Episode #195: Can Coffee Really Make You Live Longer?

To download your free copy of Fit Soul, visit fitsoulbook.com Hey, what's up. It's Ben Greenfield. You may have heard that I wrote a new book. It's free at fitsoulbook.com as a digital download. You can also get the physical version for next to nothing. I'm just covering my shipping and handling and printing costs.  I'm also recording the audio book version, but I'd like to give you a bit of a taste of that audio book version. And I may actually begin to release every chapter for you on this podcast on Sundays.  So you can sit back and prepare to experience the half hour long or so audio recording of the first introductory chapter of Fit Soul. I hope you like it. If you like it all the resources and everything for what you're about to hear are at fitsoulbook.com/introduction. So I hope you enjoy this first chapter and you can always find me on social media at Ben Greenfield Fitness on most social media platforms. And perhaps there you can just let me know what you think. And if you want me to keep releasing chapters like this on a weekly basis, if it helps you out touches your life somehow or gives you good information, I'll do it. So without further ado, here we go.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

14 Helmi 202129min

Have a question you'd like Ben to answer on the podcast? Click here, or use the 'contact' button in the free Ben Greenfield Fitness app.  News Flashes – Follow Ben on Twitter for more…11:30 New drug reverses age related mental decline *within days*!    a proposal to give us patches that make us allergic to meat and smart drugs that make us want to have fewer babies, all for "climate change" management   Oh hooray - more sex makes you live longer! (at least, if you're a naked mole rat) (see conclusions)   In the most recent longevity biomarker study, HIGHER LDL-P levels were protective against death and myocardial infarction   Want to build muscle? Get STRONG first   Researchers find how to stop muscle mass loss as you age (kind of interesting because bodybuilders have been using post-workout arachidonic acid for years to do this same thing!)   This study backs up what I've been saying for a long time - one of the best ways to build muscle is to maintain high blood levels of essential amino acids (EAA's), particularly during training sessions   That charcuterie plate and glass of wine just might be extending your life Special Announcements...53:30   Listener Q&A: Is Ritalin Healthy? (And Natural Alternatives To Ritalin)...59:06 Elle asks: I am a triathlete, I'm a Yogi, and I also have ADHD. I was prescribed Ritalin recently, which has helped me a lot, except that it's compromised the quality of my deep sleep. I have a very excitable parasympathetic nervous system. I do a lot of different yoga and different breathing exercises, transcendental meditation and prayer to help reactivate my parasympathetic nervous system to balance it. However, I still have issues with my deep sleep. Aside from supplements, biohacks, breathing, yoga and exercises, I was wondering if you could help me with this one. Thanks so much for taking the time.     What Your Pee Can Tell You About Your Body...1:10:30 Ben Pollack asks: Hey, Ben Pollack here from Pemberton, British Columbia. Thanks for all the hard work and the amazing information that you bring for us so that we can live an amazing life. My burning question is about pee. Sometimes when I pee it's foamy. Sometimes it's not foamy, and sometimes it's in-between. Is there something that pee tells us? And if so, what? Thanks very much.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

13 Helmi 20211h 18min

bengreenfieldfitness.com/drivenbydoug I first met today's podcast guest at a private conference where he was teaching long range rifle shooting combined with meditation? Sound a bit weird and intriguing? I thought so.     It turns out that my guest on today's show - Dr. Doug Brackman - has studied and worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs, pro-athletes, inventors, adventurers, and Navy SEALs and found that certain people are born with a drive often seen in these types of people. It's in their DNA - research has shown that certain genes can manifest resilient and highly focused people who can also be impulsive and easily distracted. While these traits enabled our ancient ancestors to survive, if you have these traits today, it can create havoc in your life. You may be diagnosed with ADHD, ADD, or OCD.     But what the world tells you is a disability or disorder may actually be your greatest gift. Using his experience teaching the highly driven how to master their gift, Doug provides the insight and tools you need to master yours. He teaches you how to:     - Stop self-sabotage forever - End shame and doubt - Find your wolf pack - Use meditation to put yourself on the right path     I just finished his new book Driven: Understanding and Harnessing the Genetic Gifts Shared by Entrepreneurs, Navy SEALs, Pro Athletes (& Maybe You) and was absolutely glued to the pages, so I just had to have Doug on the show.     After achieving a dual PhD in 2002, Dr. Doug struck out to research the components of powerful thought and action, culminating in a very successful practice of helping driven “hunters” focus their gifts on a daily basis.  Dr. Doug has used and integrated approach of meditation, bio-hacking, and applied real world counseling to help thousands of people. He has been naturally drawn to the driven (often ADD/ADHD spectrum) business owner/entrepreneur, and for the last 10 years has worked exclusively with these amazing clients. Dr. Doug is a twenty plus year meditation practitioner and continuous student of the rapid advances in science explaining the benefits of specific types of meditation. He describes himself as a functional MRI geek and student of all spiritual practices and religions. During our discussion, you'll discover: -How Doug went from a dual PhD to teaching meditation while shooting rifles...6:50         -What it means to be "Driven"...10:45         -How to determine if you're genetically predetermined to be Driven...20:00         -A poly peptide that relates to Driven people...25:05       -How the brain of a Driven person is used differently than that of others...         -Why there's "never enough" for Driven people...         -Practical solutions for Driven people to function in society...         -The only thing that will truly help a Driven person...         -The type of meditation best-suited for Driven people...         -The breath work Doug teaches to Driven people...         -Plant medicine protocols that may be useful for Driven people...       -How to learn more about Doug's work...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11 Helmi 20211h 7min

