High Performance Longevity

Nick Urban | Longevity, Biohacking, & Performance

High Performance Longevity is the show for folks dedicated to maximizing their overall quality of life. I am your host Nick Urban and I’m bringing you the best minds handpicked from cognitive enhancement, BioHarmonization (biohacking 3.0), fitness, ancestral health, herbal medicine, spirituality, personal development, longevity, supplementation, and meditation. Each episode deconstructs their world-class work into tangible steps for you to look, feel, and perform your best. We’ll leave no stone unturned whether modern topics like peptides and nootropics, or ancient systems like Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine. You’ll learn how to re-sculpt your body, boost energy levels, improve athletic performance, and gain mental clarity. Nick Urban is a certified Chek Practitioner, biohacker, performance coach, and has spent a decade studying high performance. Health nut or not, HPL will fill your toolbox with products, tactics, knowledge, and resources needed to live at your maximum potential. Previously, this show was called Mind Body Peak Performance.

  1. 1d ago

    #273 Why Your Dog's Lifespan Dropped from 17 to 10 Years — And How Food Fixes It | Dr. Judy Morgan

    Why does the average dog now live 7 fewer years than one did in the 1970s? Holistic veterinarian Dr. Judy Morgan says the answer is sitting in the food bowl, and it's fixable. With 36 years in practice and a base in traditional Chinese veterinary medicine, Dr. Judy Morgan explains how food became the foundation of her work, why dry kibble fails dogs and cats, and the simple whole foods that add years of healthy life. This is a rare episode on how pet health and human health mirror each other. Meet our guest Dr. Judy Morgan (DVM, CVA, CVCP, CVFT) is an integrative veterinarian, acupuncturist, chiropractor, food therapist, and best-selling author with more than 40 years in animal health. Named IAOTP Holistic Veterinarian of the Decade for 2024, she runs Dr. Judy Morgan's Naturally Healthy Pets, helping pet parents worldwide heal with food and natural therapies instead of defaulting to chemicals and processed food. Thank you to our partners Outliyr Biohacker’s Peak Performance Shop: get exclusive discounts on cutting-edge health, wellness, & performance gear Ultimate Health Optimization Deals: a database of of all the current best biohacking deals on technology, supplements, systems and more Latest Summits, Conferences, Masterclasses, and Health Optimization Events: join me at the top events around the world FREE Outliyr Nootropics Mini-Course: gain mental clarity, energy, motivation, and focus Key takeaways The average medium-sized dog's lifespan fell from 17 years to about 10, which Dr. Morgan considers reversible. Dry kibble is capped near 30% meat and can be 50 to 60% carbohydrates, which pets do not require. Roughly 40% of pet-food ingredients are upcycled byproducts, and unnamed "meat meal" can be any species. Pets test 10 to 25 times higher than their owners for cancer-linked household chemicals. Low phosphorus and high moisture matter far more than restricting protein in kidney disease. Cheap whole-food toppers like sardines, eggs, blueberries, and pumpkin make a real difference. Delaying spay or neuter protects joints, hormones, and longevity in large breeds.   Episode highlights 00:00 The dog healed by food, and the owners who lost 200 pounds 06:37 Why moisture matters more than the bag admits 26:53 What really goes into "meat meal" 32:29 Pets need zero carbohydrates 42:12 Lifespan 17 to 10, and why it's reversible 44:45 The cheap whole foods to add today 59:04 The spay and neuter timing rethink Links Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/mU0sdbXCj3s  Full episode show notes: https://outliyr.com/273 Connect with Nick on social media Instagram Twitter (X) YouTube LinkedIn Easy ways to support Subscribe Leave an Apple Podcast review Suggest a guest Do you have questions, thoughts, or feedback for us? Let me know in the show notes above and one of us will get back to you! Be an Outliyr, Nick

  2. 6d ago

    Bite: How Random Acts Of Kindness Calms Your Parasympathetic Nervous System

    Performing random acts of kindness can calm your parasympathetic nervous system and improve overall longevity. Full episode: https://outliyr.com/podcast/nervous-system-connection-longevity-framework-blair-lacorte

  3. Aug 6

    #272 Neuroinflammation: Why Your Brain Is "On Fire" & How to Put It Out | Dr. Jaquel Patterson

