Boundless Life

If you've been paying attention to my anti-aging and longevity advice of late (such as this week's article on simple and natural habits for enhancing longevity), you no doubt are aware that one of the best things you can do for yourself is to find your purpose in life.

But maybe you don’t know what your life’s purpose is, or you don’t believe you have one, or you thought you knew what it was and you lost it. If that’s the case, then this podcast is for you.

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Peter Spiegel is a serial entrepreneur who has founded numerous successful companies related to direct response advertising, marketing and consumer products. In the advertising space, Peter was the founding partner of Direct Partners, which was acquired by NYSE conglomerate Omnicom. Mr. Spiegel has also founded several vertically integrated consumer products companies which have sold a variety of products direct to customers via infomercials and to big box retailers like Wal-Mart, Target, Costco, Bed Bath and Beyond, Home Depot, Sears, JC Penny's and others.

Peter is considered by his peers to be one of the definitive experts in the direct response television advertising (DRTV) and infomercials. A top marketing, financial, product development and operations strategist, he has been active in the industry for more than 25 years, developing a wealth of experience and success that spans all product categories and all channels of distribution including DRTV, retail, catalog, print and internet. Peter has been named one of the “Top 25 Most Influential People in the Direct Response Industry” - by Response TV Magazine.

Peter is an encyclopedia of television direct marketing knowledge, and he knows how to take an idea or an invention from concept to cash flow with speed and precision. Peter Spiegel is the founder of Envion, LLC, a home environment company that manufactures and distributes the best-selling brands of air purifiers including Ionic Pro® and Therapure® at Walmart, Costco, Bed Bath & Beyond and other leading retailers.

He is also the founder of the Ideal Living group of companies, which sell products such as the Paint Zoom™ painting system, 30 Second Smile™ electric toothbrush, Prosvent® nutritional supplement for prostate health, Cebria™ nutritional supplement for age-related memory loss, Walkfit® Orthotics, and Light Relief®, a FDA-cleared pain relief device. Mr. Spiegel also founded companies that sold the following products:

AbSlide™, Ab Flex™, Ab Sculptor™, Miracle Blade® III, Ultimate Chopper™, Bun and Thigh Roller®, Sobakawa Pillow® and 4 in 1 Total Trolley®.

During our discussion, you'll discover:

-Why Ben, as a fledgling young exercise enthusiast, at age 14,  saved up for and purchased an AbFlex...9:00

-The most important things in Peter's personal home when it comes to optimizing his health?...20:00

-Why a HEPA filter is not enough to adequately filter your air...33:30

-How adding a negative ion system to the air you breathe can enhance your neurotransmitters...44:00

-Why under-the-counter reverse osmosis systems become bacteria-laden, and what you can do about it...49:45

-The problem with popular pitcher filters for water filtration...59:15

-Why Ben keeps his treadmill in the garage...1:05:00

-And much more!

Resources from this episode:

-The AbFlex

-AquaTru

-Full spectrum incandescent bulbs

-Ben's "How To Biohack The Ultimate Healthy Home" e-book

-The best home detox tips

-The Air Doctor

-The Molekule - enter promo code BEN for $75 off your order

-Aquatru perfect minerals solution

-Steripen portable water purifier

Episode Sponsors

-The Kion Clean Energy Bar is a satisfying, real-food energy bar. Stable energy, no sugar crashes! Just a tasty punch of mouth-watering, chocolatey-salty-coconut goodness.

-Gosha's Organics 10% discount

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Do you have questions, thoughts or feedback for Peter or me? Leave your comments below and one of us will reply!

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Peter Spiegel is a serial entrepreneur who has founded numerous successful companies related to direct response advertising, marketing and consumer products.

Peter is the founder of Envion, LLC, a home environment company that manufactures and distributes the best-selling brands of air purifiers including Ionic Pro® and Therapure® at Walmart, Costco, Bed Bath & Beyond and other leading retailers.

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Four months ago, I was at a party in Park City, Utah that happened to be chock full of chiropractic physicians. While I was leaning against the bar mixing myself a white wine kombucha spritzer, as I'm prone to do, a doctor named Steve Geanopulos approached me and introduced himself.

