I first came across the name Jocko Willink through the Tim Ferriss Podcast.

To read through his resume is to understand what a true badass he is.  Pulled directly from his bio on Echelon Front, his consulting company:

Jocko spent 20 years in the U.S. Navy SEAL Teams, starting as an enlisted SEAL and rising through the ranks to become a SEAL officer. As commander of SEAL Team Three’s Task Unit Bruiser during the battle of Ramadi, he orchestrated SEAL operations that helped the “Ready First” Brigade of the US Army’s First Armored Division bring stability to the violent, war-torn city.

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I was pretty excited when I saw the blue light reduction feature being added in to the next iOS (9.3).  For those new to the scene, blue light at night has been found to be extremely detrimental to our sleep cycles.

Modern humans are now surrounded by screens everywhere.  TVs, tablets, smartphones, computer screens etc.  These screens have even wormed their way into our bedrooms.

In the natural world, blue light = day time.

The more we stare at these screens at night, the more we’re telling our brain that it’s day time.  … Read More

 

While I’m all about self experimentation, one area that I don’t intend to explore is ‘smart drugs.’  I know it’s something that Tim Ferriss, Dave Asprey, and Ben Greenfield have all dabbled with, but the thought of pharmaceutically messing around with my brain is just more than I’m comfortable with.  I’m ok with coffee and tea and ketones… but that’s pretty much where I draw the line.

This article from the BBC details one journalists experience with ‘Modafinil,’

Modafinil was dubbed the “world’s first safe smart drug” by researchers at Harvard and Oxford universities who suggested its effects were “low risk” when taken in the short term.

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Once a few coworkers discovered the fact that I run a health website they asked me for some guidance in their efforts to lose weight as part of their New Year’s resolutions.

I thought it’d be fun to do some informal coaching to help them with their goals, especially since they were so motivated.

Unlike me, they don’t consider themselves to be biohackers or quantified-selfers, they don’t read health blogs or listen to paleo podcasts religiously, and they definitely don’t do blood tests or finger pricks for the fun of it.… Read More

Continuing with my theme this week of following Jimmy Moore’s fasting/cholesterol experiments here are my notes on Jimmy’s lipid panel after his second 17 day fast.

If you’d like to learn more about Jimmy you can check out his blog at LivingLaVidaLowCarb.com or read his books Cholesterol Clarity and Keto Clarity which I’ve reviewed here and here.

Here are some of the previous posts I’ve written about his blood tests:

• Thoughts on Jimmy Moore’s Latest Health Test Results (From Fall 2014)
• Thoughts on Jimmy Moore’s Summer 2015 Health Test Results

Here are the links to the previous posts in this series:

• Jimmy Moore’s September 2015 Post Fast Cholesterol Panel
• Jimmy Moore’s December 2015 Pre Fast Cholesterol Panel

Jimmy Moore’s Periscope Notes:

• His fasting this time wasn’t as complete as before.  

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After writing about Jimmy Moore’s markedly improved cholesterol numbers from undergoing a 17.5 day fast, I learned that he decided to do another fast in December with another pre-fast lipid panel.  Of course I watched and took notes on this Periscope episode.

If you’d like to learn more about Jimmy you can check out his blog at LivingLaVidaLowCarb.com or read his books Cholesterol Clarity and Keto Clarity which I’ve reviewed here and here.

Here are some of the previous posts I’ve written about his blood tests:

• Thoughts on Jimmy Moore’s Latest Health Test Results (From Fall 2014)
• Thoughts on Jimmy Moore’s Summer 2015 Health Test Results

Jimmy Moore’s Periscope Notes:

• He is fasting this time in an attempt to improve his lipid panel to help get a good life insurance and health insurance rate.

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