Super Human. Dave Asprey

      

       COPYRIGHT

      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.

      A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book have been donated to the XPRIZE Foundation to support the creation of a better world in the future … because we’re going to be here to enjoy it.

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      First published in the US by Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

      This UK edition published 2019

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      © Dave Asprey 2019

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      Cover photograph © Ray Kachatorian

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      Source ISBN: 9780008366278

      Ebook Edition © October 2019 ISBN: 9780008366285

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       DEDICATION

      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

      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

      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?”

      Thog was skeptical. He knew fire was dangerous. When lightning struck a tree, the resulting wildfire could burn forests, not to mention humans who were dumb enough to get too close. He and all the other cave dwellers had survived winter (for the most part) without fire. They huddled together and shared their food, and everyone got along. Fire might be harder to share. What if only some cavemen had access to its warmth? “No thanks,” Thog grunted.