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[NARRATOR] "BEYOND FOOD" IS A DOCUMENTARY

ON TAKING OUR HEALTH AND ENERGY IN OUR OWN HANDS.

THE PREVIOUS DOCUMENTARIES YOU'VE SEEN ON FOOD

HAVE EXPOSED IMPORTANT REALITIES.

THEY'VE BEEN INFORMATIVE,

WE HAVE LEARNED A LOT,

AND WE'RE GRATEFUL WE SAW THEM.

HOWEVER, WE WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN ALTERNATIVE

TO THE FEAR-BASED INFORMATION OUT THERE.

WE'VE HEARD THINGS LIKE,

"MEAT'S GOING TO GIVE YOU CANCER.

SUGAR IS GOING TO KILL YOU.

JUICING IS THE SOLUTION. YOU MUST CLEANSE."

A FAIR AMOUNT OF TRUTH IN THOSE WORDS,

YET WE KNEW THERE HAD TO BE PEOPLE OUT THERE

WHO ARE EATING DELICIOUS FOOD,

LIVING WITH JOY, AWARENESS, AND PURPOSE,

WHILE CULTIVATING AN ABUNDANT RELATIONSHIP WITH FOOD,

WITH THEIR BODY, AND THEIR MINDS.

WE MADE IT OUR MISSION TO FIND THEM

AND SHARE THEIR KNOWLEDGE WITH YOU

BECAUSE THIS JOURNEY CHANGED OUR LIVES.

BIO-HACKERS, RAW FOODIES,

PALEO WILD CAVEMEN AND WOMEN,

FORAGERS, RANCHERS, NEUROSCIENTISTS,

DOCTORS, AND EXPLORERS ALL OVER THE U.S.

THIS IS BOTH THEIR STORY AND YOUR STORY,

AND THIS IS ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO

FOR YOUR BODY, FOR YOUR MIND, AND FOR YOUR LIFE.

YOU HAVE 100% FREE AGENCY ON EVERY FOOD SUBSTANCE

THAT GOES INTO YOUR MOUTH AND GOES INTO YOUR BODY.

IT IS YOUR DECISION.

IT'S ABOUT WILD FOODS.

IT'S A SILENT MACHINE

THAT RUNS ON AIR AND WATER,

SUNLIGHT, SOME FOOD.

A WHOLE-FOOD, PLANT-BASED DIET...

JUST THREE WORDS-- EAT MORE FAT.

WELL, WHY DO 99% OF PEOPLE NOT KNOW THIS STUFF?

WHY IS THERE SO MUCH MISINFORMATION OUT THERE?

CREATED COMPLEXITY OUT OF WHERE WE NEVER NEEDED IT.

UH, WE NEED IT TO STAY SIMPLE.

WE HAVE TO CONCENTRATE ALL OF OUR NEEDS

AND MAKE FOOD THAT WILL ACTUALLY FULFILL THEM ALL.

EVEN THE EMOTIONAL NEEDS, 'CAUSE WE OFTEN EAT EMOTION.

IF YOU ALWAYS FEEL LIKE THIS, THAT'S ALL YOU KNOW.

BUT AT SOME POINT, IF ONE DAY YOU FEEL LIKE THIS,

YOU REALIZE THIS IS YOUR POTENTIAL,

AND THEN YOU CAN START MAKING INCREMENTAL CHANGES.

IN SEVEN LONG DAYS, 12 TO 14-HOUR DAYS,

YOU CAN MAKE AS MUCH PROGRESS

IN MIND CONTROL, BRAIN TRAINING,

AS IF YOU DID ZEN FOR BETWEEN 21 AND 40 YEARS.

I DON'T SEE HUMANS REALLY AS WANTING TO IMPROVE.

I SEE HUMANS AS WANTING TO IMPROVE WHEN THERE'S A PROBLEM.

THIS IS MERINGA ALIFERA,

WHICH IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE GREATEST SUPER FOODS

I'VE EVER FOUND.

WE'RE ONE OF THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS

IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD

THAT REALLY IS-- FEARS THE SUN,

AND YET WE SHOULD BE EMBRACING THE SUN.

WITHOUT THE SUN, THERE IS NO LIFE.

EVERYBODY HAS THE ANSWERS FOR THEMSELVES.

EVERYBODY DOES.

WE ALL HAVE THEM, BUT WE'VE FORGOTTEN.

AND THIS COMES DOWN TO IS IT FAIR TO BIO-HACK?

ARE YOU CHEATING?

I STARTED PUTTING ON, YOU KNOW,

LOADS OF MUSCLE AND LOSING FAT

KIND OF AT MY WHIM, WHENEVER I WANTED TO.

YES, I'M CHEATING.

FOR ME, "ONE STEP AT A TIME"

MEANT LISTENING TO MY BODY POLICE.

AND IF MY BODY FELT BAD AFTER EATING SOMETHING,

THEN I STARTED TRYING TO EXPERIMENT

AND SEEING IF I COULD REPRODUCE THAT FEELING

WITH THE SAME FOOD,

AND IF I COULD REPRODUCE IT AT LEAST THREE TIMES,

THEN I'D SAY, "OKAY, WELL,

I NEED TO ELIMINATE THIS FROM MY DIET."

THINK ABOUT THE FOODS THAT YOU'RE EATING

BEFORE YOU PUT THEM IN YOUR MOUTH.

WHATEVER I CHOOSE TO DO IN MY LIFE, I CAN DO IT.

I JUST GOTTA PUT MY MIND TO IT

AND DO NOT LET MYSELF GET IN MY OWN WAY.

THE TEACHER APPROACHED THE MOTHER AND SAID,

"I WANT YOUR SON TO BE CHECKED FOR A.D.D."

SHE DID NOT WANT TO PUT HIM ON ANY MEDICATION.

WITHIN EIGHT SESSIONS,

THE TEACHER SAID, "YOUR SON'S BEEN DOING

SO MUCH BETTER AT SCHOOL. HE'S FOCUSING BETTER."

THIS IS HOW I DO THE DESIGNER BRAIN SERIES

WHERE, YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT EACH OF THE NEUROTRANSMITTERS THAT'S INVOLVED

AND HOW WELL I'M THINKING, HOW WELL I'M BEHAVING,

HOW WELL I'M SLEEPING,

AND I STUDY BY RAISING EACH ONE OF THEM IN TURN.

HOW DOES THAT AFFECT HOW I FEEL?

YOU'RE REALLY BETTER OFF

IF YOU DON'T TRY AND DO EVERY CHANGE CONSCIOUSLY.

BECAUSE YOUR CONSCIOUS MIND IS VERY SLOW,

AND IT'S EASY TO GET CONFUSED BY, YOU KNOW,

THE LABRADOR-MAMMALIAN BRAIN IN YOUR HEAD.

IF INSTEAD YOU TRAIN THE BRAIN DIRECTLY,

YOU TRAIN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM DIRECTLY,

PROFOUND THINGS HAPPEN MUCH MORE QUICKLY.

INCLUDING WEIGHT LOSS AND LACK OF--

AND LESS STRESS AND BETTER SLEEP.

IT ALL JUST COMES TOGETHER.

IT'S, LIKE, "LISTEN, JUST MAKE LITTLE CHANGES."

AND WHAT HAPPENS IS, TRULY,

AS YOU MAKE LITTLE CHANGES AND SEE IMPROVEMENTS

AND HAVE MORE ENERGY AND FEEL BETTER,

OH, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE MORE TIME

AND YOU FIGURE OUT WAYS TO MAKE MORE CHANGES.

[NARRATOR] BIOHACKING IS THE ART OF UNDERSTANDING

AND CONTROLLING THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

TO LOWER YOUR STRESS LEVELS WHILE UPGRADING YOUR ENERGY,

MENTAL FOCUS, AND OVERALL BIOLOGY.

ONE OF THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAYS

OF THINKING ABOUT BIOHACKING

IS THAT WE'RE CREATING BIO FEEDBACK LOOPS.

WE'RE ALLOWING THE BRAIN TO TALK TO US.

YOUR BRAIN DESPERATELY WANTS TO IMPROVE ITS FUNCTION

EVEN IF YOU DON'T REALLY WANT IT TO CONSCIOUSLY.

IT STILL WILL DO THAT AUTOMATICALLY,

'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THE BRAIN DOES.

WHAT WE'RE TRYING WITH BIOHACKING

IS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND THE MOLECULAR PROCESSES

OF OUR OWN BIOLOGY AND MAKE OURSELVES BETTER.

WELL, ASTRONAUTS GO ON EXPLORATION ADVENTURES IN OUTER SPACE.

BIO CYBERNAUTS GO ON EXPLORATION ADVENTURES

IN INNER SPACE, INTO THEIR OWN MINDS.

THE PROBLEM IS THE BRAIN CAN SEE THE WHOLE WORLD AROUND US.

IT CAN SMELL AND SENSE.

IT HAS NO NERVES POINTING INSIDE IT,

EXCEPT A NERVE HOOKED UP TO YOUR BACK TEETH

THAT ISN'T THAT USEFUL.

OTHER THAN THAT, THE BRAIN IS BLIND TO ITSELF,

SO AS SOON AS IT GETS THESE SOUNDS,

IT GOES, "WAIT, THOSE SOUNDS ARE ME."

AND IT STARTS OPTIMIZING.

IT REALIZES, "OH, THIS PART OF ME IS TURNED OFF.

THIS PART'S OVERACTIVE."

AND IT CHANGES ITS LEVELS

WITHOUT YOU HAVING TO DO ANYTHING.

SO NEURO FEEDBACK

CAN TAKE PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIFETIMES OF TRAUMA,

LIKE PEOPLE WHO'VE-- LITERALLY BORN IN ABUSIVE FAMILIES

OR PEOPLE WHO'RE BORN IN WAR-TORN AREAS

WHO WERE TRAUMATIZED AS CHILDREN OR IN TERRIBLE ACCIDENTS

WHO ARE LITERALLY WALKING AROUND LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME,

NOT AS REALLY FULLY-FUNCTIONING HUMANS,

AND IN REALLY SHORT AMOUNTS OF TIME

CAN TURN THEM INTO PEOPLE WHO ARE RELAXED,

CENTERED, FUNCTIONING, AND HAPPY.

IT IS AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN DO.

EVEN IF YOU'RE A PERFECTLY HEALTHY,

HIGH-FUNCTIONING PRO ATHLETE, YOU STILL IMPROVE.

WE'RE ALLOWING THE BRAIN TO TALK TO US.

WE'RE ALLOWING THE HEART TO TALK TO US.

WE'RE ALLOWING THE URINE pH TO TALK TO US.

SO THAT AS WE SEE CHANGES

THAT ARE TAKING PLACE IN REAL TIME,

WE'RE ABLE TO CONNECT THEM TO SOMETHING THAT MATTERS.

WHEN YOUR BRAIN MAKES THE DESIRED BRAIN ACTIVITY,

A TONE COMES ON.

WHEN THE DESIRED ACTIVITY BECOMES BIGGER,

THE TONE BECOMES LOUDER.

AND, NOW, THE BRAIN WAVES FLUCTUATE VERY RAPIDLY,

AND, UM, THE FEEDBACK

CHANGES THE VOLUME OF THE TONE

THAT'S TRACKING THE CHANGES IN THE BRAIN WAVES

50 TIMES A SECOND.

SO EVEN IN THE ALPHA-ONE TRAINING

WHERE YOU'RE GETTING FEEDBACK ON FOUR SIDES,

YOU'RE GETTING 200 OPPORTUNITIES PER SECOND

FOR YOUR BRAIN TO LEARN,

AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS

THAT THE LEARNING IS SO FAST.

MEDICINE DOESN'T REALLY PAY ANY ATTENTION

TO THIS KIND OF THING.

I FOUND CORRELATIONS BETWEEN pH AND HYDRATION

THAT IS NOT EVEN DESCRIBED IN THE LITERATURE.

SO WE'RE NOW AT THIS BRAVE NEW WORLD

WHERE ALL OF THIS SUBTLE INFORMATION

THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY JUST BE IGNORING

IS BECOMING AVAILABLE.

THE CORE OF BIOHACKING

IS HOW DO I TURN OFF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM STRESS

THAT ISN'T SERVING ME?

HOW DO I ACTUALLY GO OUT THERE AND THRIVE?

IT TURNS OUT, SOME OF THE WAYS OF DOING THAT

ARE RIDICULOUSLY SIMPLE.

LIKE EAT MORE FAT, EAT LESS TOXINS.

TAKE DEEP BREATHS.

THINGS YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD BEFORE, RIGHT?

BUT HAVING THE DATA AND THEN KNOWING

THAT IF YOU DO THESE RIGHT

YOU CAN PASS THAT ON TO YOUR CHILDREN

AND TO YOUR CHILDREN?

THAT'S GROUND-BREAKING,

AND THAT'S WHY WE WROTE THIS BOOK

TO SAY THAT THERE'S WHAT WE CALL

THE FOUR HORSEMEN OF EPIGENETICS.

THESE ARE THE FOUR THINGS THAT CONTROL, REALLY,

THE GENETIC EXPRESSION FOR YOUR CHILD.

WILL IT BE IN EXPANSION MODE WHEN IT'S BORN,

OR WILL IT BE IN SORT OF PROTECTION MODE?

WHAT WE HAVE THERE IS MACRO NUTRIENTS,

WHICH IS BASICALLY--

DID YOU GET THE RIGHT AMOUNT

OF THE RIGHT KINDS OF FAT AND PROTEIN

AND A LITTLE BIT OF CARBOHYDRATE-- NOT TOO MUCH.

ETCETERA, ETCETERA.

WE HAVE MICRO NUTRIENTS, WHICH IS A REAL IMPORTANT THING.

YOU DON'T GET ENOUGH OF THE METHYLATING VITAMINS

LIKE FOLINIC ACID.

TURNS OUT NOT FOLIC ACID,

FOLINIC ACID'S MUCH BETTER.

YOU GET THAT RIGHT, OKAY,

ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'VE GOT THAT CHECKED OFF.

THEN YOU LOOK AT ANTI-NUTRIENTS,

THESE TOXINS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

IF YOU GET THOSE OUT OF THE WAY,

YOU'RE GOOD, AND THE FINAL STEP

IS YOU TEACH THE MOTHER TO CONTROL MATERNAL STRESS.

AS SOON AS YOU GET PREGNANT, YOU START FEELING STRESS,

BECAUSE YOU'RE WORRIED.

IF YOU CAN TURN THAT OFF USING BIO HACKING TECHNIQUES

WHICH WE WRITE ABOUT IN THE BOOK,

ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE FOUR BIG THINGS

THAT SEND A SIGNAL TO YOUR BABY

THAT SAYS THE WORLD IS UNSAFE

AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FOOD

AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE A NICE LIFE,

YOU TURN THOSE OFF,

THE GENETIC EXPRESSION

BEGINNING AT THE VERY BEGINNING OF LIFE

TURNS INTO A BABY WHO COMES OUT GOING,

"WOW, THIS IS AN AWESOME PLACE.

I'VE GOT EVERYTHING I NEED. I'M SAFE.

LIKE, WHAT DO I DO TO BASICALLY ROCK MY WHOLE LIFE?"

MOST OF THE TIME WE RUN INTO THIS SORT OF SITUATION

WHERE PEOPLE SAY, "I WANT TO EAT PROTEIN."

OKAY, GREAT. HERE'S A BOWL OF SPIDER VENOM,

AND HERE'S A BOWL OF EGGS.

THEY'RE BOTH 100% PROTEIN."

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE SAYING,

"I THINK I'LL EAT THE EGGS," RIGHT?

WELL, HERE'S THE DEAL.

IF YOU JUST THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH PROTEIN AND FAT,

YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY SAYING SPIDER VENOM AND EGGS ARE THE SAME THING,

AND THEY'RE NOT.

SO IN THE BULLETPROOF DIET,

WE RANK PROTEINS BY HOW INFLAMMATORY ARE THEY

AND HOW MUCH NUTRITION DO THEY HAVE

AND HOW MUCH CAN YOU ABSORB THEM?

SO WE LOOK AT MACRO NUTRIENTS--

YOU KNOW, THE PROTEIN AND FAT AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE LOOK AT ANTI NUTRIENTS,

WHICH ARE THE THINGS THAT BLOCK YOUR ABILITY

TO ABSORB THE GOOD STUFF IN THE FOOD,

AND THEN WE LOOK AT MICRO NUTRIENTS,

AND THIS IS WHERE MOST DIETS GO,

"OH, THERE'S A LOT OF 'B' VITAMIN IN THAT."

WELL, IF THERE'S ANTI NUTRIENTS AND "B" VITAMIN,

IT DOESN'T MATTER. DON'T EAT POISON.

AND UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF FOOD

HAS POISON THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT.

AND THE FINAL THING THAT WE LOOK AT

AS BIOHACKERS ON THE BULLET PROOF DIET

IS MEAL TIMING.

