\u201cYou\u2019re not an entrepreneur to make money. You\u2019re an entrepreneur to do something you want to do, that makes a difference,\u201d explains Asprey. \u201cAnd you\u2019re gonna help a lot of people do that. The money comes, but if you chase the money, the money doesn\u2019t come\u2014it actually goes away to chase something along the way.\u201d<\/p>\n
Far from chasing the money, it is the pursuit of making measurable changes that drives Asprey. Before the success of Bulletproof coffee, containing unsalted butter and MCT (medium chain triglyceride) oil, designed as a low-carb way to start the day<\/a>, Asprey had become frustrated that the traditional approaches to losing weight were letting him down. \u201cBefore I made the word \u2018biohacking,\u2019 I had tried everything,\u201d he explains of his stumbling journey into health and fitness.<\/p>\n Eager to lose weight, Asprey\u2019s beginnings in biohacking began when he was unable to shed some unwanted pounds<\/a> through regular diet and exercise. The man from Albuquerque, NM, says that he grew frustrated after working out for 90 minutes per day, six days a week, but failed to drop fat despite being on a low-fat diet. \u201cAt the end of all that time, I could max-out all the machines at the gym, except for two, and I still had a 46-inch waist,\u201d he says. \u201cI didn\u2019t lose any weight, and I was still fat even though I was stronger.\u201d<\/p>\n Not content with accepting his stalling physique, Asprey picked up a bodybuilding magazine that advised a low-carb approach. \u201cAnd, so I added more protein<\/a> and I cut the carbs and magic; I lost half the weight.\u201d The lifestyle guru\u2019s trials and errors with nutrition also included a raw vegan diet but that didn\u2019t agree with him at all, so he stuck with the keto approach, eventually perfecting his plan with the groundbreaking Bulletproof diet, where fat would become the focus for fuel, rather than carbs.<\/p>\n More than a decade on from perfecting the Bulletproof brand, Asprey says that he is always saddened to see the big food companies promoting the latest fad, so that they can make money by feeding us the cheapest foods. \u201cI did not recognize the difference between different kinds of calories,\u201d says Asprey of life before biohacking. \u201cI used to only believe in calories in versus calories out. I used to believe that all proteins were the same. You just needed X amount of protein, or that all fats were the same. That\u2019s nonsense. Every fat does something different. Every protein does something different. Every carb does something different. If you know what they do, you can have this infinite level of control of your biology.\u201d<\/p>\n While Asprey was able to use his own experiences to move his biohacking movement forward, he is also an avid reader and explorer of new theories and technologies. \u201cI\u2019ve read tens of thousands of PubMed<\/em> articles,\u201d he shares. While building his previous career in tech, Asprey felt that he wasn\u2019t able to give his all to complex study areas such as mitochondrial biology.<\/p>\n So, just like with his fitness journey, he wondered whether there was something that could be tweaked in order to improve his cognitive output. Later, Asprey helped to create one of the first working instances of cloud computing before later becoming the vice president of cloud security for Trend Micro. Now those are some results, and his role at Trend Micro<\/a> would be his last fulltime job before starting out with the Bulletproof brand.<\/p>\n This year, Asprey will be celebrating the 10th anniversary of his Biohacking Conference from May 30 \u2013 June 1, 2024 in Dallas, TX. It stands to reason then, that Asprey is still very much behind some of the staples of his success, such as grass-fed beef and wild game. For him, self-care is about quality ingredients and protecting our DNA particularly as we age.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re designed to be resilient when you\u2019re 20,\u201d he explains. \u201cSo that you can escape from your tribe, go to another tribe and reproduce to spread your DNA, and survive lions and tigers and bears\u2026\u00a0\u00a0Stay up all night drinking and dancing by torchlight.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"Dave](\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Dave-Asprey-serving-bulletproof-coffee-at-the-biohacking-conference.jpg?w=200&quality=86&strip=all\")
The Beginnings of Biohacking<\/h3>\n
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The Basics of Biohacking<\/h3>\n
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