Dave Asprey's Blog, page 270
January 30, 2013
Real Superfoods That Destroy Inflammation in Your Brain: The Body Response That May Change Your Mental Health Forever
If someone told you that one factor is associated with cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, and obesity in developed nations, would you believe it?
You should, because it’s true. Inflammation is a common link between all of these diseases and it is also linked to cognitive function – the topic of this post.(17,18)
According to mycotoxin expert Ritchie Shoemaker, MD:
“A common concern for those who are trying to understand cognitive problems is how inflammation in the body is inflammation in the brain. The blood brain barrier, as it is called, results from additional “tight junction features”. Inflammatory processes including TGF beta-1 and IL-1B loosen these tight junctions. These two compounds are shown to be significantly elevated in patients with systemic inflammatory response syndromes.”
Inflammation is an innate response to injury, stress, or illness, poor gut function or eating toxic foods (high-toxin, high-sugar, high-processed, high-gluten, etc.) and induces an inflammatory response. When this response becomes the norm for your body, it becomes a low-level feature in your physiology and problems arise.
I’ve struggled with systemic inflammation since I was a young child, although it is a rare problem for me today.
It is lack of knowledge, unmanaged stress and poor food choices that push people off the inflammation cliff.
Everything included in the Bulletproof diet and protocols is focused on eliminating unnecessary inflammation in the body. Talking to hundreds of experts, researching, and self-experimenting has shown me that the Bulletproof Diet does not just help people prevent diseases, lose weight, or have more energy, but it helps people gain sharpercognitive performance. That’s not exactly a surprise; I designed it to do that. 
REAL Superfoods
Clever but ill informed marketers will name almost any unusual food to be a superfood. A popular book puts soy, oats, and beans on the super foods list. Give me a break. Goji berries? Did you know they are actually in the nightshade family like tomatoes and can cause inflammation in a large percentage of people?
The truth of the matter is that real super foods have science behind them and when you eat them, you can feel a difference quickly.
In particular, there are a few foods that take your focus to new levels. These “super cognitive foods” include butter, coffee, vanilla, and chocolate. They pack a powerful punch for anyone looking to better their cognitive performance by fighting inflammation.
These foods are staples for a Bulletproof lifestyle, and many people report back to BulletproofExec.com to share how much they’ve rocked their own worlds.
Famous comedian, podcaster, and MMA announcer Joe Rogan recently posted on twitter about Bulletproof Coffee made with my beans. Yes, it made me laugh too, although that’s not a stunt I’m going to try any time soon, nor is it recommended.
Anti-inflammatory Foods
Before you think about any food’s anti-inflammatory properties, keep in mind we are talking about high quality food. That is why everything at Upgraded Self is as good as it can possibly be. Lower quality foods usually have toxins or inflammatory agents in them, which initiates an inflammatory response in the body. The right high quality foods retain high levels of antioxidants and low levels of toxins, which makes them anti-inflammatory by nature.
Coffee
Bulletproof Coffee is a perfect way to ignite your focus in the morning. Due to its antioxidant and caffeine content, and the fact that it contains two unique and potent neurological anti-inflammatory agents, you can keep a steady focus. Caffeine is more than an energy booster – caffeine may help ease cognitive decline and lower the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease by blocking inflammation in the brain.(19)
Another study came to similar conclusions. According to Professor Gregory Freund from the University of Illinois “We have discovered a novel signal that activates the brain-based inflammation associated with neurodegenerative diseases, and caffeine appears to block its activity.”(9)
Along with fighting cognitive diseases, caffeine and coffee increase insulin sensitivity in healthy humans.(7, 11-13) Insulin sensitivity is correlated with how well your body responds to certains kinds of inflammation.
Coffee is the world’s number one source of antioxidants, and for this reason it is a staple in the Bulletproof Diet. The problem is that 91.7% of coffee beans (from South America in the study) contain mycotoxins and 50% of coffees brewed contain toxins, which induces an inflammatory response.(20-21) If you want to upgrade your cognitive performance, high quality coffee is the only way to go.