IT TURNS OUT THAT IF YOU EAT

THE RIGHT STUFF AT THE RIGHT TIME,

YOU CAN DO THINGS LIKE I DID.

I ATE 4,000 CALORIES A DAY FOR TWO YEARS STRAIGHT.

I SLEPT FIVE HOURS OR LESS PER NIGHT,

AND I STOPPED WORKING OUT,

AND I ACTUALLY GREW A SIX PACK.

I PUT PICTURES OF IT ON MY BLOG.

SO HOW WAS I ABLE TO MAINTAIN MUSCLE MASS AND ALL THAT?

WELL, I USED COFFEE,

WHICH ACTUALLY HAS SOME MUSCLE-STIMULATING PROPERTIES,

AND I ATE A VERY, VERY HIGH-FAT DIET.

AND THE DIET THAT PRODUCES THE BEST FERTILITY,

THE ONE THAT PRODUCES THE BEST COGNITIVE FUNCTION

AND THE BEST HORMONAL RESPONSE IN MEN AND WOMEN

IS ABOUT 70% OF CALORIES FROM HEALTHY FATS

AND HALF OF THAT FROM SATURATED FAT.

COCONUT OIL, BUTTER, ANIMAL FAT, BACON,

ALL OF THAT STUFF, WHEN YOU EAT THAT,

IT TURNS ON PARTS OF YOUR BRAIN

THAT YOU WILL NOT TURN ON

IF YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING LIKE A VEGAN DIET

OR EATING PARTICULARLY GLUTEN.

GLUTEN IS RUINOUS FOR HUMAN HEALTH,

ESPECIALLY MULTI-GENERATIONAL HEALTH.

SO MY KIDS DON'T EAT GLUTEN. I DON'T EAT GLUTEN.

BUT WHEN YOU PUT ALL THE STUFF TOGETHER,

IT'S A SINGLE-PAGE INFO GRAPHIC

THAT SAYS IF YOU HAVE A CHOICE BETWEEN FOODS,

EAT ONES ON THIS SIDE MORE THAN ONES ON THIS SIDE,

AND THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW.

IF YOU CARE ABOUT THE WHOS AND THE WHYS AND THE WHATS

AND YOU WANT TO BE A BIO HACKER, COOL.

BUT YOU DON'T NEED TO DO IT IN ORDER TO EAT A GOOD DIET.

IT TURNS OUT TRADITIONAL COFFEE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES

INTRODUCE TOXINS INTO COFFEE.

THERE'S A STUDY ABOUT TO COME OUT

THAT WAS INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARD APPROVED

OF THE COFFEE PROCESSING THAT I CREATED USING BIOHACKING.

IT'S CALLED UPGRADED COFFEE.

BUT WHAT WE DID IS WE LOOKED AT SIX MEASURES

OF COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE, OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTION,

AND WE LOOKED AT THAT ACROSS A GROUP OF PEOPLE

AND SAID, "TRY DRINKING NORMAL, YOU KNOW,

STORE, COMMON-BRAND COFFEE YOU FIND ON ANY STREET CORNER,

AND THEN TRY DRINKING THIS COFFEE

THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE TOXINS

THAT SAP MENTAL PERFORMANCE IN IT,

AND LET'S LOOK AT THE DIFFERENCE.

AND THE DIFFERENCE WAS STARK AND PROFOUND.

SMALL CHANGES IN AN ENVIRONMENTAL INPUT,

THE AMOUNT OF MOLD TOXINS IN YOUR COFFEE,

EQUALS LARGE IMPROVEMENTS IN COGNITIVE FUNCTION.

SO WHAT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO DO

IS GET THESE LITTLE MEASUREMENTS,

JUST THESE LITTLE THINGS,

THE DATA THAT SAYS, "WOW, WHY DO I FEEL SO DIFFERENT TODAY?

WHY DID MY HEART RATE CHANGE? WHAT CAUSED THAT?"

AND ONCE YOU GO BACK

AND THEN YOU SHARE THAT KNOWLEDGE WITH OTHER PEOPLE

AND WHEN THEY CONFIRM IT AND YOU DO A STUDY,

LIKE, WE JUST DISCOVERED SOMETHING

ABOUT THE HUMAN CONDITION WE DIDN'T KNOW BEFORE

THAT NO LARGE BILLION-DOLLAR DRUG COMPANY

WAS EVER GOING TO FUND A STUDY ON.

[CASH] WHAT CALORIE RESTRICTION DOES,

AND WE FOLLOWED THIS PATHWAY A LITTLE WAYS,

ALTHOUGH THERE ARE OTHER PATHWAYS

WITHIN CALORIE RESTRICTION.

SO YOUR DNA DOESN'T CHANGE. IT STAYS THE SAME.

IT STAYS THE SAME.

BUT IT TURNS ON AND OFF. ON AND OFF.

EACH GENE TURNS ON AND OFF.

AND WE USED TO THINK IT WAS EITHER GENETICS OR ENVIRONMENT,

AND THERE WERE BIG RAGES ABOUT THE TWO.

WHAT IT REALLY IS IS BOTH.

YOUR ENVIRONMENT AFFECTS THE GENES

THAT TURN ON AND OFF AND RUN OUR BODY,

AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE IDENTIFIED

A HUMAN NATURAL COMPOUND,

ONE THAT'S IN EVERY CELL OF OUR BODY

CALLED OXLO ACETATE.

IT'S PART OF THE KREBS CYCLE THAT GIVES YOU ENERGY,

LETS YOU DO THE THINGS YOU WANT TO DO.

WHAT WE'VE DONE IS GIVE THE CELLS MORE OF IT.

AND WHEN WE GIVE THE CELLS MORE OF IT,

WE GET A GENETIC RESPONSE

THAT IS VERY SIMILAR TO CALORIE RESTRICTION,

AND IN ANIMALS,

WE SEE A 25 TO 50% INCREASE IN LIFESPAN.

AND WE PUBLISHED THIS IN THE JOURNAL "AGING CELL" IN 2009,

AND WE'VE CONTINUED TO DO RESEARCH ON THIS

TO NOT ONLY LOOK AT THE EFFECTS

OF CALORIE RESTRICTION IN EXTENDING LIFESPAN,

WHICH WE'RE NOT SURE THAT IT WILL DO IN HUMANS

BECAUSE WE'D NEED A 130-YEAR TEST,

BUT IN PERHAPS HELPING

WITH SOME OF THE AGE-RELATED DISEASES,

BECAUSE, AS WE GET OLDER,

WE TEND TO GET CERTAIN OTHER DISEASES,

AND IF WE CAN REDUCE THE RATE OF AGING,

PERHAPS WE CAN HELP WITH THOSE DISEASES.

BACK IN THE 1700s,

WE ONLY LIVED TO ABOUT 38 YEARS OLD.

NOW WE'RE LIVING INTO OUR 70s AND 80s.

WHAT WE HOPE TO DO IS CONTINUE THE SPHERE OF KNOWLEDGE

SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SLOW DOWN AGING

AND LIVE, NOT ONLY LONGER,

BUT HEALTHIER.

BECAUSE IF YOU'RE NOT HEALTHY,

IT DOESN'T HELP YOU TO LIVE ANY LONGER.

WHAT OUR TECHNOLOGY DOES

IS IT'S MONITORING, UH, ALL OF THE ELECTRICAL ENERGY

COMING FROM THE BRAIN THROUGH TWO CHANNELS,

AND IT'S LOOKING FOR MOMENTS OF TURBULENCE

AROUND 16 PARTICULAR, UH, COMPONENTS, IF YOU WILL,

OF THAT ENERGY.

UM, THOSE ARE COMPONENTS

THAT, THROUGH THE RESEARCH I'VE DONE,

HAVE CLEARLY BEEN IDENTIFIED

AS WHAT CHANGED WHEN PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION OCCURS

THROUGH NEURO FEEDBACK.

THE TURBULENCE PART IS BECAUSE

ANY TIME A SYSTEM IS GETTING READY

TO SHIFT ITS STATE,

AND IT'S A NON-LINEAR DYNAMICAL SYSTEM,

THERE'S A MOMENT OF TURBULENCE AS IT STARTS THAT,

AS IT STARTS TO MAKE THAT SHIFT.

PEOPLE LOOK BACK OVER THEIR SHOULDER,

HAVING COME FOR A NUMBER OF SESSIONS--

10, 20, WHATEVER THE NUMBER HAPPENS TO BE--

AND THEY GO, "OH, MY GOODNESS.

LOOK AT HOW DIFFERENT MY LIFE IS NOW."

[LAUGHTER]

YEAH.

[NARRATOR] TALKING TO THE BIOHACKERS,

WE LEARNED ABOUT UPGRADING OUR NERVOUS SYSTEM,

AND BIOLOGY THROUGH FOOD, NEURO FEEDBACK,

BREATHING, AND NEUROLOGICAL TRAINING.

NOW WE WERE HEADED TO MEET A DIFFERENT GROUP OF PEOPLE.

WE WENT TO MONTREAL, NEW YORK, MALIBU,

AND SAN FRANCISCO

TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY

ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF EATING RAW LIVING FOODS.

"WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR PROTEIN?

OH, MY GOD. YOU DON'T EAT ANY MEAT?

NO DAIRY?

HOW DO YOU EVEN LIVE,

LET ALONE PERFORM AS AN ATHLETE?

IT'S IMPOSSIBLE."

IF I HAD A QUARTER OR A NICKEL

FOR EVERY TIME I WAS ASKED THAT QUESTION,

I'D PUT MY KIDS THROUGH COLLEGE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY,

THE CELL REQUIRES ABOUT FIVE TO 15% PROTEIN.

ANY MORE THAN THAT

IS JUST CREATING A WHOLE MESS OF PROBLEMS.

SO IT'S ALL ABOUT CREATING THE SENSITIVITY

OF HOW YOU FEEL WHEN YOU EAT IT,

SO I'M STILL TESTING MY BODY

EVEN AFTER SEVEN, EIGHT YEARS OF EXPERIMENTATION,

AND STILL CHECKING IN,

'CAUSE WE'RE EVOLVING IN TIME TOO,

AND OUR BODY, SOME FOOD IS GOOD FOR US

AND EVENTUALLY IT CHANGES.

SO THE FIRST THING I WOULD SAY

IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION OUT THERE

ABOUT PROTEIN AND ABOUT THE HUMAN BODY'S PROTEIN NEEDS.

IT'S ESTIMATED THAT...

IN FACT, WE ACTUALLY DON'T NEED THAT MUCH PROTEIN,

AND IF YOU'RE EATING A WIDE VARIETY,

AGAIN, OF WHOLE-FOOD, PLANT-BASED FOODS,

YOU ARE GOING TO MEET YOUR PROTEIN NEEDS,

AND I DON'T CARE HOW HARD YOU'RE TRAINING.

"FINDING ULTRA," WHICH IS THE TITLE OF MY BOOK,

IS REALLY INTENDED AS A METAPHOR.

IN OTHER WORDS, A QUEST FOR THE BEST VERSION OF YOURSELF,

THE MOST AUTHENTIC VERSION OF YOURSELF

THAT I THINK WE ALL HAVE LOCKED INSIDE OF OURSELVES,

AND THAT JOURNEY TO KIND OF UNLOCK IT, UNLEASH IT,

AND NURTURE IT SO THAT YOU CAN BECOME

THE BEST VERSION OF YOURSELF.

IN ADDITION TO BEING AN ALCOHOLIC,

I'M ALSO A LAWYER,

SO I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR THE LOOP HOLES,

AND IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE THIS VEGETARIAN DIET

KIND OF DEVOLVED INTO

A VERY JUNK FOOD-ORIENTED VEGETARIAN DIET.

IT'S LIKE, "HEY, I CAN EAT PIZZA HUT

AS LONG AS I DON'T PUT PEPPERONI ON IT.

THAT'S VEGETARIAN.

AND I CAN EAT FRENCH FRIES."

AND SO OF COURSE, YOU KNOW,

IT WASN'T LONG BEFORE I'M BACK ON THE COUCH,

HADN'T LOST ANY WEIGHT.

MY DEPRESSION LEVELS WENT UP.

UM, MY LETHARGY, YOU KNOW,

MY ABILITY TO THINK CLEARLY,

ALL OF THOSE THINGS SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF THAT,

SO AFTER SIX MONTHS OF THAT,

I WAS READY TO JUST BAG IT AND THROW THE TOWEL IN

AND SAY, "WELL, I GAVE THIS DIET THING A SHOT,

BUT, YOU KNOW, NOW I'M JUST GONNA GO BACK

TO EATING CHEESEBURGERS HAPPILY."

AND I THOUGHT, "WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'M HALFWAY THERE.

I WONDER WHAT WOULD HAPPEN

IF I CUT OUT THE PROCESSED FOODS

AND I CUT OUT THE DAIRY?"

SO, NO EGGS, NO FISH, NO MEAT.

LET'S SEE HOW THAT GOES.

AND I DID IT TO PROVE TO MYSELF

AND TO MY WIFE THAT IT WOULDN'T WORK,

AND WHAT HAPPENED WAS, ONCE AGAIN,

SEVEN DAYS INTO IT,

I EXPERIENCED A TREMENDOUS BOOST

IN MY VITALITY, MY ENERGY LEVELS,

SIMILAR TO WHAT I FELT LIKE WHEN I DID THAT JUICE CLEANSE,

AND IT WAS, AGAIN, ANOTHER WATERSHED MOMENT,

WHERE I THOUGHT, "OH, MY GOD.

WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT JUST BY EATING PLANTS

THAT I COULD FEEL THIS GOOD?"

AND SO, WITH THAT,

I DECIDED NOW IT'S TIME TO EDUCATE MYSELF,

BECAUSE I'M ONTO SOMETHING HERE, AND THIS IS WORKING,

AND I'M FEELING SO GOOD,

I'M LITERALLY BOUNCING OFF THE WALLS.

I NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO DO THIS RIGHT.

AND THE PROBLEM WE'RE FACING TODAY

IS MASSIVE HEALTH PROBLEMS.

THIS IS A PROBLEM WE'RE FACING TODAY.

THERE IS MORE CANCER,

THERE'S MORE DIABETES, THERE'S MORE PROBLEMS.

I'M NOT GONNA TELL ABOUT THEM,

BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS ABOUT IT.

WE JUST HAVE TO OPEN THE NEWSPAPER ONE DAY

AND IT SHOWS.

I BELIEVE, IN 35 YEARS FROM NOW,

A GOOD MAJORITY OF PEOPLE

WILL BE ADDING SPROUTS AND LIVING FOOD IN THEIR PLATES,

FOR SURE.

IT'S EVERYWHERE NOW. I GO IN RESTAURANTS.

RIGHT NOW IT'S STILL IN RESTAURANTS-- IN GOURMET--

MONTREAL IS REALLY KNOWN FOR HAVING

REALLY, REALLY HIGH-END GOURMET RESTAURANTS,

AND I SEE MORE AND MORE SPROUTS.

I SEE MORE AND MORE VEGETARIAN DISHES.

AS MUCH AS I SEE MORE

MARSHMALLOW FRIED BACON WRAPS AND STUFF LIKE THIS,

AND IT'S FINE,

BUT THERE'S A REALITY WHERE PEOPLE

ARE MORE AND MORE ASKING FOR THE GOOD STUFF

BECAUSE WE'RE-- WE'RE GETTING STRONGER,

AND ALSO WOMEN ARE GETTING A BIT--

THEY'RE HAVING A LITTLE UPRISE.

WOMEN ARE HAVING MORE JOBS

THAT ARE ACCEPTED INTO SOCIETY,

SO THE MORE WOMEN TAKE PLACE IN OUR WORLD,

THE MORE WE'RE GONNA EAT HEALTHY,

BECAUSE WOMEN ARE THE ONES THAT ARE MORE SENSITIVE.

IF THERE WASN'T NO WOMAN THERE, I WOULDN'T HAVE A BUSINESS.

THAT'S FOR SURE.

BECAUSE WOMEN ARE THE FIRST ONES

BEING SENSITIVE TO--

AND THEY'RE MORE CONNECTED WITH THEIR BODY IN GENERAL.

MAN'S ARE-- WE'RE INTENTIONAL.

WE WANT POWER. WE WANT TO MASTER THINGS.

WE WANT TO GET SOMEWHERE.

WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT LIVING FOODS

CLEARLY IS THAT THERE, YOU KNOW,

THERE'S THIS ASPECT THAT IT'S THE MOST FRESH,

THE MOST LIVING YOU CAN, TAKING THE MOST FROM THERE.

AND I THINK THAT DOESN'T EXIST

IN ANY OTHER TYPE OF FOOD.

CLEARLY IN COOKED VEGETARIAN FOOD.

SO REALLY TRYING TO BRING THE MOST LIVING ASPECTS,

AND WHAT THAT TRANSLATES TO AND HOW IT'S GOOD TO YOU.

BUT WE'RE HUMANS. WE'RE ARTISTS.

