This publish is about what I realized on the Biohacking Conference, hosted by Dave Asprey, in Dallas, TX. I’m grateful {that a} media move was offered to attend this superb expertise. You possibly can learn my first review about the Biohacking Conference right here.
(and sure, this contains issues you are able to do at residence!)
Hello associates! How is the weekend going? We’re in full dance recital mode over right here. Don’t overlook to move over to this week’s giveaway!
Immediately, I wished to share a recap of a few of the prime issues I realized from the Biohacking Convention. As you may think about, I realized a LOT, and felt like my mind was buzzing for days afterwards. I’ve lastly had an opportunity to let every little thing simmer, and time to kind via the 19 pages of notes. In fact, I can’t share EVERYTHING right here on the weblog – you must go in particular person!! – however listed below are a few of my favourite factors from a few of the talks I attended whereas I used to be there. (I might publish a lot extra however like I stated, you actually must go in particular person!)
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What I realized at Dave Asprey’s Biohacking Convention
The Finish of Psychological Sickness with Dr. Daniel Amen
I’ve been an enormous fan of Dr. Amen for years and years, so I used to be thrilled for the chance to study from him in particular person. Throughout his speak, he shared that psychiatry is the one medical business that doesn’t really have a look at the organ itself earlier than prescribing remedy. When you’ve got coronary heart points, they take a picture. When you’ve got kidney ache, they take a picture. Together with your mind, they take an informed guess, and prescribe remedy with out really your mind.
At his clinic, they carry out SPECT scans that allow suppliers to take a look at the floor of the mind, blood circulate, and mind activitity. It’s fairly fascinating – they’ve a brand new clinic in Scottsdale! – and it was unimaginable to see photos of brains that have been healed after trauma, drug use, OCD, and so on. via way of life, dietary supplements, and medicine, if it was really wanted.
The principle message of his speak was that you may heal your mind, and also you’re not caught with the mind you at present have.
Elements that HURT your mind:
– Altered blood circulate, via issues like hypertension, caffeine, sedentary lives, low choresterol, nicotine, caffeine
– Head trauma
– Retirement/getting old – not having a objective, or affected by lonliness
– Toxicity – alcohol, mildew, heavy metals, THC, medication, merchandise
– What he refers to as “diabesity”: excessive blood sugar, pre-diabetes, diabetes, being chubby or overweight
– Irritation- from processed meals, sugar, leaky intestine, gum illness
– Poor sleep
– Genetic elements, like methylation points
– Infections/immunity
– Gluten and dairy have been additionally talked about right here with a query mark. I do know that for me, these meals are inflammtory and don’t make my physique pleased on the whole, so I skip them
Habits that may HEAL your mind:
– Check and optimize neurohormones
– Safety from head trauma
– Improve blood circulate via train and diet
– Detox – sauna, hydration, fiber
– Retirement/getting old: study one thing new, donate blood
– Scale back irritation
– Stress discount and psychological well being
– Good high quality sleep, 7-8 hours per evening
– Know your genetic danger
– Promote wholesome immune system perform
*Among the dietary supplements and meals he talked about included B nutritional vitamins, vitamin D, lion’s mane, Omega-3s, ginko, beets, cacao, garlic, and onion
He’s been on a ton of podcasts (linking my faves here and here), and has written many books. I added The End of Mental Illness and Raising Mentally Strong Kids to my assortment.
I additionally had the opporuunity to satisfy him! It’s price mentioning right here that I used to be on the END of a line that was about 2 hours lengthy, and he was nonetheless form, real, and fantastic, even after signing books for about 2 hours.
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Dave Asprey on Be Untriggerable
The father of Biohacking himself led us via a robust meditation on tips on how to let go of triggers. The components of the meditation included:
– Remembering the final time you have been triggered and the way you felt inside
– Discovering a small second of gratitude in that second – something you may be glad about
– FORGIVING the opposite particular person. “It’s a them downside, not a you downside.”
– Breathe into your coronary heart as you forgive them. Let it go, and share this calm, forgiving power.
He additionally went via a full rundown of his present routine, however I don’t need to publish the spoilers right here because it’s probably in his subsequent e-book.
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Jim Kwik on being Limitless
It was my first time seeing Jim Kwik stay and he was AMAZING. He’s devoted to serving to others enhance their studying capacity, together with studying velocity. He additionally has a e-book (including it to my assortment), and a prime podcast with fast ideas.
My favourite quote from him was “when you battle in your limitations, you get to maintain them.”
He taght us the acronym ALPHA:
A- consciousness; figuring out who you’re, having a transparent imaginative and prescient and ideas
L- studying
P- prioritize; thoughts and precedence managment
H- well being (meditation, train, eating regimen, dietary supplements, sleep)
A- motion – “information itself isn’t energy)
He additionally talked about animal brains and the way our leanring kinds can correlate to numerous animals. This made SO a lot sense to me, and I took his quiz to seek out out I’m a cheetah. I’m excited to study his methods to learn quicker… I got here residence from the convention with 9 new books.
Among the choice:
One other wonderful tip: Whenever you get up, quick ahead to the top of the day once you’re going again to mattress. What are three issues that you just need to accomplish personally and professionally earlier than that occurs?
Dr. Jill Carnahan talked about Constructing Resilience in a Poisonous World
I’m at present within the strategy of devouring her book, however she has an unimaginable story of resilience after toxic exposure during childhood and a breast cancer diagnosis in her early 20s.
She talked quite a bit about poisonous load, tips on how to scale back poisonous load, promote detox, biotoxins, intestine and lymph help, and toxis stress.
Some takeaways that you are able to do at residence:
– Eat at residence as a lot as doable
– Filter your water and air
– Goal for meals that’s natural, chemical-free, and pesticide-free
– Eliminate nonstick pots and pans. Use stainless-steel or forged iron.
– Keep away from microwaveable popcorn and pop common corn on the stovetop
– Transfer your physique
– Apply gratitude
– Search sunshine
– Set boundaries
I really like that so lots of the audio system gave actual world examples of issues you are able to do at residence. Positive, a few of them may appear extra *on the market* than others, however I believe biohacking is admittedly about taking issues to the subsequent stage once you’ve mastered the foundations. I’m all the time excited to study new methods and concepts to probably enhance longevity and healthspan.
My subsequent Biohacking Convention publish shall be on the devices I attempted, plus some straightforward issues you may take a look at and do at residence, in a variety of worth factors.
Have a beautiful weekend and I’ll see ya quickly!
xoxo
Gina
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