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Jay Shetty PodcastTHE BIOHACKING EXPERT: NEW Research On How To Live Past 100 Years Old | Dave Asprey
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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
Dave Asprey Shares Biohacking Shortcuts for Fitness, Nutrition, Emotional Release and Longevity
- Dave Asprey says he tests about 11 years younger than his calendar age by DNA methylation and expects a recent gene therapy to take off nine more years.
- He argues the body is wired to conserve energy, so short, intense, precisely dosed exercise paired with recovery beats long gym sessions, and he reports a 20-minute-a-week routine.
- He says mineral deficiency and key fat-soluble vitamins (D, A, K and a special form of E) underlie much of the stress, low energy and poor results people experience, and he claims about 70% of daily emotional stress comes from malnourishment.
- He describes his Reset Process, which uses gratitude and forgiveness to remove emotional triggers, as a form of spiritual hacking that frees energy for body and mission.
- On diet, he recommends animal protein over plant protein, warns against almond and oat milk and seed oils like canola, and favors saturated fats such as ghee, tallow, coconut oil and palm oil.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasBiological age can be measured and may differ from calendar age.
Asprey says DNA methylation blood tests (about 800,000 data points) are the gold standard, while telomere tests don't work well, and he claims he measures about 11 years younger.
Work with your body's laziness instead of fighting it.
Asprey says the body wants to save energy, so framing a short workout as saving time and effort aligns motivation; he cites five minutes three times a week yielding a 12% fitness gain versus 2% from an hour a day, five days a week.
Exercise works through intense stimulation followed by rapid return to calm.
He says the body responds to a brief hard effort and then safety, whereas long continuous effort with a low-calorie diet signals ongoing hunting and famine and stalls improvement; the same logic applies to cold plunges.
Mineral deficiency may be driving stress, fatigue and stalled results.
Asprey says depleted soil leaves people short on minerals, that vitamins D, A, K and E direct minerals to the right places, and that he'd never stop taking Vitamin DAKE and a broad mineral supplement; Jay Shetty says he has experienced the mental-versus-biological confusion himself.
Unloading emotional triggers is a biological as well as spiritual priority.
Asprey's Reset Process involves feeling the hurt, finding gratitude, then forgiving, so you are no longer triggered, which he calls cheaper biologically than repeatedly managing a trigger with willpower.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotesIf you can be triggered, it means you're walking around with a loaded gun. You need to unload the gun. It's not everyone else's job to not make you shoot them. It's your job to say, "I'm not carrying a weapon anymore."
— Dave Asprey
I believe that half and maybe 70% of the emotional stress that we feel on a daily basis, it comes from our body being malnourished.
— Dave Asprey
you can spend your entire life trying to deal with your emotions, not knowing that it's what's on your plate that's causing them.
— Dave Asprey
the biggest thing you can do and the hardest thing you can do is to let go of something that your body is holding onto because it thinks it's keeping you safe.
— Dave Asprey
How about I wanna stop getting old and I wanna stay how I am now or better every single year.
— Dave Asprey
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SPEAKERS
Dave Asprey
guestBiohacking and longevity entrepreneur, founder of Bulletproof Coffee and creator of Upgrade Labs and 40 Years of Zen.
Jay Shetty
hostHost of the On Purpose podcast and interviewer guiding the conversation.
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