Hacking yourself: Dave Asprey at TEDxConstitutionDrive

[@littlemagoo12]

top ten videos about self betterment. I feel like this is the basics. that this kind of thinking is the bread and butter and there's a whole new world available at the beginning of mastering the energy in the cells.

[@RohitKakde]

very nice

[@tektitegenome3988]

Tektite Genome - The Future of Clean Today

[@slorrie615]

Seriously, grains and legumes! I am from Asia, grains and legumes are the daily base food for most people here in my country…

[@rashadjaveed274]

He sounds different. Modifying many aspects of living. good luck.

[@biohackshq4072]

"Effortless willpower: When you have enough energy, you can apply the energy in all the right places." - Dave Asprey

[@theodorevegh6030]

Google: "Caldwell Esselstyn Video." - Ted Vegh ❤️🇺🇸🌎

[@user-oc7ph2qs2e]

Must be Nice to have that Kind of Money & Time

[@MegF142857]

justgetflux.com/ is the software that alters the colors of your monitor to more red shift spectrum in evening. If you are building websites, then make sure to turn it off to test the colors. Can also put red light bulbs with dimmer in lamps to use before bed. Avoid blue spectrum light. -- Most thing I agree with him is that practicing gratitude each day is very helpful for lowering stress reaction in the body.

[@frankblangeard8865]

People who need less sleep do not die less often than people who need nine hours of sleep each night. People in each group die exactly once.

[@aeronjarrett5897]

Amusing retort!

[@juliashulgin4232]

Coffee is not a bean, it's a seed of a coffee plant.

[@theNWSstudios]

Julia Shulgin ahahahaha

[@alexgulino335]

Julia Shulgin yeah it's the seed of an arrabica cherry

[@Bitachon]

berry

[@Jo-oq8zg]

bio hack starts at 8:20 : 1. Enough sleep 6.5 hr + 2. Quality food 3. Bulletproof coffee 4. Feel Gratitude

[@d6h597]

John thank you for not wasting my time

[@zr0423]

Modafinil

[@elinmansson5535]

@@zr0423 lol

[@jessicaheckner7035]

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[@Relaxed9494]

Hacking yourself ? no thanks i'm looking for a root or jailbreak. what the F. hack myself to be better ? just work my ass off. Mission Done!

[@JonGiuliani]

He missed the point of the scientific method somewhat (reproducibility, big data, double blindness, controls, etc) but it's great to see the general public have an interest in health, even if it stems from a mid life crisis. The "remedies" he suggeats are exactly what they sound like, a book launch, but health research has never been better so it's great he points people in that direction. The toxins bit is just funny, like the food babe.... Look up Cochrane collection for real data and information. It's peer reviewed and statistically significant. This is a sales pitch.

[@RyTrapp0]

Jon Giuliani he offers all of his information for free on his blog, along with the sources and references he uses. at least do the smallest modicum of research before hurling claims.

[@JonGiuliani]

Have you read the references? And since when is free stuff accurate? He is a charlatan, and now a recognised one. Homeopathy, paleo diet, up there with them idiots. "The reference about cereal grains, for example, begins with a quote from the Bible and is written by a man called Loren Cordain, otherwise known as the author of The Paleo Diet, a health plan that involves eating only foods that were available to humans during the Paleolithic (or caveman) era, and has been widely discredited." from very public source you can Google.

[@JonGiuliani]

RyTrapp0​​ I am sure he was helpful to you and many others, I hope he inspires you to take the time to discover the scientific method of enquiry

[@SJNaka101]

I mean he said a few decent things, but I really hate how it felt like one of those "Watch this SHORT video that will change your life!" aaand 21:25 minutes later all they've REALLY told you is to buy their product

[@JM-pv8vt]

Only his coffee is good and mold free🤪🤣

[@liltham22]

Love love Dave. Living Bulletproof has changed my life!

[@curious_one1156]

Why is he not giving references ? Why does the description not have links to the studies.

[@MiLeyendas]

Thank you Dave.

[@emptypocket1524]

hate the haters man...chose to see the good thing for once..then do it again...

