Dr. Andy Galpin

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They have an amazing 28 grams of protein, only 150 calories and zero grams of sugar. That's right, 28 grams of protein and 75% of its calories come from that protein. This is 50% higher than the next closest protein bar. Honestly, it's the best tasting protein bar I've had by a mile.

While I often talk about the importance of getting one gram of protein per pound of body weight for things like muscle health and recovery and the promotion of lean body mass and satiety, the reality is that for most people, getting that one gram of protein per pound of body weight is really challenging. However, David makes that easy.

While I often talk about the importance of getting one gram of protein per pound of body weight for things like muscle health and recovery and the promotion of lean body mass and satiety, the reality is that for most people, getting that one gram of protein per pound of body weight is really challenging. However, David makes that easy.

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Their bars taste incredible and are each packed with 28 grams of protein. I eat one almost every day and always have two or three in my backpack when I'm traveling, like literally always. It probably sounds funny, but I eat them as dessert all the time. When you try them, you'll know exactly what I mean.

The macronutrients, one more time, are 28 grams of protein, 150 calories, and zero grams of sugar. If you're interested in trying these bars for yourself, you can go to davidprotein.com slash perform. Again, that's davidprotein.com slash perform. So to start us off, let's remember the ultimate goal. We would like, number one, that system to be operating independent of us.

The macronutrients, one more time, are 28 grams of protein, 150 calories, and zero grams of sugar. If you're interested in trying these bars for yourself, you can go to davidprotein.com slash perform. Again, that's davidprotein.com slash perform. So to start us off, let's remember the ultimate goal. We would like, number one, that system to be operating independent of us.

We want it to be that software that's running. And then two, we want to have some active control over it when we'd like, but we don't want to be spending our entire day mitigating and managing what's going on in our nervous system. So that goal is important because it lays the foundation of what we're trying to do. And so really you can bucket control of the system into two main areas.

We want it to be that software that's running. And then two, we want to have some active control over it when we'd like, but we don't want to be spending our entire day mitigating and managing what's going on in our nervous system. So that goal is important because it lays the foundation of what we're trying to do. And so really you can bucket control of the system into two main areas.

Number one is what we simply call READ. You need to be able to read your current state. You can use this with technology. So you can buy something or use something that tells you what's happening in your own internal physiology. Or you can learn what's called interoception or interoception, which means you can feel it yourself. Now, some people are really good at that.

Number one is what we simply call READ. You need to be able to read your current state. You can use this with technology. So you can buy something or use something that tells you what's happening in your own internal physiology. Or you can learn what's called interoception or interoception, which means you can feel it yourself. Now, some people are really good at that.

Some people are completely terrible at it. But either way, we've got to figure out where you currently are. The second then step is to regulate. So know where I'm at, number one. Number two, move it. And when I say regulate, I'm going to break today's discussion up into two parts, what I call acute, things that move it right now. So you're feeling flustered right now.

Some people are completely terrible at it. But either way, we've got to figure out where you currently are. The second then step is to regulate. So know where I'm at, number one. Number two, move it. And when I say regulate, I'm going to break today's discussion up into two parts, what I call acute, things that move it right now. So you're feeling flustered right now.

What can you do about it in this second? Are you feeling tired right now? You're losing focus right now. What are tips and tricks we can do that'll instantly change my state? And then the chronic ones are ones I refer to of what are going to move the baseline permanently.

What can you do about it in this second? Are you feeling tired right now? You're losing focus right now. What are tips and tricks we can do that'll instantly change my state? And then the chronic ones are ones I refer to of what are going to move the baseline permanently.

Where we get confusion or oftentimes people that have tried things like this, where they've maybe been disappointed in the past is they're using things that are an acute stimuli and hoping it makes a chronic or permanent change. I'm really hopeful by the end of today's talk that you'll understand the difference and you can use the ones in the right form and fashion appropriately.

Where we get confusion or oftentimes people that have tried things like this, where they've maybe been disappointed in the past is they're using things that are an acute stimuli and hoping it makes a chronic or permanent change. I'm really hopeful by the end of today's talk that you'll understand the difference and you can use the ones in the right form and fashion appropriately.

But that's what we're after. In either case, what we're really trying to do is make sure that we're widening the range of our sympathetic and parasympathetic experience rather than sensitizing it. What do I mean by that? It's not about just reducing stress. It's not about just down-regulating. It's the opposite. In fact, maybe not the opposite, but it is complementary.