Summary: Summary: Welcome to The Hacked Mind show! This week, I interview Madelyn Moon who is a health coach and blogger at Moon Fitness.net. Trying to win a NPC Competition, Madelyn embarked upon an even more radical diet and fitness plan than she had ever done before. Biohacking to this level created physical and psychological problems that Madelyn recognized and fixed. This episode is a warning against this type of extreme biohacking. This episode we will cover: 1. NPC Competition lifestyle: diet + fitness 2. Taking biohacking too far 3. Psychological impacts of over-optimizing 4. Recovering from the lifestyle 5. Intuitive eating Click here to download the mp3 file By the way, you can enter your best email address in the panel on the side or below and get a FREE ebook Brain Hacking 101: 12 Tangible Ways to Correct Your Neurotransmitter and Hormonal Balance Now. Discussion Topics [3:10] NPC Competition Lifestyle [5:50] Extreme caloric deficit [7:30] Meal plan for extreme body fat loss/muscle gain [9:15] Cooking for the entire month [10:45] Exercise regimen for competition [12:00] When she realized she was taking things too far [12:30] Frailty due to improper nutrients [13:00] Psychological impacts of lifestyle [14:45] More physical damage [16:50] Body by Science and long-term wellbeing [17:25] Cognitive decline with caloric deficit / HIIT [18:37] Doing "reverse dieting" to recover [21:06] Integrating a Paleo-style into the new diet [21:00] Different types of Paleo; high carb, high fat, intuitive eating [22:33] Allergy to sweet potatoes [23:00] Anxiety resolved with food [25:55] Intuitive eating [28:55] Eggs producing serotonin in the morning [29:59] Advice to clients about over optimization External Mentions MoonFitness.net Body by Science book Body by Science website Thank You Thank you for listening and supporting The Hacked Mind show! Please consider leaving a review on iTunes if you liked what you heard. Also, you can get my free ebook just by entering your email address on the right of your screen or below this post. Once again, thanks for listening and see you next week!