    What if your brain fog, anxiety, and memory lapses all trace back to one thing: an inflamed brain? Naturopathic physician Dr. Jaquel Patterson, ND, MBA joins Nick Urban to explain neuroinflammation in plain language and map the root causes behind it. With 16 years of clinical experience in Lyme disease, autoimmune conditions, and integrative psychiatry, she connects the gut, hormones, chronic infections, and environmental toxins to the same inflammatory loop, and lays out how to calm it naturally. Meet our guest Dr. Jaquel Patterson is an internationally recognized naturopathic physician, three-time Amazon bestselling author, and founder and CEO of Fairfield Family Health, a multidisciplinary practice in Connecticut with 9 doctors offering telemedicine nationwide. She has a TEDx talk on root-cause medicine coming soon. Thank you to our partners Outliyr Biohacker’s Peak Performance Shop: get exclusive discounts on cutting-edge health, wellness, & performance gear Ultimate Health Optimization Deals: a database of of all the current best biohacking deals on technology, supplements, systems and more Latest Summits, Conferences, Masterclasses, and Health Optimization Events: join me at the top events around the world FREE Outliyr Nootropics Mini-Course: gain mental clarity, energy, motivation, and focus Key takeaways Neuroinflammation shows up as brain fog, poor focus, memory lapses, and mood swings, an inflamed brain "on fire" The blood-brain barrier keeps out about 98% of solutes until chronic inflammation breaks it down About 90% of your serotonin is made in the gut, linking gut health directly to mood and cognition Deep sleep runs the brain's lymphatic clean-out, and sauna lowers CRP and IL-6 A standard CBC can miss iron deficiency for 3 to 6 months Curcumin downregulates IL-6, and phosphatidylserine lowers cortisol while sharpening focus Small, consistent micro-moments beat dramatic overhauls that never stick   Episode highlights 01:09 The "brain on fire" explanation 02:30 Microglia as your brain's garbage men 11:51 Leaky gut, leaky brain 17:13 Sleep and sauna to lower inflammation 27:58 The iron test most doctors skip 48:31 Curcumin for mood and IL-6 57:02 The cheapest thing you can do for your brain Links Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yWFYfc80Q1U  Full episode show notes: https://outliyr.com/272  Connect with Nick on social media Instagram Twitter (X) YouTube LinkedIn Easy ways to support Subscribe Leave an Apple Podcast review Suggest a guest Do you have questions, thoughts, or feedback for us? Let me know in the show notes above and one of us will get back to you! Be an Outliyr, Nick

  4. Jul 31

    Bite: What a 2x National Champion Actually Takes to Run 100 Miles

    Ultramarathon champion Anthony Kunkel gets candid about the performance aids he actually uses, and why he cycles them seasonally. Full episode: https://outliyr.com/183

  5. Jul 30

    #271 How She Walked Off 3 Seizure Medications With Food and Stayed Seizure-Free for 40 Years | Karen "Zuzu" Armes

    What if the condition you've been managing for years is actually a deficiency nobody tested you for? Karen "Zuzu" Armes had her first seizure around age five. By 21 she was on three medications and carrying a bell to warn people when the next one was coming. Then she got pregnant, refused to expose her daughter to those drugs, and used food to taper off all three. She has been seizure-free for close to 40 years, and she now teaches what she learned to more than 45,000 people worldwide. Meet our guest Karen "ZuZu" Ziemer Armes is a holistic health educator, author, and speaker who co-founded Holistic Health Educators and Lilly Fields Retreat Center. She reversed her own epilepsy, scoliosis, and arthritis through holistic strategies, has delivered more than 2,500 seminars, and written four health books. Her work focuses on gut and cellular healing, sustainable energy, and integrative longevity. She describes herself as a kitchen hacker rather than a biohacker. Thank you to our partners Outliyr Biohacker’s Peak Performance Shop: get exclusive discounts on cutting-edge health, wellness, & performance gear Ultimate Health Optimization Deals: a database of of all the current best biohacking deals on technology, supplements, systems and more Latest Summits, Conferences, Masterclasses, and Health Optimization Events: join me at the top events around the world FREE Outliyr Nootropics Mini-Course: gain mental clarity, energy, motivation, and focus Key takeaways Most seizure activity traces back to a GABA deficiency, not an unexplained neurological disorder GABA is made primarily in the digestive system, and requires both an adequate pH and a diverse microbiome You carry 70 to 90 trillion bacteria, and Armes puts the beneficial share above 95% Your body cannot break down fiber at all, so the diversity of plant fibers matters more than the total amount Amino acids build proteins and proteins build enzymes, meaning one missing amino acid halts everything downstream Minerals are the single category the body cannot manufacture, which is why she covers them first Biofeedback units range from about $149 a month to $30,000, but the practitioner reading them matters more than the hardware Dietary change shows in the bloodstream within three days, though clearing dairy and gluten from the cells takes about three months Episode highlights 02:21 The GABA discovery that ended 3 medications 05:53 The hand sanitizer problem nobody talks about 14:17 Your body's pharmaceutical factory 20:21 Why "fortified" on a label is a red flag 29:16 What biofeedback actually is 42:07 The 4 changes that cost nothing 59:04 The food and emotion frequency chart Links Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/V-MgexRjb5c Full episode show notes: https://outliyr.com/271  Connect with Nick on social media Instagram Twitter (X) YouTube LinkedIn Easy ways to support Subscribe Leave an Apple Podcast review Suggest a guest Do you have questions, thoughts, or feedback for us? Let me know in the show notes above and one of us will get back to you! Be an Outliyr, Nick

