Mara Labs on How to Hack Sleep, Glucose and Aging with Berberine

Episode Highlights

• Their fascinating feats - swimming from Alcatraz and the fastest lacrosse shot in the state
• What berberine is and how it can be used
• The berberine/glucose connection
• What ketosis is and how it can be used therapeutically
• How melatonin affects the glucose cycle
• Timing berberine for better sleep and appropriate cortisol response
• Why berberine can drastically improve sleep
• Many types of berberine don’t pass through the gut barrier
• What makes this specific form of berberine different
• C-myc gene connection to berberine
• How berberine blocks gluconeogenesis
• Why butyrate is beneficial and how berberine increases it
• How berberine can be fasting mimicking
• What myostatin is, how it inhibits muscle growth and how to use berberine to help muscle growth
• Why berberine was superior to valium as a sleep aid in one study
• How berberine increases dopamine and serotonin
• Timing berberine and sulforaphane with workouts and food for brain and body health, plus muscle growth

Resources We Mention

• Berberine
• BrocElite
• 550: Dr. Craig Heller on Cool Hands and Temperature Regulation for Better Performance and Sleep
• Nutrition and Physical Degeneration by Weston A. Price
• Bible

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