SO WE WANT TO GO BEYOND OUR LIMITATIONS.

SO A DIET TO ME IS A LIMITATION.

WE'RE SURE WE'RE GONNA STEP THE FENCE

BECAUSE IT'S A LIMITATION.

AND RAW FOOD FOR ME IS JUST--

IT JUST MAKES SENSE.

TO ME, IT'S NOT RAW FOOD. IT'S MORE LIVING FOOD.

BECAUSE RAW FOOD IS KIND OF A DOGMA, ALMOST RELIGIOUS,

THAT SAYS "IF I EAT 100% RAW, I'M HEALTHY."

TO ME, THIS IS NOT TO BE REALLY LIVING FOODS.

LIVING FOODS IS MORE,

"I'M GONNA EAT SOMETHING TODAY THAT MAKES ME ALIVE,

THAT GIVES ME AS MUCH POTENTIAL AS POSSIBLE."

AND TO ME, IT CAN'T BE A DIET.

IT CAN'T BE DOGMATIC AND SAY IT HAS TO BE RAW.

NO, IT HAS TO BE WHAT IT IS TODAY, RIGHT NOW.

WHAT DO I FEEL TO EAT

TO ACTUALLY BE THE MOST AWARE,

THE MOST IN CONNECTION WITH MYSELF,

AND ALL THE ENERGY I NEED

TO ACCOMPLISH THE DREAMS I WANT TO ACCOMPLISH?

CULTURALLY AND AS A PEOPLE,

I THINK WE HAVE STOPPED LISTENING TO NATURE,

UM, AND WE'VE TRIED TO ALMOST OVERRIDE

WHAT WE THINK WE NEED TO DO FOR OUR OWN HEALING,

UM, AND I THINK THAT'S MASSIVELY MISTAKEN.

UM, HOW WE'RE DOING THAT

IS SIMPLY, UM, NOT EATING CORRECTLY.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY,

PEOPLE REALLY KNOW HOW TO EAT.

I MEAN, YEAH, MAYBE THERE'S A FEW TWEAKS HERE AND THERE,

BUT IF YOU ASK ANYONE,

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD EAT?"

IF YOU WERE JUST IN YOUR BODY FOR THE FIRST TIME,

WON'T MOST PEOPLE SAY, "I THINK A LOT OF PLANTS WOULD BE GOOD

IN THEIR WHOLE FORM.

I THINK A WIDE VARIETY OF FOOD, AND WILD,"

AND ALL OF THESE THINGS.

PEOPLE INTUITIVELY KNOW THAT.

I DON'T WANT TO LIVE LIFE JUST KIND OF EXISTING.

I DON'T WANT TO LIVE LIFE

WITH ACHES AND PAINS AND DEPRESSION

AND OVERWEIGHT AND ALL OF THAT STUFF.

I WANT TO LEARN, I WANT TO LIVE,

AND I WANT TO TAKE IN THOSE THINGS THAT HELP ME THRIVE

SO I DON'T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT,

SO I CAN SHOW UP FOR LIFE,

AND THEN FOR ME, AS A CAREER,

I WANT TO PASS THAT FORWARD.

I WANT TO TAKE THESE JEWELS THAT I'VE FOUND AROUND THE WORLD

AND PASS THAT FORWARD

SO THAT OTHER PEOPLE CAN ADJUST THEM

AND RECEIVE THE BENEFITS OF THEM,

AND, TO ME, THAT'S ONE OF THE GREATEST MOTIVATIONS

THAT I COULD EVER IMAGINE.

[HORN HONKS]

I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IT IS EXACTLY.

WE'VE GONE OFF PATH.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, WE JUST ALL HAVE ACCEPTED

THAT THIS PROCESSED FOOD,

THIS COOKED FOOD,

THIS CULTURE OF HOW WE'VE EATEN

HAS TAKEN US OFF,

AND YOU LOOK BACK AT DEGENERATIVE DISEASES.

YOU LOOK AT-- DEGENERATIVE DISEASES

IS JUSTLY DEFINED AS A LIFESTYLE DISEASE.

DEGENERATING, RIGHT?

IT'S NOT GENERATING.

LIKE, THESE FOODS, NATURAL FOODS,

HEALING FOODS ARE GENERATING TO THE BODY.

SO I DON'T WANT TO HAVE MY LIFE BE,

UH, GOING AND SHOWING UP TO THE DOCTOR

AND TRYING TO GIVE ME THE LICENSE

TO MAKE ME FEEL GOOD.

THE YOUNGER GENERATION

SORT OF NEED A PARADIGM-SHIFTING WAY

OF LOOKING AT REALITY.

I THINK HUMANS HAVE JUST LOST ALL COMMON SENSE.

I MEAN, I JUST WATCH WHAT'S GOING ON.

I'M LIKE, "REALLY? REALLY?"

I MEAN, THE SUN IS EVIL.

I MEAN, THIS IS NUTS, YOU KNOW.

THINGS LIKE THAT.

LIKE, YOU KNOW, "OH, DON'T DRINK WATER FROM A SPRING."

YOU KNOW, THAT'S INSANE, YOU KNOW,

THAT YOU WOULD ACTUALLY DRIVE SOMEWHERE

AND COLLECT SOME WILD SPRING WATER.

HOPEFULLY IT'S CLEAN, YOU KNOW.

THERE'S WAYS THAT YOU CAN FIND OUT IF THAT WATER'S PURE, YOU KNOW,

CONTAIN IT OR WHATEVER, BUT, YOU KNOW,

PEOPLE DON'T QUESTION--

THEY'LL DRINK A SODA, YOU KNOW,

FROM A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT.

IT'S JUST, I MEAN, THIS IS-- IT'S FLIPPED OVER.

YOU KNOW, I'LL WALK DOWN THE STREET AND, YOU KNOW,

FIND SOME WILD DANDELION AND WIPE IT OFF AND EAT IT

AND PEOPLE LOOK AT ME LIKE I'M NUTS,

AND YET, YOU KNOW, CHICKEN McNUGGETS

ARE JUST FINE, YOU KNOW.

I MEAN, THAT'S HOW BACKWARDS EVERYTHING IS.

I FEEL VERY BLESSED TO BE ABLE TO SPEND

MOST OF MY TIME OUTSIDE, YOU KNOW.

I MEAN, THE IDEA OF SPENDING HUGE CHUNKS OF TIME INDOORS,

I THINK IT'S KILLING HUMANITY.

SO MANY OF US ARE GLUED TO OUR, YOU KNOW,

OUR LITTLE PERSONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICES

THAT WE COULD BE LIVING IN A BUILDING ON MARS, YOU KNOW?

I MEAN, TOTAL DISCONNECT FROM THE ELEMENTS, FROM NATURE,

AND WE'VE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW,

WE WATCH MAINSTREAM MEDIA,

WHICH, YOU KNOW,

I CONSIDER ALMOST A MASSIVE DISINFORMATION STREAM,

AND PEOPLE ARE LIKE, "OH, YOU KNOW,

DON'T GET SUNLIGHT ON YOUR BODY.

IT GIVES YOU SKIN CANCER."

IT'S LIKE ALMOST LITERALLY

THE MOST RIDICULOUS THING I'VE EVER HEARD.

I MEAN, HUMANS ARE A WALKING PLANT.

LITERALLY. GENETICALLY.

AND, UH, YOU KNOW,

OUR ROOTS ARE OUR, YOU KNOW, DIGESTIVE TRACT.

MY FAVORITE, YOU KNOW, SUPERMARKET IS A CO-OP.

IT'S CALLED RAINBOW. THE PLACE IS MASSIVE.

YOU KNOW, RAINBOW SUPERMARKET, CO-OP, WHATEVER IT'S CALLED.

BUT YOU GO IN THERE AND YOU HAVE ACCESS

TO HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF FOODS

THAT YOU GO INTO ANOTHER SUPERMARKET,

YOU JUST CAN'T EVEN FIND.

AND ME BEING, YOU KNOW,

PREDOMINANTLY A VEGAN, VEGETARIAN--

UM, I DO EAT SOME DAIRY OCCASIONALLY

AND OCCASIONALLY SOME EGGS FROM MY OWN CHICKENS.

UM, MY WIFE IS COOL ENOUGH TO HAVE A GREAT SPACE

WHERE-- YOU KNOW, WE HAVE 14 ACRES UP IN CANADA,

SO WHEN ARE CHICKENS ARE RUNNING AROUND,

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SORT OF DOING THEIR THING

AND, YOU KNOW, EATING THE BUGS

AND, YOU KNOW, PECKING THROUGH THE DIRT.

AND, YOU KNOW, JUST AN EXAMPLE,

OUR CHICKENS, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ABOUT 25 CHICKENS,

AND EVERY EGG IS A DIFFERENT COLOR AND A DIFFERENT SIZE.

AND YET WHEN WE GO TO THE SUPERMARKET AND BUY EGGS,

THEY'RE ALL THE SAME SIZE AND COLOR.

I MEAN, THAT SHOULD CONCERN YOU,

AND YET WE DON'T HAVE ANY SORT OF BASIC,

UNDERLYING UNDERSTANDING OF HOW NATURE WORKS,

AND I THINK THIS IS-- THAT DISCONNECT FROM NATURE

IS THE CAUSE OF ALL OF OUR SUFFERING.

BECAUSE IT IS YOUR NATURAL STATE TO BE HAPPY.

IT IS YOUR NATURAL STATE TO BE GRATEFUL.

IT IS YOUR NATURAL STATE TO BE HEALTHY.

AND THE WORD "DISEASE" IS QUITE FUNNY.

YOU KNOW, "DIS" SLASH "EASE."

YOU KNOW, LACK OF EASE OR BALANCE OR EQUILIBRIUM,

AND WE'VE GOT THINGS REALLY OUT OF BALANCE.

IF I COULD GIVE ONE PIECE OF ADVICE

ON ONE VERY SIMPLE THING,

VERY EASY TO INCORPORATE INTO YOUR LIFE,

IT'S TO ADD A GREEN JUICE

OR A GREEN SMOOTHIE INTO YOUR DAY,

PREFERABLY IN THE MORNING.

IF ALL YOU DID WAS TO VITA-MIX

KALE AND SPINACH AND BEETS

AND SOME FRUIT IN THE MORNING AND DRINK THAT,

THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

THE MORE NUTRITIONALLY-DENSE FOODS THAT YOU EAT,

YOU'RE GIVING YOUR BODY WHAT IT NEEDS,

AND IT CURBS YOUR CRAVINGS,

BECAUSE YOUR BODY SAYS, "I'M GOOD. I GOT WHAT I NEED.

YOU GAVE ME WHAT I NEED.

I'VE GOT ALL THE MINERALS AND THE VITAMINS

THAT I NEED TO FUNCTION,

AND WE DON'T NEED TO EAT FOR A WHILE.

AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'VE REALIZED

PARTICULARLY AS AN ATHLETE.

THE HIGHER-NUTRIENT DENSITY OF THE FOODS THAT I EAT,

THE LESS FOODS THAT I EAT.

PEOPLE SAY TO ME ALL THE TIME,

"OH, MY GOD. YOU'RE TRAINING ALL THESE HOURS.

20 HOURS, 25 HOURS A WEEK,

YOU MUST BE GORGING YOURSELF ALL THE TIME."

AND IT'S ACTUALLY THE OPPOSITE.

MY BODY HAS ADAPTED TO THIS TYPE OF TRAINING.

I'VE BECOME VERY, VERY EFFICIENT IN MY ENDURANCE TRAINING,

AND THAT MEANS

THAT THE STRESS ON MY BODY

FROM THESE TRAINING SESSIONS IS REDUCED,

AND WHEN I'M KEEPING MY FOODS VERY NUTRITIONALLY DENSE,

I DON'T END UP EATING THAT MUCH.

I THINK YOU'D BE SURPRISED HOW LITTLE I ACTUALLY EAT.

MOST AMAZING ABOUT A PLANT-BASED WHOLE FOOD DIET

IS THAT ONCE YOU INCORPORATE IT INTO YOUR LIFE,

IT'S SUSTAINABLE AND YOU CAN STAY ON IT,

SO IT'S NOT A DIET, IT'S A LIFESTYLE.

[SPEAKS FRENCH]

THAT'S WHAT I SAY TO EVERYBODY WHEN I TEACH.

I MEAN, YOU CAN'T EAT ANYTHING AND YOU'LL SURVIVE.

IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF SURVIVING ONLY.

BUT A QUESTION TODAY IN 2013

IS MORE, "DO YOU WANT TO SURVIVE

OR DO YOU REALLY WANT TO LIVE?"

AND LIVING TO ME IS SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

SOMETHING WAY DIFFERENT.

IT'S ACTUALLY GOING BEYOND OUR LIMITATION.

GOING FURTHER.

ACCOMPLISHING OUR DREAMS, BASICALLY.

I WOULD HAVE NEVER STARTED A BUSINESS

FIVE YEARS AGO WITH NOTHING IN MY POCKETS

AND BE TODAY 115 EMPLOYEES

AND THIS-- AND FIVE RESTAURANTS

AND A CATERING SERVICE AND THE KAMBUCHA COMPANY,

ALL OF THIS, THIS WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED

IF I WAS EATING CRAP,

'CAUSE I WOULD NOT HAVE ANY ENERGY.

AND I WOULDN'T REALLY HAVE A DREAM

AND A PASSION TO SHARE, REALLY.

SO, YEAH, TO ME, THIS IS WHAT LIVING FOOD IS REALLY ALL ABOUT.

IT'S ABOUT REALLY CHECKING AT WHAT YOU WANT TO EAT TODAY

AND WHAT IS GONNA MAKE YOU FEEL THE MOST HAPPY AND ALIVE.

AND IT'S NOT ABOUT DOGMATIC.

WHEN I GO SEE MY MOM,

I'M NOT TELLING HER, "MOM, I'M EATING 100% RAW,

SO I'M JUST GONNA EAT MY SALAD

AND I'M NOT GONNA TOUCH YOUR CAKE."

I'M ACTUALLY GONNA EAT WHAT SHE MAKES.

EVEN IF THERE'S MEAT IN IT.

I'M NOT GONNA FREAK OUT ABOUT IT.

THERE'S A LOT OF RAW FOODIES

THAT ARE, LIKE, A LITTLE BIT

FREAKING OUT WHEN I SAY THIS, YOU KNOW?

BUT, AND IN THE BEGINNING, WHEN I STARTED,

PEOPLE WERE TAKING PICTURES OF ME EATING BREAD SOMETIMES,

AND PUTTING IT ON FACEBOOK,

LIKE, IF I WAS LYING OR SOMETHING.

I WAS LIKE, "GUYS, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TEACHING.

THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M PREACHING."

I'M PREACHING TO TAKE A CHOICE

CONSCIOUS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

SO WHEN I GO TO MY MOM, I EAT HER CAKE,

AND SHE'S SO HAPPY.

IT CREATES LOVE, BONDING.

TO ME THIS IS ALIVE. IT'S FULLY LIVING.

WHILE IF I'M ACTUALLY SAYING,

"NO, I'M NOT GONNA EAT YOUR STUFF BECAUSE IT'S COOKED--

I'M GONNA EAT MY LITTLE SALAD ALONE--"

TO ME, THIS IS NOT CREATING LIFE AT ALL.

IT'S ACTUALLY DOING THE OPPOSITE.

I DON'T BELIEVE IN TAKING HIGH AMOUNTS OF PROTEIN IN.

UH, I THINK ALL OF IT IS WITHIN DIVERSIFIED FOOD,

AND AS LONG AS YOU'RE EATING DIVERSIFIED FOOD

OF NUTS, FRUITS, UH...

DARK GREENS,

UM, DIVERSIFIED VEGETABLES, YOU'LL GET PLENTY.

YOU JUST EAT MORE. AND THAT'S THE THING.

IF I WORK OUT MORE, I'LL JUST EAT MORE,

AND THEN I'M GETTING THOSE AMINO ACIDS.

[NARRATOR] MEETING RICH, DARREN, GABBY AND DAVID WAS FASCINATING.

WHILE THE BIOHACKERS ARE EATING LOTS OF VEGGIES,

HIGH FAT AND MODERATE PROTEIN,

THESE ATHLETES AND ENTREPRENEURS

ARE MAXIMIZING THE NUTRIENTS

AND VITALITY THEY GET FROM FRESH VEGETABLES AND FRUITS

AND STILL PERFORMING AT THEIR PEAK.

WE WERE EXCITED TO HEAR ABOUT ALL THE GREAT FOOD CHOICES

THAT WE CAN MAKE EVERY DAY

AND REMIND OURSELVES THAT IT IS OUR NATURAL STATE

TO BE HAPPY, GRATEFUL, HEALTHY,

AND VIBRANT, WITH A LOT OF ENERGY.

WE HAD THIS KIND OF VARIABILITY IN OUR LIVES.

UH, WHETHER FOOD AVAILABILITY,

AGE, EXERCISE OR NOT EXERCISE,

IF YOU'RE MOVING OR NOT MOVING,

IF YOU'RE-- WALKING IS EXERCISE

VERSUS SPRINTING AS EXERCISE.

