Sleep Apnea is Serious. 

Dr. Madan Kandula - an Ear, Nose and Throat doctor from Advent Health sees patients from all over the country who's sleep and breathing is drastically effecting their health. 

You can't have optimal performance without optimal sleep, and you can't have optimal sleep without optimal breathing. 

We all know someone who snores - and you may be a snorer yourself. What you don't know - without the proper testing and diagnosis - can really hurt you. 

In this episode we cover:

• If you have even mild sleep apnea, you’re not getting sufficient sleep…ever.
• Sleep apnea is directly related to your throat.
• You may be dying mini deaths multiple times each night
• ED, High Blood pressure, Headaches, all can be traced back to your airways 
• The massive dangers of mouth breathing in children.
• Narrow airway, narrow faces which we’re evolving into are not optimal nor how we’re designed
• NOW, you can do sleep studies at home to diagnose what’s going on for you
• Optimal performance requires optimal sleep, and optimal sleep can’t happen without optimal breath

Enjoy!

When you're working with actors and political pundits who NEED to shape dramatically transform their body fast, you learn how to optimize for body type. 

Paul Catudal's book "Just Your Type: The Ultimate Guide To Eating And Training For Your Body Type." Is a how-to guide for living your best life with the body you were born with.

But Phil is not just a wealth of knowledge for getting your body right, but his story is very inspiring. Phil is a childhood cancer survivor and lost his father to cancer when he was young. What's more, is that his brother also developed cancer which he later beat. 

This life experience shaped his life and his purpose. 

Now, Phil is a massive resource for hacking training and nutrition for the three body-types: Ectomorph, Mesomorph and Endomorph. 

In this episode we cover:

•Three body types we’re born into…goes even into our bone structure.

•How veganism, keto, paleo, IF, OMAD technically could work for all three, but it’s going to be much much harder if your body type isn’t aligned with it and your goals.

•The importance of finding the right dietary approach for you body type and lifestyle without becoming the friend that everyone hates because you’re constantly talking about food.

•How doing anything, the right way, for 2-3 weeks should show results, especially when it comes to eating and exercising correctly for your body types.

•Spend 2 weeks to count macros to establish a better awareness of what balanced macros looks like

•Phil’s prescription for resetting your metabolism BASED on your body type,  24 hour water fast, IF for 1 week then adjust your intake for goals….gain muscle, lose weight…etc.

Enjoy!

Rob Fried is the CEO of Chromadex which makes TRU NIAGEN. And when you hear why he's so excited for this game-changing product - it'll all make sense. 

SERIOUSLY - YOU SHOULD CHECK IT OUT - LINK HERE

I've been taking it for just over a month and here are the benefits I've noticed. 

• More muscle mass

• Increased energy, especially in the evening time

• Motivated to get work done so I can enjoy the day

• Stronger drive to to play with my kids

The science is strong, the results are consistent and the formula is proven effective - so I'm excited to be releasing this conversation to you. 

Here's the boiled down science. Nicotinamide Riboside (NR) when consumed, converts to NAD in the body. NAD is required for ATP production (energy). 

Between the ages of 20 and 40, our NAD levels decrease by 50%, and another 50% from 40-60. Without sufficient NAD levels we simply cannot function at a high level of energy. When you supplement with NR, your body converts it, uses it, and makes you more efficient and more resilient at the cellular level. 

Fascinating shit. 

In this episode we cover:

• Why taking NAD orally is not efficient

• Why IV NAD protocols are not optimal

• How and why our NAD levels decrease over time

• The scientific support of TRU NIAGEN

• Why other companies offering NAD supplements are inferior

Enjoy! 

Dr. Anthony G. Beck calls himself a sever up-streamist

What the hell does that mean? It means that the lapse in your health and mine has little to do with what you're experiencing. Our deficiencies in health and optimal performance are attributable to something more fundamental. 

I like that logic. 

Dr. Beck and I talk through the current paradigm of click-baity headlines, false promises and fad movements. I really enjoyed our conversation and I think you will too. 

In this episode we cover:

• The 2-3-5-8 Balanced Protocol

• The most common issue people complain about - lack of energy

• The problem with "name it blame it claim it tame it" approach to health

• The problem with slick marketing and nitching… (anti-gluten, anti-lectin etc.)

• The issue with health experts speaking in absolutes (Sith)

• Nutrition is not just what you’re eating but what your individual body can attune to

• Your mental state while you eat will determining how you use that food

Enjoy

Dr. of Chiropractic Michael Pound from healbetterfast designed a pretty badass pillow

THE PERFECT FIT PILLOW

USE CODE: OPTIMAL50 for $50 off your pillow

The Perfect Fit Pillow checks a lot of boxes for me. My bedding is all  organic latex, wool and cotton - but my old pillow was cheap memory foam that off-gassed for months. 

Email the team at  [email protected] for more information.