Sensing I was a fellow physiology geek with his science-spidey sense, he proceeded to fill me in on a fascinating paper entitled "The Potential Impact of Various Physiological Mechanisms on Outcomes in TBI, mTBI, Concussion and PPCS." He then went on to explain that this paper, which we'll discuss in today's podcast along with plenty of other neural fixing and neural enhancing topics, forms the basis of the care he provides for his chronic brain based patients (not only concussion but anyone who struggles with movement, sight, focus, attention, or other brain based issues.)

We also discussed the work Steve does with professional and collegiate athletes and concussion with his colleague Ben Velazquez, and the work he's done with a guy named Guy Voyer over the past 20 years with ELDOA - a form of fascial stretching that I personally incorporate in my own training and my clients' protocols. He described his approach as a "neuro-chemical, neuro-immunological, neuro-mechanical approach". So why is this guy exactly?

Dr. Steven G. Geanopulos, affectionately known as ‘Dr G’, is a speaker, writer, and leader in the world of functional neurology / functional medicine and is quickly becoming one of America’s leading experts in lifelong, optimized living. His experience and clinical approach has proven that diminished health and vitality can be reclaimed by just about any proactive person at any age.

Dr G.’s principles of practice cover the 5 essential keys to resolving the underlying cause of health problems and performance concerns including; assessing the nervous system for interference, endocrine system, detoxification systems, nutrition and fitness. Dr. G has completed his postgraduate studies in the field of Functional Neurology and attained board certification through the Carrick Institute, a distinction shared by fewer than 700 people worldwide.

Dr. G is a lifelong learner and has completed hundreds of hours of training in the fields of chiropractic neurology and functional medicine. The material he shares covers everything required to take control of your health, while dispelling the ever-growing number of fallacies and myths related to this subject. Dr. G’s fascinating and refreshing approach to body transformation focuses immune function, brain function, nutrition, management of our personal environment, exercise and hormone balance. Dr. G currently practices virtually with clients and sees patients from all over the world with his main practice located in New York City.

His practice has 3 main areas of focus:

1. Brain health

2. Metabolic health

3. Structural and functional integrity and optimization.

These 3 areas of focus are intimately connected and require Dr. G’s unique expertise.

Eventually, I made it to New York City to meet with Steve and also meet his colleague there: Benjamin Velazquez Pagan. Ben's qualifications include:

-Licensed Soma-Trainer (Performance Physical Therapy)

-Certified Strength & Conditioning Coach

-Member, International Sports Sciences Association

-Member, National Strength & Conditioning Association

-Member, American College of Sports Medicine

-Co-Contributing Author, “Fascia – Clinical Applications for Health and Human Performance.”

As a competitive athlete, Benjamin Velazquez realizes the value and potential that comes with a scientific sports program. As a Performance therapist, his goal is to bridge the gap between cutting edge science and today's athlete. Ben's professional experience includes Managing Partner and Director of Human Performance of Sports Lab NYC LLC; President of Grey Matters Sports Group LLC. He designs programs and coaches his New York clientele that ranges from elite athlete to high profile celebrity.

In addition to a B.S. degree in Aeronautical Science, Ben holds several certifications, which include NCSA Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist, Licensed Performance Soma- Therapist, ACSM Exercise Specialist, ISSA Sports performance Nutritionist, and many more.

Ben's client roster includes:

-22 current and Former N.H.L. Athletes,

-18 current and former M.L.B. Players

-5 Division 1 NCAA Soccer Players

-12 Current N.F.L. Athletes.

-The Women’s 2006 Track Team at University of Texas.

Ben has also worked with the Saskatoon Blades Hockey Team 1999-2000, the 2003 national champion New York Freedom Soccer Team as well as 5 Athletes at The Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. Ben has spent the last two years researching the use of corrective exercise in mitigating the risk factors of concussions in athletes. Along with his team at Grey Matters Sports Group, he has successfully worked with athletes from five different sports that were recovering from multiple concussions. He and his team have pioneered a five-tier method of rehabilitating the athlete that has suffered from concussive trauma.