bengreenfieldfitness.com/levels As I've mentioned many times before on podcasts, I've been using something called a "Continuous Glucose Monitor" (CGM) at various intervals throughout my life for about 4 years or so.     Considering that, as I write about here, I consider glycemic variability (which is exactly what these CGM's track) and inflammation (which is a bit more difficult to measure as it typically requires a visit to a lab) to be my top two key biomarkers for health and longevity, my use of a CGM has given me some very valuable data on how my body responds to certain foods, supplements, exercises, lifestyle practices, and even emotions. But how does a CGM work, exactly?  What does the really tiny "filamentous" needle actually measure? How do you get yours to "stick" for long periods of time, or in water?  How does the phone gather data from the sensor, and is EMF a concern? Does the sensor have to be calibrated to a blood glucose reading due to the fact it is recording interstitial fluid vs. blood?  Is this type of thing, from an insurance standpoint, that is only available to diabetics?  What do you do about activities that cause high glucose excursions, such as exercise/sauna/coffee etc., which wind up decreasing the metabolic score when, long-term, those are all glucose stabilizing/insulin sensitizing activities? Are there certain supplements or herbs that do the best job controlling blood glucose?     I explore these questions and many others in this podcast with Josh Clemente. Josh is a rocket scientist and worked at SpaceX for 6 years, managing the team that designed the life support systems in their space shuttles. Overtime, he started to notice extreme levels of fatigue and experienced volatile spikes and crashes of energy throughout his day. For someone that worked out consistently and followed the guidelines for what he believed to be healthy practices, it didn’t seem to add up. After experimenting with glucose monitoring, he realized that he was pre-diabetic, borderlining on fully-blown diabetic, and that the foods he was eating were having a significant impact on his performance. It was this discovery and struggle to derive actionable insights from his glucose monitoring that led him to start Levels.   Today at Levels Health, Josh and his team are revolutionizing the way people think about their metabolic health. And why is metabolic health so important? Before Levels, an average person had no way of understanding how efficiently or inefficiently their body was producing energy. Levels enables you, using a new CGM system, to access and understand this information in real-time, so you can start making better diet and lifestyle choices to avoid those energy peaks and valleys. During our discussion, you'll discover: -How Josh became a rocket scientist...8:50         -How Josh became interested in blood glucose management...32:05         -How a CGM works, what it measures, and how it compares to a blood glucose stick...19:33         -How the Levels app calibrates w/ the CGM's on the market...24:00         -Gold standard location for placement of the GCM on the body...30:45         -How to keep the CGM on your body for long periods of time...31:00         -How to obtain a CGM without faking you have diabetes...37:50         -If it's necessary to wear a CGM in perpetuity...39:15         -What is a "metabolic score?"...45:15         -What is an "activity response"...56:15         -How to keep blood glucose stable throughout the day and beyond...1:01:00         -Glucose disposal agents that may be outside the norm...1:06:45       -Josh's personal practices to stabilize his glucose levels...1:11:45      See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

6 Helmi 20211h 16min

I'll admit that I've never been a fan of the "juicing" and "cold-pressed juice" trend.     Most of these popular juices are full of oodles of sugar that basically mainline fructose into your bloodstream with very little of the actual fiber and water you'd find in whole fruit.     Most are extremely overpriced compared to what you could make at home, yet what you can make at home creates a huge mess and cleanup situation (anybody else ever tried to clean a juicer daily and had to deal with all the pulp and waste all over the kitchen counter?).     Furthermore, the actual source of most of the produce used in the juices is subpar fruit and vegetables grown in degraded, mineral-depleted soil and/or contains GMO ingredients, pesticides, herbicides and other additives - and if they *don't* have preservatives they go bad super quickly in your fridge, hence destroying all your hard-earned juice.     In the past, my solution for this has been to use a good organic vegetable juice powder, such as the one made by my friends at OrganifiSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