[@Skyefaux]

good calories bad calories

[@MR-fx9gg]

He is TEACHING what he has learned I am grateful!

[@bosmartine]

All the negative comments are making me sad. I don't think his message is "look at me, I'm better than you". The message is "I was weak, but I tried these cool things and they helped me out. Wanna try?".

[@rizzamaeong]

i agree. haters must do their own TEDx talk.

[@romaniamyland6191]

+Bosco Martinez I agree... We need to try to inform ourselves, experience and then see ...

[@Candlewick14]

+Bosco Martinez beautiful, i agree

[@lebasson]

+Bosco Martinez I feel that the whole youtube commenting section would look a lot more informed if you could only comment and reply after having watched at least half of a video. Admittedly I thought the first thirds was a bit self-absorbed (imho a bit 'american') but it's clear that this guy is super well-informed.

[@iLoveTurtlesHaha]

+Bosco Martinez Don't let the comments make you sad. The haters are too dumb to get the message.

[@jamierishaw]

+tedx this talk is BS. I'm a former engineer at where he claims to have worked: He's lying. This whole talk is a lie; it should be taken down

[@jamierobinson7347]

Fsor something

[@wasdwasdedsf]

***** source

[@daurgo2001]

I don't understand why there's so much hate for this guy. One of the good talks I've listened to today, and one I'll definitely be researching and listening to again.

[@nickfox3163]

f.lux seems to be a useful thing. I will give it a try.

[@hrnekbezucha]

recommended. linux users have alternative - redshift which works imo better

[@klatnyelox9140]

The site he metioned doesn't work. Is there another one?

[@hrnekbezucha]

justgetflux[dot]com

[@logangomez1209]

I wouldn't have found this guy if it wasn't for mindvalley which has been changing my life.

[@faunfoto1]

For someone that has developed superior ways of focusing and processing information, his language doesn't reflect this: "People that are healthier DIE LESS OFTEN than those that are less healthy." I thought everyone only dies once.

[@FunoyingSounds]

he meant between a group of more healthy people and less healthy people, the group of healthy people loses its members to death less often than the other group.

[@choosetolifeafulfilledlife195]

-> says worked out six times per week -> low calorie/low fat diet -> couldn't lose fat -> bypass the law of thermogenesis (more energy expendature still maintains weight lol).

[@justanelk2096]

oh ok

[@robertweekes5783]

Bitchin shades! Interesting material. I'm gonna check out the site.

[@grcanbo]

Didnt he use provigional or modafinal drug??? smart pills???

[@deltavistastudio124]

According to a 2007 study: "While [Provigil] has seen off-label use as a purported cognitive enhancer, evidence for any benefit is lacking."

[@dbongo1]

Bulletproof coffee was overpriced but tasty, now it is just Overpriced. They changed (ingredients, process…) their products to maximize profits and hope people would not notice the difference. If you can’t tell the difference, get your taste buds checked. I would not trust anything from this arrogant Asprey guy. Customer service tells you they will send a refund - but never do!

[@timboevingloh1340]

dude cant even button his shirt right

[@michaelcorcoran8768]

Ha

[@bboydradle]

Dave really puts the 'hack' in biohacking.

[@davestambaugh7282]

The thing that is not being taken into consideration is that we are all born with one of two different models of brain. There is this seven percent vs ninety three percent split between typical and atypical brains. A lot of this stuff works for the majority and not for the minority. After discovering which I was born with I can see my mental condition more clearly now.

[@DC2022AZ]

To all the negative trash talkers on here. How about you go prove yourself right and beat him at his own game. Let's see you guys come close and show all of us what brilliant scientific researchers you guys are. I will greatly appreciate your time and effort to make man kind that much bettet. Till then! good luck on your journey and I look forward to buying all of your amazing books and products!

[@davidrahrer]

David Carrizosa The problem is that Asprey hasn't demonstrated any of that either. People expect a certain standard from TED and they are angry that this guy is way below the mark. Don't fault them for using critical thinking.

