As creator of the VEEP Nutrition System, the worlds first commercially available program based on targeting gut communities to effect biomarkers, Joel also is a featured author, speaker, and guest in top tier publications like Muscle and Fitness, 24 Hour Fitness Digital Magazine, CBS Online, Superhuman Radio. His system has also been featured on the Dr. Phil Show where it has delivered astounding life changing results.

 

 

 

 

 

He is the future of real-world health and nutrition—today, and his new book was one of the most nitty-gritty deep dives into “rebooting your body” that I've ever read. The Immunity Code is simply a new paradigm and an entirely new way to think about caring for the body. The new goal is learning to control immunity, health, and aging using new science-based techniques (or hacks if you will), steer immunity for health, and to slow or even reverse aging. ​

 

 

 

 

This book will change everything you know about the body. Starting with simple, easy to-dos that build one on top of the other, the reader will emerge with a powerful understanding of how the body really works and how to control it over time, in the real world. Simply put, you will jump 10 years ahead of anything else on the shelf today.

 

 

 

 

Get The Immunity Code: The New Paradigm for Real Health & Radical Anti-Aging.   veepnutrition.com/book

 

 

 

During this first part of our discussion, you'll discover: -A peek into a typical morning for Joel Greene...8:40

 

-Joel's history in the realm of biohacking...14:45

 

-Ben's process for writing a book...29:15

 

-Why eating apple skins is Joel's first advice for his readers...34:45

 

-The two bacteria to focus on for resetting the gut...45:30

 

-Why Joel is not a fan of probiotics but loves prebiotics...58:25

 

-How orange juice in the morning helps to heal the gut...1:14:30

 

-How to lose fat by eating cheesecake...1:20:15

 

-Whether or not cold thermogenesis is an effective weight loss strategy...1:29:40

 

-How to mitigate the effects of cycling fat loss strategies...1:38:15

 

 

 

Episode sponsors: Kion, Joovv, Thrive Market, Organifi  

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Dr. Olga Stevko is an expert at helping people achieve rapid transformation for professional and personal growth, and a Medical Doctor from Russia. Dr. Stevko’s clients include over 1,000 entrepreneurs, CEOs, executives, celebrities, doctors, and other professionals and their family members. She helps her clients to identify and transform unconscious programs that create issues in various areas of their life, including health, relationships and business.

 

 

 

Dr. Olga Stevko's unique methodology allows her to see patterns how nervous system reacts to everything around with flight, fight and freeze responses. These patterns affect both the mind and body, and how people look, think, feel, react, communicate and behave. These patterns also affect client's aging and longevity.

 

 

 

Through observation (of clients face, posture, quality of voice, verbal  non-verbal communication), Dr. Stevko can rapidly assess people's patterns in life and what unconscious programs cause them. After transforming key limiting unconscious programs, Dr. Olga Stevko's clients experience fast and permanent results. Clients have also reported dramatic positive changes in their face, posture, voice, mental processing, communication, behavior and energy.

 

 

 

During our discussion, you'll discover:

 

 

 

-How unconscious shapes life experience and is tied to the nervous system...7:06

 

 

 

-Epigenetic trauma...8:41

 

 

 

-Training to link deductive and observational analysis with neuro-linguistic programming and physiology...9:57

 

 

 

Identifying trauma using neuro-muscular indicators...12:13

 

 

 

-How unconscious programs affect behavior...18:50

 

 

 

-Link between physiological presentation and interpretation of trauma...24:30

 

 

 

-Combination of treatment modalities to treat unconscious mind...29:30

 

 

 

-Piecing together evidence to affect physical change...41:48

 

 

 

-Analysis of Ben’s physiological indicators of psychological profile...46:36

 

 

 

-Analysis of Ben’s drawing as psychological indicator...51:37

 

 

 

-Indications of multi-tasking proficiency and efficiency...55:20

 

 

 

-FOMO and scarcity versus abundance...1:00:19

 

 

 

-Affecting behavior change...1:01:02

 

 

 

-Being guarded and reserving trust...1:03:50 

 

 

 

-Chasing challenges and the sense of achievement...1:08:36

 

 

 

-Dr. Olga Stevko individual and group services, including audio and video resources...1:14:12

 

 

 

-Psycho-immunology...1:15:19

 

 

 

-High blood-pressure and hypertension...1:16:42

 

 

 

Episode sponsors: Kion, Organifi, Water and Wellness, Pique Tea

 

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News Flashes – Follow Ben on Twitter for more…7:20

 

 

 

 

Listener Q&A: What To Do About Very Tight Muscles...51:30

 

 

 

 

 

 

Do Face Masks Cause Oxygen Deprivation?...1:07:25

 

 

 

 

 

Why You Feel The Weather In Your Body...1:15:30

 

 

 

 

Should You Put A JOOVV Light In An Infrared Sauna?...1:18:50

 

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Meet 15 year-old prodigy Daniel Bissonnette. This kid first turned my head when he tagged me on Instagram sitting cross-legged and meditating in his shorts on what appeared to be a giant frozen glacier. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I looked into Daniel, and it turns out he's a pretty impressive young man.