ALL OF THIS WAS DYNAMIC IN OUR LIVES,

AND WE'VE LOST THAT.

BUT ABOUT 15,000 YEARS AGO,

WE MADE THE TRANSITION

FROM A GATHERING KIND OF LIFESTYLE

TO AN AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY MODEL

OF SURVIVAL OF FOOD PREPARATION,

AND THIS ALLOWED THE EMERGENCE OF CITY STATES.

THIS ALLOWED US TO PLANT OURSELVES

IN A PARTICULAR PLACE AND STAY THERE.

THIS ALLOWED US TO DEVELOP LIBRARIES,

MEDICINE, SCIENCE, LANGUAGE.

THAT IS WHAT WE CALL CIVILIZATION,

AND THIS IS MARKED BY THIS TRANSITION

FROM, UM, ONE TYPE OF DIET

WHICH I CALL THE PALEO DIET,

TO A KIND OF, UH, REFINED DIET,

UM, AND A SPECIALIZED DIET.

FROM A VARIABLE DIET TO A CONSTANT DIET.

AND THIS HAS HAD A WHOLE SERIES OF REPERCUSSIONS TO US.

IN TERMS OF WHAT DOES THIS MEAN TO OUR HEALTH,

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO OUR, YOU KNOW,

OUR SUCCESS IN TERMS OF CHILDREN

AND HEALTH ISSUES THAT COME UP?

ONCE I BASICALLY FIRED MY DOCTOR

AND STARTED DOING THE EXACT OPPOSITE

OF WHAT HE TOLD ME TO DO,

I LOST 20 POUNDS IN ABOUT A MONTH,

AND ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS

THAT HAS BEEN STACKING UP OVER THE YEARS

AND INTO MY EARLY 20s BASICALLY DISAPPEARED.

WE'RE COMING FROM THIS NATURAL ENVIRONMENT

WHERE WE WERE COMPLETELY INTERDEPENDENT WITH IT,

AND WE WERE-- THE EARLY QUESTIONS

WERE "HOW DO WE SURVIVE? HOW DO I MAKE IT?"

AGAIN, BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY.

AND OVER THE COURSE OF TIME IN HUMANS

WE'VE STABILIZED OURSELVES

AND WE'VE ADDED TECHNOLOGIES AND WE'VE USED OUR TOOLS,

AND WE'VE GOTTEN TO THIS MODERN MOMENT OF LIFE

WHERE WE HAVE THIS CERTAIN AMOUNT OF STABILITY OF WHO WE ARE.

WE HAVE FOOD AVAILABILITY.

WE HAVE CLEAN WATER. WE HAVE SANITATION.

UM, WE CAN'T ESCAPE THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT,

AND YET WE HAVE ALL THESE NEW TECHNOLOGICAL TOOLS,

AND WE'RE STARTING TO ASK THIS QUESTION

OF HOW CAN WE LOOK AT THE NATURAL WORLD

IN OUR NATURAL FORM

AND INTERACT WITH THIS MODERN TECHNOLOGICAL LIFE,

AND CAN WE PUT THESE TOGETHER IN A SYNCHRONOUS WAY

THAT WILL ALLOW HUMAN POTENTIAL

TO MOVE EVEN BEYOND WHAT YOU CAN DO IN ISOLATION

WITH JUST THE NATURAL WORLD

AND WITH JUST TECHNOLOGIES?

SO TO ME IT'S NOT A QUESTION

OF ONE IS GOOD AND ONE IS BAD

AND WHAT IS NATURAL AND WHAT IS IN-NATURAL?

IT'S REALLY ABOUT FINDING HOW WE CAN SYNCHRONIZE

AND LIVE IN THIS REALLY AMAZING WAY

USING THE BEST GIFTS OF BOTH ASPECTS.

WE TRAIN QUALITY MOVEMENT.

WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE STRUCTURE OF THE BODY,

AND WE GO, "THIS IS HOW THE BODY IS SUPPOSED TO ORGANIZE,"

AND BASED ON THAT ORGANIZATION,

NOW WE'RE GONNA TAKE YOU THROUGH DIFFERENT LOADS.

WE'RE GONNA PUT YOU UNDER DIFFERENT STIMULUS,

AND FROM THERE YOU BECOME STRONGER.

VERSUS ISOLATING YOU DOWN TO,

"OH, NOW TODAY IS BICEP DAY.

OH, NOW TODAY IS TRICEP DAY,

OR, "OH, NOW TODAY IS SHOULDER DAY,"

BECAUSE OFTEN TIMES, BY TRAINING MUSCLES IN ISOLATION,

WE END UP LOSING SIGHT OF THE LARGER PICTURE.

I WAS IN MY MID TO LATE 20s.

YOU KNOW, REALLY ON TOP OF THE WORLD.

MY DREAM CAREER.

RUNNING THIS GROUP FOR APPLE COMPUTER,

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I CAME BACK FROM A TRIP,

UM, AND I WAS-- I HAD NOTHING ANYMORE.

I DIDN'T HAVE MY HEALTH ANYMORE.

IT WAS JUST GONE.

I WAS SLEEPING 16 HOURS A DAY.

I HAD A 24-7 HEADACHE,

24-7, UM-- 24-7 MIGRAINES.

ARTHRITIS.

I MEAN, I WAS IN MY--

I WAS, LIKE, 27 YEARS OLD.

50,000 YEARS AGO, UM,

OUR CHILDREN WOULD BE RAISED IN DIRT.

AND THEY'D BE ON THE GROUND.

THEY'D BE IN DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE GROUND.

AND NOT ONLY IS THAT NOT THE CASE NOW,

FROM THE POINT OF VIEW

OF CHILDREN BEING RAISED IN BEDS

AND WITH CLOTHING AND WITH SHOES,

BUT CHILDREN ARE TOLD BY THEIR PARENTS

NOT TO EAT DIRT ANYMORE,

AND THAT ISSUE OF CONSUMING SOIL MICROBES

AND WILD, UM, YOU KNOW,

BACTERIA AND FUNGI FROM NATURE

IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CULTURING OF THE HUMAN GUT.

WHEN WE'RE BORN, OUR GUTS ARE STERILE,

AND THEN WE GET GUTS FROM BREAST MILK.

WE GET MICROBES FROM BREAST MILK.

WE GET MICROBES FROM SOIL.

WE GET MICROBES FROM THE DUST IN THE AIR,

AND WE DON'T DO THAT ANYMORE.

SO WHAT ARE WE LOSING FROM THIS KIND OF THING?

SO WE CAN SAY THAT'S AN EXAMPLE

WHERE OUR GUT MICROBES ARE ALTERED

BY A CHOICE OF NOT ALLOWING KIDS

TO PLAY IN THE DIRT AND EAT DIRT

VERSUS THE USE OF ANTIBIOTICS

AS A MORE-- EVEN MORE MODERN CHANGE.

IN THE LAST, LET'S SAY 50, 60 YEARS,

WE'VE MADE THIS MASSIVE SWITCH TO ANTIBIOTICS,

TO THE POINT THAT WE'RE NOT ONLY

KILLING OFF BUGS IN OUR OWN GUTS,

BUT WE'RE DOING IT SYSTEMATICALLY

IN THE ANIMALS THAT WE'RE RAISING FOR FOOD.

THERE WAS A TRIGGER IN ME THAT OCCURRED IN MY 40s

WHERE SIMPLE CARBOHYDRATES

REALLY AFFECTED MY ABILITY

TO PROCESS NOT ONLY FOODS BUT ALSO THOUGHTS.

UM, AND BE ABLE TO MOVE AROUND PHYSICALLY,

AND, UH, ONCE I FIGURED THAT OUT,

UM, I REALIZED THAT

WITHIN ME THERE WAS THE ABILITY

TO DISCERN WHAT FOODS WERE GOOD AND WHICH ONES WERE NOT,

AND WE LOOK FOR THESE BASIC RELATIONSHIPS

TO BE INTACT IN OUR CATTLE,

ALONG WITH GENETICS.

THE GENETICS OF PRODUCING GOOD BEEF.

SO THAT, UH, THEY THRIVE UP HERE.

SO THESE CATTLE UP HERE IN THESE WILD ENVIRONMENTS

CAN, UH-- I CAN TRUST THEM

TO MAKE GOOD FOOD CHOICES.

I CAN TRUST THEM TO GROW EXCELLENT BEEF.

BECAUSE, UM, IT'S ABOUT AS WILD

AS A SYSTEM THAT YOU COULD HAVE

IN TERMS OF RAISING BEEF IN NORTH AMERICA TODAY.

THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE DOING THE SAME THING I AM,

AND I THINK YOU'D BE HARD PRESSED

TO, UH, TO FIND AN EQUIVALENT--

UM, A WILD SYSTEM EQUIVALENT

IN RAISING BEEF CATTLE AS HERE.

UM, YOU TALK ABOUT GRASS-FED AND ORGANIC,

AND I SEE ALL THESE PEOPLE TAKING KNIVES

AND SLICING THOSE WORDS UP ON THE TABLE

AND TRYING TO DISSECT THEM,

GRASS-FED, GRASS-FINISHED,

UH, CERTIFIED ORGANIC.

UM, WELL, WE'RE ALL THOSE.

WE'RE GRASS-FED, GRASS-FINISHED,

AND CERTIFIED ORGANIC ALL AT THE SAME TIME,

AND, UH, REALLY, IT'S ABOUT WILD.

AND YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE

THAT OTHER CRITTERS

BESIDES US TOO LIKE IT.

CRITTERS LIKE IT TOO.

THE ELK AND DEER AND THE WOLVES AND STUFF

COME ALONG HERE AND GET IT.

SNAG A LITTLE DRINK OUT OF THE SPRING TOO.

AND IT'S LIKE THAT ON ALL OUR OTHER ONES TOO.

THERE WAS ALWAYS A SIGN THAT SOMEBODY ELSE

HAD BEEN THERE BEFORE YOU.

IT'S ABOUT WILD FOODS,

AND THIS IS A WILD FOOD.

AND THAT'S-- THAT'S REALLY WHAT I THINK

WE NEED TO BE HEADING FOR.

JUST LIKE THIS WHOLE PALEO MOVEMENT

IS ABOUT TRYING TO FIND WHAT, UM,

PERHAPS OUR ANCESTORS ATE AND THRIVED ON,

WE NEED TO DO THE SAME THING

FROM AN AGRICULTURAL STANDPOINT.

AND RAISE WILD FOOD.

YOU KNOW, NEARLY HAND-CRAFTED VEGETABLES AND FRUITS

INSTEAD OF THESE GENETICALLY-MODIFIED,

AND THESE HYBRID AND, UH,

HYPER-BRED PLANTS AND ANIMALS.

WE NEED TO SEARCH OUT THESE THINGS

THAT ARE WILD, THAT ARE SIMPLISTIC

IN TERMS OF, UM, WHAT THEIR ORIGIN WAS.

WE'VE ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW,

WE'VE CREATED COMPLEXITY OUT OF WHERE WE NEVER NEEDED IT.

UH, WE NEEDED TO STAY SIMPLE

AND JUST RETAIN THOSE WILD ASPECTS

OF OUR DIET AND OUR LIFESTYLE.

GOES IN TO GET MILKED

AND COMES OUT AND GOES BACK TO THE PASTURE.

IT'S SERENE AND HOLY AND PEACEFUL,

AND THAT'S THE MANURE WE'RE ACQUIRING,

THIS MILK-COW MANURE.

YOU LOOK AT HOW, YOU KNOW, WE AND OTHER GRASS FARMERS

AND OTHER SMALL-SCALE AGRICULTURISTS

MANAGE THEIR LAND, AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT ALL THE PIECES.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE SOIL HEALTH

AND THEY'RE WONDERING, YOU KNOW,

HOW ARE THE LITTLE ORGANISMS IN MY SOIL DOING?

DO I HAVE GOOD EARTH WORMS?

DO I HAVE GOOD TILTH?

IF I PICK UP A HANDFUL OF MY SOIL,

HOW DOES IT FEEL, HOW DOES IT SMELL?

HOW IS IT ABSORBING RAIN WATER?

HOW ARE MY ANIMALS DOING?

HOW ARE THE NUTRIENTS CYCLING THROUGH MY ANIMALS

BACK TO THE GRASS?

WHAT'S MY SPECIES COMPOSITION DOING?

HOW IS IT CHANGING?

IT BECOMES REALLY COMPLICATED,

AND IT'S LIKE GOING TO SEE A NATUROPATH

AS OPPOSED TO GOING TO A REGULAR HOSPITAL

AND GETTING TURNED INTO AN iPATIENT.

AND IT REALLY STARTED BECAUSE CARYL AND I

HAVE ALWAYS FELT A NEED FOR A CONNECTIVITY

BETWEEN THE FOOD AND THE EATERS OF THE FOOD.

AND WE WANT TO ESTABLISH THAT,

AND WE FINALLY FIGURED OUT A WAY

THAT WE THOUGHT WE COULD MAKE IT ECONOMICAL

FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ACTUALLY

STAY ON THE LAND AS PRODUCERS

AND MARKET THIS GRASS-FED BEEF

AND FIND PEOPLE WHO WOULD BENEFIT

IN TERMS OF THEIR HEALTH

AND IN TERMS OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LAND

AND ULTIMATELY THE SOIL

THAT THESE CATTLE ARE EATING ON.

THE LINK I WANT TO DRAW FOR THE PEOPLE

THAT ARE PROBABLY WATCHING THIS

WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THEIR HEALTH

IS THAT THEY ARE INEXTRICABLY TIED

TO PEOPLE WHO ARE MANAGING LAND,

BECAUSE WHERE THEY'RE GONNA GET FOOD

IS AFFECTED BY HOW THEIR FOOD IS RAISED

AND WHERE IT'S RAISED AND THE HEALTH OF THE LAND,

SO THEIR HEALTH IS DIRECTLY TIED TO THE HEALTH OF THE LAND.

AND I'M EXCITED TO SEE A GROWING SENSE

OF WANTING GOOD FOOD

AND BEING WILLING TO PAY FOR GOOD FOOD,

BECAUSE IT SUPPORTS PEOPLE WHO ARE DOING

INNOVATIVE AND DIFFERENT THINGS ON THE LAND.

WE REALIZED THAT WE WERE PUTTING ON OUR CATTLE

AN IMPRESSION OF WHAT WE WANTED

OUR PASTURE TO LOOK LIKE

AND THE SPECIES DIVERSITY

THAT WE WANTED OUR PASTURE TO LOOK LIKE,

AND INSTEAD NOW WE'RE TRYING TO PAY ATTENTION

TO WHAT THE COW WANTS TO EAT

AND HOW SHE WANTS TO WORK THAT PASTURE

INSTEAD OF TRY TO FORCE ON HER

SOME KIND OF PARADIGM THAT WE'VE LEARNED

ABOUT WHAT GRASS PASTURE SHOULD LOOK LIKE

AND THE DIVERSITY OF SPECIES THERE,

SO WE'RE TRYING TO TEND TOWARD THAT NOW.

THAT'S PROBABLY OUR LATEST MOVE,

TO JUST LET THE COWS TEACH US

WHAT THEY WANT US TO FEED THEM,

WHAT THEY WANT TO EAT,

WHAT THEY WANT TO PICK ON THOSE WILD PASTURES.

SO THAT'S THE LATEST OBSERVATIONAL THING WE'RE DOING.

AND THAT'S HOW MOST OF THIS STUFF HAS HAPPENED.

IT'S JUST BEEN OBSERVATIONAL.

IT'S EITHER OBSERVATION OF WHAT WORKS

IN TERMS OF CATTLE, YOU KNOW,

AS FAR AS BREED BACK AND HOW THEY RAISE THEIR CALF

AND HOW THEIR LITTLE CALF DOES,

AND HOW THEY PROTECT THEM ON THE RANGES,

YOU KNOW, FROM WOLVES AND ALL THAT STUFF

AND HOW FAT THEY COME BACK FROM THE RANGE,

HOW EFFICIENTLY THEY'VE CONVERTED THAT GRASS

INTO PROTEIN FOR US...

[BANJO PLAYING]

[NARRATOR] THE 15,000-MILE ROAD TRIP

WE TOOK FROM L.A. TO IDAHO VIA PHOENIX AND AUSTIN

ALLOWED US TO TAKE IN THE MAJESTIC LANDSCAPES

AS WE TALKED TO THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE

RECONNECTING WITH MORE DYNAMIC LIFESTYLES

AND THE WILDERNESS.

WE WERE REMINDED OF THE RELATIONSHIP

BETWEEN THE BACTERIA IN THE SOIL

AND THE BACTERIA IN OUR OWN GUT

AND HOW WE CAN BENEFIT FROM STAYING WILD

AND CULTIVATING A DYNAMIC PERSPECTIVE

ON THE WAY WE EAT, THE WAY WE THINK,

AND THE WAY WE LIVE.