[@DC2022AZ]

I completely understand. I really enjoy TED material. Critical thinking is one thing and trash talking is another. Not faulting them for their beliefs or thoughts, that's cool. BUT speaking like they've done more than him and talking trash about his work with 100% certainty Dave's work is incorrect or trash. Well if they talk that way let's see their proof of that. It's childish to express feelings and opinions like that.

[@namewithheld7835]

David Carrizosa the fact they say he's 100% wrong, or talking out the side of their face is proof they don't understand much. No one can be 100% of the time right, or wrong. Now that's bullshit.

[@sateIIitepilot]

David Carrizosa So anyone who disagrees has to write a book, lol. Well if that's the case you must always agree with everything or have written hundreds of books. I'm neutral but what he said about losing weight doesn't completely ring true or what he said about sleep. I do know you can lose weight or gain muscle and still junk out every now and then from experience but most people know this. I also know there is a certain way of processing your food that optimizes better brain function but thats because I've read books by scientists and people with degrees in these fields and tried it out.

[@saintless]

Are you saying that the speaker is a scientific researcher? LOL He said it himself, he made his money off of software. He's giving people false hope; apparently he had too much sugar in his diet.

[@isaacpc4634]

Does anyone knows anything about that site that blocks the blue spectrum, i'm interested but can't find it. Is it flocs?

[@deReisgenoot]

+Momo Pérez f.lux it's a free program you can download to your computer, tablet and / or some smartphones (no android apperantly :( but I use it on my computer and it works great)

[@isaacpc4634]

thanks!

[@breakmanradio2530]

I always forget that Dave did Ayahuasca. He never really talks about it in-depth. Not to my knowledge anyway. But I listen to his podcasts ALL THE TIME. And I read the articles on his website.

[@Israeli8103]

The comments here are priceless.

[@tdark987]

Isn't this the guy who takes speed?

[@wasdwasdedsf]

tdark987 no

[@odinviken]

tdark987 there are different types of cognitive stimulants. Some fuck up your brain, others do not and can even be preventative for brain desease; such as Alzheimer.

[@captaincarl1]

tdark987 He takes Provigil, which is more like an anti-depressant than a classic stimulant. It's a "wakefulness promoting agent" which just means it turns your brains tired switch off. It doesn't make you jumpy or jittery. Doctors, lawyers, Wall Street ... they're all taking it.

[@sophietje11]

+captaincarl1 i cant believe thats so normal in America. In Europe we fix the problem instead of numb it with drugs.

[@wasdwasdedsf]

sophietje11 fix what problem?

[@mikeross2959]

Dave Asprey's system represents the next step in human evolution. I've read his book, Head Strong and it integrates all the best practices from all the different types of diets (including keto), but his system addresses one thing that nobody else has addressed before, that is brain fog and how to clear away brain fog, to improved mental performance.

[@radsimu]

dairy products are not good. none of them. that includes dairy butter - it contains oxidized cholesterol (the bad type, a lot of it) due to the process by which it is created. It doesn't matter what the cow ate, or how much "massages" it got. Fats shouldn't be exposed to air before ingesting in general. Milk is supposed to be ingested directly from the breast. But cow dairy is optimized for calves, and is actually harmful for humans. There are surprisingly strong correlations of Dairy milk consumption with many illness like diabetes, cancer, etc. Dave, you really have to take dairy out of the bulletproof diet.

[@neptuniannymph]

thank you thank you thank you

[@wasdwasdedsf]

Radu Simionescu i bet he would be interested in hearing good sources for butter being bad so he could stop eating tons of it

[@neptuniannymph]

wasdwasdedsf every source you need at nutritionfacts.org

[@wasdwasdedsf]

darn, one crazy vegan guy who has bad things to say about animal products. this has never been done before, he sure shut down all the arguments. so i guess all this is missproven then

[@neptuniannymph]

yeah, all the doctors that recommended against the use of animal products for the 2015 dietary guidelines for americans are crazy, so is the physicians committee for responsible medicine and the president of the american college of cardiology

[@LaFanfanTulipe]

Whatever... to listen to him I should be dead now...