Drinking high quality coffee has short and long-term effects on your brain. The short-term effect of coffee on mood may be due to altered serotonin and dopamine activity, whereas the mechanisms behind its potential long-term effects on mood may relate to its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.(22-25)
Butter
Butter is an unexpected source of cognitive enhancement, and contains one ingredient that studies show is beneficial for cognitive function and gut health called butyrate. Butyrate is a short chain saturated fat and anti-inflammatory. According to three studies, the most common class of genetic neurodegenerative diseases are delayed in mice with the treatment of butyrate.(1-3)
Butyrate prevents the loss of intestinal permeability in rat models of ulcerative colitis.(4) This shows that short-chain fatty acids, including butyrate, play an important role in the maintenance of gut barrier integrity. Butyrate also sharply reduces the harmful effects of type 1 diabetes in rats.(5)
Butyrate may also prevent and treat diet-induced insulin resistance in mice. Butyrate is related to promotion of energy expenditure and induction of mitochondria function.(6)
The highest concentration of butyrate may be found in high quality grass-fed butter. I highlight the benefits of grass-fed butter in comparison to grain-fed butter in this infographic. Kerrygold is my butter of choice, but any brand may suffice as long as it is grass-fed (organic isn’t enough and is typically a sham if the cows eat organic soy and corn).
Vanilla and Chocolate
Vanilla is a great food to add into your diet if you are looking for a cognitive boost. Vanilloids found in vanilla are anti-inflammatory, and are a great add-in for coffee or dessert.(14-16)
Chocolate, along with coffee, is very high in antioxidants and contains toxins if not processed and stored delicately. This is another food that it is vital to get in high quality and at a cacao content of >70% in order to reap the benefits. Chocolate favorably alters eicosanoid synthesis, which inhibits vascular and inflammatory processes.(17)
Coffee, Butter, Vanilla, and Chocolate are ideal foods for people looking to get an edge in the workplace. These foods fight unneeded inflammation and turn your brain into an upgraded machine. They are also the core ingredients of almost all truly excellent desserts. :)
Now this is the part of the post where I am supposed to convince you to get the obsessively produced stuff at UpgradedSelf.com, but that is not what I want you to do. Instead, challenge yourself to completely avoid high-sugar, bad-fat, high-processed foods for a week as you pay extra attention to your cognitive function. Then, if you want an added boost, add Upgraded products back in, and feel the difference. Want to quantify it? Design your own experiment and share it in the comments below.
If you are like most people, you will be sharper in the workplace and more efficient at what you do. Not only that, you will have more STEADY energy and will not feel as hungry as you would eating low quality food. By avoiding inflammatory foods now, you will begin to make your mind and body bulletproof.
If you have any questions about inflammatory foods, anti-inflammatory foods, or a story to share about inflammation share them in the comments below or post them in our Bulletproof Forum. There are many smart Bulletproof Practitioners there that may answer any of your questions.
References on page 2
January 25, 2013
Interview: WellnessFX CEO Jim Kean interviews The Bulletproof Executive
If you missed it on January 8th, here is the interview by Jim Kean, CEO of WellnessFX. In the interview we provide (updated) tips and techniques for anyone looking to upgrade their performance during daily and travel life. You will get insight on the top 3 foods to avoid, easy biohacks, and the top 5 biomarkers. Science, laughs, and biohacking combine to create a great live chat.
This interview also covers:
5 Biohacks that anyone can do, using your inherent environment:
Take your vitamin D (1000 IU/25 lbs.); Take lots of fat with it!
Bulletproof Coffee; MCT oil and Grass-fed Butter
Sunlight; Sulfation. Have Sulfur in the body and get 20 min of sunlight
Pay attention to your environment
Make your room as dark as a cave to get better sleep
How to hack sleep at hotel rooms
Using an Earthing Mat
Intermittent Fasting for Cutting Fat and Building Muscle
3 Foods to Avoid
Soy; Inhibits thyroid function
Oils that come from vegetables; corn, soybean, anything high is omega 6 fatty acids
Gluten/wheat protein; causes immense cravings
Other topics include mold, hydration, travel awareness, blood tests, 5 important biomarkers, hormones, cholesterol, and gut bacteria.
Also mentioned in this podcast:
Bulletproof Intermittent Fasting (BPIF for women)
January 19, 2013
Superhuman Coach Live Event
At our first Bulletproof Conference: Biohack Your Life of 2013, we were fortunate to have Ben Greenfield, of bengreenfieldfitness.com, join us for three days of extensive biohacking.
