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Moldy: Movie 1 exemplar
Supermintea: [Head Strong] (2021) 1 exemplar

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The Better Baby Book: How to Have a Healthier, Smarter, Happier Baby (2012)algumas edições29 exemplares

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I could be nasty and summarise this book in one sentence: fast for 16 hours a day and make sure to drink Dave Asprey’s Bulletproof Coffee. Because it gets a little bit annoying (more than annoying) that he promotes his own products on almost every page of the book.

But to be fair, I chose to buy and read this book from beginning to end for a good reason. I am interested in intermittent fasting. Asprey seems rather more than interested — he’s obsessed. A lot of what he writes is his own experiences with fasting. So some of it is interesting and he writes well. I’ve read other books he wrote which I enjoyed more. And I did try Bulletproof Coffee. Once. My partner still makes fun of me for that.… (mais)
 
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ericlee | Aug 17, 2023 |
Dave Asprey is famous (in some circles) as the guy who invented Bulletproof Coffee, which is both a concept and a business. A Silicon Valley entrepreneur, Asprey seems to be one of the first — if not the first — of a new breed of bio-hackers. As a young man he was quite sickly, showing many signs of premature ageing including arthritis. He decided to try out a few things — actually more than few things — which range from the reasonable to the completely bonkers. Some of these seemed to work. In this book, he has decided to share what he’s learned over two decades of using his own body as a guinea pig.

While the book seems to be evidence-based and heavily footnoted, Asprey is not a doctor and this is not credible medical advice. That doesn’t mean it’s not interesting: much of it is. The least-crazy things he suggests (like using a sleep monitor app on your phone, or taking Vitamin C supplements) are things I quickly adopted, at no risk to my health. Some of the later stuff is a bit too edgy for my taste.

I do however agree with his core idea that humans need not become decrepit in our 70s or 80s, and that we absolutely need to die by the age of 120. The ‘maybe’ in the title of his book shows that he’s not convinced that immortality is an option — and his own personal goal is a 50% increase over what is now believed possible. In other words, he wants to live to 180. I wish him luck, and I salute his optimism and ‘can-do’ spirit. I hope he’s right.
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ericlee | 1 outra crítica | Aug 30, 2021 |
Some interesting ideas but some areas were very salesy and not very practical for us non millionaires.
Very well researched, and some cutting edge science is presented here. I really like Bulletproof Radio and highly recommend many of the BP Radio interviews the author cites in this book.
I am taking away some good nuggets from reading this book, and have some things to try as I learned a lot about mitichondria.
In terms of diet and nutrition, I still can't buy into the Brain Octane cost, no matter how much of a exogenous ketone hit it provides. I'm OK using my MCT oil, and following my ketogenic low carb high fat diet, and it is working very well for me.
I also did find it interesting but am not sure what to do about exposure to potential mold if the impact is indeed as high as the author describes.
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porte01 | 1 outra crítica | Jan 25, 2021 |
Dave Asprey's latest book has some interesting material. The beginning parts of the book are, well, beginner parts. If you're familiar with the health research over the last few years you won't find much new here -- circadian rhythms, making sure to eat enough fat (including saturated), other relatively basic things like that. The later parts get into more advanced things, and I did learn a few interesting ideas that I plan to research more. Red light therapy, lesser-known supplements like PQQ, and seriously bleeding-edge things like SARMs all provide fodder for the more advanced health nut/biohacker. I have a few qualms with how cavalier he is about taking one or 2 studies as gospel for a given topic, and was a bit annoyed by constant self-promotions for other products he sells. (The author is clearly a successful businessman.) I'd suggest to do your own research before making any decisions for anything in parts 2 & 3. But the science is generally good and I learned some new things, so it was a worthwhile read.… (mais)
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caimanjosh | 1 outra crítica | Nov 13, 2020 |

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Membros
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ISBN
72
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