What podcasts say about Ben Greenfield
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What Ben Greenfield has said on podcasts
29 statements · 18 positive · 7 negative · 2 mixed · 2 neutral
Thymosin alpha-1 supports the immune system during travel.
“when I travel, I use thymosin alpha-1, which I'm on right now as you can tell, for the immune system”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 0:46
Hydrogen may reduce inflammation and soreness as a selective antioxidant.
“hydrogen being a selective antioxidant means that for inflammation, for soreness, et cetera, you do feel pretty good afterwards”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 15:32
Hydrogen inhalation delivers the highest studied bodily hydrogen concentration.
“The inhalation is the highest concentration that you can infuse into your body as far as what they've actually looked at for hydrogen concentration”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 17:53
Long cold plunges should be delayed for several hours after exercise.
“If you're gonna do a long cold plunge, wait for a few hours”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 19:17
Hydrogen and methylene blue may reduce post-exercise inflammation without blunting anabolic response.
“hydrogen and methylene blue are 2 examples of selective antioxidants that can accept or donate an electron that would be acceptable for post-exercise inflammation without blunting the anabolic response”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 19:29
Sauna heat-shock-protein benefits require higher temperatures.
“if you want the actual heat shock protein benefit of a sauna, which is the main mechanism that kicks in at the higher temperatures”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 21:38
Weight training can elevate heat-shock proteins similarly to sauna sessions.
“weight training protocol produced heat shock protein elevation similar to what people were getting from a sauna session”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 23:33
Breathing 5.5 seconds in and out produces peak heart-rate variability.
“nearly every human being on the planet with a breath rate of around 5.5 seconds in, 5.5 seconds out achieves peak HRV”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 25:41
Insufficient food intake during GLP-1 treatment creates substantial muscle-loss risk.
“if you're not eating enough food, the muscle loss thing is still a pretty, pretty big risk”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 44:00
Testosterone replacement is not first-line but can be the most effective treatment.
“I don't think that testosterone replacement therapy is the first solution, but sometimes it is the most effective solution”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 51:51
Brief sprints three to five times weekly can improve VO2 max.
“small bursts anywhere from 3 to 5 times a week of 10 to 20 seconds had an impact on VO2 max”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 1:37:20
Low muscle mass increases frailty risk and makes muscle mass important for longevity.
“for longevity, higher risk for frailty”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 1:37:47
Fiber benefits glycemic variability, bowel movements, and the microbiome.
“fiber is beneficial for everything from glycemic variability to bowel movements to the microbiome”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 1:50:30
People should consume at least 40 grams of fiber daily.
“have 40 grams of fiber a day or more”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 1:54:47
Food elimination and reintroduction can identify bloating triggers within four weeks.
“within like 4 weeks”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 1:56:14
Piedmontese beef is especially digestible.
“So it's super digestible.”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 2:00:39
Slow parasympathetic eating may reduce gas and bloating more than inulin.
“slow eating and eating in a parasympathetic state would be way better for people's gas and bloating than sucking down a bottle of inulin”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 2:06:09
Intermittent fasting has no major advantage over equivalent calorie restriction.
“there is no big winner. There's nothing magic about fasting that beats out just like shoving fewer calories into your gaping maw.”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 2:07:59
Fasting beyond 18 hours may activate autophagy and longevity mechanisms.
“Past the 18-hour mark, that's when you start to see cellular autophagy and a lot of these longevity mechanisms kick in”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 2:08:21
Lipid panels do not reliably reveal actual coronary plaque deposition.
“that can be a clue but definitely not a telltale sign of actual plaque deposition in the heart”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 2:11:42
AI-based CCTA imaging can identify the location and stability of coronary plaque.
“the AI-based diagnostic imaging can tell you that”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 2:12:18
Food-related oral exposure is the leading contributor to microplastic exposure.
“The number one contributor bar none was oral exposure via plastics in your food.”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 2:23:27
Strict ketogenic diets and high stress are associated with elevated SHBG.
“People who are on a strict ketogenic diet have high SHBG. People who are under a lot of cortisol load, high stress, they have high SHBG.”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 2:27:28
Low-level EMF exposure may affect cellular neurochemical balance.
“there may be an effect on everything from the neurochemical balance in cells based on low-level exposure to radiation or radio frequencies or EMF”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 2:32:02
People should reduce EMF exposure throughout the home, especially bedrooms.
“as many places in the home as you can downregulate exposure to that stuff, I think it's a good idea”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 2:33:05
Evidence of harmful effects from Class 3 Bluetooth signals is limited.
“very little data showing that there's any deleterious effect at all”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 2:34:17
Tesla vehicles are generally safe from EMF exposure except near the backseat battery.
“if you have a kid in the backseat of a Tesla, most of the rest of it is safe”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 2:35:26
Optimal home air treatment combines scrubbing, recirculation, and filtration.
“the ideal scenario, yeah, you're scrubbing, you're recirculating, and you're filtering all 3. That's the best setup.”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 2:41:18
Follistatin treatment produced approximately ten pounds of muscle gain in three months.
“I gained muscle at a more rapid rate than I would have expected without changing protein calorie intake or my weight training protocol, around 10 pounds in 3 months.”
Open the episode · Best Peptides, Stem Cells, Testosterone & Exercise Hacks - Biohacking Roundtable - #1148Listen at 2:48:14
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