Podcast Episode #42: An Expert Interview on Bio-identical Hormone Replacement and Nutrient Therapy

Sex is a subject I can't (and don't want to) ignore... ...because sexual health is just as important for your physical, mental, and spiritual fitness as lifting weights, meditating, or praying. This is why I devoted an extensive chapter to hormones, libido, and sex in general in my book Boundless. I have also podcasted on sex, including episodes with Jamie Wheal ("Biohacking Sex, Tantric Breathwork, Plant Medicines For Orgasmic Enhancement & Much More."), Kim Anami ("A Vaginal Weightlifting Coach Reveals Her Secrets On How To Train Your Body For Soul-Stretching, Bed-Shaking, Neighbour-Complaining Sex"), and Dr. Richard Gaines ("The Non-Pill, Natural Alternative To Viagra That Instantly Fixes Erectile Dysfunction, Boosts Drive In Men & Women, Enhances Orgasm & Much More."). Then there was the wildly popular podcast with Susan Bratton, "Biohacking Sex: The Best Tips, Tricks, Supplements & Food To Optimize Libido, Desire & Arousal.", an episode that included sixteen bedroom and sex biohacking tips. Since it's been awhile since I've tackled the somewhat controversial, but nonetheless thrilling, topic of optimizing your sex life, I thought it was time to get Susan back on the show. Susan Bratton is a champion and advocate for all who desire passionate relationships. Married to her husband Tim since 1993, Susan is an author, award-winning speaker, and serial entrepreneur who teaches passionate lovemaking techniques to her fans around the world. Susan’s fresh approach and original ideas have helped millions of people of all ages, and across the gender spectrum, transform having sex into making love. As the CEO and co-founder (with her husband) of Personal Life Media and The 20, Susan has authored 35 books and programs and launched a line of libido support supplements for the sexual biohacker community. A deep thinker with a sweeping foundation of knowledge in human sexuality, Susan has been featured in The New York Times and on CNBC and the TODAY show as well as appearing on ABC, CBS, The CW, Fox, and NBC. Susan Bratton’s straight-talking, fearless perspectives are rooted in her personal experience of watching her sex life wither while she and her husband pursued dynamic careers. When their relationship hit a crisis point, the couple made a fierce commitment to do whatever it took to keep their family together and revive the passion in their marriage. Today, she and her husband have the kind of dream relationship most people long-since stopped believing is even possible—until they discover Susan’s teachings. Episode Sponsors: Neurohacker: To try Qualia Mind, go to neurohacker.com/ben who’s offering Qualia Mind up to 50% off right now, and use code BGF at checkout for an extra 15% off your first purchase. Start experiencing what the best brain fuel on earth can do for YOUR mindset. DNA COMPANY:  If you value your health and want the tools to help you avoid serious diseases, then go ahead and order this DNA test from The DNA Company. All listeners are eligible to receive a $50 discount using code BEN at checkout.  Organifi: Get the restful sleep you need with the most soothing ingredients! Gold is a delicious superfood tea that contains powerful superfoods and mushrooms to help you sleep and recover so you can wake up feeling refreshed and energized. Go to organifi.com/Ben for 20% off your order. HVMN: Visit  hvmn.me/BenG  and use code BENG for 10% off any purchase of Ketone-IQ️ an exclusive offer for podcast listeners. Kion Aminos: Building blocks for muscle recovery, reduced cravings, better cognition, immunity, and more. Go to https://getkion.com/bengreenfield to receive 20% off on monthly deliveries and 10% on one-time purchases.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