4 Helmi 202157min

In this special episode of the podcast, recorded live at Ben's house in Spokane, Washington, Ra Optics founder and light/circadian rhythm expert Matt Maruca interviews Ben Greenfield. Ben takes you along his 8 year brick-and-mortar journey in the world of fitness and why he eventually switched into writing, speaking, consulting, and podcasting. He discusses his experiences since starting the Ben Greenfield Fitness Podcast 12 years ago to what the world of podcasting offers now.     Matt and Ben talk about ancestral health and Ben shares whether he sees their small footprint making its way to the mainstream route anytime soon. Ben expresses why he recently began managing his daily information consumption through a quality over quantity perspective. Finally, Matt and Ben dive into the idea of finding true fulfillment through spirituality.     You'll hear about Ben’s experiments with the magical butter machine and ketamine, the light diet in its spiritual form, how Ben created a name for himself in the fitness world and his podcasting journey over the last 12 years, whether this small ancestral health footprint go mainstream, what fascinates Ben most about natural living, how we make the most impact on this planet, why outsourcing eliminates information overwhelm and the perspective of quality over quantity, spirituality through the lens of the hero’s journey and much more.     In my conversation with Matt, you'll discover: -How Ben began the interview with Matt on a truly high note...07:15         -The light diet in its spiritual form...12:40     -Who is Ben Greenfield?...14:15         -Ben's podcasting and immersive journalist path over the last 12 years...27:45         -Will this small ancestral health footprint go mainstream?...32:30         -What Ben thinks is the most fascinating part of "natural living"...40:50         -How to know where to put your focus in a world of information overload...47:15         -Why Ben is a Christian...1:09:45         -Where to start your holistic path...1:26:50         -And much more...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

30 Tammi 20211h 32min

bengreenfieldfitness.com/anahata2   In the podcast episode "Magic Chocolate, Holotropic Breathwork, Grounding, Earthing, Vortexes, Crystals & More With Shamangelic Healer Anahata Ananda.", I introduced you to my friend Anahata Ananda. Recently, I returned to Anahata's hometown of Sedona, along with my Kion Co-Founder, CEO and business partner Angelo Keely, to undergo a transformative breath work session, during which both Angelo and I had some deep business insights and a profound physiological experience very similar to what one might experience from plant medicine or psychedelics!       Founder of Sedona’s Shamangelic Healing, Anahata Ananda blends the compassion and tenderness of an Angel and the wisdom and strength of a Shaman to guide profound journeys of core healing and spiritual awakening. As a Certified High-Performance Coach, Shamanic Healer and Soul Guide, Anahata has guided thousands of individuals through life shifts, helping them to heal core wounds, release their fears, open their hearts and reclaim their power. She is the host of the internationally acclaimed Shamangelic Healing Podcast which is designed as a platform for sharing deep authentic conversations and resources to address REAL LIFE issues. In Sedona, Arizona, Anahata offers in-person sessions, ceremonies and retreats as well as, coaching, online courses and virtual workshops.     During this discussion, you'll discover: -Ben's paradigm shift in his message since he and Anahata last spoke on the podcast...6:45         -Why Sedona is special...10:35         -An overview of Anahata's work and services...14:50       -Inside the healing room...19:11         -Pairing sound healing with breath work...27:15         -How Ben's business is mirroring his own spiritual journey...37:15         -Plant medicines contrasted with breath work...47:45         -The interplay between food and breath work that can enhance or detract from the experience...1:01:15         -Benefits derived, and sacrifices needed to achieve them from Ben's paradigm shift over the last several years...1:09:10       -How to connect with Anahata and/or visit in Sedona...1:13:30See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

28 Tammi 20211h 14min

In the past, I've discussed the link between respiration and body fat in articles such as "The 2 Best Ways To Burn Fat Fast (Without Destroying Your Hormones Or Metabolism)" and on the podcast "16 Reasons You’re Not Burning Fat (& How To Lose Weight The Right Way)." But my friend and former podcast guest Adam Wenguer recently introduced me to a guy who has thoroughly studied the link between breath and fat loss, and he has some very interesting insights on the matter as well as some potent fat loss tips you may find quite handy. His name is David Morin. David is a German-born American fitness trainer, model, corporate wellness speaker, and entrepreneur. An accredited strength and conditioning trainer and coach with 16 years of experience, David's clients include everyone from folks in the U.S. Special Forces to NBA stars like Allen Iverson. His skill set continues to evolve through various modalities rooted in movement, martial arts, Chi Kung, mediation, biofeedback, free-weight training, HIIT, and advanced biohacking techniques. He has appeared on more than 30 fitness magazine covers, including Muscle & Fitness, FitnessRX, Men’s Health, and Ironman magazine. For over 10 years and in 15 countries, David has been featured over 100 times as an editorial contributor and instructional fitness model for print media. Not to mention, he has hosted a number of successful fitness product infomercials. David joined “A-list celebrity” Rebel Wilson for a six-page editorial inside Glamour Magazine recently and can be found in advertisements on the internet and in print and billboards around the world representing his supplement partner Dymatize. David can also be seen in the documentary The Perfect Physique as well as working on director Micheal Bay's film “Pain & Gain” with The Rock and Mark Wahlberg. As a father of four who likes to stay active, David took matters into his own hands to create an effective, efficient at-home training regime called Lynx Fitness. As a corporate wellness speaker for clients such as Bank United and Post Holdings, David covers nutritional topics, practical guides to better health, DNA-test-specific nutrient selection, and behavioral pattern course correction towards higher productivity and health. Finally, David created FLO2 essential oils for "sniffing" pre-workout, and I have to admit, since David sent me some after this podcast and I began to use them, they are now my preferred alternative to full-on "smelling salts" for hard workouts. I recommend you try them for yourself. You can click here to get FLO2, and use code BENFLO to save 25%.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

23 Tammi 20211h 18min