During my discussion with Ben and Steve, you'll discover:

-Why concussions today are much different today than they were 30 years ago...

-Why Steve describes concussions as an immune system issue...

-Steve and Ben's approach for returning to play, work or school after a head injury or concussion-like syndrome...

-Why Steve had me wear a giant pair of infrared goggles when he evaluated me in New York City...

-What kind of bloodwork you have had done to see if you've had a concussion...

-Why Ben V. feels that anybody who is dealing with a concussion or TBI should learn a form of fascial stretching called ELDOA...

-And much more!

Resources from this episode:

-How To Take Matters Into Your Own Hands & Navigate The Modern Medical System (Without Dying).

-How To Use Ketones For Longevity, How I Personally Use Ketone Salts & A New Chemical-Free, Clean Way To Get Into Ketosis.

-How To Rewire Your Brain For Better Sleep, Reset Your Brain’s Tolerance To Marijuana & Alcohol, Fly Spaceships With Your Mind & Much More.

-How To Increase Your IQ, Decrease Your Distractibility, Create Better Sleep, Enhance Cognitive Performance & Maximize Your Ability To Enter The Zone.

-42 Different Ways To Build A Better Brain, The Problem With Modern Smart Drugs, Hacking Your Neurons & More.

-Ketosis Dangers: How To Maximize the Nutrient Density of a Low Carb Diet.

-The Official Black Friday Gift List: 10 Effective, Easy & Cheap Biohacks For Everyone To Try.

-The Ultimate Visual Biohack – How To Create Your Own Custom Set Of Vision, Performance and Sleep Enhancing Eyewear.

-My podcast on ELDOA

-My podcast on the concussion repair manual with Dr. Dan Engle

-The SWAY app

-ACNB.org

-The Desmotec D11 device Ben mentions

-The BeFirst app Steve discusses

-The MotionGuidance system Steve discusses

Episode Sponsors:

-The Kion Clean Energy Bar The cleanest burning energy bar you'll ever eat, guaranteed!

-Aaptiv An app that's like a personal trainer in your pocket. Sign up today and get an automatic membership for 30% off.

-Organifi I love the red juice! Use code "greenfield" and save 20% off your order

-Trusii Molecular hydrogen water tablets. Enter code "ben" at checkout and you'll save 30% off your order!

-Join Ben and Robyn Openshaw, aka the Green Smoothie Girl, for an immersive health retreat in the Swiss Alps next June! There are only a few spaces still available. Click here for more info.

Do you have questions, thoughts or feedback for Ben, Steve or me? Leave your comments below and one of us will reply!

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What is truly a healthy energy bar?

A bar that keeps you in "ketosis"?

A high-fiber bar?

Gluten-free?

The fact is, when it comes to energy bars, there's plenty of confusion (and, sadly, deception).

So in this riveting conversation between Kion COO and co-founder Angelo Keely and myself, you'll discover everything you need to know before you ever touch another energy bar, including:

-The fascinating history of energy bars...14:00

-What some of the shocking things I've discovered in the "healthy bar" industry...19:00

-The sad truth about your options as consumers...28:30

-What was the first thing I looked for in creating an energy bar...33:30

-Why using "real foods" outweighs using unnatural ingredients, even though the cost is higher...37:00

-Why I feel chocolate is essential to the perfect energy bar...44:30

-The "perfect healthy complement" to chocolate...54:00

-How you can naturally sweeten energy bars without spiking blood glucose levels...58:00

-How to naturally add anti-oxidants to an energy bar...1:09:30

-How we got the bar to taste great without adding a host of preservatives and unnatural ingredients...1:15:00

-And much more!

Episode Sponsors:

-Kion. Everything you need for mind, body and spirit balance.

-Joovv. Lights that promote muscle recovery, testosterone production, skin health, and joint pain and inflammation.

-Onnit. Supplements, foods, and fitness equipment aimed at helping people achieve Total Human Optimization.