27 Aug 20221h 18min

Zero Acre Farms is on a mission to remove vegetable oils from the food system. Vegetable oils are the most consumed food in the world after rice and wheat, and are leading drivers of chronic disease and deforestation. At Zero Acre Farms, they make healthy oils and fats from fermentation, not cleared rainforests. Their first product, which they call Cultured Oil, has the highest level of good fats, lowest levels of bad fats, and a 90% smaller environmental footprint than vegetable oil. I've tried the new Zero Acre Farms Culture Oil. It tastes good, cooks well, seems to have a decent smoke point, and seems to be an affordable, environmentally friendly alternative to what I consider to be one of the scourges of the nutrition world: vegetable oil. My guest on this podcast, Jeff Nobbs, is a healthy food innovator on a mission to reverse chronic disease and help fix the many problems in today’s food system. After an early career in technology, Jeff founded the healthy fast casual restaurant chain Kitava, served as COO of Perfect Keto, and co-founded food security non-profit HelpKitchen. Jeff is now co-founder and CEO of Zero Acre Farms, makers of Cultured Oil. Episode sponsors... Colima Salt: Salt that is harvested from the colima salt flats in Mexico, super delicious, super crunchy and free of ocean borne microplastics. With every purchase you'll be supporting the salineros. Customers get their first bag for free. Visit www.GreenfieldSalt.com - to redeem your free bag of Colima Sea Salt. CHILISLEEP: These luxury mattress pads keep your bed at the perfect temperature for deep sleep, whether you sleep hot or cold. These sleep systems are designed to help you fall asleep, stay asleep and give you the confidence and energy to power through your day. Save up to 30% off your purchase of any new sleep system BIOPTIMIZERS (MAG):These 7 essential forms of Magnesium included in this full spectrum serving help you relax, unwind and turn off your active brain after a long stressful day so you can rest peacefully and wake up feeling refreshed, vibrant and alert. Go to magbreakthrough.com/ben and use code ben10 for 10% off any order  Timeline Nutrition: Go to timelinenutrition.com/BEN and use code BEN to get 10% off your order. That’sT-I-M-E-L-I-N-E-N-U-T-R-I-T-I-O-N dot com slash BEN.I recommend trying their starter pack with all three formats. Traeger: Traeger grills can tackle everything from hamburgers and dogs to slow-smoked brisket and even dessert thanks to their 6-in-1 versatility. Check out www.Traeger.com to learn more about these amazing grills. -RUNGA: Come hang out with my family and me for the ONE weekend I look forward to every year, way more than any vacation, event, or trip I have planned...an event so intimate that only 50 people can attend. Spots are filling up fast, so be sure to apply soon at www.bengreenfieldlife.com/runga.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

25 Aug 202258min

My new book, Endure, is now available! I’ll gift you the first three chapters of Endure as an instantly downloadable e-book and I'll also give you a sweet discount on the exact journal my family and I developed and use each day, The Spiritual Disciplines Journal. Visit https://getendure.com for all the details!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

21 Aug 202217min

When I interviewed Tony Robbins and Peter Diamandis in the episode "Tony Robbins, Peter Diamandis & Ben Greenfield Reveal New Anti-Aging Biohacks & Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine You’ve Never Heard Of Before.", we discussed a special form of injury and recovery physical therapy called "Counterstrain", which was also featured in Tony's book Lifeforce and is a cutting edge manual therapy technique that provides relief from pain and dysfunction. I was so interested in this protocol that I had one of the leaders in the Counterstrain movement - Tim Hodges - fly to my house to do a treatment on me. It was like nothing I've ever experienced, so I hosted Tim on this podcast to delve into exactly what Counterstrain is, who it's for, and what it does exactly. Tim Hodges has worked in the field of physical rehabilitation since 1996. He is involved in the ongoing development of the Counterstrain technique and the creation of training programs renowned for producing highly skilled Counterstrain Practitioners. In 2003, Tim started his private practice, now called Counterstrain Portland. A Teaching Assistant since 2003 and Facial Counterstrain Instructor for the Jones Institute since 2014, he is one of a select few certified to teach the modern version of Counterstrain. He has helped Brian Tuckey develop many of the Counterstrain techniques used today. Tim continues to apply his expertise in the field through private treatment at Counterstrain Portland, the mentoring of Healthcare Practitioners at the Counterstrain Academy and by teaching large-scale continuing education seminars for health care providers. Tim created counterstrain.com, the Counterstrain brand and along with Brian Tuckey created 3D Counterstrain. Episode sponsors: -Clearlight Sauna: If you want to sweat buckets in the privacy of your own home, go to healwithheat.com and use code BEN for a discount and free shipping – this is a huge savings because these saunas are big, and heavy and well-made.  -Thrive Market: Shop everything from healthy pantry essentials and sustainable meat and seafood to nontoxic cleaning and beauty products - all delivered right to your door. Join Thrive Market today and get eighty dollars in free groceries! Go to www.thrivemarket.com/ben. -Joy Mode: Want to spice things up in the bedroom and boost your sexual performance? And do it naturally without nasty prescription drugs? We have a special offer for the Ben Greenfield audience. Go to usejoymode.com/greenfield or enter GREENFIELD at checkout for 20% off your first order.  -Inside Tracker: InsideTracker provides you with a personalized plan to build endurance, boost energy, and optimize your health for the long haul. Get 20% off the entire InsideTracker store, go to insidetracker.com/ben. -Kion Aminos: Building blocks for muscle recovery, reduced cravings, better cognition, immunity, and more. You can now save 20% on monthly deliveries and 10% on one-time purchases. Just go to getkion.com/bengreenfield.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

