Joe Cohen is someone I've been following for years online, and is someone I'm thankful to have interviewed for the Bio Alchemy podcast. Joe is the founder and CEO of SelfHacked (https://selfhacked.com/), which in my opinion is one of the most important resources for biohackers online. A phenomenal resource for research materials, informative articles, and just about everything else in between, there's almost nothing you can think of that hasn't been covered in this web-based bible for biohackers.

Joe Cohen says that he won the genetic lottery of bad genes. As a kid, he suffered from inflammation, brain fog, fatigue, digestive problems, anxiety, depression, and other issues that were poorly understood in both conventional and alternative medicine. Frustrated by the lack of good information and tools, Joe decided to embark on a journey of self-experimentation and self-learning to improve his health — an approach that has since become known as “biohacking” as we now know it. With thousands of experiments and pubmed articles under his belt, Joe then founded SelfHacked, the resource that was missing when he needed it. SelfHacked now gets millions of monthly readers. Based on the success that Joe experienced by analyzing his own genetics and lab tests, he went on to develop digital tools such as SelfDecode and LabTestAnalyzer, which have helped over 30,000 people understand how to get healthier from their DNA and labs.

DNA testing is something Joe speaks about extensively in this episode. And what's interesting is that if you ever thought this kind of health tool was out of your reach, you'll likely be very pleasantly surprised -- it's considerably cheaper than you might expect. We also chat in detail about a range of topics, including how Joe healed a plethora of health problems in his own life through biohacking, his results when microdosing LSD and how it makes him 10% happier, one of the natural biohacks involving curcumin that's had a significant effect on his wellbeing, how to lower your risk of overall death, the importance of getting your lab results tested, and so much more.

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Want to take your biohacking skills to the next level? Wake up feeling better each and every day? Or as Dr Aubrey De Grey has suggested, see if you can implement some of the longevity biohacks that may see you living to 1,000 years or more with advancements in technology? Then my intensive biohacking course The Alchemist's Guide to Biohacking (bio.ax/) is something you should consider becoming a student of. Use the code "HALF" during the first month of this podcast being launched to get 50% off lifetime access, with all future updates. Check it out at: bio.ax/

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I spend a ton of time putting together this podcast, and would love your support. Whether as simple as reviewing this podcast, to checking out the products I recommend, or even becoming a student of my intensive biohacking course "The Alchemist's Guide To Biohacking", I appreciate every human who supports me, however large or small the action.
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Hacking Your Genetic Puzzle: Lowering Death Risk, And Microdosing LSD — #057

Sebastian Mireau is the is a lifelong wellness enthusiast, as well as the co-founder and CEO of Clearlight Saunas (https://bit.ly/2VjBPNI), which are basically the biohacker's choice when it comes to infrared saunas due to their state-of-the-art tech, and ultra-lux designs.

Sauna therapy is something that's been popular in the health and wellness fields for a long time, and with good reason. With literally hundreds of studies now pointing to the fact that it can heal the body, as well as maintain overall wellness, it's no wonder that people like those in Finland have been using sauna therapy for literally several thousand years. I personally almost always try and get in at least one sauna per week, though ideally more. And if it's not something that you've ever considered as part of your overall wellness routine, this episode may have you stripping off and heading for the closest sauna near you.

In this episode, we talk about the benefits of infrared saunas on your skin health, recovery, and longevity, what scientific studies are saying about the benefits of sauna in terms of fighting disease as we age through the use of hormetic stress, how to get the best effect of saunas after exercise, how heat shock proteins are built in your body via sauna therapy, the parts of your body that are best exposed to sauna therapy, how Clearlight is changing the game in terms of creating ultra-low EMF and ELF saunas, how sauna therapy aids in weight loss, how to stack the effects of sauna with other beneficial biohacking practices, and so much more.

Just in advance as well, to give you an idea of how much Clearlight actually cares about the quality of saunas being produced worldwide for health reasons, they share their own patented technology with other sauna manufacturers for free, to ensure even their competition are producing the best quality products for you, and the rest of the world. And if that's not the mark of a company who gives a damn, I don't know what is.

