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yogabunny
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#23257531 - 05/22/16 09:54 AM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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Is anyone else into this?
The most recent thing I've been experimenting with is blue-light blocking at night.
I bought some yellow safety glasses that are supposed to block out all blue light from lights, phones and computers. Apparently this can help stimulate the brain to produce melatonin, leading to better sleep and a kind of resetting of of your circadian rhythm.
I've been putting them on at sunset for the past two nights and I fell asleep easier and faster both nights. Also woke up feel more refreshed the past couple of mornings. I'm going to keep at it for at least 30 days and see what happens.
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Instead of wearing glasses, you can get Flux for PC, redshift for linux, or Twilight for Android.
And I'm into biohacking, but more into the sense of modifying organisms/open-source biology research. Not really the human live-forever type thing.
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Re: biohacking [Re: tito123]
#23258250 - 05/22/16 01:44 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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I have used f.lux on my computer for a while now. It certainly helps reduce eye strain, but the glasses are for blocking out the blue from lights we keep on in the house after the sun sets. Can't wait to try it again tonight!
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I've been sleeping in total pitch darkness for a few months now. Also I took away the pillow and just sleep flat on my back. Both have improved my sleep tremendously. I'm not familiar with the term biohacking but it sounds interesting. I'll definitely have to check that out.
You sound like you'd be interested in lucid dreaming. Have you ever lucid dreamt?
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Very interesting. Please, do update us when your experiment is done.
I just read something on biohacking (new term in my life) and it reminded me of visualizing success. I remember a time in my life where I played darts or basketball, which I normally suck at, but at that time I just felt a sincere confidence in myself. I just knew, as if seeing the future, that I will hit that bulls eye. And I did. I've heard that some martial artist practice that.
Not sure if that would be a biohack, but I found this relevant and decided to share.
BTW I am also interested to try out those glasses. How can I find them?
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LucidWanderlust said: I've been sleeping in total pitch darkness for a few months now. Also I took away the pillow and just sleep flat on my back. Both have improved my sleep tremendously. I'm not familiar with the term biohacking but it sounds interesting. I'll definitely have to check that out.
You sound like you'd be interested in lucid dreaming. Have you ever lucid dreamt?
Yeah, light blocking curtains area also really important!
I'm definitely intrigued by lucid dreaming, and have experienced it in the past. It's not necessarily something I am all that interested in cultivating, and I don't think it would be considered biohacking.
Biohacking can mean anything from hacking your own biology through diet, exercise, and lifestyle changes to more transhumanist stuff like merging our human bodies with technology.
It can be done with the goal of over life improvement and/or with the belief that hacking your biology can actually extend the life of the human body far beyond what is the current norm.
My main inspiration is Dave Asprey, The Bulletproof Executive. He fully believes that he will be able to live an additional hundred years. For now I would be satisfied with an elevated day to day state of being, but I do believe life extension is possible as we learn to adapt to our current environment.
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BTW I am also interested to try out those glasses. How can I find them?
I got them on amazing for $9. They're just plain old clunky, ugly safety glasses.
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I've been prioritizing my health for some time now, which is sort of in that same category correct? I went vegan about a year ago and have been 'purifying' my diet ever since. Health is really dynamic and there is a lot to take into consideration. I've heard of Dave Aspreys name before though I don't really know aything about him.
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I mean a lot of people are packaging the same handful of ideas as "biohacking". My 2 cents, but biohacking is really just doing things to push your body and have it function slightly better. I have been into this scene for a while tried every supplement you can imagine. I am always tweaking my body and trying some new supp or habit. The best I have found; vitamin d, vitamin b complex, 8 hours of sleep, yoga, strength training, meditation, super clean diet, the thing about blocking out blue light DEFINATELY works. The only nootropics I have found to be stable and useful are noopept, caffiene, and theanine. Modafinil is being pushed by many but fuck that. Modafinil takes wayyyy too much out of me. Using it one monday morning would leave me burnt out tuesday and possibly even wednesday. Its a last resort
the truth is (in my opinion); there is little outside of a handful of things that you can do to improve function. whatever supps are being pushed by biohacking community are either overblown or simply not that useful. Whatever mechanism they use to increase functioning don't really help in the long run and lead to side effects by that mechanism. Ie adderall leaves the user burnt out and IME one can't sustainably do them without issues
that being said the glasses thing def works. a few supps are useful. But that list is pretty small and the biohacking community way overblows it
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This is kind of a devil's advocate post...but doesn't this seem a little...counterproductive? Taking supplements and all that is good if you're naturally deficient in some way, but wouldn't it just be better to listen to your body and do what it says? If you're tired, go to sleep. If you're not, wake up. If you suddenly feel the need to eat some specific food (other than sugar, salt, and fat) then eat it. Cravings are caused by deficiencies in nutrients. Your body is generally pretty good at self-regulation, as millions of years of evolution have sculpted you into the best you you can be.
