Summary: Todays episode is all about holistic health and performance optimization. I’m speaking with one of the authors of the biohacking handbook, Dr Olli Sovijärvi who is one of the pioneers of holistic medicine in Finland. During his career in medicine Dr Sovijärvi worked in primary care, emergency care, and since 2013 at a private clinic that specializes in nutrition and holistic health care. His primary focus now is preventive health and wellbeing. He also teaches on the topics of biohacking, performance optimization, nutrition and gut health. On this episode you will hear: How the Biohacking handbook was created and how the authors determined what to include in it... The difference between anecdotal evidence and quantifiable evidence and why both have value... The importance of esoteric health topics... How you can be your own health advocate by building your personal evidence base... How to determine the credibility of new health innovations that haven’t been heavily researched... The fundamental biohacks that everyone should practice... Why mitochondria are the key to becoming a high performance human and for treating diseases like MS and autoimmunity... Why lifting weights is good for your brain... How REM and deep sleep affect your health... The most effective ways to biohack more REM and deep sleep... The benefits of full body vibration... The best biohacks to activate the parasympathetic nervous system and get into a relaxed state... The most cost effective biohacks... The best free biohacks that anyone can do... The morning elixir recipe that will give you superpowers... The best fat coffee recipe for sustained energy, balanced blood sugar and brain support... Why you shouldn’t take the advice of influencers... And the biohacking even that you can’t miss! Resources: Connect with Olli: https://instagram.com/ollisovijarvi Get a copy of the handbook: https://biohackingbook.com Attend the Biohacker’s Summit: https://biohackersummit.com Deep sleep article: https://bengreenfieldfitness.com/article/sleep-articles/increase-deep-sleep/ Connect with Kayla: Instagram: https://instagram.com/biocurious_kayla Women’s Biohacking Collective: https://www.thewbcollective.com BioCurious Website: https://www.biocuriouskayla.com --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/biocurious/message
