What I discovered at Dave Asprey’s Biohacking Convention

This submit is about what I discovered on the Biohacking Conference, hosted by Dave Asprey, in Dallas, TX. I’m grateful {that a} media go was supplied to attend this wonderful expertise. You’ll be able to learn my first review about the Biohacking Conference right here.

(and sure, this consists of issues you are able to do at house!)

Hello buddies! How is the weekend going? We’re in full dance recital mode over right here. Don’t overlook to go over to this week’s giveaway!

Right this moment, I needed to share a recap of among the prime issues I discovered from the Biohacking Convention. As you possibly can think about, I discovered a LOT, and felt like my mind was buzzing for days afterwards. I’ve lastly had an opportunity to let every part 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 individual!! – however listed below are a few of my favourite factors from among the talks I attended whereas I used to be there. (I might submit a lot extra however like I stated, you actually need to go in individual!)

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What I discovered 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 individual. Throughout his discuss, he shared that psychiatry is the one medical business that doesn’t really take a look at the organ itself earlier than prescribing medicine. When you have coronary heart points, they take a picture. When you have kidney ache, they take a picture. Along with your mind, they take an informed guess, and prescribe medicine with out really taking a look at your mind.

At his clinic, they carry out SPECT scans that allow suppliers to take a look at the floor of the mind, blood move, and mind activitity. It’s fairly fascinating – they’ve a brand new clinic in Scottsdale! – and it was unimaginable to see pictures of brains that have been healed after trauma, drug use, OCD, and so forth. via life-style, dietary supplements, and medicine, if it was really wanted.

The principle message of his discuss was that you possibly can heal your mind, and also you’re not caught with the mind you at present have.

Components that HURT your mind:

– Altered blood move, via issues like hypertension, caffeine, sedentary lives, low choresterol, nicotine, caffeine

– Head trauma

– Retirement/ageing – not having a goal, or affected by lonliness

– Toxicity – alcohol, mould, heavy metals, THC, medicine, 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 components, 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 joyful usually, so I skip them

Habits that may HEAL your mind:

– Take a look at and optimize neurohormones

– Safety from head trauma

– Improve blood move via train and vitamin

– Detox – sauna, hydration, fiber

– Retirement/ageing: study one thing new, donate blood

– Scale back irritation

– Stress discount and psychological well being

– Good high quality sleep, 7-8 hours per night time

– Know your genetic danger

– Promote wholesome immune system operate

*A number of 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 type, real, and fantastic, even after signing books for about 2 hours.

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Dave Asprey on How you can Be Untriggerable

The father of Biohacking himself led us via a robust meditation on learn 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 could possibly be pleased about

– FORGIVING the opposite individual. “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 vitality.

He additionally went via a full rundown of his present routine, however I don’t need to submit the spoilers right here because it’s seemingly in his subsequent ebook.

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Jim Kwik on being Limitless

It was my first time seeing Jim Kwik dwell and he was AMAZING. He’s devoted to serving to others enhance their studying skill, together with studying velocity. He additionally has a ebook (including it to my assortment), and a prime podcast with fast ideas.

My favourite quote from him was “when you struggle on your limitations, you get to maintain them.”

He taght us the acronym ALPHA:

A- consciousness; understanding who you might be, having a transparent imaginative and prescient and ideas

L- studying

P- prioritize; thoughts and precedence managment

H- well being (meditation, train, weight-reduction plan, dietary supplements, sleep)

A- motion – “information itself isn’t energy)

He additionally talked about animal brains and the way our leanring types can correlate to varied animals. This made SO a lot sense to me, and I took his quiz to search out out I’m a cheetah. I’m excited to study his methods to learn quicker… I got here house from the convention with 9 new books.

A number of the choice:

One other wonderful tip: Whenever you get up, quick ahead to the tip 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, learn how to cut back poisonous load, promote detox, biotoxins, intestine and lymph assist, and toxis stress.

Some takeaways that you are able to do at house:

– Eat at house as a lot as potential

– Filter your water and air

– Purpose for meals that’s natural, chemical-free, and pesticide-free

– Do away with nonstick pots and pans. Use chrome 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 like that so lots of the audio system gave actual world examples of issues you are able to do at house. Certain, a few of them might sound extra *on the market* than others, however I feel biohacking is de facto about taking issues to the following stage once you’ve mastered the foundations. I’m all the time excited to study new methods and concepts to doubtlessly enhance longevity and healthspan.

My subsequent Biohacking Convention submit will probably be on the devices I attempted, plus some simple issues you possibly can check and do at house, in a spread of worth factors.

Have an exquisite weekend and I’ll see ya quickly!

xoxo

Gina