20 Aug 202247min

News Flashes – Follow Ben on Twitter for more… Ginger may not be as sexy and expensive as the trendy anti-aging drugs out there, but it has fabulous evidence for longevity enhancement: Ginger for Healthy Ageing: A Systematic Review on Current Evidence of Its Antioxidant, Anti-Inflammatory, and Anticancer Properties...05:00 Fantastic paper on the latest anti-aging drugs and compounds, and how they work: Antiaging agents: safe interventions to slow aging and healthy life span extension...09:40 Here's all the stuff that is bad news bears for fertility: Addiction and human male fertility: A systematic review and a critical appraisal...21:01 Hey fellas, maybe you should focus on *this* more than, say, bench pressing: Handgrip Strength as a Darwinian Fitness Indicator in Men...28:17 A plant-based diet doesn’t necessarily mean a healthy or high-quality diet  - this study found that biomarkers of cardiometabolic health are associated with diet quality, not “plant-based” classification (or vegetarian vs. omnivore): Health Biomarkers in Adults Are More Closely Linked to Diet Quality Attributes Than to Plant-Based Diet Categorization...37:01 This systematic review found some evidence that supplements such as bovine colostrum, glutamine, single-strain probiotics, nitric oxide precursors, and antioxidants may reduce exercise-associated gut damage and therefore limit gastrointestinal symptoms during exercise: A systematic review: Role of dietary supplements on markers of exercise-associated gut damage and permeability...46:52 Baby food pouches more sugary than Coca-Cola, dentists warn amid "epidemic'"of tooth decay: Baby food pouches 'more sugary than Coca-Cola', dentists warn amid 'epidemic' of tooth decay  (FYI, I would not say this about the baby food pouches from Serenity Kids (use code BEN to save 15%) I have for lunch each day - not kidding!)...50:27 Mushrooms communicate with each other using up to 50 "words," scientist claims: Mushrooms communicate with each other using up to 50 ‘words,’ scientist claims...54:15 Good calculator for balancing your food and activity levels (especially the expert mode): Body Weight Planner...56:54 Episode sponsors: WATER & WELLNESS: Use code GREENFIELD to save 10% on all orders. Go to WaterAndWellness.com/Greenfield Tru Kava: Kava is a powerful plant-based stress relieving, Nootropic drink from islands in the South Pacific that has been highly regarded for 3000 years as a safe, natural, non-addictive alternative to drugs and alcohol.Go to: gettrukava.comand use code BEN for 10% off  Levels: If you want to better understand how food affects your health and try a continuous glucose monitor yourself, go to levels.link/Ben to learn more. They also have a really well-researched, in-depth blog that I recommend checking out if you’re just looking to learn more about topics like metabolic health, longevity, and nutrition. HIGHERDOSE: Get your own Infrared Sauna Blanket or Infrared PEMF Mat at HigherDOSE.com today and use my exclusive Promo Code: BEN at check out to save 15% off! Essentia: Organic mattresses, the only mattress to score best on eliminating all sleep-interrupting stimulants. Experience Essentia for yourself and save an additional $100 on your mattress purchase using code BENVIP atmyessentia.com/bengreenfieldSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

18 Aug 20221h 1min

My new book, Endure, is now available! I’ll gift you the first three chapters of Endure as an instantly downloadable e-book and I'll also give you a sweet discount on the exact journal my family and I developed and use each day, The Spiritual Disciplines Journal. Visit https://getendure.com for all the details!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