WE NOW MOVE INTO WILD FOODS EVEN FURTHER

AS WE GO ON A FORAGING WALK

THROUGH THE WOODS IN EAST LOS ANGELES.

SO THIS ONE IS MUGWORT.

THAT'S ONE OF THE PLANT THAT I USED TO MAKE BEER WITH.

IT'S OLD PLANT THAT WAS USED TO MAKE BEER

BY VIKING IN THE OLD DAYS, AND CELT,

INSTEAD OF HOPS. EXTREMELY AROMATIC.

IT SMELLS FANTASTIC.

IT'S A LITTLE BIT BITTER,

BUT IT MAKES A FANTASTIC

KIND OF, LIKE, BITTER BEER.

PICK UP SOME MUSHROOM LIKE TURKEY TAIL MUSHROOM.

OKAY.

THEN YOU GET SOME MUSHROOM WHITE TEA WITH IT.

BUT IT STILL DOESN'T BEAT THE WHITE FIR...

AND THE MOUNTAIN VINEGAR.

THAT ONE IS JUST SPECTACULAR.

IT'S GOOD. IT'S GOOD.

- YEAH. - [LAUGHS]

FROM THERE, YOU WALK AROUND,

AND WE'LL BE COLLECTING MOGWART,

AND WE'LL BE COLLECTING A BIT OF SAGE BRUSH.

YOU KNOW, IN A BAG.

UH, SOME KIND OF SPICE, MIXED MORE LIKE AN HERB.

HERB OR LEAVES MIXED.

AND I LEAVE IT DEHYDRATED, AND I USE THAT ALL YEAR LONG.

[NARRATOR] IT TURNS OUT THAT AS SOON AS SPRING ARRIVES,

YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO ON A HIKE

AND FORAGE DELICIOUS WILD LETTUCE,

MUSTARD FLOWERS, NASTURTIA,

AND A WIDE VARIETY OF OTHER PLANTS.

THIS IS WHERE I PICK UP YOUR MINT.

I DIDN'T BUY IT AT THE STORE.

SHOULD KNOW.

[LAUGHTER]

THAT'S WHAT I DID WITH THE PLANT, BY THE WAY.

YOU CAN SEE THE WIND WAS COMING FROM THAT DIRECTION.

I WAS OVER THERE, I SMELLED IT,

SO I GO BACK AND I FOLLOW THE WIND

AND I FOUND MY MINT.

SO THIS ONE'S CALLED CURLY DOCK. D-O-C-K.

IT'S CALLED CURLY DOCK

BECAUSE IT'S GOT THOSE THREE OR FOUR CURLS ON IT.

YOU FIND THAT USUALLY IN WATER.

ADDED FLAVOR FROM THE PICKLING SOLUTION,

IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE EASY TO DO.

IT'S REALLY ABOUT EVEN YOUR COMPOST BEING CLEAN.

AND TIDY.

SO LET'S SEE.

TRY TO GO AROUND THE EDGES LIKE I DID.

YEAH, GRAB IT-- THERE YOU GO.

I WOULD THEN, UM, FINISH IT OFF

WITH THE ALFALFA,

'CAUSE IT REALLY HOLDS IN THE MOISTURE

AND REALLY KEEPS IT, UM, GOING.

AND I JUST KINDA MAKE A PILE.

ALL LIFE STARTS WITH BACTERIA, RIGHT?

SO WE'RE BASICALLY FRACTALS OF BACTERIA.

WE GO FROM BACTERIA TO AMOEBA TO THIS BODY, RIGHT?

SO IN BIODYNAMICS, AND I BUY THIS,

UM, THIS PREPARATION

CALLED COMPOST STARTER.

BUT BASICALLY IT'S A BACTERIA

THAT YOU JUST ADD A LITTLE LUKE-WARM WATER,

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA ADD IT

OVER HERE TO SOME SPRING WATER, RAIN WATER.

SO I USE THAT,

AND SO THEN THAT'S GONNA DILUTE IT.

GOOD.

THEN YOU CAN BAPTIZE OUR COMPOST PILE.

AND MAKE SURE YOU GET IT ALL OVER THE WHOLE THING.

YEP.

AND WE'RE JUST GONNA ADD A LITTLE BIT OF THAT,

AND IT'S-- WHEN WE SPRINKLE

EACH LAYER OF THE COMPOST,

WE'RE ADDING MILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF BACTERIA

THAT ARE GONNA THEN GO IN

AND START BREAKING DOWN

EVERYTHING THAT'S IN OUR COMPOST.

SO IT WILL HEAT IT UP.

YOU CAN ADD IT TO IF YOU HAVE MANURE,

LIKE CHICKENS OR HORSES OR COWS.

YOU CAN SPRINKLE THAT, IT'LL BREAK IT DOWN.

GETS RID OF THE SMELL. AMAZING.

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING.

[NARRATOR] WITNESSING THE WAY

LINDA TOOK CARE OF EACH LAYER OF CARBON,

THAT'S THE LEAVES,

THEN ADDING WATER AND THEN THE NITROGEN LAYER,

WHICH ARE THE TWIGS, THE BRANCHES, AND THE STEMS,

THEN MORE WATER AND CARBON AND NITROGEN

AND SO ON AND SO FORTH

UNTIL SHE GOT A COMPOST PILE

THAT LIVED LIKE A LIVING SCULPTURE

WAS TRULY SPECTACULAR.

IT IS LIKE COOKING.

[LINDA] IT IS. IT DEFINITELY IS.

I MEAN, IT HEATS UP.

YOU KNOW, A COMPOST PILE,

UM, WHEN IT'S BUILT PROPERLY

AND IT GETS ITS HEAT UP TO WHERE--

140 DEGREES. THE INSIDE.

I'VE HAD COMPOST PILES WHERE IT GOT TOO HOT

AND TURNED TO ASH.

SO IT GOT TO BE 190 DEGREES.

AND THEN I HAD ASH AROUND THE EDGES

'CAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH WATER AROUND THE EDGES.

SLOW AND STEADY WITH THE WATER.

'CAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO DO THIS.

AND THEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GOT.

BUT IF YOU JUST...

GO SLOW...

YOU GET IT EVEN.

ANOTHER THING THAT I LOVE ABOUT DOING THE COMPOST

ON THE-- NEXT TO THE FULL MOON

IS THAT FULL MOONS ARE ABOUT LETTING GO.

SO WHEN I DO COMPOST,

THAT'S ALWAYS WHAT I DO.

I THINK ABOUT WHAT I'M LETTING GO OF

AND WHAT I WANT TO PUT BACK INTO THE EARTH TO COMPOST.

SO I'M COMPOSTING THE ACTUAL MATERIAL FROM THE GARDEN,

BUT I'M ALSO COMPOSTING MY EMOTIONS,

THINGS THAT I'M WORKING ON.

AND SO IT'S KINDA LIKE A MEDITATION WHILE I'M DOING IT.

I'M THINKING ABOUT WHAT I'M LETTING GO OF.

NOT THIS-- THIS SAT FOR 12 HOURS.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE BACTERIA'S ALIVE,

AND IT WILL BE ALIVE FOR ANOTHER 12 HOURS,

AND THEN IT DIES.

IT STARTS TO EAT ITSELF UP.

SO YOU MAKE IT, AND THEN YOU GOTTA USE IT.

IS THERE A REASON WHY YOU KEEP EVERYTHING ORGANIZED

LIKE CATEGORIES OR COLORS, OR--?

OKAY, SO NORMALLY I DON'T,

BUT BECAUSE I WANTED TO EXPLAIN

HOW I DO LAYERS AND HOW I CHOOSE

WHAT'S CARBON AND WHAT'S NITROGEN,

I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE EASIER

IF I KINDA BROKE 'EM UP INTO THESE LITTLE SECTIONS.

YEAH, I THINK IT'S GOT A PRETTY GOOD BASE.

YEAH.

I WANTED YOU TO NOTICE, LIKE,

THIS-- IT'S NOT SUPER SOAKED RIGHT HERE,

BUT IF YOU GO LIKE THAT, IT FEELS LIKE A SPONGE.

IT FEELS LIKE A SPONGE.

IT'S NOT TOO DRIPPING.

IT'S NOT POURING OUT THE EDGES.

I JUST LOVE WHAT WE WERE SAYING EARLIER,

HOW IT REMINDS YOU OF COOKING,

OF BURIALS, OF LIFE AND DEATH AT THE SAME TIME.

EXACTLY, LIFE AND DEATH.

RESURRECTION. BEING REBORN.

[NARRATOR] THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO RECONNECT WITH NATURE

AND REALIZE YOU ACTUALLY ARE

PART OF AN ECOSYSTEM--

TAKING A HIKE, GOING CAMPING,

CONTEMPLATING THE OCEAN IN FRONT OF YOU.

LEARNING HOW TO MAKE COMPOST

AND HOW YOU CAN MAKE YOUR SOIL HEALTHIER

AND THEREFORE YOUR VEGGIES AND FRUITS MORE NUTRITIOUS

IS ALSO A STRONG WAY TO RECONNECT

AND APPRECIATE THAT GROUND WE ALL CAME FROM.

IT IS A POWERFUL WAY TO REMEMBER THE FACT

THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY ALL PART

OF THE NUTRIENT CYCLE OF LIFE.

IN THE 1950s, WE SPENT 25% OF OUR FAMILY BUDGET ON FOOD,

AND NOW WE SPEND 10% OF OUR FAMILY BUDGET ON FOOD.

AND IN THE 1950s, IT WAS THE INVERSE.

ON MEDICAL STUFF, WE SPENT--

UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS.

MAYBE, LIKE, 16% IN THE '50s.

BUT NOW WE SPEND 25% OF OUR BUDGET ON MEDICAL STUFF.

I MEAN, SO WHAT'S HAPPENED?

EVERYTHING'S JUST FLIP FLOPPED.

I MEAN, YOU CAN EAT WELL

AND PAY LESS AT THE DOCTOR,

OR YOU CAN EAT LIKE SHIT AND PAY FOR IT LATER.

I ALSO HAD HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.

UH, I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW,

MY FATHER, WHEN HE STARTED TO HIT HIS 30s,

HIS METABOLISM SLOWED DOWN.

I WAS CERTAINLY GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.

HE HIT OVER 200 POUNDS,

AND I WAS CERTAINLY GOING IN THAT DIRECTION.

I KNEW THAT SOMETHING NEEDED TO CHANGE.

IT TOOK ME A FEW YEARS OF REALLY EXPERIMENTING ON MYSELF.

I READ EVERY DIET BOOK I COULD FIND.

I READ MEDICAL JOURNALS.

I WENT TO UNDERGROUND BODY-BUILDING FORUMS

AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN,

AND I WAS LOOKING FOR THE SECRETS OF HEALTH.

I FOUND MYSELF NOT ONLY SLEEPING 16 HOURS A DAY,

BUT ONE DAY I OPENED UP "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL,"

WHICH, IF YOU'RE AN MBA, THAT'S WHAT YOU LOVE TO DO

IS READ "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL" COVER TO COVER.

AND I OPENED IT UP, AND I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND

THE ARTICLE I WAS READING.

AND I THOUGHT, "OH, MY GOD, THIS IS THE WORST WRITER."

YOU KNOW, "I'M GONNA READ ANOTHER ARTICLE.

THERE'S PROBABLY A BETTER ARTICLE IN HERE."

COULDN'T UNDERSTAND THE SECOND ARTICLE.

THIRD, FOURTH, FIFTH, SAME THING,

AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M LIKE,

"OH, UM, I GUESS THE COMMONALITY HERE IS ME.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M READING."

AND FINALLY, AFTER GOING TO WORK

FOR SIX MONTHS FEELING SICK AS A DOG,

I HAD LOST MY COGNITIVE ABILITIES,

AND THEN I COULD NO LONGER DO MY JOB.

EVERY TIME I WENT INTO MY DOCTOR,

I WAS A LITTLE BIT FATTER, A LITTLE BIT SICKER.

I WAS RUNNING 30 MILES A WEEK, SOMETIMES MORE,

AND THEY SAID I SHOULD BE RUNNING MORE

BECAUSE I WAS PUTTING ON WEIGHT.

AND THERE WERE JUST ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS,

AND I THOUGHT, "WITH EVERYTHING ELSE SPINNING OUT OF MY CONTROL,"

AT LEAST I CAN GET MY HEALTH UNDER CONTROL.

AT LEAST I CAN FOCUS ON THAT FOR A LITTLE WHILE

TO KINDA DRAG MYSELF

OUT OF THIS DISASTER THAT IS MY LIFE,"

AND THAT WAS A HARROWING EXPERIENCE,

BECAUSE I THOUGHT I KNEW WHAT WAS HEALTHY.

I THOUGHT EATING, YOU KNOW, A LOW-FAT DIET,

REDUCING MY CALORIES,

BEING "ON A DIET," AS THEY SAY, WAS HEALTHY.

I THOUGHT EATING DIET FOODS

THAT WERE MARKETED AS DIET FOODS

THAT WILL HELP YOU LOSE WEIGHT OR STAY TRIM

OR PUT ON MUSCLE WAS HEALTHY,

BUT WHEN I ACTUALLY LOOKED INTO THE RESEARCH,

MY BACKGROUND'S IN PSYCHOLOGICAL AND BRAIN SCIENCE,

SO I REALLY DO APPRECIATE GOING THROUGH MEDICAL JOURNALS

AND OTHER REALLY "DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE" TYPE THINGS,

I FOUND THAT THOSE AREN'T THE THINGS THAT MAKE YOU HEALTHY.

THOSE ARE IN FACT THE THINGS THAT MAKE YOU SICK.

TURNS OUT THAT I'D BEEN BITTEN BY A TICK,

AND IT JUST TOOK A WHILE FOR THE INFECTION TO REACH MY BRAIN,

AND SO SLOWLY OVER TIME

THE INFECTION DID REACH MY BRAIN AND PROLIFERATE ENOUGH

THAT I LOST MY COGNITIVE ABILITIES

FOR A PRETTY LONG TIME.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE RESEARCH

THAT ACTUALLY EXISTS TODAY

ABOUT HOW WELL HUMANS FARE

ON A LOW-FAT DIET COMPARED TO A HIGH-FAT DIET,

YOU START TO SEE THAT MAYBE WHAT WE UNDERSTAND

ISN'T 100% THE TRUTH.

AND CERTAINLY THE THINGS THAT YOU SEE

IN CONVENTIONAL MAGAZINES

WHICH ARE OFTEN OWNED BY SUPPLEMENT COMPANIES

OR OTHER FOOD MANUFACTURERS,

WHAT YOU SEE ON TELEVISION AS COMMERCIALS

WHO ARE TRYING TO SELL YOU A PRODUCT,

THESE THINGS DON'T NECESSARILY

REPRESENT THE RESEARCH OR THE TRUTH.

IN 1999, I STARTED THE GLUTEN-FREE DIET,

AND IT DRAMATICALLY CHANGED MY HEALTH.

I WENT FROM BED RIDDEN IN THE HOUSE 80% OF THE DAY

TO, WITHIN THREE OR FOUR MONTHS,

WORKING BACK IN HIGH TECH AS A CONSULTANT.

IT WAS REMARKABLE.

AND THAT'S WHEN I FIRST STARTED TO GET THE CLUE

THAT DIET HAD A LOT TO DO WITH DISEASE,

AND I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A DIAGNOSIS YET.

BUT WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT LYME DISEASE

CAUSES SO MUCH INFLAMMATION IN YOUR BODY,

AND GLUTEN, IF YOU HAVE A REACTION TO IT,

IF YOU MAKE AN AUTO-IMMUNE REACTION

TO GLUTEN IN YOUR DIET,

IT CAUSES A TON OF INFORMATION,

SO YOU'RE JUST KINDA, LIKE, FUELING AN INFLAMMATION FIRE.

WHEN I REALIZED THAT, YOU KNOW,

IT'S NOT PARTICULARLY DIFFICULT

TO LOSE FAT OR PUT ON MUSCLE

OR TO CONTROL YOUR BODY IN A HEALTHY WAY,

BASICALLY BY MANIPULATING, YOU KNOW,

MACRO NUTRIENTS AND MICRO NUTRIENTS

AND ALL THIS OTHER STUFF,

ONCE I REALIZED THAT IT WAS ACTUALLY

PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD TO DO THAT,

I'M LIKE, "WELL, WHY DO 99% OF PEOPLE NOT KNOW THIS STUFF?

WHY IS THERE SO MUCH MISINFORMATION OUT THERE?

FOR ME, "ONE STEP AT A TIME"

MEANT LISTENING TO MY BODY POLICE,

AND IF MY BODY FELT BAD AFTER EATING SOMETHING,

THEN I STARTED TRYING TO EXPERIMENT

AND SEEING IF I COULD REPRODUCE THAT FEELING WITH THE SAME FOOD,

AND IF I COULD REPRODUCE IT AT LEAST THREE TIMES,

THEN I'D SAY, "OKAY, WELL,

I NEED TO ELIMINATE THIS FROM MY DIET."

