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This week we invite back one of the “OG” carnivores, L Amber O’Hearn back to share her new research about carnivore diet. In this episode, Geoff and Amber discuss her recent paper: "Can a carnivore diet provide all essential nutrients?"; covid & metabolic syndrome; and different considerations between carnivore vs. plant-based, especially for developing brains. H.V.M.N. Podcast Fam: We're giving you an exclusive offer. You guys are some of our most loyal fans and we want to give you a special reward. Use GEOFF10 to get 10% off your KFB order: https://hvmn.com/discount/GEOFF10 Check out Episode #137 with L. Amber O'Hearn here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_aR4iSB43g&t=234s Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/WzJdT2wJrLs Learn More About H.V.M.N. here: https://hvmn.com/pod Join the Official H.V.M.N. Podcast Discord Community by filling out this quick survey: https://go.hvmn.com/discordsurvey Send a message to podcast@hvmn.com with feedback, questions, and guest suggestions!

Metabolism regulates our sleep, our appetite, our weight, and our energy levels. One reason we’ve been so in the dark about metabolic health is because there are no good tools to measure how your diet affects you in a quantifiable way. Is metabolic disease the real pandemic? How can we maximize our metabolic health? In this episode, Geoffrey Woo and Dr. Casey Means, Levels Co-founder and Chief Medical Officer, discuss a wide-ranging topic from the relationship between Covid-19 and our metabolic health, to what Levels’ approach to metabolic dysfunction, our diet, and how continuous glucose monitoring affects behavior change. Levels helps you maximize your metabolic health so you can live a longer, fuller, healthier life. They currently have a waitlist of over 60,000 and is running a closed early access program. You can skip that line and get special access to Levels immediately with our special link: levels.link/hvmn Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/zPA11eetN8I Learn More About H.V.M.N. here: https://hvmn.com/pod Join the Official H.V.M.N. Podcast Discord Community by filling out this quick survey: https://go.hvmn.com/discordsurvey Send a message to podcast@hvmn.com with feedback, questions, and guest suggestions!

New Year's Resolutions are lame... But this year, Geoff wants to bring them back. Let's set three new years resolutions: (1) physical goal, (2) mental / mission / livelihood goals, and (3) building out our tribe and community. Happy new year, and let's make 2021 the best year yet. 8:55 - 1st goal: A goal that relates to our physical health. 12:13 - 2nd goal: A goal for our mental health, life’s purpose, livelihood. 17:59 - 3rd goal: Building out a community for 2021. H.V.M.N. Podcast Fam: We're giving you an exclusive offer. You guys are some of our most loyal fans and we want to give you a special reward. Use GEOFF10 to get 10% off your KFB order: https://hvmn.com/discount/GEOFF10 Twitter: @geoffreywoo Email: podcast@hvmn.com Sign up for the latest FFF-specific updates here: geoffreywoo.com/signup Join the Official H.V.M.N. Podcast Discord Community by filling out this quick survey: https://go.hvmn.com/discordsurvey

COVID-19 is an emerging, rapidly evolving situation and is causing millions of deaths worldwide. Scientific literature data shows that ketogenic diet can inhibit inflammation and lead to a clinical improvement of respiratory function. In today’s episode, Geoffrey Woo sits down with Dr. Samir Sukkar chief of Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Unit in Scientific Institute San Martino University –Hospital, Genoa, Italy, discuss the randomized open controlled clinical trial evaluating the effectiveness of a ketogenic diet in comparison with standard nutrition in Covid-19 disease in reducing cytokine storm syndrome. H.V.M.N. Podcast Fam: We're giving you an exclusive offer. You guys are some of our most loyal fans and we want to give you a special reward. Use GEOFF10 to get 10% off your KFB order: https://hvmn.com/discount/GEOFF10 Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/OLf9eSmgunk Learn More About H.V.M.N. here: https://hvmn.com/pod Join the Official H.V.M.N. Podcast Discord Community by filling out this quick survey: https://go.hvmn.com/discordsurvey Send a message to podcast@hvmn.com with feedback, questions, and guest suggestions!

