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Biohacking is the practice and science of altering one’s environment and biology for maximum control, including food. Bulletproof’s founder Dave Asprey has built his company around this principle of self-experimentation; coffee, snack bars, diet books and the first human upgrade center all exist due to this ethos of biohacking.
1. Grass-Fed Meat
With red meat being such an integral component of the Bulletproof diet, it’s important to limit its consumption to three servings each week and select lean cuts. Furthermore, grass-fed beef provides essential vitamins and nutrients, while having lower toxin levels than grain-fed versions. In an episode of Bulletproof Radio Dave Asprey discussed ways of getting high-quality meat on a budget using Environmental Working Group’s guide “Good Food on a Tight Budget.”
Consider how your food choices impact the ecosystem when making food decisions. As Cody Hopkins of Grassroots Farmers Cooperative explained on Bulletproof Radio, when you opt for grass-fed meat you are actually helping regenerate soil as cow poop provides essential nutrients and beneficial bacteria to the soil microbiome, helping prevent erosion while creating a sustainable environment.
4. Eggs
Eggs are an integral component of any biohacking diet, as they contain protein, vitamins, minerals and healthy fats – providing your body with essential omega-3 fatty acids and vitamin E to balance its chemistry. When selecting eggs for biohacking purposes it’s essential that they come from chickens that spend most of their lives outdoors pecking at plants rather than being raised confined in facilities and fed commercial feed. Ideally these organic pastured eggs would come from chickens raised on natural pastures rather than being raised indoors as conventional eggs come from chickens raised indoors with commercial feed – for maximum biohacking potential and effectiveness it’s crucial that organic pastured eggs come from chickens who spend most of their lives outdoors pecking at plants rather than being raised confined in confinement or fed commercial feed – rather sourcing organic and pastured sources with regard to eggs content, size and source materiality.
Eggs may seem to raise cholesterol levels, but studies have disproved such fears. On the contrary, eggs can actually help increase HDL cholesterol and improve cardiovascular health.
9. Grass-Fed Butter
grass-fed butter contains essential fatty acids which have been scientifically shown to improve mitochondrial function – tiny organelles responsible for turning food into energy within cells – by increasing insulin sensitivity, lowering cholesterol, and helping you burn fat more effectively. As such, grass-fed butter has become a mainstay in Silicon Valley entrepreneur and New York Times best-selling author Dave Asprey’s Bulletproof diet and his popular coffee products.
Alongside supplements and gadgets sold at Asprey’s conferences, grass-fed butter is part of an emerging movement called biohacking that’s making waves thanks to people like Asprey who claim they have increased their IQ by 20 points through biohacking techniques. Biohacking involves self-experimentation combined with data gathering using technology more accessible than ever such as fitness trackers, sleep monitoring apps and genetic and biomarker tests that biohackers may employ in their arsenal of tools.
