March 25, 2021
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News Flashes – Follow Ben on Twitter for more…16:50
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In articles like this, I've talked about using LIGHT to shift your circadian rhythm backward or forward (to wake up or fall asleep earlier or later)…
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…but it turns out getting COLD at night (OR in the morning) can also shift it forward.
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This is cool and yet another benefit of creatine…it REDUCES your sleep needs without decreasing health like many other things that decreased sleep needs do.
Resources mentioned:
- Amp Human Vitamin D Lotion (use code BEN15 to save 15%)
- Adequate amounts of vitamins A and K, potassium and magnesium, from diet or supplements all protect against the toxic effects (and lower risk of calcification) of excess vitamin D
- No need to supplement if parathyroid hormone level is low
- Psychedelic Times Sananga protocol:
- 3 drops in the morning in corner of each eye while holding eyes open (WARNING: burns like hell!)
- Follow up with 3 sprays each per nostril of Zen Nasal Spray (WARNING: also burns like hell!)
- Boundless Cookbook
- Lomo Al Trapo Recipe
- US Wellness Meats (use code BEN to save 15%)
- WHOOP (use code BEN to save $30)
- Oura Ring
- Chilli Pad
- Andrew Huberman on “temperature minimum” to shift circadian rhythm backward or forward
- Joovv Go can be programmed to go on at a certain time
- Essentia Mattresses
- Kion Creatine
- Consider The Lobster And Other Essays By David Foster Wallace
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Listener Q&A:
Will Creatine Make Women (or Men) Bulk Up?…51:22
Arturez asks: You mentioned 5 g creatine consumption, and my wife is concerned it will bulk her up when she doesn't want to bulk up.
In my response, I recommend:
Ways to Increase Nitric Oxide Naturally in Your Body…57:30
I'm looking to increase nitric oxide in my body. One of the products I'm taking is the Noni food concentrate.
In my response, I recommend:
- Genetic pathways to nitric oxide synthase; some people have really good NOS genes
- Strategene tests for 9 “dirty genes”:
- MTHFR
- COMT Fast
- COMT Slow
- DAO
- MAOA Fast
- MAOA Slow
- GST/GPX
- NOS3
- PEMT
- Q&A 419: A New Way To “Spot Reduce” Fat, Are Plant Anti-Nutrients Really That Bad, The Dark Side Of Daylight Savings Time & Much More. on nasal breathing
- How to increase nitric oxide:
- L-Arginine and L-Citrulline supplementation
- Nitrate-rich vegetables like arugula, spinach, kale, cabbage, etc.
- Good oral microbiome
- Nasal breathing
- Sauna
- Exposure to infrared from sunlight
- Neo40 supplement
- Sildenafil
- Human Heart, Cosmic Heart by Dr. Thomas Cowan
- The Best Sexual Biohacks, Can Vasectomies Decrease Testosterone, Foods & Supplements For Boosting Nitric Oxide & Much More, With Judson Brandeis.
Should You Use Eye Protection When Using a Red-Light Therapy Device?…1:08:05
A functional medicine health coach from western MA asks: Goggles or no goggles when sitting in front of my table-top red light therapy device?
In my response, I recommend:
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Like others have mentioned, I’m really surprised (and annoyed) that Ben kept referring to REM sleep and deep sleep as if they are the same thing. They are very different and they have completely different functions. Ben is a smart guy and I enjoy the podcasts but he really hurts his credibility when he gets this basic thing confused. It also made the discussion about sleep temperature confusing because its not clear whether he’s talking about the effect or REM sleep or deep sleep or both.
Well REM is technically the DEEPEST stage of sleep.
Hey Ben,
Phenomenal episode I shared it with many of my friends and family who are fitness enthusiasts that use the practices and products you mention without much knowledge.
I was curious for a high-level athlete, would you recommend the performance package or premium package from WellnessFX for a blood test? Then for whichever is used how would you recommend still sending your results for further analysis at “promethas” ?(Probably butchered the spelling on that)
Hi Ben, in the past you said we only absorb 1.5 grams of creatine. Is this something we should spread through out the day?
Hi Ben,
Thank you for your recommendations on the whoop device. I’ve gone ahead and purchased one. regarding the Stratagene, are you able to upload the ancestry DNA report? And does it include a full protocol if there any of these enzymatic deficiencies?
Thanks for the amazing podcast.
Many of the latest podcasts, this one included, are not downloading fully. They download only a small portion of the podcast and then cut off. If you could look into that, it would be great, as I like to download and listen in airplane mode. Thanks.
I’m having the same issue. I download and listen while out walking and missing most of the shows now.
Same here…very annoying. Have deleted and attempted 10x with no success.
Ben sir!
I listen to your latest podcast and you seem to think REM and deep sleep are the same things I think they are very different. My fitbit shows 3 states, rem, light and deep. I get plenty of rem, but not much deep. I am going to try slightly warmer as you recommend see what happens. I just set up a camera so i can see what happens to go on. Also trying creatine to see if that helps my deep sleep.
Thanks for your work!
My two cents from having two wearables and an under-bed sleep tracker (weird, I know), I wouldn’t put much stake on the absolute value of sleep stages from any activity-based sleep tracker. All three of mine give totally different readings every single night. However, you can use a wearable to track relative trends in sleep stages.
That’s good to know because I keep putting off getting the Oura Ring because I’m not convinced yet that the data is accurate.
And I agree with the other post that he keeps referring to REM and DEEP sleep as one in the same which it is not, His sidekick knows the difference but doesn’t correct him which is annoying.