Daniel currently listed as one of the World’s top 100 most influential Vegans, the most in demand Health/Nutrition Youth Keynote in the world, an Award-Winning Activist, Best-Selling Author, developer of the “GENIUS Mode” program and host of the weekly YouTube “Daniel Bissonnette Show.” 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Daniel has delivered 100’s of presentations since the age of 9 at conferences, expos, consumer shows, community groups, food companies, schools, institutes, non-profit organizations and continues to make headlines. But, it all started out as a bullied elementary school kid who wanted to help a few friends eat healthier.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In third grade, Daniel was approached by his teacher and decided to publicly speak about his food choices. Pleasantly surprised to see how many kids began trashing their junk food and switching to healthier alternatives, Daniel was encouraged to continue spreading the message and volunteered to speak at a global rally. Little did he know that his first public talk would go viral. It became the most viewed YouTube video for the event that took place in 500 cities around the world with over 2M attendees!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From that moment on Daniel began to speak on stages of leading Health events across Canada, the US and Europe. By the age of 11 he became a Signature Speaker with the largest health show franchise in Canada and published his Best Selling book “Daniel’s BREAKFAST Burst”. With “Daniel's BREAKFAST Burst” he was able to inspire more children around the world to eat a healthier breakfast than any other authority!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Daniel’s BREAKFAST Burst” was such a hit it was featured in popular magazines, radio, TV and even purchased by Hollywood celebrities. It sure got kids and parents excited about eating their way to smarts too with over a month of carefully designed breakfast meals that deliver peak nutrition for mental performance. By 12 years old Daniel was ranked in the World’s top 100 most Influential Vegans and joined the non-profit organization “Borneo Wildlife Preservation” to help raise funds and awareness to support reforestation and Pygmy Elephant conservation projects in Borneo. At 13 he was honored the Shining World Leadership Award for Compassion by Supreme Master Ching Hai and completed his long anticipated “Genius Mode” program.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In his “Genius Mode - The Biology of Greatness” program and "Biology Of Greatness", Daniel shares breakthrough science on a never before discussed topic - altering our DNA to Genius. “There are ways we can go into our Genetic Code and rewrite it. Genius is something you CAN Become because it’s a built-in mechanism and there’s an exact science to doing so!” says Daniel. He reveals his daily “Hacks” we can apply to increase Brain Power, Intelligence, develop Physical and Mental Resilience and turn on our GENIUS expression.

During our discussion, you'll discover: -How Daniel became an authority in nutrition at a young age...6:30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-How a bee sting led to an "aha" moment for Daniel...16:00

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-Biohacks and routines in Daniel's life...24:20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-Breath protocols and foods to remain in the parasympathetic state...37:30

 

 

 

 

 

 

-The value of keeping tabs on your poop...47:05

 

 

 

 

 

-Little known facts about iodine...54:00

 

 

 

 

 

-The remainder of Daniel's routine...1:00:35

 

 

 

 

 

 

-How to alter your genius via epigenetics...1:06:00

 

 

 

 

 

 

-And much more!

 

 

 

 

 

Episode sponsors: Kion Colostrum, Organifi Glow, Magnesium Breakthrough, Comrad Socks

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Field Trip Psychedelics Inc. is the world's first mental wellness company focused on psychedelics and psychedelic-enhanced psychotherapy, is beginning to open the first medical centers - first in Toronto, New York and LA - dedicated exclusively to the administration of psychedelic-enhanced psychotherapy, in a "spa-like" setting.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So what exactly happens at one of these type of psychedelic therapy clinics? You're going to find out in today's podcast, and also discover what kind of biohacks, self quantification tools, supplements and more could potentially be combined with planet medicine for enhanced efficacy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

My first guest on today's show is Ronan Levy. An entrepreneur and a visionary, Ronan is Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Field Trip Psychedelics Inc. Concurrent with his work at Field Trip, he is a partner at Grassfed Ventures, a venture capital and advisory firm focused on the cannabis and biotech industries and a Member of the Board of Directors for Trait Biosciences Inc., a leading biotech company in the hemp and cannabis industries. Prior to his current roles, Ronan co-founded Canadian Cannabis Clinics and CanvasRx Inc., the latter of which was acquired by Aurora Cannabis Inc. (NYSE: ACB) in 2016, after which he served as Senior Vice President, Business and Corporate Affairs for Aurora. A lawyer by training, Ronan started his career as a corporate lawyer at Blake, Cassels Graydon LLP and Legal Counsel at CTVglobemedia Inc. (now Bell Media Inc.) He holds a Juris Doctor and a Bachelor of Commerce degree, both from the University of Toronto.

 

 

 

 

 

 

My second guest on today's show, Marshall Tyler, is a scientist with a deep interest in psychoactive molecules. He spent his academic career at Cornell and Harvard, exploring the intersection of chemistry and biology in an attempt to unravel the molecular basis of neuropsychiatric disorders. He subsequently worked as a leading scientist at PLUS, one of the largest cannabis edibles manufacturers in California. His passion lies in guiding research to arrive at a deeper understanding of consciousness with the ultimate goal of enhancing wellbeing.

During our discussion, you'll discover: -Psychedelic therapy defined...10:00

 

 

 

 

 

 

-The work of Field Trip explained...13:00

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-The importance of music in treatment and a variant of ketamine Field Trip is using...19:20

 

 

 

 

 

 

-How Field Trip incorporates psilocybin into their practice...29:06

 

 

 

 

 

-Other molecules that will be more common in future treatments...35:30

 

 

 

 

 

-How a psychedelic therapy session is conducted...39:45

 

 

 

 

 

 

-Prepping a patient on breath work before a session...45:30

 

 

 

 

 

 

-The patient experience from booking the appointment, to the treatment, and beyond...50:00

 

 

 

 

 

-Dream scenarios in the emerging landscape of psychedelic therapy...54:15

 

 

 

 

 

-Microdosing between the therapeutic protocols to enhance the therapy...1:03:30             Episode sponsors: Kion Colostrum JOOVV Clearlight Saunas, Thrive Market

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