What I discovered at Dave Asprey’s Biohacking Convention

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

(and sure, this contains issues you are able to do at dwelling!)

Hello associates! 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!

As we speak, I wished to share a recap of a few of the prime issues I discovered from the Biohacking Convention. As you may 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 type via the 19 pages of notes. In fact, I can’t share EVERYTHING right here on the weblog – you could 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 may publish a lot extra however like I stated, you actually need to go in particular person!)

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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 be taught from him in particular person. Throughout his discuss, he shared that psychiatry is the one medical trade that doesn’t truly have a look at the organ itself earlier than prescribing treatment. 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 treatment with out truly 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 movement, and mind activitity. It’s fairly fascinating – they’ve a brand new clinic in Scottsdale! – and it was unbelievable to see photographs of brains that have been healed after trauma, drug use, OCD, and many others. via life-style, dietary supplements, and drugs, if it was truly wanted.

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

Components that HURT your mind:

– Altered blood movement, 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, mould, 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 glad on the whole, so I skip them

Habits that may HEAL your mind:

– Check and optimize neurohormones

– Safety from head trauma

– Enhance blood movement via train and vitamin

– Detox – sauna, hydration, fiber

– Retirement/getting old: be taught 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 perform

*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 fulfill 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 great, even after signing books for about 2 hours.

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Dave Asprey on Methods to Be Untriggerable

The father of Biohacking himself led us via a strong meditation on the best way to let go of triggers. The elements 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 drawback, not a you drawback.”

– 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 publish the spoilers right here because it’s doubtless in his subsequent guide.

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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 capability, together with studying velocity. He additionally has a guide (including it to my assortment), and a prime podcast with fast suggestions.

My favourite quote from him was “in the event you combat to your limitations, you get to maintain them.”

He taght us the acronym ALPHA:

A- consciousness; understanding who you’re, having a transparent imaginative and prescient and ideas

L- studying

P- prioritize; thoughts and precedence managment

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

A- motion – “data 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 search out out I’m a cheetah. I’m excited to be taught his methods to learn sooner… I got here dwelling from the convention with 9 new books.

A number of the choice:

One other wonderful tip: If you get up, quick ahead to the tip of the day whenever you’re going again to mattress. What are three issues that you simply 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 technique of devouring her book, however she has an unbelievable 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, the best way to scale back poisonous load, promote detox, biotoxins, intestine and lymph assist, and toxis stress.

Some takeaways that you are able to do at dwelling:

– Eat at dwelling as a lot as doable

– Filter your water and air

– Goal 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 really like that so lots of the audio system gave actual world examples of issues you are able to do at dwelling. Positive, 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 whenever you’ve mastered the foundations. I’m all the time excited to be taught new methods and concepts to probably improve longevity and healthspan.

My subsequent Biohacking Convention publish shall be on the devices I attempted, plus some simple issues you may check and do at dwelling, in a spread of value factors.

Have a beautiful weekend and I’ll see ya quickly!

xoxo

Gina