Jeff Krasno

The problem in modern society is the rattlesnake never leaves the path for so many people. So we're in this chronic state of agitation.

now on the path in laurel canyon above my house what happens after the rattlesnake looks at me and says i don't think jeff will be on the specials menu today right and he slithers back off into the tall grasses well i return to homeostasis right my heart rate and my respiratory rate decrease the aperture my attention opens back up i become more creative and i trust the world again

now on the path in laurel canyon above my house what happens after the rattlesnake looks at me and says i don't think jeff will be on the specials menu today right and he slithers back off into the tall grasses well i return to homeostasis right my heart rate and my respiratory rate decrease the aperture my attention opens back up i become more creative and i trust the world again

now on the path in laurel canyon above my house what happens after the rattlesnake looks at me and says i don't think jeff will be on the specials menu today right and he slithers back off into the tall grasses well i return to homeostasis right my heart rate and my respiratory rate decrease the aperture my attention opens back up i become more creative and i trust the world again

And that is a total natural response, right? I return to the middle. I return to homeostasis. The signature of modernity is that we never find the middle again. We never return to homeostasis. So when you're driving here and you're in traffic and you're looking around and you're seeing people are stressed out, that's because they're in a state of chronic stress.

And that is a total natural response, right? I return to the middle. I return to homeostasis. The signature of modernity is that we never find the middle again. We never return to homeostasis. So when you're driving here and you're in traffic and you're looking around and you're seeing people are stressed out, that's because they're in a state of chronic stress.

And that is a total natural response, right? I return to the middle. I return to homeostasis. The signature of modernity is that we never find the middle again. We never return to homeostasis. So when you're driving here and you're in traffic and you're looking around and you're seeing people are stressed out, that's because they're in a state of chronic stress.

And we know just like hormonally, for example, that chronic stress is going to lead to all sorts of different kinds of disease. So chronic stress, again, adaptively activates the liver, for example, to secrete glucose into the bloodstream. That is totally adaptive, but you don't want high levels of glucose in your bloodstream all of the time, right?

And we know just like hormonally, for example, that chronic stress is going to lead to all sorts of different kinds of disease. So chronic stress, again, adaptively activates the liver, for example, to secrete glucose into the bloodstream. That is totally adaptive, but you don't want high levels of glucose in your bloodstream all of the time, right?

And we know just like hormonally, for example, that chronic stress is going to lead to all sorts of different kinds of disease. So chronic stress, again, adaptively activates the liver, for example, to secrete glucose into the bloodstream. That is totally adaptive, but you don't want high levels of glucose in your bloodstream all of the time, right?

Because that leads to prediabetes and diabetes and insulin resistance. You don't want high levels of cortisol also because it degrades immune function. It actually lowers the production of certain kinds of innate immune cells like neutrophils and macrophages, et cetera. It also degrades gut function over time.

Because that leads to prediabetes and diabetes and insulin resistance. You don't want high levels of cortisol also because it degrades immune function. It actually lowers the production of certain kinds of innate immune cells like neutrophils and macrophages, et cetera. It also degrades gut function over time.

Because that leads to prediabetes and diabetes and insulin resistance. You don't want high levels of cortisol also because it degrades immune function. It actually lowers the production of certain kinds of innate immune cells like neutrophils and macrophages, et cetera. It also degrades gut function over time.

It creates dysbiosis and eventually intestinal permeability, which leads to chronic inflammation, et cetera. So this is the problem in the modern age is chronic stress. And I feel like I'm sort of a PR agent now for stress because stress doesn't have to be chronic. If you learn how to manage it, if you learn how to emotionally regulate, then in many cases, You can manage stress.

It creates dysbiosis and eventually intestinal permeability, which leads to chronic inflammation, et cetera. So this is the problem in the modern age is chronic stress. And I feel like I'm sort of a PR agent now for stress because stress doesn't have to be chronic. If you learn how to manage it, if you learn how to emotionally regulate, then in many cases, You can manage stress.

It creates dysbiosis and eventually intestinal permeability, which leads to chronic inflammation, et cetera. So this is the problem in the modern age is chronic stress. And I feel like I'm sort of a PR agent now for stress because stress doesn't have to be chronic. If you learn how to manage it, if you learn how to emotionally regulate, then in many cases, You can manage stress.

And in some cases, stress can actually be your friend and confer beneficial results.

And in some cases, stress can actually be your friend and confer beneficial results.

And in some cases, stress can actually be your friend and confer beneficial results.

Part of the research of this book was just intellectual curiosity, but the other part was really necessity. I was diagnosed with a chronic disease in 2019. And I was very, very overweight. I was 210 pounds. So I lost about 50 to 60 pounds with a lot of research and end of one experimentation, et cetera. So fasting and intermittent fasting was a big one for me.