“The outcome of linear improvement is not a linear reward. It's an exponential reward for linear improvement.” -Geoffrey Woo Geoff focuses on the principle of "Do one good thing for yourself every single day", and shares from a general framework on how he thinks about time allocation, why doing one good thing a day for yourself is a good habit, and why doing that thing over a long period of time is so powerful. 4:56 - How Geoff thinks about time allocation 10:00 - Why doing 1 good thing a day for yourself is a good habit. 22:41 - Why doing that thing over a long period of time is so powerful. H.V.M.N. Podcast Fam: We're giving you an exclusive offer. You guys are some of our most loyal fans and we want to give you a special reward. Use GEOFF10 to get 10% off your KFB order: https://hvmn.com/discount/GEOFF10 Twitter: @geoffreywoo Email: podcast@hvmn.com Sign up for the latest FFF-specific updates here: geoffreywoo.com/signup Join the Official H.V.M.N. Podcast Discord Community by filling out this quick survey: https://go.hvmn.com/discordsurvey

In this episode, Geoffrey Woo sits down with Dr. Dennis McKenna, a research pharmacognosist, lecturer, author and a founding board member and director of ethnopharmacology at the Heffter Research Institute concerned with the investigation of the potential therapeutic uses of psychedelic medicines. Dr. McKenna discusses his own history in becoming interested in psychedelics, including his experiences in the Amazon with ayahuasca and plant medicine. We also discuss psychedelics as therapeutics, their traditions, and the historical and mechanistic overlap between psychedelics and fasting. Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Ur64IJ5MKAg Learn More About H.V.M.N. here: https://hvmn.com/pod Join the Official H.V.M.N. Podcast Discord Community by filling out this quick survey: https://go.hvmn.com/discordsurvey Send a message to podcast@hvmn.com with feedback, questions, and guest suggestions!

Geoff and Brian Muraresku, the best-selling author of “The Immortality Key” discuss the provocative theory of psychedelics at the heart of the Ancient Greek and Roman mysteries, early Christianity, and Western Civilization. This isn't a college dorm-room stoner talk. Brian spent over 12 years studying the ancient classics in their original form of Ancient Greek, exploring the Vatican's Secret Archives and underground catacombs, and tying the historical record with the latest analytical and spectral analysis techniques of archaeochemistry to demonstrate a rigorous look at the hypothesis that psychedelics was at the heart of both Greek & Roman mysteries and paleo-Christian eucharist. If this is all true, what does this imply for the future of our civilization and culture? Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Fe64xfSlb7U Learn More About H.V.M.N. here: https://hvmn.com/pod Join the Official H.V.M.N. Podcast Discord Community by filling out this quick survey: https://go.hvmn.com/discordsurvey Send a message to podcast@hvmn.com with feedback, questions, and guest suggestions!

“You have to be smart about selecting the game you play” -Geoffrey Woo Geoff explores and reflects on the concept “Play stupid game, Win stupid prize” in 3 different perspectives; from a neurochemistry basis, life philosophical experience, and game theory perspective. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes' means if you are going to willfully and knowingly do something stupid, it’s accompanied with a stupid prize. How can we relate this to our lives? Let’s reflect!   3 different perspectives: 3:43 - From a neurochemistry basis 9:41 - Game theory perspective 16:27 - Aesthetic or life philosophical experience   H.V.M.N. Podcast Fam: We're giving you an exclusive offer. You guys are some of our most loyal fans and we want to give you a special reward. Use GEOFF10 to get 10% off your KFB order: https://hvmn.com/discount/GEOFF10 _________________________________________________________ Check this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/GkGT4dnyEKE Twitter: @geoffreywoo Email: podcast@hvmn.com Sign up for the latest FFF-specific updates here: geoffreywoo.com/signup Join the Official H.V.M.N. Podcast Discord Community by filling out this quick survey: https://go.hvmn.com/discordsurvey

Always trying to better himself and grow as a person. Siim Land, spent years of training his body and mind in different formats - through physical training, mindfulness, creativity and with numerous biohacks. In this episode, Geoffrey Woo sits down with Siim Land, a best-selling author, anthropologist, and a holistic health practitioner and discuss the role of vitamin D in our body, health benefits and pros and cons of hot sauna and cold plunges, the philosophy of mastering health and building psychological resilience. A wide-ranging discussion for you to enjoy! Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/2KBY-v_6AoU Learn More About H.V.M.N. here: https://hvmn.com/pod Join the Official H.V.M.N. Podcast Discord Community by filling out this quick survey: https://go.hvmn.com/discordsurvey Send a message to podcast@hvmn.com with feedback, questions, and guest suggestions!

The response to H.V.M.N. Keto Food Bar has been amazing. Now here's the full behind-the-scenes story behind it. Continuous glucose monitoring technology, fat vs. protein vs. net carb macros, flavor and texture profile development. Geoffrey Woo nerds out with Chrissy Ensley, H.V.M.N.'s VP, Product & Operations, on all the subtle details that made it into H.V.M.N. Keto Food Bar This is a great episode to meet the people at H.V.M.N., the product development culture of the company, and detailed food considerations when adopting a ketogenic lifestyle. H.V.M.N. Podcast Fam: We're giving you an exclusive offer. You guys are some of our most loyal fans and we want to give you a special reward. Use GEOFF10 to get 10% off your KFB order: https://hvmn.com/discount/GEOFF10 Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/fa1CfdGp39A Learn More About H.V.M.N. here: https://hvmn.com/pod Join the Official H.V.M.N. Podcast Discord Community by filling out this quick survey: https://go.hvmn.com/discordsurvey Send a message to podcast@hvmn.com with feedback, questions, and guest suggestions!

