90 Days of Full Carnivore: No Plants, No Fiber, Surprising Gut Results | Ben Azadi : 1494

0:00What do you think about adding creatine?

0:01It's one of those supplements that has the most research behind it.

0:04I'm a big fan of them starting at five grams a day and then going up to as many as 20, especially during stressful days or travel.

0:10Anytime a doctor says, I don't advise bet, you can say why, and they have to tell you.

0:13They probably just haven't thought about it.

0:15But here's a hack.

0:16If you put it in hot coffee, when it goes into solution instead of into suspension, you get about a 4x higher plasma volume in models of absorption.

0:25And the higher the plasma, then the more it penetrates into the brain.

0:31You're listening to The Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey.

0:38Why won't your stress budge no matter what you do?

0:42You're doing the work, the cold plunge, the breath work, the supplements, and your nervous system is still running hot.

0:48Here's the problem.

0:48Every recovery tool you use only works when your body believes the threat is over.

0:53And if your nervous system never gets that signal, it stays in survival mode regardless of what you stack on top of it.

0:58The direct line to that signal runs through your vagus nerve.