Of course, a balanced diet and exercise are necessary to maintain yourself, but that doesn't really count as "biohacking" so much as basic maintenance, much like changing the oil in your car every 3000 miles is less "hacking your car's performance" and more, just, taking basic care of your car.
If you really want to be able to give 110% all the time, pure methamphetamine is probably your best bet. Sure, you'll be dead in six years, but you'll do 20 years of stuff during those six years, fry your brain and body completely, and definitely get the maximum out of yourself.
The blue light thing for better sleep works pretty well though. I'm not a huge fan of f.lux because it hasn't really helped nearly as much as simply turning off the main light in my room and doing something other than look at a screen for half an hour before bed.
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Re: biohacking [Re: Kryptos]
#23270639 - 05/25/16 05:05 PM (7 years, 8 months ago) |
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I actually have a pair of those glasses as well. Just like the yellow tint every once in a while. Very calming. I look like a dork wearing them though. I've never heard the term biohacking before. Sounds like cheesy pop science stuff. But yeah, they certainly do change my mood and stuff when worn.
I use f.lux as well. And have blue light filters on my phone as well. I do it mostly for eye strain reasons.
I'm probably going to get some of these guys eventually, or something similar:
http://www.buyvpc.com/_p_120750.html?gclid=CLL2uIir9swCFdgMgQodQrACew
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my friend has a website selling those glasses - i've never tried them though 
as for biohacking i think i'm of the opinion that the body naturally looks after itself so long as it has what it needs. so i don't think it's really an issue of 'hacking' the body to make it better than it already is, but rather just about ensuring that it has what it needs to function at it's optimal level - like healthy diet and exercise, but also looking at the overall being beyond the physical level to also include emotional and spiritual well-being.
i think emotional and spiritual well-being play a large role in the overall functioning of the being and body, more than perhaps they're usually given credit for. and of course they also play a huge role in one's quality of life. so things like meditation, but also things like practicing forgiveness, love, compassion, helping others, following your passions and enjoyments - these are just as important as eating the right foods maybe we know that stress can cause illness and poor physical health, and stress is a complex thing as we are complex multi-layered beings 
to optimal overall well-being
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I have seen that about twice thru. THATS what I call bio hacking. If u go through with learning his methods please let us kno and post results on here. I am curious as hell
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Yes, his energy and story are super captivating. Started the basics today - 3 rounds of the breathing exercise and then I stayed in cold water for about 2 minutes after my regular hot shower. Going to keep it going for 2 weeks like this and see how it goes!
http://www.icemanwimhof.com/wim-hof-exercises
I think I might spring for the 10 week online course.
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yogabunny said: Yes, his energy and story are super captivating. Started the basics today - 3 rounds of the breathing exercise and then I stayed in cold water for about 2 minutes after my regular hot shower. Going to keep it going for 2 weeks like this and see how it goes!
http://www.icemanwimhof.com/wim-hof-exercises
I think I might spring for the 10 week online course.
Like I said. Keep us updated. My dad is starting it soon, and I kno that if I hear some crazy testimony I wud be more inclined to try it
Pranayama's help me a lot so I wud b up for it. Seems like breath is a very serious method of helping ur body do all kinds of crazy shit
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I effortlessly held my breath for 2 1/2 minutes this morning.
It's very similar to breath of fire except he doesn't seem to think it matters whether you breathe through your mouth or your nose. Also, after a full set, he has you hold the breath after the exhalation; where with breath of fire you hold the breath after an inhalation.
What he's doing in basically Kundalini Yoga, but I like that he's a lay person and not associated with any particular style or guru.
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Don't sleep on your back, it's terrible for you. You will hyperventilate like crazy in the early morning hours and have no energy for the rest of your day.
Sleep on your stomach or left side only, or some sort of sprawl/half way position.
Learn to exercise with strict nasal breathing
take cold showers but avoid rapid temp shifts to your whole body because it messes with your spleen and can cause allergies
reduce your breathing volume
www.normalbreathing.com some of the most potent biohacking info you can find that isn't being talked about at all by the internet healthhackerz
Edit: also smoke weed
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2.5 minutes before or after an inhalation?
A time is generally meaningless unless the breath hold was preceded by an exhalation (due to variable factors).
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i unplug everything. I need total darkness and silence. I wear earplugs a lot of times if Im sleeping with someone.
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Re: biohacking [Re: yeah]
#23284108 - 05/29/16 08:25 AM (7 years, 7 months ago) |
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yeah said: Don't sleep on your back its terrible for you.
that is false.
when you sleep on your back it allows fluid to reabsorb into the spine. fuild that you lose throughout the day.
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