Boundless Life

How To Use The Wonderful World Of Self-Quantification To Take Your Health Into Your Own Hands (& The 11 Best Blood Tests To Get).


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I recently had the pleasure to speak at the fabulous and intriguing "Kentucky Castle", a unique destination hotspot with a full biohacking facility, sauna, farm-to-table restaurant, precision medicine arm, hemp farm, horse facilities and much more. The castle is owned by one of the physicians who hosts the "Wild Health" podcast, on which I was recently a guest. 

This is part one of a two part series that addresses the oft-confusing world of "taking your health into your own hands" via genetic testing, blood and biomarker tracking, sleep measurements and other forms of self-quantification. In part two, you'll get to sit in on a very interesting post-talk Q&A with myself and several of the physicians in attendance at the conference. Enjoy!

**Editor's Note: Forgive the extraneous background noises. All effort was made to ensure the clearest possible sound in spite of it :)

In this episode, you'll discover... -Ben's history as a bodybuilder, triathlete and his transition to his current message...9:00
  • Bodybuilding is a bit of a biohacking sport
  • Ben began to take lab tests and was shocked at the results
    • Pre-type 2 diabetes; inflammation
    • Healthy on the outside but dying on the inside
    • Inspired his first book Beyond Training
    • Doesn't work primarily with athletes anymore; mainly people who want to feel good and live a long time
-Some guidelines when examining your lab results...16:15
  • Lab results indicate an absence of disease, not necessarily one's potential for health and longevity
The 11 Blood Biomarkers  -RBC (red blood cell) Magnesium...26:10
  • Insulin sensitivity, physical performance
  • Different from extracellular magnesium
  • Intracellular Diagnostics
  • Jigsaw Health
-Estradiol...29:23
  • Men need to be concerned with estrogen, not just women
  • Dutch Test
-Testosterone...32:08
  • Women should be concerned, not just men
  • Hormones can be bound up by proteins
  • You want 2% of your testosterone to be free
-High Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein (hsCRP)...40:22
  • Link between inflammation and heart attack risk
  • Numbers will vary depending on your workout regimen
-Triglyceride HGL Ratio...43:25
  • Is more important in determining your risk for C/V disease than total cholesterol or LDL cholesterol
  • HGL to total cholesterol level: lower is better
-Full lipid panel, and an Omega 3 index...48:15
  • Tells you the size of your cholesterol particles
  • You want the particles to be "large and fluffy"; count should be low
  • You want the Omega 3 index to be higher
  • Highest risk zone (4% and below) = 90% chance of C/V disease
-Insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1)...52:10
  • Good for getting bulked up; not so much for longevity
  • View life as a set of press/pull cycles
  • You want to live long, and live an enjoyable life too
    • Work hard, eat red meat one day; fast and yoga the next
  • Sweet spot: 80-150
-Insulin...54:37
  • Dexcom G6
  • CBC with differential
-Iron...1:00:11
  • Lipid peroxides result when interact with iron in the production of hydrogen peroxide (rust effect in the body)
  • High iron levels contribute to a number of diseases and conditions
-Food allergies and sensitivities...1:02:41
  • Ben's big beef with food allergy tests; you get a bunch of false positives
  • Inaccuracies
  • No double tests for each protein
  • Cyrex Array 10 C: Ben's gold standard food allergy test
    • Must be ordered by a doctor
  • Viome
    • My podcast with Naveen Jain, founder of Viome
  • Onegevity
    • My podcast with the founders of Onegevity
  • Mold toxins
    • See Cyrex Array 10 C above
  • Micronutrients
    • Micronutrient analysis
  • Gut
    • Microbiome test won't track parasites
    • GI Effects comprehensive stool panel
  • Genes
    • Book: 100 Million Years of Food by Dr. Steven Le
    • Book: Dirty Genes by Dr. Ben Lynch
    • geneticgenie.org
    • Kion Coffee
-And much more... Resources from this episode:

-Book: Biochemical Individuality by Roger Williams -Oura Ring

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Got a question for me about the 12 blood biomarkers I talked about in today's podcast? Just leave a comment below and I'll reply!

 

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