In this episode, Geoffrey Woo speaks with Mansal Denton, the founder of Sacred Hunting, an entrepreneur, author, and explorer of our relationship to life and death through hunting. Mansal is on a fascinating journey — from making an early mistake that landed him in jail to paying his debts to society to being an early thought leader in the nootropics community to now defining "Sacred Hunting" which is his combination of hunting, ancestral tradition, a masculine rite of passage, plant medicine & psychedelics, and spirituality. Struggling with shame and confusion of what it meant to be a man, Mansal found his calling with the sacred art of hunting and desires to share this practice with more men to build confidence, and step into manhood in the path of our ancestors. This is a wide-ranging and interesting philosophical exploration. Enjoy! Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/mgW82_mt78s Learn More About H.V.M.N. here: https://hvmn.com/pod Join the Official H.V.M.N. Podcast Discord Community by filling out this quick survey: https://go.hvmn.com/discordsurvey Send a message to podcast@hvmn.com with feedback, questions, and guest suggestions!

Geoff explores the concept of "compounding." Compounding is unintuitive to a lot of us because things move linearly. Compounding moves exponentially, and very few things in nature move exponentially. How do we apply this idea to our daily lives? Geoff talks about applying compounding to (1) health, (2) people, and (3) ideas. Twitter: @geoffreywoo Email: podcast@hvmn.com Sign up for the latest FFF-specific updates here: geoffreywoo.com/signup Join the Official H.V.M.N. Podcast Discord Community by filling out this quick survey: https://go.hvmn.com/discordsurvey

Geoffrey Woo and Professor Richard Johnson discuss the nuances of fructose and explore its relationship in the metabolism of obesity and other chronic diseases. Dr. Johnson is a nephrologist who focused his research on a form of sugar called fructose. Fructose is the sugar found in soda and other highly processed and highly palatable foods. Is fructose the central mediator of metabolic syndrome and obesity? Is fructose the underlying culprit behind insulin resistance? Why does fructose have a unique impact on health compared to other sugars and carbohydrate? We discuss all of this and more. Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/L19dBOL1lWo Learn More About H.V.M.N. here: https://hvmn.com/pod Join the Official H.V.M.N. Podcast Discord Community by filling out this quick survey: https://go.hvmn.com/discordsurvey Send a message to podcast@hvmn.com with feedback, questions, and guest suggestions!

Geoff sits down with Dr. Jake Kushner, a pediatric endocrinologist, Medical Director for McNair Interests, a private equity group focused on medicine x technology, and Associate Professor at Baylor College of Medicine. This is a wide-ranging conversation from the metabolism and endocrinology of Type 1 diabetes and ketogenic diet, to exposing how it's like to work within the NIH (National Institutes of Health), to a commentary the pros and cons of the gamesmanship and politics of modern medical academia and the democratization of scientific literature. Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/2kXXmOHfW1I Learn More About H.V.M.N. here: https://hvmn.com/pod Join the Official H.V.M.N. Podcast Discord Community by filling out this quick survey: https://go.hvmn.com/discordsurvey Send a message to podcast@hvmn.com with feedback, questions, and guest suggestions!

In October, I think Halloween, and in November, I think Thanksgiving. And these two holidays frame up the two poles across a mindset spectrum to contextualize and understand the challenging year of 2020. This week, we explore a proper mental framework to approach and engage the last two months of the year 2020. I discuss history, natural selection, and a resilience mindset and encourage all of us to take a proactive, positive approach to not only persist these challenging times but come through stronger than ever. It's not enough to just survive; we're here to thrive and take over. Watch this on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_p7-7ttBHnA Twitter: @geoffreywoo Email: podcast@hvmn.com Sign up for the latest FFF-specific updates here: geoffreywoo.com/signup Join the Official H.V.M.N. Podcast Discord Community by filling out this quick survey: https://go.hvmn.com/discordsurvey

Most people never have a human interaction with a police officer — meaning that we very rarely have the chance to sit down and have a real human-to-human, informal, relaxed conversation about the role of law enforcement and law enforcement professionals in our society. This week, we are talking about cops and explore the role of law enforcement in our society and how to grow and evolve this pillar of our community. Geoffrey Woo sits down with a reserve police officer and CEO of SPIDR Tech, a policing technology company, Rahul Sidhu to discuss current police & community relations, common questions that we have for police, and ways to improve the existing model. Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/_hMIbqSdhzg Learn More About H.V.M.N. here: https://hvmn.com/pod Join the Official H.V.M.N. Podcast Discord Community by filling out this quick survey: https://go.hvmn.com/discordsurvey Send a message to podcast@hvmn.com with feedback, questions, and guest suggestions!