AND I WAS KINDA SCIENTIFIC ABOUT IT.

IT WAS ALWAYS JUST, LIKE, ONE THING AT A TIME.

AND SO THE NEXT FOOD THAT I ELIMINATED WAS DAIRY,

AND THEN I GOT A BUMP UP IN MY HEALTH AGAIN.

AND THEN, LIKE, I'D HAD ALL THIS ECZEMA.

GONE.

JUST BY STOPPING DAIRY.

ALL THE ECZEMA THAT WAS REMAINING IN MY HANDS,

THAT GLUTEN HADN'T TAKEN CARE OF,

IT WAS GONE.

SO IT WAS WHEAT AND DAIRY CAUSING MY ECZEMA.

GONE.

AND SO I HAD, YOU KNOW, VISIBLE PROOF

THAT TIME OF A HUGE CHANGE.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T LIKE TO BELIEVE ALL THIS STUFF

UNLESS THEY CAN SEE SOMETHING CONCRETE,

SOMETHING VISIBLE, SOMETHING TANGIBLE.

AND SO I WENT FROM BEING CHUBBY AND SICK AND LOW ENERGY

AND HAVING HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

EVEN THOUGH I WAS RUNNING 30 MILES A WEEK

TO RUNNING FIVE TO TEN MILES A WEEK

AND HAVING AN ATHLETE'S BODY

AND AN ATHLETE'S BLOOD WORK.

I'M KIND OF DIET AGNOSTIC.

I CAN'T PUT MY DIET IN THE RAW FOOD CATEGORY.

I CAN'T PUT IT IN THE PALEO CATEGORY.

IF I HAD TO DESCRIBE IT,

IT'S PROBABLY A COMBINATION OF THOSE TWO.

OR YOU MIGHT DESCRIBE IT AS A COMBINATION

OF RAW AND WESTON PRICE, IF YOU KNOW WHO WESTON PRICE IS.

UM, 'CAUSE I DO-- I EAT CLEAN MEATS.

I EAT A LOT OF FAT.

I EAT A LOT OF AVOCADOS.

I EAT A LOT OF CLEAN MEAT WITH FAT.

UM, PEOPLE CAN'T BELIEVE HOW MUCH FAT

I EAT AT MY MEALS, AND I CAN'T GAIN WEIGHT.

I MEAN, I'M ALWAYS ON A WEIGHT-GAIN PLAN

JUST SO I CAN MAINTAIN.

WOMEN DON'T LIKE ME FOR THAT,

BUT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE CROSS I BEAR.

THE FATS THAT I EAT ARE PROBABLY IN THIS ORDER.

IT WOULD GO BUTTER, COCONUT OIL,

AVOCADO, OTHER ANIMAL FATS.

YOU KNOW, IT COULD BE THAT WE KINDA CYCLE THESE IN AND OUT.

IT COULD BE BEEF TALLOW OR DUCK FAT

OR LARD OR SOMETHING ELSE IN THERE,

AND JUST OTHER NUTS AND VARIOUS PLANT AND ANIMAL FATS.

UM, IT GOES IN THAT ORDER,

AND WHEN I SAY THAT I EAT A LOT OF FAT,

IT'S NOT JUST, LIKE, DRINKING CUPS OF BUTTER OR WHATEVER,

ALTHOUGH I DO DO THAT SOMETIMES.

UM, AND I DEFINITELY--

I LOVE FATTY COFFEE.

I PUT LOTS OF FAT IN MY COFFEE.

ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNING

WHEN I'M DOING A KETOGENIC FAST OR THAT TYPE OF THING.

BUT IT'S ALSO BUILT IN TO THE FOODS THAT I'M EATING.

SO EGGS, A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK OF THEM AS A HIGH-PROTEIN FOOD,

BUT THEY'RE ACTUALLY PRIMARILY FAT,

AND SO THAT'S A WONDERFUL FAT SOURCE

IS THE YOLK OF AN EGG, AND IT'S SO INTERESTING.

IF YOU LISTEN TO THE TRADITIONAL MEDIA

AND YOU LISTEN TO THE STUDIES THAT COME OUT,

THE ONE STUDY WILL COME OUT AND IT'LL SAY,

"EGGS ARE THE ABSOLUTE WORST THING

YOU COULD EVER EAT FOR YOUR BODY.

THEY WILL STOP YOUR HEART IMMEDIATELY.

YOU SHOULD NEVER EAT THEM AGAIN.

TAKE THEM OUT OF YOUR DIET."

AND THEN, YOU KNOW,

THE NEXT WEEK ANOTHER STUDY WILL COME OUT

AND IT'LL SAY, "EGGS ARE THE NEW SUPER FOOD.

YOU SHOULD BE EATING SIX EVERY SINGLE DAY,

AND IT'LL GIVE YOU A HEALTHY HEART, GOOD SKIN,"

AND THE REST OF THE STUFF.

IF YOU JUST IGNORE THAT AND EAT REAL FOOD,

YOU'RE GOING TO BE A LOT BETTER SUITED.

I GIVE NUTRITION PRESENTATIONS,

AND I DO THIS GRAPH THAT SHOWS

THAT AS FOOD BECOMES INCREASINGLY CONVENIENT,

YOU KNOW, IN PACKAGES AND WRAPPERS,

AND YOU CAN EVEN GET, LIKE,

A PACKAGED PEANUT BUTTER AND JELLY SANDWICH NOW,

AS IF THAT IS SO HARD TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, BY YOURSELF,

SO AS CONVENIENCE GOES UP,

THE NUTRITION CONTENT TENDS TO GO DOWN.

I MEAN, THEY'RE REALLY INVERSELY RELATED.

UM, AND SO, YEAH, I ABSOLUTELY THINK

THAT TRYING TO MAKE FOODS MORE CONVENIENT

HAS REALLY DONE US A DISSERVICE

IN TERMS OF NUTRITION AND ULTIMATELY OUR HEALTH.

I MEAN, WE SPEND THE MOST ON HEALTHCARE OF ANY NATION.

WE HAVE THE HIGHEST INFANT MORTALITY RATE OF ANY NATION.

I MEAN, WE'RE DOWN THERE-- WHAT ARE WE DOWN THERE WITH?

WE'RE RANKED, LIKE, 39TH IN THESE THINGS,

AND IT'S WITH, LIKE, THIRD-WORLD COUNTRIES.

I WAS 30, AND I THOUGHT PRETTY MUCH I HAD LIFE--

EVERYTHING WAS GOING PERFECTLY, AND I WAS A PUBLICIST.

I LIVED IN MANHATTAN, HAD MY OWN COMPANY.

I WAS DOING ALL THE CRAZY THINGS.

FILM PREMIERES AND EVERYTHING, SEEMED PRETTY COOL,

AND THEN I JUST STARTED GETTING REALLY ACHY.

AND MY LOWER BACK STARTED HURTING,

AND I NO LONGER--

LITERALLY, I JUST WAS NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO IT,

AND I WANTED TO IGNORE IT AS LONG AS I COULD,

AND IT GOT SO BAD THAT BY THE TIME I WAS 30

I LITERALLY COULDN'T ACTUALLY

GO ANYWHERE WITH MY CLIENTS ANYMORE.

I WAS DOING-- LYING DOWN ON MY SOFA

WITH THE COMPUTER PROPPED UP,

JUST TRYING TO GET THROUGH A DAY

WITHOUT TOO MUCH PAIN.

ONE DAY MIRA WALKED INTO MY OFFICE,

AND SHE HAD ADVANCED OSTEOPOROSIS AT AGE 30,

AND IT DIDN'T MATTER TO HER

WHETHER SHE WAS TAKING MORE CARBS, FATS, OR PROTEINS.

SHE WAS ON A MISSION TO FIND OUT

"HOW COULD I REVERSE MY BONE DISEASE?"

AND, OF COURSE, BECAUSE A LOT OF MY CLIENTS

WERE YOUNGER OR MIDDLE AGED,

THERE WASN'T A LOT OF THEM

THAT HAD THIS ADVANCED OSTEOPOROSIS.

IT WAS MOSTLY WEIGHT LOSS OR HYPER TENSION

OR GET RID OF HEAD ACHES, OR I'M NOT SLEEPING WELL.

SO WE STARTED A REAL JOURNEY

TO FIND ABOUT WHAT, YOU KNOW--

HOW ARE THESE MICRO NUTRIENTS ABSORBED INTO THE BODY?

WHY IS IT THAT WHEN I LOOK AT RESEARCH

FOR VITAMIN "D," FOR EXAMPLE,

I FIND MOUNTAINS OF RESEARCH

SHOWING THE BENEFITS OF VITAMIN "D."

ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT BENEFITS.

ANTI CANCER AND JUST ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

VITAMIN "C" HAS STACKS OF RESEARCH PAPERS.

EACH ONE-- ALL THE "B" VITAMINS HAVE THEM.

AND THEN YOU START TO LOOK AT MULTI VITAMINS IN GENERAL,

AND THE STACK GOES DOWN TO, LIKE, NOTHING.

AND SOME OF THE RESEARCH SHOWS

THAT MULTI VITAMINS COULD EVEN BE DETRIMENTAL TO YOUR HEALTH.

I'M THINKING, "WELL, WHY WOULD IT BE

THAT IF YOU TAKE A BUNCH OF THESE VERY BENEFICIAL

ESSENTIAL MICRO NUTRIENTS

AND PUT 'EM TOGETHER IN ONE ENCAPSULATION,

ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BENEFITS GO AWAY?

[FU] I SAY CROSSFIT IS THE QUICKEST WAY TO THE RUNNER'S HIGH.

SO TYPICALLY WHEN PEOPLE GO OUT AND THEY GO RUNNING,

THEY'RE CHASING AFTER THAT EUPHORIA

THAT DOESN'T HIT FOR, LIKE,

A GOOD 30, 40, 45 MINUTES.

IF YOU'RE LIKE ME, IT MIGHT NEVER EVER HIT, RIGHT?

BUT, YOU KNOW, FIVE, TEN, 15 MINUTES INSIDE A CROSSFIT WORKOUT,

BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF INTENSITY THAT YOU'RE PUSHING,

YOU KNOW, ONCE YOU'RE DONE, YOU'RE COMPLETELY EUPHORIC.

PEOPLE BECOME MORE CHATTY, YOU KNOW.

THEY FEEL A OVERALL GENERAL SENSE OF WELLBEING.

SO IT'S THE QUICKEST WAY TO THE RUNNER'S HIGH,

AND SO OFTEN TIMES WE SAY CROSSFITTERS

LIKE TO CHASE THAT CRACK.

SO WE SAY CROSSFIT IS THIS PERFECT MARRIAGE

OF, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE HIGH-LEVEL, ELITE SPORTS,

AND WE'VE KIND OF TAKEN THE BEST ELEMENTS

AND COMBINED THEM TOGETHER TO CREATE A FITNESS PROGRAM.

IF YOU'RE 25 OR IF YOU'RE 30,

IF YOU'RE 35 OR YOU'RE 40,

I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOUR MOBILITY IS.

HOW CAN YOU MOVE YOUR BODY?

UH, BECAUSE HOW YOU TREAT IT

IS GOING TO BE VERY IMPORTANT

ON THE TRAJECTORY THAT YOU'RE GOING FORWARD.

ALL OF THESE THINGS THAT TRY TO DEFINE YOU

AND PUT YOU INTO A BOX,

DON'T BUY INTO THAT.

YOU'RE MUCH MORE THAN THAT.

UH, AND WHEN YOU LET THOSE THINGS INFLUENCE YOU,

IT HELPS CREATE THAT,

AND PEOPLE REALIZE THAT.

SO IF YOU'RE EXPECTING THAT I'M TURNING 40

OR I'M TURNING 50 AND I CAN'T DO SOMETHING ANY LONGER,

WELL, THEN YOU'RE NOT GONNA TRY TO DO IT.

AND THEREFORE YOU'RE GONNA LOSE THE ABILITY TO DO IT.

SO YOU ARE A DYNAMIC, LIVING PROCESS.

DON'T FIND YOUR LIMITATIONS.

FIND YOUR POTENTIALS.

EVERYBODY HAS THE ANSWERS FOR THEMSELVES.

EVERYBODY DOES. WE ALL HAVE THEM.

BUT WE'VE FORGOTTEN THAT, YOU KNOW,

THE RIGHT WAY TO EAT LAYS WITHIN US.

AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE THE SAME AS EVERYBODY ELSE.

I DON'T EAT LIKE BOBBY.

HE EATS, YOU KNOW, A HALF A BUFFALO.

AT ONE SITTING. THAT'S WEIRD.

UM, NO.

IT'S, YOU KNOW-- SO WE'RE ALL INDIVIDUALS.

AND IT'S ABOUT KIND OF TUNING INTO THAT.

SO MY-- MY GENETICS, THOUGH WONDERFUL,

I WAS GIVEN-- SOME OF IT WAS A LITTLE CHALLENGING FOR ME,

AND TO REALIZE THAT I COULD UNDO

THE GENETIC TRAUMA THAT I CAME FROM,

THAT I DIDN'T HAVE TO LIVE THAT,

AND I REALLY THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF LIKE--

'CAUSE WE THINK OF GENES AS, LIKE, THAT'S IT.

IF YOU'RE GIVEN GENES, THAT'S IT.

YOU DON'T HAVE A SAY.

AND OUR BELIEF IS THAT-- OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS,

WE HAVE-- WE HAVE COMPLETE SAY OVER, YOU KNOW?

IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CHOICES WE MAKE.

IT'S ALL ABOUT HOW WE WAKE UP IN THE MORNING

AND DECIDE TO LIVE OUR EVERYDAY LIFE.

WHAT ARE WE GONNA EAT? HOW ARE WE GONNA BREATHE?

WHAT ARE WE GONNA THINK?

THOSE ARE ALL OUR CHOICES.

SO OUR LIFE AND OUR LIFESTYLE AND OUR LIVING,

AND THE "OUR" IS A COLLECTIVE "OUR,"

IT'S YOU AND ME AND EVERYBODY OUT THERE,

IT'S WHAT WE DECIDE TO DO FOR OURSELVES

THAT IS IN TUNE WITH WHAT'S RIGHT FOR OURSELVES.

IT ISN'T ABOUT KILLING YOURSELF AT YOUR WORKOUT

TWO HOURS EVERY DAY, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.

IT'S ABOUT A LITTLE BIT EVERY SINGLE DAY.

A LITTLE BIT EVERY SINGLE DAY.

EVEN WHEN YOU EAT, YOU KNOW?

THERE-- I'M SURE DISCUSSED THE 80-20 RULE.

IF YOU'RE KIND OF EATING GOOD 80% OF THE TIME,

THE OTHER 20% ISN'T GONNA KILL YA,

AND I THINK SOMETIMES PEOPLE LOOK AT IT--

IT'S SUCH A DAUNTING UNDERTAKING,

INSTEAD OF, "OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT?

I'M JUST GONNA DO A LITTLE AT A TIME."

AND I HAVE THIS IN MY OWN LIFE.

NOT WITH FOOD AND EXERCISE.

I HAVE IT WITH STRETCHING.

I'LL BE HONEST.

I NATURALLY AM VERY TIGHT FROM JUMPING.

LARRY'S NOT. HE'S VERY FLEXIBLE. IT'S SO ANNOYING.

AND I LOOK AT IT AS, LIKE,

THE BIGGEST MOUNTAIN THAT I NEED TO CLIMB.

IT'S THE ONLY THING IN MY LIFE I DO THIS WITH.

EVERYTHING ELSE, I CAN CHIP AWAY.

AND IT'S SOMEHOW BELIEVING THAT IF I PUT MY HEAD DOWN

AND I JUST TAKE LITTLE STEPS,

IF I MOVE A LITTLE BIT EVERY DAY

AND I EAT WELL EVERY DAY,

I WILL BE AT A PLACE THAT I FEEL GOOD ABOUT.

AND I THINK FOR PEOPLE, FOR WOMEN,

IT SEEMS LIKE SUCH A BIG UNDERTAKING,

AND "NOW I'M GONNA HAVE TO GET ALL THIS FOOD OUT OF MY LIFE

AND I WON'T KNOW WHAT TO EAT

AND THEN I HAVE TO FIND TIME TO EXERCISE"

AND ALL THIS STUFF.

IT'S LIKE, "LISTEN, JUST MAKE LITTLE CHANGES."

AND WHAT HAPPENS IS, TRULY,

AS YOU MAKE LITTLE CHANGES AND SEE IMPROVEMENTS

AND HAVE MORE ENERGY AND FEEL BETTER,

OH, ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU HAVE MORE TIME

AND YOU FIGURE OUT WAYS TO MAKE MORE CHANGES.

WE'RE HEADED IN TWO DIRECTIONS, AND WE'RE GONNA GO--

ONE WAY WE'RE GONNA BE COMPLETELY, LIKE...