  6. Jul 23

    #270 Light Is Information, Not Just Illumination: How Your Light Environment Controls Energy, Sleep & Longevity | Roudy Nassif @Vivarays

    What if the reason you feel tired, foggy, and wired, despite eating clean and training hard, is the light you're sitting under right now? Engineer and VivaRays founder Roudy Nassif explains why light is information, not just illumination, and how your light environment quietly controls energy, sleep, mood, and longevity. He shares the science of human photosynthesis, melatonin as the body's strongest antioxidant, why blue light isn't the villain, and the exact protocol he used to reverse his own ADHD, depression, and chronic fatigue. Meet our guest Roudy Nassif is an engineer, light expert, and founder of VivaRays, the company behind the world's first circadian glasses. He has taught thousands of practitioners and doctors how light shapes health, on a mission to help more than one million people live in rhythm with nature's light and dark cycles. After clawing out of rock bottom by changing his light environment, he spent eight years studying the science of light and darkness. Thank you to our partners Outliyr Biohacker’s Peak Performance Shop: get exclusive discounts on cutting-edge health, wellness, & performance gear Ultimate Health Optimization Deals: a database of of all the current best biohacking deals on technology, supplements, systems and more Latest Summits, Conferences, Masterclasses, and Health Optimization Events: join me at the top events around the world FREE Outliyr Nootropics Mini-Course: gain mental clarity, energy, motivation, and focus Key takeaways Roughly 90% of chronic disease starts in mitochondria degraded by artificial light (Dr. Douglas Wallace) Only about a third of your energy comes from food; sunlight drives another large share Certain light frequencies make digestive enzymes up to 500% more effective at nutrient absorption Melanin splits water with UV to produce molecular hydrogen, a powerful antioxidant New melanin takes four to five weeks to build, so start UV at two minutes and go slow Chemical sunscreens are phototoxic; shade, hats, and clothing protect better Blue light is not bad; harmonize the 455 nm LED spike by day and block it only at night A narrow-band red light panel is a grain of sand next to the sunlight ocean Episode highlights 01:48 Light is information, not illumination 06:07 One third food, one third sunlight 10:29 Roudy's rock bottom and the Quebec farm 24:17 Melanin, water splitting, and molecular hydrogen 39:34 The truth about chemical sunscreen 1:03:29 The blue-blocking glasses scam 1:11:37 Building the ideal evening light environment   Links Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/azx0nbCr2rM  Full episode show notes: https://outliyr.com/270  Connect with Nick on social media Instagram Twitter (X) YouTube LinkedIn Easy ways to support Subscribe Leave an Apple Podcast review Suggest a guest Do you have questions, thoughts, or feedback for us? Let me know in the show notes above and one of us will get back to you! Be an Outliyr, Nick

  7. Jul 16

    #269 How to Choose Supplements Like a Pro: Tiers, Jobs, Label Red Flags & the One Phrase That Changes How You Buy | Nick Urban @Outliyr

    What if your "normal" blood test is hiding a real deficiency? In this solo episode, Nick Urban reveals how your body defends its blood first, so the reserves behind it can quietly drain while the number looks perfect. Nick Urban, founder of Outliyr, bioharmonizer, and performance coach, breaks down the exact filters he uses to decide what earns a spot in his supplement stack: reading a label like a manufacturer, sorting every supplement by tier and job, and testing what actually works for you. Meet the host Nick is the founder of Outliyr and host of the High Performance Longevity podcast. A bioharmonizer and performance coach, he blends modern science with ancestral wisdom to decode what actually moves the needle on energy, healthspan, and performance. Thank you to our partners Outliyr Biohacker’s Peak Performance Shop: get exclusive discounts on cutting-edge health, wellness, & performance gear Ultimate Health Optimization Deals: a database of of all the current best biohacking deals on technology, supplements, systems and more Latest Summits, Conferences, Masterclasses, and Health Optimization Events: join me at the top events around the world FREE Outliyr Nootropics Mini-Course: gain mental clarity, energy, motivation, and focus Key takeaways Blood is the last place most deficiencies show because the body defends it first Only 0.33% of your body's magnesium sits in blood serum Iron absorbs about twice as well every other day because one dose blunts the next by ~40% Magnesium oxide is about 4% absorbed; look for glycinate, malate, taurate, or citrate In a proprietary blend, the ingredient printed last is the smallest amount The FDA tested 46 supplements from Amazon and eBay and all 46 had undeclared drugs A one-time genetic test can show how you'll respond to supplements and peptides Episode highlights 02:01 Why "normal" bloodwork can mislead you 03:52 Magnesium: you measured a puddle, not the reservoir 06:53 Goodhart's Law for your health 08:36 The 3 tiers: essential, conditionally essential, non-essential 10:07 The 4 jobs every supplement does 14:25 Reading a label like a manufacturer 17:19 Proprietary blends & pixie dusting 22:25 The 7-question context lens 25:10 Build your stack for free with Outliyr   Links Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8UC1VSAtzjg Full episode show notes: https://outliyr.com/269  Connect with Nick on social media Instagram Twitter (X) YouTube LinkedIn Easy ways to support Subscribe Leave an Apple Podcast review Suggest a guest Do you have questions, thoughts, or feedback for us? Let me know in the show notes above and one of us will get back to you! Be an Outliyr, Nick