14 Aug 202220min

Angelo Keely is the co-founder and CEO of Kion, a performance and longevity supplement and functional food company dedicated to helping people fully experience a joyful, active life by providing pure, energy-enhancing solutions. Angelo Keely, along with yours truly, first started Kion in 2017 with a dream of creating something that motivated people to continue on their personal health journeys. Since 2017, Angelo has taken part in helping to develop many of the highest-possible quality supplements on the market, cultivated an incredibly passionate team, and has helped fuel the growth of Kion. Angelo was born to hippie parents in Austin, Texas, and raised in an old, funky, hand-built house nestled in the outer regions of the suburbs. They were health-nut pescatarians. He didn’t have a birth certificate or see a doctor until he was six. He didn’t have his first haircut until the summer before fourth grade. So, as you can imagine, he got very comfortable being “weird” at an early age. He then had a series of traumatic accidents in his adolescence and early adulthood. Nearly stabbed and beaten to death at 16, he left home and became independent at 17, and was then involved in a deadly bus accident in the foothills of the Himalayas at 21. These events gifted him with the confidence to navigate all situations and a profound appreciation for simply existing. Angelo spent several years working in Europe and India in his 20s. Thanks to this experience (and a lot of talking out loud to himself), he now speaks multiple languages. He was drawn to these experiences because he loves to see things, and himself, from new perspectives and he's enthralled by the challenge of understanding new systems. Angelo is also a multi-instrumentalist and loves to make music with unique variations of vocals, drums, piano, and guitar. Episode sponsors: Inside Tracker: InsideTracker provides you with a personalized plan to build endurance, boost energy, and optimize your health for the long haul. Get 20% off the entire InsideTracker store, go to insidetracker.com/ben. Organifi: Get the restful sleep you need with the most soothing ingredients! Gold is a delicious superfood tea that contains powerful superfoods and mushrooms to help you sleep and recover so you can wake up feeling refreshed and energized. Go to organifi.com/Ben for 20% off your order. Seed: If you’re taking supplements, but not a probiotic you might be overlooking your gut—which affects your whole-body health. Adding a probiotic + prebiotic to your daily, use code BEN15 to redeem 15%off your first month of Seed’s Daily Synbiotic. BIOPTIMIZERS (MASS): MassZymes is a powerful best-in-class enzyme supplement that improves digestion, reduces gas and bloating, and provides relief from constipation. Go to masszymes.com/benfree now to get your exclusive free product bundle. Kion Aminos: Building blocks for muscle recovery, reduced cravings, better cognition, immunity, and more. Go to https://getkion.com/bengreenfield to receive my special discount for your first-time purchase.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

13 Aug 20221h 21min

For a while now, I've been working with an entrepreneurial couple named Jim and Jamie Sheils to improve their fitness, health, nutrition, and longevity... ...and we've become dear friends in the process. Jim and Jamie Sheils are the fit, sexy parents of four children ranging in age from toddler to teen. They are also the founders of a fantastic company called 18 Summers, which refers to the number of summers you have with your children. The goal of 18 Summers is to help support families with a formula for lifelong parent-child connection, trust, bonding, respect, and experience. Jim and Jamie have also authored the popular ebook The Family Board Meeting, which outlines three simple steps parents can take to create lasting connections with their children. Jim Sheils is an entrepreneur who consults with world-class organizations such as Harvard University and Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO) to help their members succeed at home. In keynote presentations, workshops, team events, and private consulting, Jim has helped hundreds of the top entrepreneurs and thought leaders around the world focus and implement where it really counts, at home. He is affectionately known as "Crazy Glue For Families." Jamie Sheils founded Florida’s only Waldorf-inspired public charter school and directed a Public Montessori Charter School. She has also developed and implemented programs in several other public and private schools. When Jim and Jamie first met, they found themselves facing interesting challenges as a blended family. Suddenly, they had to contend with the everyday trials of disconnection and time scarcity. It was Family Board Meetings that bridged the gap, helping a new family connect, and helping the kids find sure footing on uncertain ground. Now, through 18 Summers, Jim and Jamie reach families and organizations around the world, helping them discover the benefits of quality time and enduring relationships. In this episode, we talk about homeschooling, creative freedom, sex drive, and even (how to avoid!) "Dad bod." Episode sponsors: -The DNA Company:  If you value your health and want the tools to help you avoid serious diseases, then go ahead and order this DNA test from The DNA Company. All listeners are eligible to receive a $50 discount using code BEN at checkout. -Butcher Box: Butcherbox is giving new members 1 pack of bacon for FREE in EVERY box, plus $20 off each box for the first 5 months of your membership. That's free bacon for life and up to $100 off! -ChiliSleep: These luxury mattress pads keep your bed at the perfect temperature for deep sleep, whether you sleep hot or cold. These sleep systems are designed to help you fall asleep, stay asleep and give you the confidence and energy to power through your day. Save up to 30% off the purchase of any new sleep system -Kion Aminos: Building blocks for muscle recovery, reduced cravings, better cognition, immunity, and more. -Ben Greenfield Coaching: Personally vetted and trained by Ben Greenfield, these coaches will personalize your diet and lifestyle, and get you looking and feeling your best.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

11 Aug 202249min