This episode of Free Fatty Friday, we're going to focus on questions away from our typical fare on human performance, metabolism, diet, nutrition, etc. We're going a bit more philosophical and psychological on motivation, time management, and culture. There's about 2 months left in 2020. What are you going to get accomplished in the remaining time. Let's hear what Geoff has to say: Q1 1:18 : I saw you were in Montana recently. It looked beautiful out there. I know a lot of people are now working remotely. How do you imagine the future of the office and workplace to look like? Q2 9:20 : You are so knowledgeable on a lot of topics. How do you manage your time and what do you spend your time on these days? Q3 17:06 : It's been a tough year for everyone. What are you most excited about as we wrap up the year 2020? Q4 23:56 : How do you motivate yourself? Any tips to help us get over the hump or when we're struggling. Twitter: @geoffreywoo Email: podcast@hvmn.com Sign up for the latest FFF-specific updates here: geoffreywoo.com/signup Join the Official H.V.M.N. Podcast Discord Community by filling out this quick survey: https://go.hvmn.com/discordsurvey

What is the proper human diet? Eating is something we do multiple times a day, every single day, but defining a 'proper' human diet from a scientific perspective is elusive as ever. In this episode, Geoffrey Woo sits down with Dr. Ken Berry, the best-selling author of "Lies My Doctor Told Me", to discuss the proper human diet spectrum. They explore frameworks and parameters that may help us better understand the principles of human nutrition. Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/wZyli7DzcPw Learn More About H.V.M.N. here: https://hvmn.com/pod Join the Official H.V.M.N. Podcast Discord Community by filling out this quick survey: https://go.hvmn.com/discordsurvey Send a message to podcast@hvmn.com with feedback, questions, and guest suggestions!

We have a great lineup of questions this week. We cover topics ranging from lean mass changes in fasting; how glycogen, the storage form of carbohydrates, works in the body; various nuances and applications of the ketogenic diet for hypertrophy, and long-term longitudinal use; and target blood glucose fluctuations after a meal! Free Fatty Friday (FFF) is a rapid-fire Q and A session with Geoffrey Woo, where he answers all your questions with a 5-minute cap on all answers. Feel free to send your questions here: podcast@hvmn.com Q1: 02:49 Very nice critique of the IF study. Any comments on the Lean Mass changes? Does it really make any sense? Q2: 11:01 I have been wondering about carbs in liver. It is in the form of glycogen. Do we have digestive enzymes that can let us even access this? Is it available as a nutrient? When is a carb not a carb? When you can't use it. Q3: 17:21 What causes insulin resistance? Why would the body resist something that is useful and why do some have no resistance and others do? I know the answer seems to be genetics and poor health but what is the mechanistic aspect of the resistance? Q4: 22:25 For a ketone ester, are they the same ketones our body produces naturally or what? What happens if you chug the whole bottle? Q5: 28:59 What's your view with alternate day fasting and hypertrophy training on feeding days? Q6: 34:45 How much should blood glucose fluctuate after a meal? Q7: 38:45 Can keto help build muscle? Is keto diet recommended for longterm use? Twitter: @geoffreywoo Email: podcast@hvmn.com Sign up for the latest FFF-specific updates here: geoffreywoo.com/signup Join the Official H.V.M.N. Podcast Discord Community by filling out this quick survey: https://go.hvmn.com/discordsurvey

It all goes down to the food we eat! After his mother was diagnosed with a mysterious form of dementia, Max Lugavere put his successful media career on hold to learn everything he could about brain health and performance and investigating the critical link between our brain and the food we eat. In this episode, Geoffrey Woo brings on New York Times best-selling author, Max Lugavere to discuss out why he started keto diet, his diet protocols, and how the food you eat directly affects your ability to focus, learn, remember, create, analyze new ideas, and maintain a balanced mood. Watch this episode on Youtube: https://youtu.be/fb3umRaO4Zs Learn More About H.V.M.N. here: https://hvmn.com/pod Join the Official H.V.M.N. Podcast Discord Community by filling out this quick survey: https://go.hvmn.com/discordsurvey Send a message to podcast@hvmn.com with feedback, questions, and guest suggestions!