It's adjustable - made without flame retardants or formaldehyde - low VOC

Our conversation was very interesting - focusing on pain and sleep:

• Pain is in the mind - which is why opiates, pain pills are soooo overly prescribed and abused.
• Chronic pain is the most common cause of long-term disability in the US
• Almost 100 of our pain is mis-attributed. We think it’s one thing and it’s almost always something else.
• Sleeping and sitting postures are screwing everyone up.
• Accelerated arthritis, break down etcetera with a kinked neck  during sleep.
• US Pure Certified, Low Chem, Bamboo fiber pillow case
• Why you shouldn’t spend a ton of money on a bed. Start with 4 lb high density memory foam topper - $200-300 - density and high quality is important
• What makes a good pillow?

Enjoy!

Joe Cohen hacks. 

Joe is the founder or Selfhacked a world-class resource for all things personal optimization including PhD reviewed articles on topics from mitochondria optimization to N-Acetylcisteine. At Selfdecode - The world’s most comprehensive DNA-based health hacking tool to improve brain health, sleep, and reduce inflammation - Joe and his team take your 23andme data as well as your recent blood work to create custom protocols to help you live optimal. 

In this episode however, we dig into a couple of fascinating topics very deeply. Microdosing LSD and how the new Google medic updates have made it very hard to find alternative (biohacking) information on the web. 

For context, Google's latest updates have crushed alternative health companies through lumping alternative health resources together and ranking them lower - regardless of their scientific support, review or validity. It's a travesty.

In this episode we cover:

• The case for consuming nutritional yeast (brewers yeast)

• Microdosing LSD and various protocols

• Google's new search updates including a point-by-point plan to help you find the best biohacking information online HINT - Stop using google for health info

I hope you enjoy this podcast as much as I did. 

Enjoy

Anthony literally wrote the book about Biohacking Secrets. 

This is the type of podcast episode where you feel like you're a part of the conversation - I really enjoyed this episode. 

He knows his stuff and his coaching testimonials on his site tell the whole story. Anthony has given you a special offer through the coaching service he provides:

BIOHACKING SECRETS COACHING here. 

In this episode we cover:

• Anthony’s definition of biohacking
• How can we look, feel and think the way we want to? 
• 4 ROOT CAUSES driving health deficiency and lack of performance: Stress - Toxins, Infections 
• Importance of knowing your baselines.
• Dr Mercola, NAD suppositories
• STEP 1 for biohacking your health is to increase energy and motivate people to make more changes
• His heavy metal detox protocol - quicksilver push catch, DMSA, ETDA suppositories, coffee enemas
• Plant medicines for battling depression
• The importance of proiritizing personal happiness.
• Types of breath work for cardio and sauna 
• Sun gazing upside down
• The importance of learning how to show love, give love and receive love.
• How our genes are evolved to keep us alive, they don’t really care about how much we love our life.

Alanna Collen Wrote "10% Human" in 2015 and it sent shockwaves across the globe. 

Her path of discovery and personal healing came after a devastating reaction from a cycle of antibiotics - ultimately leading her to discover the strange world of microbes and our relationship with them. 

In this episode we cover: 

• Microbes have been evolving with us since before we were human

• 10% human refers to the statistic that there are 10x more microbes in and on the body that human cells. That number has shifted closer to 50% recently, but it says a lot about our relationship to microbes

• Skepticism of the assumption that diversity of microbiome in the gut is the answer for optimal health (some developing nations eat 1 thing Inuit)

• Koala moms feed their joey’s poop because eucalyptus is hard to digest

• Tips for keeping a healthy microbe balance in and on your body. Like - not using antibacterial soap for body or home. The importance of vaginal bacteria in birth and the problems with C-sections and more.

• Her new book Fatology - the role of microbes in obesity

If you're listening to this you're interested in being your best self - and Tim Gray has a ton of ideas for you. So many ideas in fact, that he's hosting the largest biohacking conference in Europe.  

Tim is hosting The Health Optimisation Summit in London, UK September 14th and 15th - where he's compiled a staggering lineup of speakers: 

Dave Asprey, Marek Doyle, Matt Maruca, Harry Adelson, Quantified Bob, Siim Land, Gerald Pollack, Christopher Shade, Shaman Durek, John Gray and MORE!

I love the way Tim and his team are positioning The Health Optimisation Summit: Biohacking, Nutrition, Fitness and Medical Worlds. 

In this episode we talk a lot about some new supplements, tonics and approaches for optimal health. Here's a few.

Quinton Hypertonic, Nuzest Protein, Grounding Bedsheet

Tim also shares how he thinks and activates on his own health optimization - which I love. 

Enjoy!

Dr. Bruce Lipton has done a ton of fascinating work in stem cell research, epigenetics and consciousness. 

Author of "Biology of Belief," a one-of-a-kind book which tackles epigenetics and a consciousness based understanding of biology. 

In this episode we cover:

• The difference between our conscious and subconscious mind
• 3 powerful, practical techniques for re-programming the subconscious mind (which is limiting each of us)
• The power and effectiveness of positive, present-tense belief statements
• How energy psychology modalities can provide you an opportunity to engage super learning for new skills and behaviors like speed reading .
• Magneto Encephalogram test prove that our thoughts emirate out side of our body. Science can read your thoughts without Electro Encephalogram requiring touch… Our thoughts come out of us and into the environment around us.