IT'S GONNA BE-- I DON'T EVEN KNOW

WHERE WE'RE GONNA GO WITH JUST OUR--

YOU KNOW, PAST OBESITY INTO BLOBISM

OR WHATEVER IT IS.

LIKE, JUST LAYING THERE...

BEING FED WITH, LIKE, SOME SORT OF HOSE

THAT WE JUST RUN INTO THIS MASS

THAT-- WE CALL IT A BODY, OR WHATEVER.

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA BE OVER HERE ON THIS OTHER SIDE.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE INCREDIBLE KNOWLEDGE

ABOUT ALL THIS EXTREME SUPER FOOD--

HERB MINERAL THIS, AND ALL THIS DISCOVERIES,

AND THEN WE'RE GONNA CULTIVATE THAT STUFF AND GROW IT

AND MAKE BETTER STUFF AND JUST HAVE THAT,

AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE JUST A RAINBOW,

FROM THE POT OF GOLD TO THE POT OF MANURE,

AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN,

AND YOU'RE JUST GONNA HAVE TO DECIDE WHERE YOU WANT TO BE.

WHERE YOU WANT TO BE ON THE RAINBOW.

IF YOU WANT TO BE OVER THERE

ON THE BACK END OR THE FRONT END,

BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE WE'RE--

I MEAN, WE'RE HERE, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING,

AND IT'S-- IT'S, UH, IT'S SERIOUS.

WHAT GIVES YOU BLISS, YOU KNOW?

AND WHAT I FOUND FOR-- ESPECIALLY, LIKE, IN FOOD,

FIRST OF ALL, JUST EAT REAL FOOD.

THIS WHOLE THING ABOUT, "UGH, YOU'VE GOTTA EAT THIS WAY,

AND YOU'VE GOT NANO THIS AND BLAH, BLAH, BLAH,"

AND IT'S SO CONFUSING, AND--

YOU KNOW, IF IT'S PROCESSED,

IT'S PROBABLY NOT GOOD FOR YOU.

IF IT HAS A TOO-LONG SHELF LIFE,

IT'S GONNA SHORTEN YOUR LIFE.

SO OUR THING IS, YOU KNOW, JUST EAT REAL FOOD.

SO-- AND I WAS VEGAN FOR 16 YEARS.

I WAS VEGETARIAN, WHICH MEANS I DIDN'T EAT MEAT,

YOU KNOW, OR FISH OR ANYTHING,

AND WHEN I WAS VEGAN I NEVER ATE DAIRY,

AND I WAS REALLY ADAMANT,

AND I THOUGHT IT WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

NOW, IT IS THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR SOME PEOPLE.

SOME PEOPLE THRIVE.

BUT I WASN'T THRIVING,

AND I PROBABLY WASN'T DOING IT CORRECTLY.

I ATE TOO MUCH SOY. I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS THAT GOOD.

NOWADAYS, YOU KNOW, TO FIND ANY NOT GENETICALLY-MODIFIED SOY

IS GONNA BE RARE, OR CORN AND STUFF LIKE THAT,

SO IT'S REALLY JUST ABOUT

HOW DO WE TUNE IN TO NATURE?

HOW DID NATURE DO IT?

YOU KNOW, BACK IN THE '40s AND '50s

BEFORE THIS WHOLE THING OF, LIKE,

SCIENCE GETTING INVOLVED IN OUR FOOD

OR BIG CORPORATIONS GETTING INVOLVED

IN PROCESSING FOOD,

IT WAS ALL ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAD FARMS.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH OUR LIVES.

WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A LITTLE FAMILY FARM.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT REALLY A FARM,

BUT GARDEN AND EGGS AND CHICKENS,

SO THAT WE CAN LIVE AS CLOSE

TO WHAT IS NATURAL FOR OUR ENVIRONMENT,

AND SEASONAL,

AND IT ALSO SUPPORTS A LOCAL COMMUNITY,

WHICH WE ARE STRONG BELIEVERS IN, YOU KNOW.

LOCAL FARMER'S MARKETS AND GETTING OUR THERE

AND JUST BEING IN TUNE WITH THE SEASONS.

IT'S REALLY SIMPLE,

BUT THE PROBLEM IS WE'VE MADE IT--

AS A SOCIETY, WE'VE MADE FOOD VERY COMPLICATED.

WE'VE MADE BEING HEALTHY SO COMPLICATED.

IT REALLY ISN'T COMPLICATED,

BUT WE HAVE TO KINDA GET RID OF OUR PROGRAMMING

TO BELIEVE THAT WE DON'T KNOW,

SO I COME FULL CIRCLE TO SAY

WE ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT'S RIGHT FOR US.

WE JUST HAVE TO BE GIVEN PERMISSION

AND A COUPLE OF TOOLS OR TECHNIQUES TO FIND THEM,

TO FIND THOSE THINGS THAT SUIT YOU,

AND WHEN YOU DO, IT'S JUST LIKE THE LIGHTS GO ON.

YOU GO, "GOD, I FEEL SO GOOD."

'CAUSE I'M 51 YEARS OLD,

AND I FEEL BETTER THAN I DID...

WHEN I WAS IN MY 20s.

I HAVE MORE ENERGY.

I'M HAPPIER.

YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S MY LIFESTYLE CHOICES.

[BOBBY WILLIAMS] I STARTED LOOKING INTO HEALTH AND WELLNESS

THROUGH DIET AND NUTRITION,

AND I FIGURED OUT RAW FOOD

AND CHINESE HERBS AND HERBS FROM SOUTH AMERICA

AND THE JUNGLES, AND, UM, YOU KNOW,

DIFFERENT VEGETABLES AND SUPER FOODS,

AND I JUST STARTED COMBINING EVERYTHING

AND FIGURING OUT WHAT WORKED FOR ME

ON WHAT PARTICULAR DAY.

IF IM' WORKING OUT OR RUNNING AROUND A LOT ONE DAY,

YOU KNOW, I'LL EAT, YOU KNOW, HIGHER PROTEIN,

AND IF IT'S DISTANCE STUFF THAT I'M DOING,

I'LL DO MORE CARBOHYDRATES.

IT WAS A BALANCING ACT,

AND I FIGURED IT OUT, YOU KNOW?

SO THAT'S KIND OF-- THAT'S KIND OF THE STUFF ABOUT THE FOOD.

AND THE FAMILY THING, YOU KNOW,

MY FOLKS ARE INTO THE THINGS THAT WE'RE EATING NOW.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DRINKING GREEN JUICE

AND EATING SOME RAW MEATS

AND, YOU KNOW, THEY FIGURED OUT SOME STUFF,

AND IT'S HELPED THEM AND GOTTEN THEM YOUNGER.

SO THAT'S KIND OF MY BACKGROUND.

I SAY TO THE KIDS--

I SAID, YOU KNOW, "WHAT'S THE--

WHAT'S THE GREATEST, YOU KNOW,

VEHICLE YOU'RE EVER GONNA OWN IN YOUR LIFETIME?

WHAT DO YOU THINK?" YOU KNOW.

AND SO ONE KID'S, LIKE,

HELICOPTER AND A CAR AND ALL THESE--

BOAT AND ALL THIS STUFF,

AND I SAID, "NO, ACTUALLY THE GREATEST VEHICLE

THAT YOU'RE EVER GONNA OWN, YOU ALREADY OWN. IT'S YOUR BODY."

I GO, "YOUR BODY CAN FLY. IT CAN SWIM.

IT CAN DRIVE CARS. IT CAN DO ALL THESE THINGS WITH THESE THINGS,

BUT YOUR BODY IS THE GREATEST VEHICLE YOU POSSESS,

AND IT ALLOWS YOU TO DO ALL THESE PHENOMENAL THINGS,

IF YOU THINK ABOUT ALL THE THINGS THAT HUMANS CAN DO."

I THINK IT'S MORE IMPORTANT NOW MORE THAN EVER

TO BE CONNECTED TO YOUR BODY,

BECAUSE LET'S SAY, YOU KNOW,

100, 150 YEARS AGO, PEOPLE HAD TO BE CONNECTED TO NATURE.

THEY KNEW WHEN THE RAINY SEASON WAS,

WHEN THE STORMS CAME, HOW TO PLANT THE GROUND,

WHAT THINGS GROW WHEN, WHAT'S SEASONAL.

THEY'RE MUCH MORE CONNECTED 'CAUSE OF SURVIVAL.

WE DON'T-- A LOT OF US DON'T HAVE THAT SKILL ANYMORE.

AND SO, FOR ME, I FEEL LIKE IT'S ALMOST LIKE

IT'S ALMOST LIKE ONE OF THE ONLY WAYS FOR ALL OF US LIVING

IN OUR "CIVILIZED" WORLD

TO STAY CONNECTED TO THE PLACE THAT WE REALLY LIVE,

AND I THINK ALSO AS HUMAN BEINGS,

IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND OURSELVES,

WE HAVE TO BE CONNECTED TO NATURE

BECAUSE WE'RE A PART OF NATURE.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ANIMALS.

AND SO I THINK PEOPLE SORT OF THINK, LIKE,

"WELL, I'M ON A PHONE AND I DRIVE A CAR

AND SO I'M SEPARATED," BUT WE'RE NOT.

AND NO MATTER-- I DON'T CARE, YOU KNOW,

HOW MANY CELL PHONES AND EMAILS

AND THINGS THAT WE CAN GET DONE,

WE NEVER WILL BE,

AND I THINK IN ORDER TO FIND A SENSE OF PEACE AND HAPPINESS,

WE-- WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

[NOAH AMPARANO] PARKOUR IS THE DISCIPLINE

OF GETTING FROM POINT "A" TO POINT "B"

AND AS EFFICIENTLY AS POSSIBLE,

ONLY USING THE HUMAN BODY WHILE OVERCOMING OBSTACLES.

UM, PARKOUR ORIGINATED IN NATURE,

BECAUSE NATURE IS JUST SO DIVERSE AND SO UNIQUE.

IT HAS SO MANY DIFFERENT OBSTACLES.

YOU HAVE WOOD, YOU HAVE RIVERS, YOU HAVE ROCKS.

THE TEXTURE ON THINGS IS COMPLETELY DIFFERENT

FROM WHAT YOU WOULD SEE TO A NORMAL ENVIRONMENT.

IN A NORMAL ENVIRONMENT, SAY A SCHOOL SETTING,

YOU HAVE PICNIC BENCHES AND RAILS

ALL SET OUT FOR YOU ALREADY.

IT'S AN AMAZING THING THAT I'VE EXPERIENCED,

AND, YOU KNOW, I'M SHARING TODAY,

AND IT'S INFLUENCED MY LIFE IN WAYS THAT, YOU KNOW,

ONLY I WOULD UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE IT'S JUST ME.

IT'S AMAZING. MY STORY STARTS WHEN IT WAS--

IT WAS 1999 WHEN I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES

AT THE AGE OF FOUR.

AT THE TIME, WHEN I HEARD THAT I WAS DIAGNOSED,

I WAS SCARED TO DEATH.

I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH ME.

I THOUGHT THAT I WAS, UM, SICK.

I THOUGHT I WASN'T NORMAL FROM EVERYBODY ELSE.

YOU KNOW, MY BROTHER, I SAW HIM AS THIS AMAZING BEING.

HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS.

HE COULD ACCOMPLISH THINGS SO EASILY.

FOR ME, WHEN I GOT DIAGNOSED,

I STARTED TO REALLY REALIZE THAT...

I JUST STARTED FEELING SICK.

I STARTED CLOSING UP. I STARTED CRYING.

I MEAN, THE FIRST TIME I HEARD, I STARTED CRYING.

I JUST HAD THIS SENSE OF SADNESS,

AND IT WAS-- I DON'T KNOW, IT WAS JUST REALLY TOUGH.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, YEARS WENT BY.

IN 2001, I WAS PUT ON MEDICATIONS,

BECAUSE DURING MY ELEMENTARY, I COULDN'T FOCUS,

SO PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT BY PUTTING MEDICATION ON ME,

IT WAS A WAY FOR ME TO FOCUS IN SCHOOL.

YOU KNOW, I WAS ON DEPAKOTE, SEROQUEL, LITHIUM,

AND ALL OF THESE HEAVY DRUGS THAT WERE HARD ON MY BODY,

AND WHEN-- AT THE TIME, IN 2001, I WAS PUT INTO A CHARTER SCHOOL

AT THE SAME TIME, AFTER ELEMENTARY,

AND WHEN I WAS ON THE DRUGS, IT DIDN'T HELP ME

BECAUSE EVERY TIME I WOKE UP AND TOOK THE DRUGS,

THERE WAS LIKE-- MY EYES WERE GLAZED OVER.

IT WAS FOG. I WAS SO TIRED.

I WAS JUST-- I COULDN'T FOCUS IN SCHOOL,

I WAS CONSTANTLY GOING UP AND DOWN ON THE MEDICATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.

I WOULD GET TIRED, I WOULD GET REALLY HAPPY, AND I WOULD GET DOWN.

AND I FELT THAT I WAS OUT OF MY BODY. I WASN'T IN THERE.

IT WAS THE DRUGS THAT WERE CONTROLLING MY BODY.

IT WAS LIKE LITTLE TINY PEOPLE THAT WERE JUST WORKING MY JOINTS,

WORKING MY FINGERS, HOW I ACTED,

AND I WASN'T THERE. I WASN'T THERE.

I WAS, YOU KNOW, WHERE I WAS-- MY MIND WAS THERE.

I WAS LIKE A LITTLE CONSCIOUS BUBBLE SAYING,

"I DON'T WANT TO MOVE MY ARMS,"

BUT MY ARMS WERE MOVING THAT WAY.

I HAD NO CONTROL OVER IT.

AND THAT'S WHEN I STARTED REALLY ACTING OUT.

YOU KNOW, I WAS-- I TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE ON FREEWAYS.

I TRIED TO OPEN THE DOOR AND JUMP OUT ON MOVING FREEWAYS.

I, YOU KNOW, I JUST GOT REALLY ANGRY 'CAUSE I WAS SO FRUSTRATED.

I COULDN'T LEARN, I WAS ON MEDICATION,

I WAS DEALING WITH DEPRESSION,

I WAS DEALING WITH MY LEARNING DISABILITIES

AT THE AGE OF SIX AND ON MEDICATION AT FOUR AND ALL THAT.

AND IT JUST-- IT TOOK A HUGE TOLL

AND I WAS THREATENING PEOPLE. I WAS HITTING MY MOM.

I WOULD BLACK OUT AND I WOULDN'T EVEN REMEMBER ANYTHING.

UM, AND... FOR ME, THAT WAS REALLY SCARY.

MY ORIGINAL INTENT IN DOING THIS WORK

WAS TO HELP PEOPLE TO GET INTO HIGH MEDITATIVE STATES.

HIGH SPIRITUAL STATES.

ECSTASY, EUPHORIA, BLISS,

SAMADHI, SATORI.

BEEN TO INDIA SEVERAL TIMES TO STUDY BRAIN WAVES ON EXCEPTIONAL GURUS.

AND I TOO DISCOVERED THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE STATES,

BECAUSE OF EMOTIONAL TRAUMA.

AND SO WHEN DRIMSLOE DID THE ALPHA TRAINING

HE SAID HE'S NEVER FOUND ANYTHING AS POWERFUL

AS THE ALPHA TRAINING

FOR GETTING RID OF EMOTIONAL TRAUMAS.

AND SO ONCE THE EMOTIONAL TRAUMAS ARE FORGIVEN,

THEN THEY DON'T BLOCK YOU.

YOU DON'T HAVE, LIKE, A GLASS CEILING,

AND YOU CAN, IN FACT, GO INTO HIGHER, MORE BLISSFUL STATES.

IT WAS A POINT WHERE I WAS REALLY TRYING TO COMMIT SUICIDE.

I WAS SCREAMING BLOODY MURDER. I WAS HALLUCINATING.

I WAS HAVING PANIC ATTACKS.

I WAS SEVERELY HITTING THINGS. I WAS KILLING THINGS.

I WAS JUST SO ANGRY AS A PERSON.

I WAS DEPRESSED AND AT THAT TIME,

I DIDN'T HAVE ANY FRIENDS.

AT THE TIME, I WAS OVERWEIGHT.

I WAS-- MY BELLY WAS HUGE.

MY FACE, CHEEKS, WERE HUGE, FULL OF FAT.

I WAS EATING CONSTANTLY. THE MEDICATION WOULD MAKE ME EAT.

I REMEMBER BEING FACE-DOWN IN A POOL.

MY MOM HAD ME. YOU KNOW, I BROKE A WINDOW.

HUGE WINDOW. I WAS SCREAMING, BLOODY DREAMS ALL THE TIME.

YOU KNOW, I WAS-- THERE WERE SO MANY THINGS GOING ON,

AND TO A POINT I GOT SO CAUGHT UP IN IT I JUST STARTED HURTING MYSELF.

I STARTED CUTTING MYSELF, AND, YOU KNOW,

I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING.

