Podcast Notes Key Takeaways

• The carnivore diet is really like an elimination diet – so perhaps benefits people experience, are the result of eliminating much of which causes them issues, and aren’t solely from eating 100% meat
• Marijuana seems to lower testosterone temporarily
• Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, seems to act on a lot of mTOR pathways in the body, and inhibits them
• “The skin is a mouth” – it absorbs readily what you put on it
• Get a 23andMe DNA test – it will give you a TON of useful information
• Lectins can cause certain people to have inflammatory responses to vegetables 
• Things like coffee, rosemary, and thyme, when rubbed on meat, decrease the carcinogenic aspects of the burnt/charred areas
• Try natural/man-made remedies before supplementing
• We actually have photoreceptors on our skin (this is why you should still make the room you’re sleeping in fully dark, even if you’re wearing a sleep mask)
• To reset your internal clock when traveling – Use light, food, and movement
• Ben says CBD can enhance the amount of time you spend in deep sleep 
• THC decreases sleep latency (how long it takes you to fall asleep) -but it reduces the amount of time you spend in deep sleep
• Ben says glympthatic system activity is increased when we sleep on our sides

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Ben Greenfield is a Coach, Author, Speaker, ex-Bodybuilder and Ironman Triathlete. In 2008 he was voted as the Personal Trainer of the Year by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) and recognized as the top 100 Most Influential People in Health in 2013.