Bryan Johnson
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So my body, for example, has barely levels of any detectable inflammation. It's almost entirely gone.
So my body, for example, has barely levels of any detectable inflammation. It's almost entirely gone.
Yeah. Do you know your inflammation level?
Yeah. Do you know your inflammation level?
Yeah. Okay. Interesting. Yeah. So you're looking probably at your HSCRP.
Yeah. Okay. Interesting. Yeah. So you're looking probably at your HSCRP.
Yeah. So yeah, it has to do with a diet, a lot sleep. Yeah. It's like, again, like back to the basics of life and then stress. Yeah. So it kind of always comes back to the basics.
Yeah. So yeah, it has to do with a diet, a lot sleep. Yeah. It's like, again, like back to the basics of life and then stress. Yeah. So it kind of always comes back to the basics.
Yeah. First is sleep. So sleep is a superpower to manage stress. I know that when I'm well rested, if a stressful event happens, I just kind of, I can brush it off. If I'm not well rested, it feels very painful and I react very strongly. So sleep is probably the most powerful thing to manage stress.
Yeah. First is sleep. So sleep is a superpower to manage stress. I know that when I'm well rested, if a stressful event happens, I just kind of, I can brush it off. If I'm not well rested, it feels very painful and I react very strongly. So sleep is probably the most powerful thing to manage stress.
Two is if you're exercising and feel well, it also lowers stress response. Then a balanced diet. The same thing.
Two is if you're exercising and feel well, it also lowers stress response. Then a balanced diet. The same thing.
You get those power laws in place. A lot of people, when they can't get those power laws in place, they want to take a pill. And so I realize that's how a lot of people think. I do want to urge people, get those habits in place. They are the most robust, highly performative things you can do.
You get those power laws in place. A lot of people, when they can't get those power laws in place, they want to take a pill. And so I realize that's how a lot of people think. I do want to urge people, get those habits in place. They are the most robust, highly performative things you can do.
It's cardio, weights, balance, and flexibility.
It's cardio, weights, balance, and flexibility.
Yeah.
Yeah.
like discipline if there was one word what word would you choose if there's one thing that you said is at the core of everything you've talked about today it's systems systems yeah so like if you design if you say like i go to bed at this time of day every single day you build your life around it if you say i work out in the morning right i wake up every day i never change it so the thing that most people do is they leave the decision to their willpower
like discipline if there was one word what word would you choose if there's one thing that you said is at the core of everything you've talked about today it's systems systems yeah so like if you design if you say like i go to bed at this time of day every single day you build your life around it if you say i work out in the morning right i wake up every day i never change it so the thing that most people do is they leave the decision to their willpower