[@Sarelzayeth]

I used to live in a house filled with black mold, no wonder my masters' year was far more difficult than I thought it should be.

[@MrBaldurthegood]

mammal brain analogy is all wrong IMO. Fight or flight, sex ect. those are very primordial. A better example would be social distractability. Laughing is an example we see throughout the mammal class, so maybe certain ticks ect. But there is lots of evidence (actually a whole other ted talk) about animal neuroses. Trichotillomania is found in birds, also pigeon superstition. I'm trying to think of psychological problems that are a direct result of being a mammal...

[@Xozzen]

Stopped watching at the part where he said that calories and stuff don't work that way. What a load of shit. If you want to tell is something, don't make is completely rediculous like that. 4000 calories a day and a office job and you "grew" a sixpack? yea right

[@mamunurrashid5652]

Excellent lecture.....

[@xxwootzxx]

Got skeptical when he was talking about exercise and how it wouldn't help much. He clearly doesn't know how to exercise because exercise is proven to make the brain functioning stronger as well as the body. 5 hours sleep would be shit and you feel groggy.

til he said that walking is no exercise, he was totally right... Walking also (as wel as chewing) activates that big vine in your head, which will encourage oxygen flow to your brain.. Ok it's not an exercise, but an healthy thing to do (healthier than jogging, as that kills your knees and maybe your heart as wel)

[@03cobrah]

I sleep 26 and sleep 8 hours a night. I've now decided to write my will.

[@FreeSpirit47]

Thank you. Great TED talk!

[@anuragparkash3040]

This guy is super great. Regards from india.

[@michellescott4499]

Not really

[@jasonvoorhees895]

This dude put butter in his coffee and turned it into an entrepreneurship? I'm in my 40's and started "bio-hacking" before it was even called that back in my teens through meditation, biofeedback, studying nutrition and exercise and you don't have to spend $300,000 to learn it. There are so many ways to easily learn meditation through CD's and books that it's ridiculous. With just that alone you can learn to get by on 5 hours of sleep a night and improve both your mental and physical performance. And as far as the diet goes, I've seen diet fads come and go, and while they might all contain a little bit of truth, it's everyone's individual responsibility to learn what diet works best for their genetics and lifestyle, and the best bet still seems to be: Proper nutrition+Healthy lifestyle=Healthy Person. Don't get me wrong, there's something about this guy that I like because he and I have a similar interest, but the idea that he's sharing some new great discovery or that it takes 40 years or a ton of money to learn what he's spouting is complete BS. Get a library card and learn to find QUALITY information (not advertisements disguised as information) on the internet, and everything this guy has learned or teaches can be yours for free.

[@ayethant02331chaungu]

Silicon valey activity

what medicines he suggest

[@goyita31]

Thank you so much! Very interés ring.

[@markuswalter8204]

14:31 I've already searched for that info graphic to safe you time. If you want to download it... Thank me later. blog.bulletproof.com/category/infographic/

[@ogle136]

Knowledge really is powerful! knowing yourself is being able to fix anything. focus on the issue, everything is energy.... we are unlimited.

[@anujdubey9023]

Bio-hacking starts at 8:21

[@breakmanradio2530]

Dave is right. You only need ONE INTENSE WHOLE BODY VIBRATION workout per week. But you should do LIGHT EXERCISE every day or every other day. Yoga, simply standing on a WBV plate at a low intensity for 5 minutes, BJJ (roll at 30-50% and focus on only using technique and using your strength to the absolute minimum necessary level. This will actually make you WAY BETTER AT BJN), stuff like that. But yeah, I was suspicious of his "only one intense workout per week" claim but I've been getting better results in muscle growth than ever before (with exercises to exhaustion on a WBV plate, but DON'T DO THAT YOUR FIRST TIME ON A WBV PLATE. EASE INTO IT. IT'S CRAZY INTENSE FOR YOUR MUSCLES TO CONTRACT 30 TIMES PER SECOND. EASY TO BURN OUT YOUR CNS.)

