Gary Brecka

Before you freak out and read that it has 21 grams of sugar, which it does, the sugar is coming from natural cane sugar and honey, my preferred mechanisms for getting glucose into the blood during intense exercise.

It also has natural flavors, but these natural flavors don't come from bacterial fermentation.

They actually come from real citrus fruits, and the color is from vegetable juice, not artificial dyes.

So next time you're looking for a great hydration drink and you're exercising intensely, A-Game is your choice.

Now let's get back to the Ultimate Human Podcast.

I want to get back into the relationship thing, but when you talk about the research on longevity, cardiovascular disease, first of all, I completely agree with you.

If you look at big meta-analyses and blue zone data, real longevity data, there is a common thread that is a non-negotiable in all of these blue zones and the big meta-analyses.

And that is this sense of community and connection.

And, but I don't think we really define that.

Yeah.

Right.

And, you know, one of the longest running studies ever done in longevity, the Harvard longevity study, it said the number one predictor of lifespan is

was the quality of your relationships.

Yeah.

And yet you're right.

We don't spend a lot of time talking about it.

And I think a lot of it is because, and this is a question for you, we don't really know how to define connection.

Yeah.

Like what is it really...

What does it really mean?