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You may have heard the term “biohacking” mentioned more in the news and media lately. It seems like it’s the new catch-word of the year. But, what does it mean? What are people talking about? Well, here’s a brief definition.
Biohacking in mainstream society is defined as “hacking” your body’s cellular systems. Wait. What? Yes. Hacking, like in computer hacking, where the hacker messes about with the coding of a computer or system of computers, to make it do something different. In Biohacking, you are causing your body’s systems, at the cell level, to behave differently using nutrients, environment, action, or your mind.
The first biohacker I read about was @timferriss. Only it would be years before I heard the term biohacker. Tim Ferriss’s book, “The Four Hour Body”, 2010, was all about biohacking. I thought he made sense. Here was this intelligent guy who tested all of these theories about losing weight, gaining muscle, running faster and longer distances, having better sex, and many other very specific biohacks. I told many people about his book and instead of biohacker, I described him as his own guinea pig.
One topic Tim tested, very extensively, was blood sugar level. As someone who has insulin resistance, I took special interest in those parts of his book. I took what he studied and changed a few key things in my life and within 3 months, I lost 15 pounds of stubborn fat I had been trying to get rid of, lowered my cholesterol to normal and stopped taking a cholesterol-lowering drug (high cholesterol is common with insulin resistance), got much stronger, and had much more energy every day. I did not change my workouts.
There are others: @dave.asprey, @dominic.dagostine, @drjackkruse, @peterattiamd, Abel James (@fatburningman), Dr Rhonda Patrick (@foundmyfitness) , and many more. Check out my new blog post & older posts at SimplyFitness.blog.