-Gluten Guardian If you’re at all sensitive to gluten (and even if you’re not, but just concerned about cross contamination, like we all should be), Gluten Guardian is for you. Save 10% off your order when you use my link and use code "greenfield."

Resources from this episode:

-The Boss RC3 Looping Pedal

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Have a question for me or Angelo about what we discussed on the podcast today? Just leave a comment below and one of us will get back to you ASAP!

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What is truly a healthy energy bar?

A bar that keeps you in "ketosis"?

A high-fiber bar?

Gluten-free?

The fact is, when it comes to energy bars, there's plenty of confusion (and, sadly, deception).

So in this riveting conversation between Kion COO and co-founder Angelo Keely and myself, you'll discover everything you need to know before you ever touch another energy bar.

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In the podcast episode “Shattering World Swim Records On 25-Piece Fried Chicken Buckets, Climbing Mountains While Eating Defatted, Vegan, Grass-Fed, Argentinian Liver Anhydrate & Much More” I interviewed athlete and supplement designer Craig Dinkel about a special blood oxygenating formula called “Biotropic”.

After that interview, I received an onslaught of questions about everything from grass-fed liver anhydrate to cordyceps senesis to hidden benefits of beetroots, the detoxification properties of algae, whether it’s really true you can get all the benefits of blood doping without actually blood doping and more.

So Craig came back to answer those questions in "Recovery For Aging Athletes, Cross-Patterning, A New Kind Of High Intensity Interval Training, An Oxygen Boosting Supplement Called “Oxcia” & More!", then appeared once again in an episode on "How To Legally Dope Your Blood".

Today's Craig's back for a fifth time. He's taking on one of the hardest hikes in America, the Sierra High Route and doing it solo, in August.  It's an off the grid, roughly 200 mile difficult hike at altitude, between 9,000 and 12,000ft, with huge elevation gain and loss every day, along with zero trails, navigating solely via map and compass.  It's a quite serious and rough.

In this episode, you'll hear:

-Ben's new breakfast bone broth concoction he's been making in the mornings...5:00

-The difference between getting attacked by a black bear and grizzly bear...16:00

-What Craig is doing to prepare for his hike, and why it's better to go into an event 10% undertrained vs. 1% overtrained...24:00

-Whether you need to worry about the following ingredients in your supplements...44:00

1) Calcium Carbonate

2) Dicalcium Phosphate

3) Microcrystalline Cellulose

4) Stearic Acid

5) Croscarmellose Sodium

6) Silicon Dioxide

7) Pharmaceutical Glaze

-The exercise machine that Lebron James and the rest of Hollywood swears by...59:00

-How to train your ankles without actually running downhill (and the one tendon to address if you have tight or injured ankles)...1:02:00

-And much more!

Episode Sponsors

-Kion Lean It's back in stock! Support for normal blood sugar levels and healthy energy metabolism, even after large, carb-rich meals.

-Omax has the purest omega 3 supplement on the market. Use my link and you get a box of Omax 3 Ultra Pure for FREE, plus a 60 day money back guarantee on all purchases!

-Atantril Show some love to your tummy with Atantril. Use my link for a 15% discount and use code "ben" at checkout.

-Tru Niagen Support muscle recovery, increase energy and regulate your circadian rhythm with Tru Niagen.

Resources from this episode:

-Ben's breakfast: Kettle & Fire bone broth blended with 1 teaspoon Ant Extract, 1 teaspoon Organic Maca, 1 dropperful Omica Organic Stevia, and three capsules each of Oxcia, Chlorella and AFA from Biotropic Labs.

-Organic macadamia nuts

-EnergyBits spirulina and chlorella tablets

-Organic plantain chips

-The Oura ring

-NordicTrack Incline Trainer

-Versaclimber

-The Fluid Stance

-The book "Barefoot Strong" by Emily Splichal (and my interview with her)

-The Biotropic website for all Craig's supplements (use code ben to get 20% discount)

-Shattering World Swim Records On 25-Piece Fried Chicken Buckets, Climbing Mountains While Eating Defatted, Vegan, Grass-Fed, Argentinian Liver Anhydrate & Much More.