And although you don't necessarily have to buy your own sauna to see the benefits, as you can always use on in your gym or local area elsewhere, Clearlight have offered a discount for all the listeners of the Bio Alchemy podcast if you decide that you wanna upgrade your biohacking practice at home with your own IR sauna, As with everything, the link will be below, along with a discount code to save on your purchase.

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LEARN
Want to take your biohacking skills to the next level? Wake up feeling better each and every day? Or as Dr Aubrey De Grey has suggested, see if you can implement some of the longevity biohacks that may see you living to 1,000 years or more with advancements in technology? Then my intensive biohacking course The Alchemist's Guide to Biohacking (bio.ax/) is something you should consider becoming a student of. Use the code "HALF" during the first month of this podcast being launched to get 50% off lifetime access, with all future updates. Check it out at: bio.ax/

SUPPORT
I spend a ton of time putting together this podcast, and would love your support. Whether as simple as reviewing this podcast, to checking out the products I recommend, or even becoming a student of my intensive biohacking course "The Alchemist's Guide To Biohacking", I appreciate every human who supports me, however large or small the action.
ITUNES: apple.co/2GQnXH2 
SUB ON GOOGLE: bit.ly/2SbvJ05 
BIOHACKING COURSE: bio.ax/

The World’s Hottest Health And Longevity Biohack: Heat Therapy Could Add Years To Your Life — #058

We all want to look younger, feel healthier, and have radiant skin. Unfortunately though, in today's modern world, there are more toxins, and environmental factors working against us in terms of our skin health, and looking youthful. And don't even get me started on how food affects your skin health, with processed junk damaging all parts of the human body, leading to accelerated aging, and people looking older beyond their actual chronological age.

Skin is unbelievably important to the human body. It contains photoreceptors which help regulate our hormones depending on the time of day, it acts as a barrier to stop things like hedgehogs and tarantulas from getting inside us, helps regulate our internal temperature,  and it protects us from things like dirt, dust, and radiation. You should love your skin – without it, you’d be toast.

But, there's a lot of good news when it comes to skin health. Like any part of your body or health routine, your skin health can be biohacked to keep it more healthy, looking younger, and doing a better job of protecting your body from all those things trying to get inside you and damage everything keeping you alive. And that's exactly what I'm covering in this solo skin biohacking episode of the Bio Alchemy podcast, where you'll learn what to put in, on, and around your body, to best maintain a youthful glow.

In this episode, I talk about the two major building blocks to good skin health, the kinds of things that degrade your body's stores of collagen and elastin, what chemicals are most commonly found in skincare products you need to avoid to take the best care of your skin, why taking oral collagen isn't as amazing as some people think for skin health, what astaxanthin is and how it can assist in rejuvenating your skin, the scientific benefits on shilajit to collagen production, why blackberry leaf extract is being looked at as a natural skin protecting herb, the oil I use on my skin daily to maintain soft skin, and much more.

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COURSE: bio.ax/

LEARN
Want to take your biohacking skills to the next level? Wake up feeling better each and every day? Or as Dr Aubrey De Grey has suggested, see if you can implement some of the longevity biohacks that may see you living to 1,000 years or more with advancements in technology? Then my intensive biohacking course The Alchemist's Guide to Biohacking (bio.ax/) is something you should consider becoming a student of. Use the code "HALF" during the first month of this podcast being launched to get 50% off lifetime access, with all future updates. Check it out at: bio.ax/

SUPPORT
I spend a ton of time putting together this podcast, and would love your support. Whether as simple as reviewing this podcast, to checking out the products I recommend, or even becoming a student of my intensive biohacking course "The Alchemist's Guide To Biohacking", I appreciate every human who supports me, however large or small the action.
ITUNES: apple.co/2GQnXH2 
SUB ON GOOGLE: bit.ly/2SbvJ05 
BIOHACKING COURSE: bio.ax/

Biohacking Skin Health With A Natural Fountain Of Youth: How To Boost And Maintain Collagen — #059

Victor Mifsud calls himself the Blind Biohacker, and is my guest on today's episode of the Bio Alchemy podcast. Victor is legally blind, and at one point in his life was told that he was going to lose his sight completely by the age of 30. However, he didn't accept that diagnosis, and through the power of citizen science and his own research, he sought out non-mainstream alternative therapies to heal his eyesight. Not only did his vision not degenerate further, but now at the age of 40, he's regained over 30% of his vision, by learning how to biohack his biology.

