The Dylan Gemelli Podcast
Episode #79 My 2026 Longevity Protocol: The practices and products I implement and recommend to build a longer and HEALTHIER life!
10 Jan 2026
Chapter 1: What practices can enhance longevity and health?
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Check the description below to save $90 with my special discount. Take control over your health today with Apollo Neuro. All right, everybody, welcome back to the Dylan Gemelli podcast. So I have a topic of discussion today that I'm extremely excited about. I've been wanting to talk about, and this is the perfect time to do it. It's my 2026 protocol for longevity.
So what I'm gonna do here is I'm gonna talk to you about the practices that I believe are gonna be helpful to obtain longevity. We're gonna get into different things that I'm doing in terms of my everyday routines, rituals, things that I feel are going to enhance your quality of life. build upon them that have to do with nature and getting outside, working out types of things.
I'm going to talk about my number one health device out there that I think is an essential part of really, really focusing on the mind part of the mind-body connection, which you know is My focus on what I'm going to be talking about on this particular video and in general for the duration, because that is how we do obtain full health alignment.
And then I'm going to get into some supplements that I personally take that I feel are of the utmost importance to aid in our health and wellness journey in the coming year. I'm not going to get into your essential, essential like electrolytes and vitamins and things of that nature. That's a totally different topic that I will get into.
These are the added ingredients that I think are going to actually help us achieve that long-term health and potential. And I'm not going to sit here and try to pitch people and sell people 75,000 different products. That's not who I am or what I do. I've been in this industry for 15 to 20 years and I have seen it all.
And I know, one, how disheartening it is to see the many bad products that make a lot of promises that are tricky marketing. And two, the amount of influencers that will try to promote 20, 30, 40 different products that they really don't even use. I there are some out there that use 100 different things, but that's not a healthy way to be teaching people to do things either.
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Chapter 2: How important is the mind-body connection for health?
When things are too late, they're too late. But you can always be early on things. It doesn't hurt you to take blood tests and do those things, but I'll tell you what, it will benefit you in a multitude of ways.
There's a lot of things I regret personally, and one of those things is not taking that serious enough and not falling into that trap of, oh, you're young enough, you don't need to worry about that. That's bullshit. Sorry, but I was going to catch myself, but it is, it's bullshit. You always should stay ahead of the curve and ahead of the game and stay on top of things.
And so I would highly recommend doing things like that. Don't always rely on just a regular doctor to tell you these things. I'm not trying to diss doctors in any way, shape or form. That's not what I do.
Chapter 3: What supplements are essential for longevity?
But I am telling you that the only people that's going to truly take care of you is yourself. So you have to be proactive. If something seems off, ask questions, go to somebody else, do some digging, do some research and try to find people that can help you because they're out there. They are. Just never be too reliant on anything except for yourself.
And like for me, I'm reliant on God, but be reliant to take care of yourself. It's very, very important. And if you don't feel comfortable with medications or things of that nature, ask questions, look for alternatives. Don't just feel like you have to do something because it's your life. There's always options, and that's the beauty of being alive and having free will. So just remember that.
Make good, strong decisions and sound decisions. Now, let me talk about your vagus nerve and the mind. So I do a couple things to address the mind here. One is with the Apollo Neuro Wearable. I've spoken on this multitudes of times. If you want to have your trackers, your devices, you know, I love the Aura Ring. I loved the Apple Watch. It gave me problems personally.
And that's a totally different story. But with tattoos and everything and having to wear it so tight to get it to read, I love data. I'm a data guy. Anybody that knows me knows that, and those are all pertinent. But the number one device that I could recommend the most is the Apollo Neuro, and I'll tell you why. What it does...
is sends pulses through your body to stimulate your vagus nerve now i'm not going to give a big vagus nerve lecture i've got tons of work with dr dave rabin the inventor of the apollo neural and he's the experts not myself i i'm an expert simply by who i hang out with because they're experts and i learn from them but he he's taught me so much and he's absolutely brilliant so i do have a little bit of background here
The vagus nerve is so crucial and important to our overall health. And I've talked about this in brief, but it has such a control on things and such a wide range of things that it works on. It's a critical component of the nervous system. It's got a large effect on both our physical and our mental health, hence the mind-body connection.
Its role in regulating heart rate, digestion, inflammation, and mood makes it so important in maintaining overall well-being. The Apollo Neuro is my key to stimulating my vagus nerve and keeping it functioning properly to allow me to be at my best every day. Most people have overactive parasympathetic nervous systems, or at least a lot of people. And we have to keep those balanced.
Otherwise, you're in a constant fight and flight mode. You're always kind of, it's like a stressful, stressful situation at all times. You need to balance between your parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system. And so that's what the Apollo Neuro is helpful in doing.
Otherwise, you're going to have a dysregulated state, possibly slow heart rate, low blood pressure, fatigue, digestive issues, dizziness, things like that, just feeling off or low energy. That's when you have an overactive parasympathetic nervous system. Now, what we want to do is slow things down, balance things out. If you've suffered from traumas, some medications can cause this.
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Chapter 4: How does spirituality influence health and wellness?
That's giving power to our most important organs, our heart, our brain, muscles. But you got to remember, it extends to regulating cell death, storing calcium, influencing immune responses and signaling. So their dysfunction is central to so many diseases, including neurodegenerative, metabolic, and inflammatory conditions. So think about this.
Primary role is converting food into ATP, which is the energy currency used for nearly all cellular activities. They also do cellular signaling. So they act as crucial signaling hubs, which influence cell communication growth and stress responses. And I could go on and on and on. Listen to my interview with Jen Scheinman.
I'll be interviewing Anurag Singh this year too, who's an absolute expert on this. But mitochondria health, which has become amazingly popular right now, is of the utmost importance and there is nothing better. And I stand by that a million percent on the market than timelines might appear. So I use that daily. That is the top, top, top, top of my staple of supplements that I use and recommend.
And I'm not going to get into creatine, but that that's one that is also of the utmost importance as well. So keep in mind, creatine would be at the top of this list, along with might appear urolithin A. But I want to get into some more intricate few supplements here that I use because there's only a few.
I've also been discussing and talking about, this is my 2026 breakout products and company of the year. It's called Tonem. They have two products. One is called Neuro and one is called Modus.
Now, Neuro for me is the one that I particularly use because I don't necessarily need the weight loss aspect right now, but I get the weight loss benefits from Neuro because it's very similar to the Modus makeup. But neuro has extra added ingredients to it for me, which is the cognitive performance enhancement.
And that's the supplement that I use for my cognitive performance, along with the Apollo Neuro for that true vagus nerve stimulation. So some of the ingredients here, all natural, 10 years of study at Duke University. They have spent millions and millions of dollars. I spent hours on end with them learning about the supplement and learning what it actually does.
Now, one of the big ingredients in here is nicotinamide, and that's a key precursor to NAD, which I'm going to be getting into right after this. NAD is critical for cellular energy metabolism and neuronal repair.
In some preclinical and early phase human studies, this product has shown potential for slowing cognitive decline and supporting DNA repair mechanisms that are relevant to age related diseases. And the founder of this product designed this because of issues with Alzheimer's in his family. The reasoning and purpose behind this is one of the things that really drew me to it.
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