Ben is a phenomenal triathlete, professional fitness coach, and athletic trainer. The picture to the left is Ben having his abs shocked-to-Hell (literally, set to full blast) with Jay Schroeder’s amazing ARP Wave electro-stimulator. Ben took is like a champ!
Not only is he documenting our conference extensively, and documenting his experience on his blog, he’s also launching a conference of his own in March of this year:
The Superhuman Coach
Live Event
Discover The Fastest Way To Get A Better Body, Enhance Performance, Cut Through Diet Confusion, Blast Body Fat & Live Longer – At The “Become Superhuman” Live Event On March 8 & 9, 2013.
The Superhuman Coach Live Event features a great lineup of speakers, discussing alternative medicine, epigenetics, music/sound therapy, ketosis, inflammation, thermogenesis, using performance biomarkers for self-improvement, and so much more.
“You’re going to come away from this live event completely set for life to achieve everything you want for your body, mind and performance, whether you want to maximize fat loss, achieve an Ironman triathlon, or push your body and mind to the absolute limits of human performance.”
– Ben Greenfield
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To spice up the deal even more, I’m sending anyone from the Bulletproof Executive community that signs up for his conference a free 12oz. bag of Bulletproof Coffee! All you have to do is forward your digital purchase receipt to aaron@bulletproofexec.com, AND PLEASE include your shipping address in the email, then we can ship it right away!
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January 10, 2013
Podcast #36: Hacking your Biome with uBiome’s Jessica Richman
Jessica Richman, co-founder at uBiome, started and sold her first company after high school. Returning to formal education, she attended Stanford University, where she earned degrees in Economics and Science, Technology & Society (emphasis in computer science). Along the way, she worked for Google, McKinsey, Lehman Brothers, the Grameen Bank, and top-tier Silicon Valley venture firms. Currently a doctoral student at Oxford University, her academic interests include social networks, innovation, collective intelligence, and entrepreneurship.
uBiome is the world’s first effort to map the human microbiome with citizen science.
While the sequencing of the human genome has provided invaluable knowledge, it is very difficult to change our own genetic makeup. The microbiome, in contrast, is much more easily changed through simple means such as healthful probiotic cultures and other lifestyle interventions. The microbiome thus may provide some of the most important medical breakthroughs of our era. uBiome will ultimately empower participants to manage their microbiomes to improve their health as well as make important scientific discoveries for humanity.
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What We Cover
1. (~00:33) Intro to uBiome and Jessica Richman
2. (~ 04:00) What are some of the ways that you test for the various body biomes?
3. (~ 05:45) What am I going to learn and get back from taking these samples?
4. (~ 07:13) How is a genetic profile different than what you could get at a Dr. looking for parasites? What are you sequencing?
5. (~ 09:57) How can the average person use this data to make actionable decisions?
6. (~ 11:03) Big Science vs Citizen Scientists; The Biohacking Movement
7. (~ 14:55) What is and isn’t in the 16s test? And are you saving the samples?
8. (~ 15:59) Looking at Dave’s reports what level are we at?
9. (~ 20:52) What about the FDA?
10. (~ 22:55) How do you interact with doctors and data?
11. (~ 24:57) What about outside of the U.S.? Data collection, test purchases, purposes?
12. (~ 28:43) What are the top 3 things that people should consider to be higher performance?
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uBiome IndieGoGo Fundraising Project
Gear
Bose® Noise Cancelling® Headphones
Updates
Over the next several weeks on Bulletproof radio, there will only be a cool fact of the day, and an interview. After the conference, on January 17-19, 2013, there will be an hour long show of Q & A, and then the show will resume in full.
PaleoFX is coming up in March! Will we see you there?
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January 2, 2013
Podcast #35: Bulletproof Your Nervous System with Jay Schroeder
Jay Schroeder is the developer of Ultra Fit and EvoSport. He has been involved for 25 years, in the design, implementation, and evaluation of training plans for individuals from the ages of 4 through 84. He has studied the greatest training systems of the world, not to find the successes but to establish the point at which they failed. He then put together his system of training to overcome these points of failure. He has traveled to Eastern bloc countries and developed working relationships with some of the most knowledgeable in the field. He has designed unique protocols for use with the ARP as well as the typical equipment in the gym setting, as they relate to rehab strength, injury prevention and elite athletic mastery.
