with Guest: Ben Greenfield
As someone who has spent his entire life helping people optimize their bodies, author and biohacker Ben Greenfield blends his knowledge of food science with truly unique concoctions to create tasty meats, snacks, and drinks meant to nourish your mind, body, and spirit in incredibly unique ways. Each recipe adheres to the underlying theme of Ben’s book Boundless Upgrade Your Brain, Optimize Your Body & Defy Aging—giving you access to all the natural energy you want at your beck and call all day long.
Within the pages of the Boundless Cookbook, Ben has created an experience that will allow you to transform your cooking in an entirely new way by unlocking powerful nutrients and flavor combinations that incorporate a thrilling mash-up of ancient wisdom and modern science.
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Show Notes:
Boundless Cookbook: "a mash-up of ancient wisdom and modern science"
[4:30] Ben’s activity protocol
[8:30] Why another cookbook?
- It was a method to curate both the recipes and ideas to improve food that Ben has put out over the years.
[12:35] Approaching the diet based on your goal.
- Sometimes eating should just be set up to matches up with your genome.
- The body seems to be able to adapt to different diets based on the climate of the area that it is in.
[17:15] Is Ben a fan of the carnivore diet?
- Soft tissue should be included in order to get a better glycine: methionine ratio.
- There are actually some carnivore recipes in Ben’s cookbook.
[29:45]Where does Ben stand on raw, unpasteurized milk?
[35:50] Some of Ben’s favorite dishes in the cookbook.
- Pesto: there are a myriad of spices, herbs, and wild plants that can be combined with it.
- Coffee rub using dried coffee grounds: a bonus in this concept is the antioxidants that help to prevent the formation of AGE’s on the meat from cooking.
- Healthy baked donut variations