I NEEDED TO FEEL SOMETHING. I COULDN'T FEEL ANYTHING.

I COULDN'T FEEL ANYTHING,

BECAUSE I WAS JUST SO ON DRUGS AND I WAS JUST SO DEPRESSED,

AND I FELT LIKE NOTHING WAS THERE,

AND FOR ME TO FEEL PAIN WAS SOMETHING THAT I COULD RELATE TO.

WE HEARD OF A SCHOOL CALLED STAR ACADEMY.

AND STAR ACADEMY WAS A SCHOOL LIKE NO OTHER THAT I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED.

THEY ASKED ME HOW I LEARNED.

THEY DIDN'T ASK ME HOW THEY WANTED ME TO LEARN.

SO THAT WAS A HUGE SIGHT FOR ME.

THAT WAS LIKE, "OH, I FEEL COMFORTABLE ALREADY."

IT WAS KIND OF INTERESTING. LET'S TRY IT.

LET'S SEE WHERE IT GOES.

AND AS I NOTICED, THEY DIDN'T PUSH YOU.

THEY GRADUALLY LET YOU BUILD UP YOUR OWN WAY

AND IT WAS AMAZING, AND I HAD AMAZING TEACHERS.

I HAD TEACHERS WHO WORKED WITH ME EVERY DAY

AND WORKED THROUGH WHAT I WAS GOING WITH

AND ALLOWED ME TO EXPRESS MY STORY

AND ALLOWED ME TO BE WHO I WAS,

AND NOT FEEL LIKE I NEEDED TO CHANGE

OR BE IN A SCHOOL SETTING AND BE LIKE "THIS IS WHAT I NEED TO DO.

I NEED TO HAVE AN EVERYDAY SCHEDULE AND DO THIS AND DO THIS."

THEY ALLOWED ME TO MAKE MY OWN SCHEDULE THAT FIT ME.

AND IT WAS A PLACE WHERE IT ALLOWED ME--

IT WAS LIKE, UM--

I KIND OF DESCRIBE IT AS LIKE A HEAVEN,

OR LIKE A HOME SETTING,

BECAUSE YOU DON'T FEEL LIKE YOU'RE IN SCHOOL.

I MEAN, YES, YOU'RE LEARNING, BUT YOU FEEL LIKE

YOU'RE THERE, AND THEY'RE THERE FOR YOU,

AND YOU CAN KIND OF ORDER THEM AROUND

AND SAY, "OH, I WANT TO DO THIS AND THIS,"

BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY WANTED, THEY WANTED YOU TO FEEL COMFORTABLE

TO ASK FOR YOUR HELP.

THEY WANTED YOU TO FEEL COMFORTABLE

THAT YOU COULD ASK FOR WHAT YOU NEEDED.

WHAT EXCITES ME MOST IS

THAT WHEN WE EMBRACE THIS,

WHEN WE EMBRACE THIS TOGETHERNESS,

AND WHEN WE LOOK BEYOND OURSELVES,

TO ALL OF US TOGETHER,

THEN WE CAN START MOVING BEYOND,

AND WE CAN START ASKING EVEN BIGGER QUESTIONS,

AND START REACHING OUT TOGETHER AS ONE BIG ORGANISM,

JUST LIKE IN THE EVOLUTION OF TIME,

WE WENT FROM INDIVIDUAL CELLS,

AND HAVE COME TOGETHER TO BECOME ORGANISMS

THAT ARE INTERCONNECTED WITH EACH OTHER

AND SOMETHING BIGGER THAN THEMSELVES COULD BE

INDIVIDUALLY OR BY THEMSELVES.

SO WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER.

LET'S SEE WHAT OUR POTENTIAL IS TOGETHER.

MY FAVORITE TEST OF ALL OF THEM THAT WE RUN HERE,

OF WHICH THERE'S SEVERAL--

MY FAVORITE ONE IS CALLED THE SPECTRACELL TEST.

AND SPECTRACELL IS-- THEY'RE BASED IN HOUSTON--

AND WHAT WE DO IS WE DRAW THE PATIENT'S BLOOD HERE,

AND WE OVERNIGHT IT TO HOUSTON, TEXAS,

AND WHAT THEY DO IS SO COOL.

THEY THEY GROW CULTURE-- DO DNA SYNTHESIS--

AND GROW YOUR LYMPHOCYTES, WHICH ARE ONE OF YOUR CELLS,

ONE OF YOUR WHITE BLOOD CELLS,

AND THEY GROW 'EM IN PETRI DISHES FOR ABOUT THREE WEEKS,

AND THEN IT'S AN INTRACELLULAR TEST,

SO INSIDE OF YOUR CELLS, THEY'RE TESTING EVERY SINGLE VITAMIN,

MINERAL, ANTIOXIDANT, AMINO ACID.

THEY LOOK AT ALL YOUR NUTRIENTS.

SO IT'S SUPER UNIQUE

BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME WHEN YOU GO TO LABCORP,

AND GET YOUR BLOOD DRAWN AT THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE,

THEY'RE LOOKING AT SERUM.

YOU KNOW, AND SERUM IS KIND OF WHAT YOUR CELLS ARE BATHED IN,

WHICH IS GREAT FOR CERTAIN THINGS, LIKE GLUCOSE, CHOLESTEROL,

YOU KNOW, LIVER ENZYMES, THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT NUTRIENTS,

YOU'VE GOT TO LOOK IN THE CELL.

NOW WE CAN CREATE THESE FEEDBACK LOOPS,

SOMETIMES FOR GOOD, SOMETIMES FOR NEFARIOUS PURPOSES.

BUT WHAT WE KNOW IS FOR SURE

THAT THESE PRODUCTS CAN CHANGE BEHAVIOR IN PROFOUND WAYS.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT TWITTER AND FACEBOOK AND EMAIL

AND SMS MESSAGES HAVE HAD ON YOUR DAY-TO-DAY LIFE,

AND THE LIVES OF BILLIONS OF PEOPLE,

IT'S A PRETTY PROFOUND IMPACT.

YOUR BIOLOGY WILL FOLLOW THE CULTURAL SYMBOLS,

THE BIOSYMBOLS.

SO THESE ARE EXAMPLES.

AND IT COULD BE GOOD OR IT COULD BE BAD,

BECAUSE THERE ARE CULTURES--

THE, UM...

THE TARAHUMARA INDIANS IN MEXICO

BELIEVE THAT AS YOU GROW OLDER,

YOU BECOME A BETTER RUNNER.

THEY'RE RUNNERS. THEY PLAY A GAME CALLED PELOTA,

AND THEY CAN PLAY FOR 200 MILES, THE EQUIVALENT.

THEY EAT AND THEY PLAY,

AND THEY BELIEVE THAT GROWING OLDER

MAKES YOU A BETTER RUNNER,

WHICH GOES AGAINST THE CONVENTIONAL MEDICINE.

AND SOME GROUP AT HARVARD STUDIED THESE PEOPLE,

AND LOOKED AT THEIR CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM,

AND THEY FOUND THAT PEOPLE IN THEIR 60s

HAD BETTER CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS THAN PEOPLE IN THEIR 20s.

AT ONE POINT I CAME ACROSS THE ZEN OX HERDING STORIES,

WHICH DESCRIBED SORT OF LIKE THE CONDENSED WISDOM

OF OVER 1,000 YEARS OF ZEN PRACTICE,

AS TO WHAT ARE THE HINDRANCES TO SPIRITUAL GROWTH,

AND THERE WERE FIVE OF THEM.

DOUBT, DROWSINESS,

DISTRACTIBILITY AND WORRY,

AVERSION AND ANY FORM OF ILL WILL,

AND BOREDOM.

AND TO THAT LIST I'VE ADDED FORGETFULNESS AS A HINDRANCE.

THE ZEN GUYS MISSED IT

BECAUSE THERE WASN'T MERCURY CONTAMINATION

IN THE ENVIRONMENT BACK THEN,

AND MERCURY CAUSES FORGETFULNESS.

EGO, BEING AN OPPORTUNISTIC PREDATOR,

WILL USE FORGETFULNESS AGAINST PEOPLE.

YOU HAVE A BREAKTHROUGH, AND THEN IT'LL CAUSE YOU TO FORGET

HOW YOU HAD THAT BREAKTHROUGH.

THE LINE BETWEEN WHAT IS AN EXTRINSIC REWARD

VERSUS AN INTRINSIC REWARD IS GONNA BLUR.

SO WE KNOW THAT-- EXTRINSIC REWARD.

SO GETTING-- YOU KNOW, GIVING SOMEONE--

GIVING A CHILD A COOKIE FOR DRAWING A PRETTY PICTURE

SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA

BUT IN THE LONG TERM ACTUALLY REDUCES OUTPUT,

REDUCES THEIR MOTIVATION TO DO THE WORK,

BECAUSE THE REWARD IS DISCONNECTED FROM THE ACTUAL ACTIVITY ITSELF.

IT'S EXTERNAL TO THE ACTIVITY,

WHEREAS INTRINSIC MOTIVATION, INTRINSIC REWARD,

TENDS TO GET PEOPLE TO DO THAT BEHAVIOR FOR A MUCH LONGER PERIOD OF TIME.

IF YOU MEMORIZE THIS LIST OF HINDRANCES,

WHENEVER A THOUGHT STARTS TO OPEN IN YOUR MIND,

IF YOU CAN DETECT THAT IT CONTAINS ONE OF THE HINDRANCES,

YOU DELETE THAT THOUGHT OR QUARANTINE IT.

LIKE, "THANK YOU, I DON'T NEED TO THINK THAT ANYMORE."

OKAY? AND SO YOU BECOME MORE EFFECTIVE

AT BLOCKING THE TYPES OF THOUGHTS WHICH LEAD YOU

INTO ARGUMENTS AND UPSETS WITH OTHER PEOPLE'S EGOS.

AND EGOS HAVE NO PROBLEM CREATING FIGHTS AND ARGUMENTS

AMONG PEOPLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF KEEPING PEOPLE

FROM BEING IN CALM, CLEAR, HIGH, LOVING STATES.

ARE YOU HEALTHY? YES.

DO YOU GET SICK AS OFTEN? NO, I DON'T GET SICK AS OFTEN.

I HAVE ALL THE ENERGY I WANT.

THE ONLY ISSUE IS I DON'T LOOK AS GOOD

IN A BATHING SUIT AS I WANT.

AND MY RESPONSE IS, "LOOK,

YOUR IDEA OF AN IDEAL BODY COMPOSITION,

WHICH HAS BEEN SHAPED BY VICTORIA'S SECRET CATALOG,

OR THE COVER OF "SPORTS ILLUSTRATED" SWIMSUIT EDITION

IS NOT WHAT YOUR BODY SEES AS IDEAL BODY COMPOSITION.

YOUR BODY SEES IDEAL BODY COMPOSITION

AS THAT POINT AT WHICH YOU ARRIVE

WHERE YOU MAINTAIN THE WEIGHT EFFORTLESSLY

WITHOUT A LOT OF DIETING OR WITHOUT A LOT OF ENERGY EXPENDED,

WHERE YOU DON'T GET SICK AS OFTEN,

WHERE YOU PROBABLY WILL LIVE LONGER.

WHAT HAPPENS IF THINGS THAT I DO IN MY DAY-TO-DAY LIFE

SUDDENLY BECOME FUN?

RIGHT? DOES THAT NOW CHANGE

THE ABILITY TO FORM NEW BEHAVIORS AND NEW HABITS?

I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A REALLY INTERESTING FRONTIER.

SO, UM, THE SYSTEM IS SO BROKEN, RIGHT?

SO IF YOU GO TO YOUR DOCTOR,

AND YOU TELL THEM THAT "HEY, YOU KNOW, I HAD CANCER."

OKAY, HERE'S ANOTHER STORY TO ILLUSTRATE THIS POINT.

MY HUSBAND'S AUNT HAD CANCER, STAGE FOUR.

AND MY COMMUNITY, WHICH I'D CALL THE NATURAL HEALTH COMMUNITY,

WE CALL STAGE FOUR "THE GOOD CANCER."

AND PEOPLE ARE GONNA STOP AND SAY "WHY IS THAT GOOD NEWS?"

WELL, STAGE FOUR CANCER, THE DOCTORS WILL LEAVE YOU ALONE

AND SAY "SORRY, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE WE CAN DO FOR YOU.

YOU ARE UP TO YOUR OWN DEVICES.

WE'RE VERY SORRY. YOU ONLY HAVE THREE TO SIX MONTHS LEFT."

THEY WON'T BOTHER YOU ABOUT TRYING A RAW FOOD DIET TO CURE YOUR CANCER.

THEY WON'T BOTHER YOU, 'CAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THEY CAN OFFER YOU,

AND THEY LEGALLY WON'T GET IN TROUBLE,

BECAUSE YOU'RE DIAGNOSED AT STAGE FOUR.

AND SO PEOPLE WITH STAGE FOUR CANCER WHO DECIDE TO FOLLOW A RAW FOODS DIET

HAVE A MASSIVE SUCCESS RATE IN REVERSING THEIR CANCER

AND GOING ON TO LIVE HUGELY HEALTHY LONG LIVES.

BUT IF YOU'RE DIAGNOSED WITH STAGE ONE, TWO, OR THREE CANCER,

AND YOU GO IN AND TELL YOUR DOCTOR

THAT YOU WANT TO TRY A RAW FOOD DIET TO CURE YOUR CANCER FIRST,

THEY WILL TRY TO TALK YOU OUT OF IT UNTIL YOU'RE BLUE IN THE FACE,

AND TELL YOU THAT YOU'RE CRAZY AND YOU'RE STUPID

AND YOU HAVE TO DO THIS CHEMO OR YOU'RE GONNA DIE.

THAT'S WHY STAGE FOUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY IS CALLED "THE GOOD CANCER."

'CAUSE THE MEDICAL COMMUNITY LEAVES YOU ALONE

AND YOU CAN GO DO NATURAL THINGS

THAT HAVE A MUCH HIGHER SUCCESS RATE THAN CHEMO.

WHEN I STARTED MY RELATIONSHIP WITH BOBBY,

IS I STARTED TO REALIZE, UM,

THAT I DIDN'T NEED TO REACH OUTSIDE MYSELF

TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO MY PROBLEMS.

THAT THE ANSWERS TO MY PROBLEMS

OR ISSUES OR WHATEVER LAY INSIDE ME.

SO THIS CONSTANT, LIKE, "OH, I'LL DO THIS DIET,

I'LL FOLLOW THIS GURU, AND I'LL DO THIS THING,"

OUTSIDE MYSELF, I STARTED TO CIRCLE BACK IN.

AND I WENT INWARD, AND I STARTED TO GO, "OH, WAIT A SECOND.

I ACTUALLY HAVE THE ANSWERS TO ALL MY PROBLEMS,"

OR MY ISSUES, OR THE WAY TO EAT.

YOU KNOW, I KNEW WHAT WAS RIGHT FOR ME.

IF YOU WANT TO FORM NEW HABITS IN YOUR LIFE,

DO SOMETHING THAT'S LAUGHABLY EASY TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE.

LIKE, CUT OUT ONE THING FROM YOUR DIET, PERHAPS,

THAT'S REALLY EASY TO CUT OUT.

DON'T SAY, "I'M GONNA GO OFF ALL SUGAR FOREVER AND EVER."

DO SOMETHING THAT'S VERY, VERY EASY TO DO.

I'VE FOUND THROUGH THE COURSE OF RAISING MY INTELLIGENCE

AND LOWERING MY STRESS LEVELS

AND LEARNING HOW TO SLEEP FOR FIVE HOURS A NIGHT

FOR YEARS ON END WITHOUT GETTING SICK,

THAT THOSE SORTS OF THINGS

WERE WHAT WERE TAXING MY PERFORMANCE.

AND BIOHACKING IS THE ART OF LEARNING HOW TO CONTROL THOSE

AND HOW TO TRAIN YOUR BRAIN STEM,

HOW TO CHANGE THE SPACE IN BETWEEN YOUR HEARTBEATS

WHICH RADICALLY LOWERS YOUR STRESS LEVELS,

AND HAPPENS TO INCREASE YOUR GOLF GAME,

LIKE, REALLY STRANGE THINGS YOU WOULDN'T IMAGINE.

SO ALL WE'RE DOING IS USING THE ENVIRONMENT

TO GIVE OUR BODIES THE RIGHT SIGNAL,

AND WE'RE TEACHING OUR BODIES TO DO THINGS

THAT NORMALLY WOULD TAKE 40 YEARS OF MEDITATION TO LEARN,

BUT BECAUSE OF THIS NEW TECHNOLOGY,

BECAUSE OF THINGS LIKE BIG DATA,

WE CAN ACTUALLY NOW PLUG A SMALL SENSOR IN

AND GO, "OH, NOW THAT I HAVE THE DATA,

I CAN TOTALLY TRANSFORM MYSELF IN A WEEK INSTEAD OF IN 20 YEARS."

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