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In this episode, Teemu Arina sits down with expert nutritionist Wade Lightheart who, together with Matt Gallant, founded BIOptimizers and wrote The Ultimate Nutrition Bible. They discuss various approaches to discovering, analyzing and fine-tuning a person's individual optimal diet through testing and controlled experimentation.

Many currently established paradigms are based on misconceptions, assumptions, influencer-generated trends and, quite simply, the lack of proper data. As such, dietary choices are often based on generic cliché paths towards desired outcomes such as weight loss, when in fact there is no universally healthy diet especially in regard to maintaining a long healthspan. What works and is sustainable for one person may be harmful to another due to differences in genetics and gut health, which Wade illustrates by juxtaposing his own plant-based diet with Matt Gallant's ketogenic approach and providing various other examples as he explains his concept of the Pyramid of Nutritional Decisions.

This presentation was filmed during Biohacker Summit Amsterdam in October 2022.

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Key moments and takeaways:

00:00 Introduction by Teemu Arina

Teemu Arina discusses the dark side of biohacking and personal development, including the concept of the "wounded healer” in the health space, the dangers inherent in developing online personas, how the mask can start to dominate one's life, and how trauma is often the root cause of never-ending personality development. He emphasizes the importance of becoming aware of one's own story and developing mental, social, and spiritual resilience. Arina also voices concerns about becoming addicted to achievements and pleasing others, noting how it creates a false sense of self. Ultimately, he encourages individuals to wake up to who they really are.

The presentation was recorded at the Health Optimisation Summit 2023 in London, UK.

Teemu Arina has a professional career of two decades as a professional biohacker, author, and speaker. Mr. Arina is one of the forefront figures of the biohacking movement. He is the co-author of the bestselling Biohacker’s Handbook series, curator of Biohacker Summit, host of the Biohacker’s Podcast, and co-founder of the Biohacker Center.

Adam Parker is a detox specialist, podcaster, and speaker. He is also a certified Primal Health Coach and the host of the Ideal Day Podcast. Adam joins Teemu to discuss the content of his presentation.

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Roberta Whitney has over 30 years experience in the beauty sector starting from a career as an international model and eventually pivoting to Beauty Therapy (Cosmetology), Beauty Tech, Beauty manufacturing and now Beauty Consulting. She teaches positive ageing protocols to beauty and wellness seekers, and offers action steps for building and obtaining a healthy balance within mind, body and soul.

As a positive ageing devotee, she doesn't like the term “anti-ageing”. Ageing is inevitable, but looking and feeling old does not have to be. It's not just about wrinkles. Roberta explores what ageing means in our modern world today - the connection between not just looking good, but feeling good.

Finding ways to optimize beauty and overall wellness are important when you want to live not just longer, but with more energy and vitality. Human health optimization is the answer, and it is the main topic of today's conversation between Roberta and Teemu Arina which is a deep dive on nutrition, recovery, sleep, the connection to nature, balance with your ecosystem and how all of that impacts on a person's physical and mental health.

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Key moments and takeaways:

00:00 Introduction by Teemu Arina
02:27 Roberta Whitney's background
03:20 Teemu Arina's background & Biohacker's Handbook
03:58 About the Biohacker Summit
07:08 The gut-brain axis
08:48 Epigenetic changes through an optimized diet
11:24 Red light therapy & heat alteration
12:47 Building resilience
14:35 Roberta also recommends red light & sauna
15:38 "Organic" is often a misleading label
16:26 Find the right product for your skin condition
16:37 More about red light
19:45 Adding humidity to real & infrared sauna
21:30 The role oil plays on your skin
22:35 The best oils to use on the skin
23:40 Different products for different skin feel
24:55 Beeswax, hemp oil, grapeseed, shea butter etc.
28:20 Feet soaks, peppermint, tea tree oil
29:14 Who was Teemu before he became a biohacker?
30:50 Growing up & Everyman's Right in Finland
34:40 Fundamentals of biohacking
42:00 Where to start if you don't know anything about biohacking
43:55 The two crucial things to focus on: sleep and gut health
49:05 What to do if you have to take antibiotics
51:45 Roberta's role as a guinea pig for her clients
54:40 Which is worse, vegan or vegetarian?
59:25 The advantages of eating meat
1:00:45 Shellfish don't suffer, just eat them
1:02:07 Cooking: don't destroy the ingredients
1:04:20 If you're gonna be a vegan, you better know what you're doing
1:05:42 A diverse diet adjusted to your individual needs is key to longevity
1:07:27 Barbecue is delicious, just not really healthy...
1:08:32 ...but you can enjoy it in moderation
1:10:35 Good nutrition is about balance, not fundamentalism
1:13:40 Know your body, eat accordingly
1:16:50 Going too extreme on diets ruins your balance with your ecosystem
1:08:00 Teemu's personal perspective on biohacking
1:22:55 If you think of your body as a temple, take care of it
1:23:50 Life is difficult, so you better enjoy it
1:26:20 Breathwork modalities, Soma, Wim Hof
1:29:38 If Teemu were to develop a superpower, what would it be?
1:31:05 Upcoming biomarker app release, Biohacker Summit London and Amsterdam