[@briansopko6399]

Seemed a lot like he was just trying to promote his own products and not actually trying to help anyone in any way.

[@aeronjarrett5897]

I disagree. The promotion was evident but the information seemed useful, like you could actually go and make some changes without going to get any of his infographics.

[@SL-ul3yr]

Seeing gluten on a list of toxins made it hard to take the rest of the video seriously. Unless that list was specific to people with celiac, which it wasn't. It's good that this guy educates himself and learns about what he is putting in his body, but he should re-evaluate his sources if they are telling him that gluten is, as a rule, unhealthy.

[@mogbaba]

14:35 Get the book for free. $ 26.99 Hard cover $ 16.99 Paperback Is he luring us to pay for what he promote as free? I don't know what to say about those who comment positive!

[@treasurewuji8740]

He encourages people to ignore the nuance and that is just outright dangerous.

[@psychiccrocodile3679]

Go pay a lot more to see a dr who wont help you, compared to getting information from someone who has actual experience with illness.. If you dont want to care for your health, that's on you. Keep eating your white bread.

[@arande3]

Remember, you're looking for gold. Get one good idea, that's all you need.

[@celestestucchio914]

Thank you

[@rmsolympic1]

Useful talk.

[@nicdesbias]

Put a wireless router next to your bed and measure the change in sleep quality with your iPhone. Because iPhones aren't electromagnetic devices at all, right?

[@jamesinfante1547]

Interesting. I sleep 14 hours during the day avoiding em radiation from the sun. And I look 12 yrs younger. But have Lyme disease, diabetes prostate bph, low thyroidism, depression, Sleep apnea, degenerative disks in neck and back, chronic pain, arthritis everywhere, blood clots and celiac disease.

[@Patricia_CSR]

James Infante sounds like a lack of vitamin D from the lack of sunlight.

[@MrGarry1410]

6:42 makes me feel suspicious about his whole speech.

[@aeronjarrett5897]

Did you take his statement to mean that he went a whole year on just 5 or so hours of sleep.... or 5 or so hours of sleep every night? Of course what he said was the former but only the later could be true!

[@dgiaritelli313]

I love Dave's message! this is an old video I am watching....this is 2017 and I have been living his message and lost 30 pounds, feel better, look better and my mind is clearer than ever! Thank you Dave! God bless you and your family and your work! keep us informed! and thanks for being the guini pig

[@Zentriam]

This guy talks about science and business, I can't really disagree he seems to know alot and im not an expert in that topic. He talks about excersize and nutrition and now I know I cant trust shit from this guy.

[@KungFuChess]

Saturated fat myth has been debunked

[@lloydlawson2186]

Great info arrogant speaker

[@DrZw0]

Avoid legumes? Really? *Facepalm*

[@tdbelo]

"Die more often"???? how many times are we talking about , i usualy just die about 1 time for every 12 days or 3.2 potatos eaten

[@BashoStrikes]

I'm still waiting to hear from Ted.

[@neptuniannymph]

for a moment when he talked about 4000 cals I thought he was going to promote a HCLF diet, but there's no profit there...

[@veshk3241]

So we should not drink coffee? I don't know what to do :/

[@jeremimalefond]

Go for tea !

[@CannabisTechLife]

Yeah seriously. The guy pushes his coffee but has a slide telling you all that's bad about it...

[@raphaelc.154]

Thank you!

[@justicemars886]

This guy seems more interested in making money than helping anybody. He doesnt back up any of his claims with any scientific data. It's also really annoying when he tells you about a particular point of interest and then says "I didnt come here to talk about that." Pisses me off. I guess he just came there to try to hustle some money out of us.

[@Peter-xh5hj]

Best information I have ever gotten in a while... this guy is like a human guru compiling years worth of information in a span of less than 30 minutes. Although I do admit, I skipped a few small portions in the beginning half, but the last half was spot on valuable information.

[@unzahid]

great.

[@RazdupIce]

How can this video get over 7K likes??

