These exercises are WASTING YOUR TIME: Dave Asprey | mbg Podcast

Published 2023-02-27
Welcome to the mindbodygreen podcast! Each week, host Jason Wachob, founder and co-CEO of mindbodygreen, engages in open, honest conversations with the people shaping the world of well-being. Today’s featured guest is Dave Asprey, a professional biohacker and the founder and chairman of Bulletproof.

“If you're deficient in minerals, it doesn't matter how hard you try—your body can't make the electricity it's supposed to," he says. In this episode, Dave and Jason discuss all of the nutrition and exercise tricks that will give you ultimate gains (and the ones you are better off without), plus:

0:00-2:08 Intro
2:08-6:23 The “why” behind Dave’s newest book
6:23-9:47 The diet fundamentals for a healthier life
9:47-18:46 The most common “anti-nutrient” foods
18:46-21:11 The biggest phytic acid offenders
21:11-25:34 The healthiest nut milk to consume
25:34-30:27 Why so many of us lack important minerals
30:27-35:14 How to balance your omega fats ratio
35:14-36:52 The healthiest alternative flours
36:52-38:22 Dave’s healthy pancake recipe
38:22-44:32 The healthiest & most tolerable dairy products
44:32-50:54 Which exercises are a waste of time?
50:54-58:15 Why you only need 5 minutes of exercise 3 times a week
58:15-59:12 How to increase your VO2 max
59:12-1:07:25 How to strength train more efficiently
1:07:25-1:12:15 The health benefits of forgiveness
1:12:15-1:17:25 How Dave deals with conflicting opinions in the nutrition space
1:17:25-1:19:26 The future of biohacking technology

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All Comments (21)
  • Great conversation! Thoroughly enjoyable and insightful for me. Thanks so much to the both of you for sharing and providing this information. Those who are ready for it will get it. Namaste. 🙏🤗
  • @buttercup3ish
    dave..always giving the best advice..on living our best..thank you..eggs factories being destroyed..evil going on..they do want us eating bugs.. no money..and you will be happy
  • @Kuato
    I didn’t realize Harry Shearer was so knowledgeable about nutritional concepts. He looks great at nearly 80.
  • What about people who love to exercise and have for years? I find it hard to believe they are harming themselves. My husband is an iron worker, who works hard for hours. Hes' done this for 25 years. He's never gone to the gym, but he feels depressed if he doesn't do physical work, because hes so used to it. He's the strongest person I know, and can work hard for hours and hours without taking a break. He acts and appears healthier than most people his age.
  • @musicforaarre
    Dave; I love your bluntness and sense of humour !! It's so refreshing to me. Aarre Peltomaa
  • Would love a link to the University of Colorado tests that he mentions i.e. you only need 5 minutes of exercise 3 times a week. I cant find it using a regular search. I would appreciate a link. Thanks
  • @pupper5580
    I loved the Animal Farm reference by Mr. Asprey (pigs always made rules but after getting caught breaking their own rules they would rewrite the rule to accommodate themselves. The pigs took over the farm and made everything much worse, dystopian levels of worse, for everyone. EDIT: Worse for everyone except the pigs. The pigs were doing nothing and just enjoying themselves at the expense of everyone else).
  • @DStrayCat69
    Fantastic talk 🙂 Dave is very good at articulating what I'm thinking... In many places, I know what is correct, but do it anyway... I know Phytic Acid will deplete minerals, but I snacked on Cashews, and other nuts until I had low Iron and Hemoglobin... and Gaud knows what else is now deficient... There is so much more... I'll shut-up now 🙂
  • @druelleb9620
    Great podcast and thankyou for stating that those of us with different diet preferences (keto, vegan) are similar in philosophy. :) We CAN get along! 14 yrs vegan and I won't change despite the high number of constant digs in podcasts and discussions.. We are all on a health journey and the real war is with conventional diets and overly processed sugary junk.. which is what most people consume every day
  • As a physician who is just trying to get my patients to eat a little more fiber (evil plants according to you guys) and move a little more (also apparently a waste of time unless you go to a fancy lab with an AI bike) these recommendations are an impossibility. Humans love to hear good news about bad habits and telling them it’s ok to have some butter and exercise less gives them cart Blanche to continue to eat like shit and sit on the couch as long as their heart rate goes up on their walk to the fridge for another snack.
  • This was very interesting. I have noticed over the years that a lot of people, including myself have hurt themselves trying to make themselves better. I have experimented with my diet trying to improve it and in the last two years I have introduced homegrown sprouts into my diet. Broccoli and sunflower. I noticed when I eat them. After a while I would get very tired. When I stop eating them. I felt better. I noticed at one point he said eating cold oatmeal was one of the stupidest things you could do. I have been eating cold oatmeal for breakfast with fruit and nuts and powdered milk for decades. I'm going to get his book when it comes out. Even though this was a very negative interview I got a lot of interesting information and I was surprised that his sense of humor. It was a Very enjoyable interview.
  • @purplewos
    Steak and eggs cooked in butter with celtic sea salt and pepper.
  • @dannick1299
    He is only 50 years old but looks 60. I have friend who are 50 but look in there 30's not 60. Whatever he is doing is clearly not working for him.
  • @superfit60
    Interesting concept but if you have joint issues, joint replacement explosive movements are not doable for people in their 60s. How can you improve V02 max than in 5 minutes?
  • I have been working out smart not long for the last decade and ever since I gave birth to my first child. I exactly work out three times a week for 5 minutes at a high intensity with brakes in between. I will admit that I do go once a week to the gym where I actually do run one mile at the highest possible intensity. That includes running at 9 minute mile for 2 minutes and then taking 2 minutes break and doing this again four times. I have not gained any weight since I decrease the amount of exercising by at least five times a week and I have also retained my muscle. Good video and I just wonder if David still eats a lot of bacon. The reason why I am asking is because bacon contains a AGEs or advanced glycation and products which age us. This is one of the things I could never understand and they love for bacon, which is one of the most aging foods. 😃
  • @link6563
    This dude looks 70 years old now