Dave Asprey
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So you're feeling stressed, you're not feeling stressed.
People go to sleep, they get better heart rate variability.
And breath work helps.
Cold plunges, but not too many of them can help.
And most of the things that make us feel calm and relaxed, they're affecting your vagus nerve.
So if you have a hard time in your relationship and either one of you is anxious all the time,
put the Zen bud in and then chill out and then have the difficult conversation.
And you'll probably not yell at your partner nearly as much.
So it's surprising how almost everything like meditation, breath work, deep sleep, it all improves the function of your vagus nerve.
Oatmeal is the biggest scam on earth.
It is peasant food.
So back in the day when we had kings and dukes and people, they would have peasants.
And you feed the peasants the cheapest human kibble you can get because you don't care if they die.
They just need to have some babies and make sure that they raise the cows that you're going to eat.
So oatmeal raises your blood sugar more than eating white sugar, more than Ben and Jerry's.
And it doesn't have any protein in it.
And it has the kind of fiber that sucks minerals out of your body.
And it's usually contaminated with glyphosate.
Dude, have some donuts.
Seriously, if you're going to screw up your thing, at least make it taste good.