[@glenallen623]

sleep is my escape

[@megg7558]

The bulletproofdiet book cost $25

[@TimGreig]

It's a shame he hasn't reached the answer to his "one persistent question". What are the simplest things you can do to be better at everything? Dave, you just may want to back off some of that stuff you take...

[@eggheadeinstein]

I love all the cynicism on this forum because it helps explain why so many people don't make changes all throughout their lives. Change comes from a starting point of belief. I'm not defending anyone, including this guy, but if your tendency is to criticize you might want to question how much information you may be dismissing that might help. I will say this... once someone within our extended family lost 80lbs by making only one change.. that was giving up carbonated colas... his cousin did so within a year.. topping him.. the guy went from 230 to 130.. and i of course did not recognize him. Last year my other cousin went from a 180 down to 100 lbs... she is 5 feet tall and did it by moving to France and living with a family that carried no processed garbage. Now if three people close to me could splice their weight so drastically, and so quickly, there obviously are indeed some simple hacks that can work. Whether they can work for everyone is questionable. I guess if there are no fat meth, coke or heroin users the answer would be yes, nobody is fat due to genes alone. Not that i have anything against fat people incidentally.... when you've been skinny your whole life you don't even notice weight, its like an non-issue... that is, for men at least. Women, that's a collective brain disorder fed by Madison Avenue if you ask me. Plenty of obese live long, plenty of skinny die young, and when I think about it and take an average I've got to admit the heavier people generally seem happier. And to tell you the truth... honestly.. those three cousins who lost weight all seemed happier before they lost the weight. This presenter spoke in generalities, but I'm sure he's got a lot of tricks of his sleeve he didn't lay out for everyone for free here. Not to mention everything works over time. I cut out dairy in my twenties and bang, my energy levels were restored back to when I was a child. Now i stay away from white flour which tends to fog my brain and make me too tired. By the way if you are under 30, fuck you, you don't need this until 40... go away and have fun and don't let age get you down until it comes calling. I can't stand when young people worry about health over worrying about making the best of their youth. You don't go to a party to plan how to get home, you wait until closing time arrives or you won't have any damned fun.

[@blastedburrito110]

Egghead Einstein Didn´t read all that but I strongly agree with the first line.

[@willtabacchi1408]

+Egghead Einstein When you cut out dairy -you included no steak???

[@agnesfrankel7700]

great one

[@TeaInTheMoment]

I've also had flux for a decade and watched this entire video with it. A meta moment for sure!

[@imu6085]

i am skeptic about

[@ljfseven]

+DevN This is one of the few things he mentions that actually has had a lot of successful studies. The problem is that it varies person to person. The amount of sleep one person requires (that being restful sleep) may be longer or shorter than that of even a sibling.

@@ljfseven I agree with you. The amount of sleep a person requires differs from person to person.

[@markm7101]

He forgot to mention MODAFANIL lol. A bit sneaky.

[@MK-ih6wp]

Is he still on it?

[@jstnprlt]

This is why Tony Stark wears those red glasses.

[@AYO_WHO_THIS]

This guy was on Joe Rogans PODcast a few months/years ago and he really believed in this guy until he found out that all of the shit he's saying is 80% bullshit. So yea dk if listening to this is a good idea.

[@Pivitrix]

How much fucking money does all these TEDx talkers have? everyone seems to spontaneously, unshackled, detached from responsibility burst out of every day life and just travel for months, being totally unproductive just for the heck of it.

[@alphaomega8540]

Such Valuable information in just one video just stunning

[@Yulamah]

Well said.

[@kattpmsi]

I think the issue here is that he did all of this and continues to do so out of fear. Therefore, all he projects and pitches is this idea of avoiding his fear instead of taking it head on. It's a whole investment in avoidance. However, the interest lies in the truth that we can connect with our body and all aspects of our body fuel our mind and need to be tended to and treated correctly. If he loves himself and connects instead of hacks his body I think he would find more positive feedback.

[@grbgeslnger24]

it's sad because most of these alternatives to better and healthy living area far out of reach for most people. traveling and such.

[@JudesViews]

stumbled upon this and found it very interesting.

[@Plutomaniaa]

same