-Recovery For Aging Athletes, Cross-Patterning, A New Kind Of High Intensity Interval Training, An Oxygen Boosting Supplement Called “Oxcia” & More!

-How To Legally Dope Your Blood (Without Actually Taking Illegal Drugs).

-Follow Craig on Twitter

-Follow Craig on Facebook

Do you have questions, thoughts or feedback for Craig or me? Leave your comments at http://bengreenfieldfitness.com/cleanup and one of us will reply!

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Today's Craig Dinkier is back for a fifth time on the podcast. He's taking on one of the hardest hikes in America, the Sierra High Route and doing it solo, in August.  It's an off the grid, roughly 200 mile difficult hike at altitude, between 9,000 and 12,000ft, with huge elevation gain and loss every day, along with zero trails, navigating solely via map and compass.  It's a quite serious and rough.

I'm a supplement geek.

I have been for a long time - ever since I was a fledgling bodybuilder guzzling creatine and a bright-eyed college student immersed in pharmacology and advanced human nutrition classes. But today's podcast guest - Dr. Hector Lopez - is a true wealth of knowledge. My own education in the realm of supplements pales in comparison to his.

Dr. Lopez, MD, CSCS, FAAPMR, FISSN is recognized for applying his uniquely diverse background in PM&R, spine and sports medicine, exercise science, nutritional biochemistry, metabolism and clinical research. He's the CMO and Partner of Center for Applied Health Sciences, a multidisciplinary clinical research organization focused on elevating the body of evidence within the dietary supplement, natural product, functional medicine and functional foods/ beverage industry, and he is Founding Partner of Supplement Safety Solutions, a comprehensive Pre-market and Post-market safety, Nutravigilance®, adverse event and cGMP regulatory compliance consulting company.

Dr. Lopez’s clinical career began as founder of multiple integrative orthopedic/ sports medicine facilities, and he has since moved on after his clinical career to become a highly sought after research scientist, product innovation, safety & regulatory key opinion leader in nutra-biosciences, dietary supplements, medical foods/ beverage industries. 

He is founder and managing director of an intellectual property discovery, incubation, development and tech transfer company whose goal it is to bring novel, bioactive compounds for out-licensing to the dietary supplement, natural products, functional foods/ beverage space grounded in science and safety. Dr. Lopez is a product developer and recognized consultant to professional athletes from the NFL, NBA, UEFA and MLB.

During our discussion, you'll discover:

-How Dr. Lopez got into the supplement industry...9:30

-Why Amazon is going to disrupt the nutrition supplements industry with their new "Elements" line (and what Ben thinks of this line)...27:30

-The shocking secrets Dr. Lopez has found in the nutrition supplements industry...34:00

-The difference between SOP and CGMP in the manufacturing facilities...39:30

-In an ideal scenario, what a nutrition supplement company should be doing with each supplement that they make...44:15

-What to look for on a nutrition supplement label, including what batch/lot the supplement came from, including NSF, Informed Choice/Informed Sport, Nutravigilance...50:30

-Some of the crazy new ingredients out there that Hector is most excited about...56:15

-Novel delivery mechanisms that go beyond things like encapsulation and tableting technology...1:05:15

-And much more!

Episode Sponsors

-Tian Chi. Brighten your mind with Tian Chi!

-Gainswave. A bedroom biohack for FANTASTIC sexual performance! There are practitioners all over the U.S.

-Thrive Market Get an extra $60 and FREE shipping when you use my special link!

Resources from this episode:

-The Kion supplements line

-Nutravigilance: principles and practices to enhance adverse event reporting in the dietary supplement and natural products industry

-PHprescription.com

Do you have questions, thoughts or feedback for Dr. Hector Lopez or me? Leave your comments below and one of us will reply!

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I'm a supplement geek.

I have been for a long time - ever since I was a fledgling bodybuilder guzzling creatine and a bright-eyed college student immersed in pharmacology and advanced human nutrition classes. But today's podcast guest - Dr. Hector Lopez - is a true wealth of knowledge. My own education in the realm of supplements pales in comparison to his.

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