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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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