Victor also suffered from learning issues from a young age, which he learned to conquer through the emerging science of neuroplasticity — basically, learning how to remap and change the brain, to make it work better than it ever has before. Neuroplasticity is also the focus of Victor's documentary "My Neuroplastic Adventure", where he records his journey of improving his learning skills, as well as bringing himself back from the brink of total blindness, through the power of biohacking and alternative healing practices.

In this episode, we talk about Victor's story and his condition of retinitis pigmentosa, which he was told was going to strip his sight, we talk about neuroplasticity and why this is so powerful in changing the human brain for the better, we also discuss his learning difficulties and how he's overcome them, how he improved his eyesight when doctors told him that was effectively impossible, how not using your eye muscles can lead to atrophy, how junk light and electronic devices are so damaging to our eyesight, how somatic therapy, sound healing, and psychedelics have impacted his life, how the human brain is programmed in early life, how unresolved trauma manifests into disease, how we are being controlled by our subconscious mind, and so much more.

I'm not understating it when I say that this may be the most important episode of my podcast to date, simply because it shows the power of biohacking and citizen science, and what's possible in the health and medical field when people don't accept a general medical diagnosis. Victor's story of being told that he was going to go blind, then defying the odds and improving his vision after being told it would get worse to the point of never seeing again, is the perfect example of why I do what I do and share this podcast with the world. It's to empower each and every one of you with the knowledge that your health is first and foremost in your own hands.

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Connect with Leon The Alchemist online for more intensive biohacking, longevity, and performance advice daily, with exclusive content you won't find anywhere else:
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LEARN
Want to take your biohacking skills to the next level? Wake up feeling better each and every day? Or as Dr Aubrey De Grey has suggested, see if you can implement some of the longevity biohacks that may see you living to 1,000 years or more with advancements in technology? Then my intensive biohacking course The Alchemist's Guide to Biohacking (bio.ax/) is something you should consider becoming a student of. Use the code "HALF" during the first month of this podcast being launched to get 50% off lifetime access, with all future updates. Check it out at: bio.ax/

SUPPORT
I spend a ton of time putting together this podcast, and would love your support. Whether as simple as reviewing this podcast, to checking out the products I recommend, or even becoming a student of my intensive biohacking course "The Alchemist's Guide To Biohacking", I appreciate every human who supports me, however large or small the action.
ITUNES: apple.co/2GQnXH2 
SUB ON GOOGLE: bit.ly/2SbvJ05 
BIOHACKING COURSE: bio.ax/

Bio Alchemy: The Daily Biohacking Podcast

The Blind Biohacker: Change And Heal Your Brain Using Neuroplasticity, And Psychedelics — #060

Travel is becoming one of those parts of modern life that many people can't escape. And whether it's something you do for pleasure, or something for fun, many people still aren't aware of how much potential damage that could be happening to their biology when they're floating at 35,000ft above the surface of the planet, and what leads to this.

I've been travelling professionally for over a decade, for about the same amount of time as I've been delving deep into biohacking. However, even so, it's only over the last couple of years that more information about how damaging air travel can be to the human body is beginning to surface, and in my opinion, not nearly fast enough. And whether it's increased radiation, additional EMF, or the increased possibility of catching a virus, there's a lot to to be worried about, but also a lot that you can do to protect yourself.

In this episode, I go over the basics of the three main environmental sources of damage to biology during air travel, the kinds of radiation levels you can expect on a modern airliner, how EMF levels on a plane compared to those suggested by government bodies, what molecular hydrogen is and how it can benefit you when it comes to air travel, how activated charcoal can protect you from illness in the air, why creatine is great for helping your body fight against additional stress in the air, what to stack creatine with to get an additional effect, and much more.