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What We Cover
~2:14 First time they met, Jay Added 9” to Dave’s Long Jump
~2:43 What drove you to become a trainer?
~5:12 Jay Tells us about his life-changing recovery from an accident
~8:00 If you’re not trying to be an elite athlete, and we’re talking about the mind/body connection that your machines bring, how does the effect on the nervous system control your life?
~10:30 How does improving the body’s capabilities change your brain’s ability to think and perform cognitively?
~12:00 Can you explain what the RX100 & POV do?
~13:45 I’ve heard to become a “Pro” you must do something 10,000 times so your myelin insulation may build up your brain connection, are you creating this insulation 500x more efficiently?
~16:12 What are the benefits you see from the RX and RV100 for athletes and ‘mere mortals?’
~18:13 Can you tell us what you drive? The really fast ones?
~19:53 How does the RX100 & PV increase your ‘bandwidth’ for actions that require power, finesse, precision and reaction time?
~25:20 What parts of your brain are making these ‘fast-reaction’ decisions?
~ 27:35 Jay discusses his work with an esteemed bike rider & how the biker did not believe he could increase his reaction time any further
~ 30:06 Is there a downside to turning up the nervous system to upgraded levels?
~ 33:08 At our conference, what are the types of things you will be able to help them do nervous systems? What kind of stimulation and recovery will happen?
~ 36:50 You’re talking about running an electrical current through your brain to speed up the process, could you clarify that?
~ 39:50 What it means to have Bulletproof Capacity with this device
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Featured
Books
Misc
Announcements
Over the next several weeks on Bulletproof radio, there will only be a cool fact of the day, and an interview. After the conference, on January 17-19, 2013, there will be an hour long show of Q & A, and then the show will resume in full.
Live Webinar with Wellness FX on Tuesday, January 8, 2013 at 10 a.m. pst.
The Better Baby Book is NOW available on Kindle or by pre-order for paperback on Amazon!
The Bulletproof Conference: Biohack Your Life: This is the only conference like it anywhere where you get access to hands-on biohacking led by world-class people. To hell with learning about biohacking. This is about actually *doing* it.
PaleoFX I’m pleased to have been invited to speak at the second annual PaleoFX Symposium in Austin, TX, March 28-30, 2013. I’m looking forward to meeting awesome speakers like Sarah Fragoso, Nora Gedgaudas, Kelly Starrett, Paul Jaminet and many, many more. Tickets are on sale now. For details, visit www.therealpaleofx.com.
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January 1, 2013
Upcoming Event: Upgrade Your Health with Simple Biohacks; a WellnessFX hosted Webinar
Do More than You Think You Can Do, in Less Time
In this dynamic live chat, leading bio-hacking expert Dave Asprey will provide tips and techniques that anyone can use to upgrade their mental and physical performance. Dave has spent more than two decades hacking his own biology to get an advantage in business and enhance his family life.
In this 60-minute live webinar, you’ll get:
Bio-hacking tips anyone can use
Ways to maximize sleep and brain function
Dave’s direct answers to your questions
Event Panelist(s):
Dave Asprey – Dave Asprey is a Silicon Valley investor, computer security expert, and entrepreneur who spent 15 years and $250,000 to hack his own biology. He upgraded his brain by >20 IQ points, lowered his biological age, and lost 100 pounds without calorie counting or exercise. The Financial Times calls him a “bio-hacker who takes self-quantification to the extreme of self-experimentation.” His writing has been published by the New York Times and Fortune, and he’s presented at Wharton, Kellogg, the University of California, and Singularity University.
Moderated by Jim Kean (WellnessFX CEO) – With a deep-seated dedication to human health potential, performance and nutrition, Jim co-founded Sapient Health Network in 1995. The business later became the consumer-facing platform of WebMD. Jim has leadership experience in the areas of finance, health, and hospitality, filling roles as entrepreneur, executive and venture capitalist.
December 31, 2012
Celebrate the Birth of the Better Baby Book!
A few days ago we received a wonderful gift in our inbox: notification that The Better Baby Book is NOW available on Kindle or by pre-order for paperback on Amazon!
