Why You Might Want to Reconsider that Carnivore Diet | Dave Asprey on Health Theory

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Famed biohacker and best-selling author Dave Asprey is used to being on the cutting edge of functional medicine. Now he is trying to help everyone become superhuman and live to 180 (or beyond). On this episode of Health Theory with Tom Bilyeu, Dave Asprey discusses the primary dietary mistakes people make, advocates for some pretty unusual health practices, and details simple, inexpensive changes you can make to reverse the aging process and radically improve your day-to-day health.

SHOW NOTES:

Dave talks about how to face death [1:14]
Tom and Dave discuss reincarnation [4:04]
Dave explains that the key is not time or money, but energy [6:41]
The first step to living to 180 is to not die [8:10]
Aging is death by a thousand cuts so the key is to take less cuts [11:07]
Aging boils down to the mitochondria [11:43]
Dave describes some tactics to optimize your mitochondria [14:49]
Dave explains his methods of fasting [17:05]
Dave describes chryotherapy, cold showers and cold exposure [22:10]
Dave and Tom discuss dietary and weight loss mistakes [26:13]
Dave discusses the utility of sometimes using a vegan diet [29:23]
Dave advocates not overdoing protein consumption [31:07]
Dave does not advocate a carnivore diet but suggests trying it for a brief time [34:36]
Dave gives some simple recommendations to become superhuman [38:14]
Dave talks about using amber light and red light [40:54]
Dave advocates better sleep as the single most important change people need to make [44:56]

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