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Episode 64 – Dave Asprey – The Bulletproof Diet

A conversation with Dave Asprey

Dave Asprey is the founder of Bulletproof and author of New York Times bestseller The Bulletproof Diet, he is a Silicon Valley investor and technology entrepreneur who spent two decades and over $300,000 to…

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July 6, 2016
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Dave Asprey is the founder of Bulletproof and author of New York Times bestseller The Bulletproof Diet, he is a Silicon Valley investor and technology entrepreneur who spent two decades and over $300,000 to hack his own biology. Dave provides information, techniques and keys to taking control of and improving your biochemistry, your body and your mind so they work in unison, helping you execute at levels far beyond what you’d expect, without burning out, getting sick, or allowing stress to control your decisions. Dave has unequivocally popularized the term “bio-hacking” and is in one of the leading world’s top-most recognized people working in this field today.

In a remarkable change, Dave lost 100 pounds without counting calories or excessive exercise, he used techniques to upgrade his brain to an IQ over 150, and lowered his biological age while learning to sleep more efficiently and in less time. Learning to do these seemingly impossible things transformed him into a better entrepreneur, a better husband, and a better father.

About Bulletproof:

From private brain EEG facilities hidden in a Canadian forest to remote monasteries in Tibet, from Silicon Valley to the Andes, Dave Asprey used hacking techniques and tried everything on himself, obsessively focused on discovering the answers to this one persistent question:

What are the simplest things you can do to be better at everything?

What emerged is the idea of becoming Bulletproof: the state of high performance where you take control of and improve your biochemistry, your body, and your mind so they work in unison, helping you execute at levels far beyond what you’d expect, without burning out, getting sick, or allowing stress to control your decisions. It used to take a lifetime to radically rewire the human body and mind this way, if you were lucky enough to even know it was possible. Technology has changed the rules.

Dave founded Bulletproof to make these breakthroughs – and the body and brain you deserve — easily available to you in your everyday life.

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In this episode we spoke to Dave about the blueprint he has designed to hack our minds: how we work, how we  eat and supplement our diet, how we deal with stress. We get into Dave’s personal story of how he has accomplished becoming one of the world’s leaders in the bio-hacking field – and so much more

This conversation will inform, entertain and enthrall you. 

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Editorial Reviews on “The Bulletproof Diet”:

“Dave Asprey will make you question everything you thought you knew about nutrition and health. His revolutionary advice will truly make you a healthier, better-looking, smarter version of yourself–we can all be Bulletproof like Dave!” ―Mark Hyman, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Blood Sugar Solution

“So cutting edge that you may draw blood, The Bulletproof Diet will teach you how to avoid the toxins, enjoy more butter, and have tremendous fun as you get lean.” ―SARA GOTTFRIED, MD, New York Times bestselling author of The Hormone Cure

“In the high stakes world of peak performance in both the boardroom and locker room, The Bulletproof Diet delivers on the promise of vibrant health, abundant energy, and heightened awareness to knock it out of the park. It should almost be considered an unfair advantage–that’s how good it is!” ―DR. JEFF “CORNERMAN” SPENCER, creator of “The Champion’s Blueprint” and 9-time Performance Coach for the Tour de France

“We all know how easy it is to gain weight and get out of shape. By applying the concepts in The Bulletproof Diet, losing weight and getting in shape will be just as easy. Dave has done the research to understand the intricacies of how our diet went wrong, and then shows us a simple process to turn it all around. Let Dave show you how a great body and amazing health are your birthright, not a pipe dream.” ―DOUG MCGUFF, MD, co-author of Body By Science and President of Ultimate Exercise, Inc.

“Dave Asprey is a biohacker extraordinaire–The Bulletproof Diet will make you rethink everything you know about food!” ―STEVEN KOTLER, New York Times bestselling author of Rise of Superman and Abundance and director of research for the Flow Genome Project

“I’ve searched for years to find a way of eating that would help me on long tours with my band where I need to perform at a high energy level night after night on little sleep. Bulletproof is literally food for performance, and is going to help people lead healthier lives with more physical vitality and more mental clarity.” ―STEPHAN JENKINS, lead singer, songwriter, and guitarist for Third Eye Blind

Find Dave and his work Visit bulletproofexec.com.

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  1. “I have learned a great deal from bodybuilding and use its techniques, but my goal is only to look almost muscular. Too much or too little muscle may both work against longevity. I want enough lean mass to support strength and health without treating maximum size as an end in itself.”
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  2. “Growing up in a farming community, bodybuilding culture felt completely foreign. A magazine cover promising visible abs caught my attention because it presented the body as something that could be deliberately changed. That small encounter opened a line of experimentation that eventually became much larger than appearance.”
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  3. “I entered the world with the umbilical cord around my neck and spent much of life in fight-or-flight, as though the environment were hostile and trying to kill me. Whether or not birth fully explains that pattern, deep inner work helped me recognize and release it. I now understand the mindset from experience rather than theory.”
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  4. “Behind anger there is often fear. The origins may lie in early childhood, even with loving parents, because children inevitably form distorted conclusions about the world. When anger appears, I ask what I am actually afraid of. Reaching the fear underneath can create access to the joy and freedom that defensive anger was protecting.”
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  5. “I have spent much of my life thinking in the future. In the early days of e-commerce, I sold a T-shirt from a dorm room and told reporters that mail-order catalogs would soon become unnecessary. The prediction mattered less than learning to notice when technology makes an established system suddenly obsolete.”
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About the guest

Dave Asprey

Dave Asprey is the founder of Bulletproof and author of New York Times bestseller The Bulletproof Diet, he is a Silicon Valley investor and technology entrepreneur who spent two decades and over $300,000 to hack his own biology. Dave provides information, techniques and keys to taking control of and improving your biochemistry, your body and your mind so they work in unison, helping you execute at levels far beyond what you’d expect, without burning out, getting sick, or allowing stress to control your decisions. Dave has unequivocally popularized the term “bio-hacking” and is in one of the leading world’s top-most recognized people working in this field today.

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