We are so happy that we can finally share our years of research and our personal experiences from pre-conception through to raising our children. In 2006, Dave and I were ready to start our family and decided to combine our knowledge to figure out how to have the healthiest, happiest and brightest baby we could. At the same time we wanted to reduce the risk of autism, allergies, asthma and other common developmental issues as much as possible. With Lana’s background as a medical doctor and my expertise in nutrition and supplements, we had some amazing results, and today we’re the proud parents of two healthy, happy kids. Much of this research has improved what makes me Bulletproof . This book is our way of sharing what we learned, what works with parents-to-be, and parents everywhere!
Whether you’re planning for pregnancy or are already pregnant, this essential prenatal guide draws on the latest genetic research to give you a complete program of specific nutrition and environmental lifestyle changes that can help you have a better baby. The book is based on the emerging science of epigenetics and shows how the environment interacts with your genes, affecting which genes are expressed or “turned on”. It shows you the important steps you can take to improve preconception nutrition and reduce toxins in your home and body to consciously help your child express the right genes. To be healthy, smart, strong and resilient.
What if you don’t want kids? This book was written with optimal functioning, reducing inflammation, toxins and hormone balancing in mind, even if a pregnancy isn’t in your near future, much of the information will enhance your understanding of what it means to make yourself Bulletproof—what you do and eat can cause not only your baby’s epigenetic expressions to turn on or off, but your own.
Fertility is often a sign of good health, whether you’re male or female. Our concern for creating an optimal environment for a baby means it is an optimal environment for your brain, muscles and heart. The research in this book will help you avoid adrenal fatigue and hormone problems among other things. There is a reason Bulletproof intermittent fasting is helpful for women. And it works, for many, way faster than it should.
Help us share what we’ve learned by pre-ordering The Better Baby Book, and/or “liking” it on Amazon. If you order an e-copy on Kindle please give an honest review on Amazon to help show your support.
Spread the word and encourage healthier individuals and families by letting your friends on Twitter and Facebook know that if you want the healthiest, brightest baby it all starts with the proper prenatal preparations.
Read MORE and keep up to date by checking out the Better Baby Blog.
December 27, 2012
Podcast #34: The Perfect Health Diet Paul Jaminet
Exclusive Interview: Paul Jaminet, Ph.D.
Paul Jaminet. Ph.D. was an astrophysicist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, became a software entrepreneur during the Internet boom, and now provides strategic advice to entrepreneurial companies while pursuing research in economics. Paul’s experience overcoming a chronic illness has been key to his views of aging and disease, and in writing his new book Perfect Diet Solution.
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Announcements
Over the next several weeks on Bulletproof radio, there will only be a cool fact of the day, and an interview. After the conference, on January 17-19, 2013, there will be an hour long show of Q & A, and then the show will resume in full.
What We Cover
Paul Jaminet’s origins, where his interest came from for a natural diet (~1:15)
How important for people to understand the evolution and biology of the food they eat? (including vitamin D, nutrient deficiencies thoughts on self-experimentation variables, optimization of your own health) (~8:12)
Now, the Bulletproof Diet focuses eating a high amount of fat, a fairly high amount of protein, and avoiding processed carbs like bread, grains, and sugar. It focuses on eating what is natural and minimizing mycotoxins that come in low-quality foods. Can you explain how your diet in your book “Perfect Health Diet” is similar and how it differs? (~16:02)
In part 4 of your book you go into detail about supplements. What are your daily recommendations? (~19:50)
What about Rheumatoid Arthritis and nightshades (potato and tomato)? (~24:00)
Liver, health benefits, and cooking (~26:50)
Eggs, particularly allergies (~29:31)
We discuss sleep hacking a lot here at the BulletproofExec Blog; can you share with us the importance of circadian rhythms and optimal sleep? (including immune system) (~31:58)
What are your top three recommendations for someone who wants to be as powerful and high performance in all aspects of life? (~36:21)
Where can people learn more about you and your work? (~40:04)
Links From The Show
Featured Links
Perfect Health Diet, Website
Books
Food & Supplements
The Bulletproof Diet
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December 25, 2012
Podcast #33: Injury prevention and Wellness with Dr. Justin Marchegiani
Dr. Justin Marchegiani is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst with a B.S. degree in Kinesiology and Pre-medical studies. Dr. Justin has completed his Doctorate degree in Chiropractic Medicine from Life West University.