Teemu Arina sits down for a fantastic conversation with Garnet Dupuis. Get ready for a deep dive on how western culture approached, embraced and sometimes misunderstood Eastern mysticism, hear different generations' perspectives on societal change, learn more Altered Brain States and the technology behind the NeuroVIZR!

Garnet Dupuis is the CCO of Lucid Studios/NeuroVIZR, He currently resides in the tropical mountain rainforest near Chiang Mai in northern Thailand. A life-long meditator and practitioner of Tibetan Dzogchen, Garnet is also active in wild animal rescue and conservation and has built, manages and funds a sanctuary for apes.

Besides an incredible wealth of life experience, Garnet has a broad education including college, university and graduate trainings in Classical and Clinical Homeopathy, Oriental Medicine, Massage Therapy/Bodywork, Hydrotherapy, Remedial Exercise, Biofeedback, Psychology and English Literature.

Check https://biohackersummit.com for upcoming events & tickets!

Devices, supplements, guides, books & quality online courses for supporting your health & performance: https://biohackercenter.com

Key moments and takeaways:

00:00 Introduction
03:15 The value of constant learning
04:15 Garnet's life experience
05:30 The two "pills" that changed society
06:40 Travelling before Social Media
08:10 The freedom of Counterculture
09:20 How different generations perceive cultural change
13:30 Growing up amidst technological milestones
14:20 How progress impacts the average healthspan
15:35 Let's play The Imagination Game
16:50 Why the Hippie generation had an interest in the Orient
18:10 The key experience of finding yourself
19:55 Asian spitirual traditions had things figured out a long time ago
21:25 How much was really Lost in Translation
27:15 Oriental spirituality vs. Fast Food Culture and consumerism
28:40 Seeking revelations in India vs. the Amazon
30:55 Teemu's first exposure to mystical experiences
33:40 Nature is not different from ourselves, we are an aspect of it
34:10 Our brain is naturally psychedelic
35:10 Psychoactive agents don't cause experiences, they tap into an ability
36:45 Intense breathwork can induce altered states
40:05 Transcendent experiences from meditation vs. compounds
42:35 The magnetism of Eastern / Asian cultures
44:30 What happens in October 2024
45:05 How to induce altered states using technology
46:00 The concept of First Language
47:50 The abstract nature of sound vs. music
48:20 The experience is not what you see and hear, but the feeling evoked by those stimuli
51:25 Fire flickers around Central Alpha
52:30 Hallucinogens like LSD suppress Alpha
53:40 Technology is catching up - we're close to manipulating light like we manipulate sound
55:30 Teemu's take on the NeuroVIZR
56:50 Agency is secondary to capacity
57:05 Sane vs. unsane vs. insane
58:00 Why a typical NeuroVIZR session lasts 11 minutes
59:20 There won't be legislation that outlaws flickering lights
60:55 NeuroVIZR induces neuroplastic change
61:10 The benefits of an accessible, portable, immediate on/off experience
62:20 Technological progress will connect photobiomodulation with other disciplines
63:00 A NeuroVIZR collection to fit the theme of the upcoming Biohacker Summit: Expanding Consciousness
64:45 To Go Out Of Your Mind At Least Once Per Day Is Tremendously Important
65:30 The people Garnet is looking to work with in the future
66:20 The idea is not to use light to express what the music is saying: explicit vs. implicit
68:20 Brain Entrainment
69:50 How to communicate information for positive neuroplastic change: repetition vs. surprise
73:25 Brain Engagement
74:10 Attention followed by different degrees of destabilization
78:05 The Secret Sauce
80:00 Western medicine and science is unable to treat certain conditions (yet)
81:30 Neurological top-down and bottom-up processes
84:30 Freud, Pavlov and the human organism's capacity to resolve

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