  8. Jul 9

    #268 Herbal Medicine vs Pharmaceuticals: What Actually Works? | Dr. Robert Beltran @recomnd Nutrition

    What if the pills in your medicine cabinet are the problem, not the fix? Dr. Robert Beltran was a triple board-certified surgeon and pharmacist for 30 years. Then a 2014 accident left him dependent on OxyContin. A five-herb blend from an Asian market cleared his brain fog in three weeks and got him off opioids, launching a decade of formulating plant-based supplements at recomnd Nutrition. Meet our guest Dr. Robert Beltran (MD, PharmD, FACS) is a retired ENT and cosmetic surgeon and the CEO and Chief Formulator of recomnd Nutrition. At 73, he blends a pharmacist's rigor with a decade of clinical work on herbal formulas for cognition, stress, and sexual wellness. Thank you to our partners Outliyr Biohacker’s Peak Performance Shop: get exclusive discounts on cutting-edge health, wellness, & performance gear Ultimate Health Optimization Deals: a database of of all the current best biohacking deals on technology, supplements, systems and more Latest Summits, Conferences, Masterclasses, and Health Optimization Events: join me at the top events around the world FREE Outliyr Nootropics Mini-Course: gain mental clarity, energy, motivation, and focus Key takeaways A 2024 DNA barcoding study found 60% of shelf supplements don't match their label At least half of market supplements show no measurable benefit No clinical study has shown an obvious anti-aging benefit from NAD, per Beltran Herbs like tongkat ali and maca raise the body's own testosterone without replacing it 70% of men on testosterone therapy over 12-18 months develop side effects Antidepressants, sedatives, and sleep aids account for 60,000 deaths a year Fix exercise, diet, and stress before reaching for any supplement Episode highlights 01:53 The accident and the opioid trap 04:43 The five-herb blend that changed everything 07:01 What extract ratios really mean 18:31 The case against NAD 28:26 Herbs that raise testosterone naturally 30:55 The testosterone therapy risks clinics bury 49:15 The 60,000-death problem 53:26 Three desert-island ingredients 01:01:22 What to fix before any supplement   Links Watch it on YouTube: Full episode show notes: https://outliyr.com/268  Connect with Nick on social media Instagram Twitter (X) YouTube LinkedIn Easy ways to support Subscribe Leave an Apple Podcast review Suggest a guest Do you have questions, thoughts, or feedback for us? Let me know in the show notes above and one of us will get back to you! Be an Outliyr, Nick

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High Performance Longevity is the show for folks dedicated to maximizing their overall quality of life. I am your host Nick Urban and I’m bringing you the best minds handpicked from cognitive enhancement, BioHarmonization (biohacking 3.0), fitness, ancestral health, herbal medicine, spirituality, personal development, longevity, supplementation, and meditation. Each episode deconstructs their world-class work into tangible steps for you to look, feel, and perform your best. We’ll leave no stone unturned whether modern topics like peptides and nootropics, or ancient systems like Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine. You’ll learn how to re-sculpt your body, boost energy levels, improve athletic performance, and gain mental clarity. Nick Urban is a certified Chek Practitioner, biohacker, performance coach, and has spent a decade studying high performance. Health nut or not, HPL will fill your toolbox with products, tactics, knowledge, and resources needed to live at your maximum potential. Previously, this show was called Mind Body Peak Performance.

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  • Creator
    Nick Urban | Longevity, Biohacking, & Performance
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    278
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © Outliyr LLC
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    High Performance Longevity

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