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Connect with Leon The Alchemist online for more intensive biohacking, longevity, and performance advice daily, with exclusive content you won't find anywhere else:
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LINKTREE: linktr.ee/leonthealchemist
WEBSITE: bioalchemy.co
COURSE: bio.ax/

LEARN
Want to take your biohacking skills to the next level? Wake up feeling better each and every day? Or as Dr Aubrey De Grey has suggested, see if you can implement some of the longevity biohacks that may see you living to 1,000 years or more with advancements in technology? Then my intensive biohacking course The Alchemist's Guide to Biohacking (bio.ax/) is something you should consider becoming a student of. Use the code "HALF" during the first month of this podcast being launched to get 50% off lifetime access, with all future updates. Check it out at: bio.ax/

SUPPORT
I spend a ton of time putting together this podcast, and would love your support. Whether as simple as reviewing this podcast, to checking out the products I recommend, or even becoming a student of my intensive biohacking course "The Alchemist's Guide To Biohacking", I appreciate every human who supports me, however large or small the action.
ITUNES: apple.co/2GQnXH2 
SUB ON GOOGLE: bit.ly/2SbvJ05 
BIOHACKING COURSE: bio.ax/

Cosmic Radiation In The Sky: Biohacking Air Travel, And Essential Travel Supplements  — #061

Dr Kári Stefánsson is one of the world's most famous and outspoken geneticists. A native of Iceland — a country I call home most of the year — Dr Stefánsson is the founder and CEO of Iceland's deCODE Genetics (https://www.decode.com/), a company that's conducted some of the world's most groundbreaking research into the topic of human genetics, and what makes us tick on the DNA level.

Although you may not have heard of him, Dr Stefánsson is something of a celebrity in Iceland, due to the extensive research he's done on studying the genetics of the Icelandic population, as well as recording and collating genealogical data of Icelandic people and their descendents. It's not well known, but Iceland has some of the best recorded written ancestry data in the world, with many Icelandic citizens able to trace their ancestors all the way back to the settling of the island in the 9th century — over 1,000 years ago.
 
In this episode, we talk about the field of genetics, how genetic mutations impact our species as a whole, how learning about genetics is advancing modern health science and uncovering potential cures to disease, how your external circumstances can literally change your genes over time, how where in the world you live can have an impact on your genes, and even have consequences on certain genetic mutations you might carry, how the human race may possibly manipulate genes for future generations, and so much more.
 
Just a warning in advance, this episode is not the typical episode where you're going to learn how to biohack certain aspects of your body or mind. Although there is a lot in this episode to better help you understand your genetics, and how your situation, and external circumstances may impact your health, this is more of an informative episode where you'll hopefully get to understand more about human genetics, and what we're learning about the subject.

CONNECT
Connect with Leon The Alchemist online for more intensive biohacking, longevity, and performance advice daily, with exclusive content you won't find anywhere else:
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COURSE: bio.ax/

LEARN
Want to take your biohacking skills to the next level? Wake up feeling better each and every day? Or as Dr Aubrey De Grey has suggested, see if you can implement some of the longevity biohacks that may see you living to 1,000 years or more with advancements in technology? Then my intensive biohacking course The Alchemist's Guide to Biohacking (bio.ax/) is something you should consider becoming a student of. Use the code "HALF" during the first month of this podcast being launched to get 50% off lifetime access, with all future updates. Check it out at: bio.ax/

SUPPORT
I spend a ton of time putting together this podcast, and would love your support. Whether as simple as reviewing this podcast, to checking out the products I recommend, or even becoming a student of my intensive biohacking course "The Alchemist's Guide To Biohacking", I appreciate every human who supports me, however large or small the action.
ITUNES: apple.co/2GQnXH2 
SUB ON GOOGLE: bit.ly/2SbvJ05 
BIOHACKING COURSE: bio.ax/

The Holy Grail Of Life On Earth: Biohacking Your DNA, And Gene Manipulation — #062

Bio Alchemy: The Daily Biohacking Podcast. Your host is Leon The Alchemist: Biohacker, engineer, certified Master Herbalist, entrepreneur, Sith Lord, and semi-pro Ryan Gosling lookalike. I podcast about biohacking, health, longevity, and human optimisation.

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