Dave Asprey - Super Human

COPYRIGHT COPYRIGHT DEDICATION EPIGRAPH INTRODUCTION: YOUR ANCESTORS WERE BIOHACKERS PART I: DON’T DIE 1 THE FOUR KILLERS 2 THE SEVEN PILLARS OF AGING 3 FOOD IS AN ANTI-AGING DRUG 4 SLEEP OR DIE 5 USING LIGHT TO GAIN SUPERPOWERS PART II: AGE BACKWARD 6 TURN YOUR BRAIN BACK ON 7 METAL BASHING 8 POLLUTING YOUR BODY WITH OZONE 9 FERTILITY = LONGEVITY 10 YOUR TEETH ARE A WINDOW TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 11 HUMANS ARE WALKING PETRI DISHES PART III: HEAL LIKE A DEITY 12 VIRGIN CELLS AND VAMPIRE BLOOD 13 DON’T LOOK LIKE AN ALIEN: AVOIDING BALDNESS, GRAYS, AND WRINKLES 14 HACK YOUR LONGEVITY LIKE A RUSSIAN AFTERWORD NOTES LIST OF SEARCHABLE TERMS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR ALSO BY DAVE ASPREY ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

This book contains advice and information relating to health care. It should be used to supplement rather than replace the advice of your doctor or another trained health professional. If you know or suspect you have a health problem, it is recommended that you seek your physician’s advice before embarking on any medical programme or treatment. All efforts have been made to assure the accuracy of the information contained in this book as of the date of publication. This publisher and the author disclaim liability for any medical outcomes that may occur as a result of applying the methods suggested in this book.

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DEDICATION DEDICATION EPIGRAPH INTRODUCTION: YOUR ANCESTORS WERE BIOHACKERS PART I: DON’T DIE 1 THE FOUR KILLERS 2 THE SEVEN PILLARS OF AGING 3 FOOD IS AN ANTI-AGING DRUG 4 SLEEP OR DIE 5 USING LIGHT TO GAIN SUPERPOWERS PART II: AGE BACKWARD 6 TURN YOUR BRAIN BACK ON 7 METAL BASHING 8 POLLUTING YOUR BODY WITH OZONE 9 FERTILITY = LONGEVITY 10 YOUR TEETH ARE A WINDOW TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 11 HUMANS ARE WALKING PETRI DISHES PART III: HEAL LIKE A DEITY 12 VIRGIN CELLS AND VAMPIRE BLOOD 13 DON’T LOOK LIKE AN ALIEN: AVOIDING BALDNESS, GRAYS, AND WRINKLES 14 HACK YOUR LONGEVITY LIKE A RUSSIAN AFTERWORD NOTES LIST OF SEARCHABLE TERMS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR ALSO BY DAVE ASPREY ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

To my children, Anna (twelve) and Alan (nine), who diligently sat by my side and edited this book in a way that genuinely helped make it better. It’s my sincere hope that when you are both over a hundred years old, you’ll let me help you edit whatever you’re creating. I plan to be there for you.

EPIGRAPH EPIGRAPH INTRODUCTION: YOUR ANCESTORS WERE BIOHACKERS PART I: DON’T DIE 1 THE FOUR KILLERS 2 THE SEVEN PILLARS OF AGING 3 FOOD IS AN ANTI-AGING DRUG 4 SLEEP OR DIE 5 USING LIGHT TO GAIN SUPERPOWERS PART II: AGE BACKWARD 6 TURN YOUR BRAIN BACK ON 7 METAL BASHING 8 POLLUTING YOUR BODY WITH OZONE 9 FERTILITY = LONGEVITY 10 YOUR TEETH ARE A WINDOW TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 11 HUMANS ARE WALKING PETRI DISHES PART III: HEAL LIKE A DEITY 12 VIRGIN CELLS AND VAMPIRE BLOOD 13 DON’T LOOK LIKE AN ALIEN: AVOIDING BALDNESS, GRAYS, AND WRINKLES 14 HACK YOUR LONGEVITY LIKE A RUSSIAN AFTERWORD NOTES LIST OF SEARCHABLE TERMS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR ALSO BY DAVE ASPREY ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

Do not go gentle into that good night,

Old age should burn and rave at close of day;

Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

—Dylan Thomas

CONTENTS

COVER

TITLE PAGE

COPYRIGHT

DEDICATION

EPIGRAPH

INTRODUCTION: YOUR ANCESTORS WERE BIOHACKERS

PART I: DON’T DIE

1 THE FOUR KILLERS

2 THE SEVEN PILLARS OF AGING

3 FOOD IS AN ANTI-AGING DRUG

4 SLEEP OR DIE

5 USING LIGHT TO GAIN SUPERPOWERS

PART II: AGE BACKWARD

6 TURN YOUR BRAIN BACK ON

7 METAL BASHING

8 POLLUTING YOUR BODY WITH OZONE

9 FERTILITY = LONGEVITY

10 YOUR TEETH ARE A WINDOW TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

11 HUMANS ARE WALKING PETRI DISHES

PART III: HEAL LIKE A DEITY

12 VIRGIN CELLS AND VAMPIRE BLOOD

13 DON’T LOOK LIKE AN ALIEN: AVOIDING BALDNESS, GRAYS, AND WRINKLES

14 HACK YOUR LONGEVITY LIKE A RUSSIAN

AFTERWORD

NOTES

LIST OF SEARCHABLE TERMS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

ALSO BY DAVE ASPREY

ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

INTRODUCTION: YOUR ANCESTORS WERE BIOHACKERS INTRODUCTION: YOUR ANCESTORS WERE BIOHACKERS PART I: DON’T DIE 1 THE FOUR KILLERS 2 THE SEVEN PILLARS OF AGING 3 FOOD IS AN ANTI-AGING DRUG 4 SLEEP OR DIE 5 USING LIGHT TO GAIN SUPERPOWERS PART II: AGE BACKWARD 6 TURN YOUR BRAIN BACK ON 7 METAL BASHING 8 POLLUTING YOUR BODY WITH OZONE 9 FERTILITY = LONGEVITY 10 YOUR TEETH ARE A WINDOW TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 11 HUMANS ARE WALKING PETRI DISHES PART III: HEAL LIKE A DEITY 12 VIRGIN CELLS AND VAMPIRE BLOOD 13 DON’T LOOK LIKE AN ALIEN: AVOIDING BALDNESS, GRAYS, AND WRINKLES 14 HACK YOUR LONGEVITY LIKE A RUSSIAN AFTERWORD NOTES LIST OF SEARCHABLE TERMS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR ALSO BY DAVE ASPREY ABOUT THE PUBLISHER

A hundred thousand years ago, two cavemen struggled to keep their families alive during a particularly harsh winter. As the wind howled, one wrapped himself in animal skins, checked that the fire was big enough to keep his family from freezing, and made the dangerous trek to a neighboring cave. He ducked his head to avoid banging his overhanging brow at the entrance, shivered as he noticed the dark cave was scarcely warmer than the air outside, and shouted excitedly, “Thog, I have discovered something amazing. You have to see this!” Thog reluctantly wrapped himself in animal skins and ventured into his neighbor’s impossibly warm and well-lit cave, where he saw the world’s very first man-made fire. “Isn’t this incredible?” the caveman said. “I am using this right now to keep my cave warm. See how happy my kids are? Do you want me to show you how I am doing it?”