Dr. Justin has completed post graduate study in the area of clinical nutrition, exercise and functional medicine so he can offer the most cutting edge techniques to help address his patient’s growing health care needs.
Justin is head of Just In Health Wellness Clinic, a leading systems and functional medical provider who treats patients and athletes using biohacking and quantification. He can help you Bulletproof your game through education on injury prevention and performance enhancement!
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Announcements
Over the next several weeks on Bulletproof radio, there will only be a cool fact of the day, and an interview. After the conference, the show will resume in full.
Dr. Justin is speaking Saturday the 19th, at the Bulletproof conference, in San Francisco, January 17-19th, 2013.
What We Cover
1. What Justin plans to talk about at the Bulletproof conference (~1:35)
2. What type of people does Dr. Justin see? (~2:30)
3. How a laser that emulsifies fat, Bulletproof vibe and Bulletproof diet and other Bulletproof tools to help drop fat (~3:30)
4. How do you deal with lose skin from rapid fat loss? (~6:05)
5. Injury Prevention, common problems including muscle imbalances, pain asymmetry, diet, (~8:58)
6. Stretching vs Foam Rolling (~16:48)
7. Functional medicine, blood tests, parasites, malnourishment, treatment of infections.(~20:55)
8. Reducing physical & biological stress, what improvements can you see? (~30:15)
9. What are the top 3 things that people can do to be higher performance across every domain? (~32:55)
Links From The Show
Featured
Justin Health, Wellness Clinic
Food & Supplements
Gear
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December 21, 2012
Why you could totally eat crap on Christmas day
art by Jen TheMeister
If you read the blog very much, you know that I am totally opposed to the Tim Ferris style re-feed day where you eat whatever kind of crap you want once a week. The toxins, gluten, and bad fats in that will sabotage you for at least four or five more days, so you never really feel bulletproof.
Your cognitive function will suffer, even if you do manage to lose weight. My last post was about how to avoid temptation over the holidays. This post is a little bit more radical.
But what if you did it once a year? It turns out that there is a good reason to do that if you are already bulletproof, or even if you’re only part way on the way to having huge amounts of energy and focus at your beck and call. And there is good reason to do it on Christmas Day. I recommend that when you wake up, start with Bulletproof coffee so you can have an amazing morning opening presents with family and doing family activities. But then, if you are going to go off the rails at all, it’s time.
Eat the waffles. With the fruitcake. Douse it in canned whipped cream food product. Smear some margarine on something. Eat the cake bought at some large grocery store or Costco. Make sure you get enough mycotoxins by drinking beer, red wine, and maybe some eggnog made from a mix of industrial chemicals. Make sure that at least one item has MSG and another item has NutraSweet or aspartame. I’m actually not kidding about any of this, believe it or not.
Be sure to pay close attention as you’re eating. Does it really taste as good as you thought it would? Probably not, unless it has MSG in it. How do you feel while you’re eating it?
The reason you may want to consider doing this comes the morning of December 26, when you wake up, and you feel like you’ve been hit by a truck. A truck full of zombies. The word zombie won’t even begin to describe how you feel, especially compared to how you felt the day before you ate all that crap. This is a slap in the face to your biochemistry and your nervous system, and it will serve you for months as a reminder about why you eat the Bulletproof diet on a regular, daily basis.
Because you don’t want to feel like this anymore.
It is so easy to get used to feeling good and having lots of resilience, that sometimes we forget how bad those once tempting foods actually make us feel. After a few “give in to temptation” days like this, you will teach your reptilian brain that those items you used to salivate over are not actually food.
And that will be the end of cravings for bad food. You will have a headache, you will feel bloated, you’ll probably clear the room with the gas you produce from your formerly healthy digestive system. All of this is just fine because you’ll learn a lesson and the lower level parts of your nervous system will also learn the lesson. No one craves getting beaten with a baseball bat, and that is how poor diet will make you feel.
Christmas is the best time to do this because you usually have downtime between Christmas and New Year’s when you don’t have to be that productive, and many people will feel like crap for several days after abusing their biochemistry this way.
And best of all, Christmas is right before New Year’s, which is when you make your New Year’s resolution. It’s so much easier to stick to a resolution to eat Bulletproof when you know what it’s like when you don’t!
