{"podcast":{"title":"The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance","slug":"the-human-upgrade-biohacking-for-longevity-performance-1031629","podcast_index_feed_id":1031629,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/human-upgrade","website_url":"https://daveasprey.com/category/podcasts/","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/8a/08/50/8c/8a08508c-e0b0-4761-8eeb-e26d8dcc9a11/c8b0e53403b0f567938e72d32ba01ad021e82e8517b3c2e7a9d8367fcb5253a0472522241e7b60d9298bddc2eba33b5a9f5ac4df0023690ae76b17d3dad50d33.jpeg","author":"Dave Asprey","episode_count":1558,"summary":"For more than a decade, Dave Asprey - the Father of Biohacking and creator of Bulletproof Coffee - has redefined what’s possible for the human mind and body. After more than a thousand episodes of Bulletproof Radio , he’s taking it to the next level with The Human Upgrade™ - a masterclass in biohacking, longevity, and performance optimization. Each episode explores cutting-edge science, advanced technology, and proven biohacks to help you upgrade your energy, focus, metabolism, and resilience. You’ll learn from world-class scientists, doctors, innovators, and thinkers leading breakthroughs in mitochondrial health, peptides, hormones, fasting, sleep, neuroplasticity, and more. This isn’t just self-improvement - it’s human enhancement backed by data. Every guest, every idea, every protocol you discover here moves you toward a longer, stronger, smarter life. 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Her TEDx talk on intermittent fasting has surpassed 10 million views, and she brings over 20 years of functional medicine clinical experience to one of the most underserved conversations in longevity and human performance.  Together, they tear apart the outdated medical narrative around perimenopause and menopause, exposing how a lack of knowledge, not biology, is destroying relationships, careers, and quality of life for millions of women. Dave and Cynthia dig into the gut microbiome's role in every symptom women experience in midlife, the mold toxin that is 10,000 times more potent than human estrogen and directly linked to hormonal chaos, and why biohacking your hormones as early as 35 could be the most important longevity move a woman makes. They also cover why statins are wrecking women's metabolism, how trauma accelerates ovarian aging and mitochondrial decline, the surprising connection between histamine reactions and hot flashes, and why GLP-1 micro-dosing alongside hormone replacement therapy is a game-changer for body composition and anti-aging.  This episode is essential for listening for anyone serious about biohacking, sleep optimization, fu…","meta_description":"If you're a woman in your 30s, 40s, or 50s feeling like your body is betraying you, this episode reveals the hormonal, gut, and environmental tr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3899,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-human-upgrade-biohacking-for-longevity-performance-1031629/episodes/how-beef-is-destroying-your-hormones-cynthia-thurlow-1457/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-human-upgrade-biohacking-for-longevity-performance-1031629/how-beef-is-destroying-your-hormones-cynthia-thurlow-1457.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}