Biohacking & HealthSpan

Ahead of the launch of his new book Fast This Way, Dave Asprey talks about Fasting. And it's not just about food: Tapping into spiritual and advanced meditation states is one part of fasting.

Another part is psychological, asking yourself  “What am I afraid of that I haven't acknowledged yet?”, “What's my inner wiring doing?”.

And then the third part is biological, where we ask ourselves “What fasting is doing to my body?”. Once you realise that, you get to pick which level you're going to play. 

There's also another kind of fasting which is the one that makes you the most resilient of all: Fasting from hate.

Glucose or Ketones? Carbs or fats? Carbohydrates have been a staple part of meals for centuries, but there is evidence that ketones produce more energy per mole of substrate than glucose, while optimising body composition, cognition and sports performance.

Brett Melanson, a PhD Candidate in Behavioural Neuroscience, talks about how following a ketogenic diet allows our body to tap into fat stores to produce energy during extended periods of low glucose availability. He explains that burning ketones instead of glucose preserves carbohydrates in muscle. Therefore transitioning the body’s energy dependence from glucose to ketones could be beneficial in the long run, both mentally, and physically.

Biohacking can help optimize all areas of your life including health, performance, focus and productivity. With nutrition, mind and lifestyle changes it is possible to reduce stress, improve sleep and even slow down aging.

In this post, you will find surprisingly simple yet effective biohacks to try. from intermittent fasting, cold therapy and breathing exercises to practices of mindfulness and slow eating. Having these tools in your arsenal will help you conduct self-experiments to determine the best approach for your body.

Dr. Eric Berg is a chiropractor who specialises in weight loss through nutritional and natural methods and is a world-renowned ketogenic diet expert, published writer, and author of the bestselling book “The 7 Principles of Fat Burning”.

In this post, he gives practical recommendations on what to look for when buying eggs, as well as the healthiest way to cook and eat eggs for maximum benefits.

In a population of 786 Australian elders, higher concentrations of carotenoids (lutein and zeaxanthin) and vitamin C in plasma were associated with longer Telomere Length, which is positively correlated with longevity. 

Lutein and zeaxanthin are carotenoids found in the egg yolks that concentrate mostly in the human eyes retina and macula, and to a lesser extent, in the liver and brain. Both of these compounds can help reduce the risk of age-related macular degeneration as well as cataracts.

In this post, Dr. Berg describes the numerous health benefits of eating eggs: One of the key reasons that I consume eggs on a regular basis is not only do I enjoy it, but eggs have the greatest anabolic effect out of all the food options around. Anabolic means that it's contributing to growth. Building muscle protein.

48% of egg actually turns into your body tissue and that's pretty much the highest, not counting breast milk. Moreover, cholesterol and fat in the yolk actually help in the anabolic effect.

Egg whites have really low amounts of essential fatty acids, while egg yolk contains most of the nutrition.

Ketosis describes a metabolic state where the level of ketones in your bloodstream elevate and the body burns fat for energy. Ketosis may sound like a strange and exotic phenomenon, but it is quite natural - humans evolved to use fat as energy. Nowadays this seems weird because we are over-consumers of carbohydrate and live sedentary lifestyles. A state in which we are never short of a carb refuel.

The stress response is a powerful force that can be beneficial or harmful, depending on the circumstances. This article will explain the science behind beneficial stress, who benefits from it, and how to achieve it naturally.

Performers call it ‘the zone,’ that state of complete focus where distractions disappear, senses sharpen, and performance is optimised. The zone is a real thing, and to the scientific community, this mind state is called eustress–beneficial stress–or flow.