Portal with Eric Weinstein: 22: Ben Greenfield - Wheat From Chaff in Human Fitness

Podcast Notes Key Takeaways Three comprehensive markers for overall health:Glycemic variabilityInflammationHeart rate variabilityBecause there’s a constant interplay between the nerves of your gut and brain, gut-brain health is a package deal—caring for either requires caring for the otherTo improve your sleep:Sleep in a cold roomCool your body down with a cold shower before bed Wear heavy socks to bed (this helps cool the rest of your body)Indisputable health tips:Move throughout the day as much as possibleFrequently expose yourself to sunlight Every day, make an effort to walk outside barefootFrequently expose your body to heat and coldDrink enough good, clean water

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Eric sits down with leading fitness geek, guru, thinker and human guinea-pig Ben Greenfield to learn how one of the world's most highly regarded trainers and fitness experts cuts through the nightmare that is our medical literature. 

The academic and medical literature in health and medicine is a disaster. Studies are performed and reported in non-standard and idiosyncratic ways which are then further distorted by a press often looking more for headlines and scoops than facts and rigor. In this episode we get to ask one of the most sought after fitness optimizers how ordinary people can better understand their own minds, brains and bodies in light of the cacophony of 'expert' opinion. Ben, here in his role of master pedagogue, gives detailed implementable answers as well as simple to follow priorities that sum up his years of study and training for the mere mortals who wish to better everything in their lives by tackling health at the fundamental level.  

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