Naveen Jain is 65… with a biological age of 33.
How did the XPRIZE board member and founder of both Moonshot Express and Viome achieve this?
Three ways: through rigorous science, by becoming “the CEO” of his own health, and by focusing on the following five disciplines:
#1: Nutrition
“People are getting sicker at a younger age,” says Jain, “and that, to me, is a problem of lifestyle. The nutrition that we are getting is not sufficient because of the way we grow our food. The nutrition on a single avocado 50 years ago takes 15 avocados today. Our food is becoming nutritionless; we are eating a lot of crap.”
Jain cautions that there is no such thing as universal, healthy food.
“Broccoli or brussels sprouts can be very harmful if you have high sulfide production that causes inflammation. Spinach can be extremely harmful if your oxalates are not being metabolized. If you don't have overproduction of TMAO [trimethylamine N-oxide], you can eat red meat. You need to test and understand exactly what is happening in your body as an individual.”
His company, Viome, does extensive testing of your blood, stool, and saliva, and gives you detailed analysis as well as recommended foods tailored to your DNA and blood type.
For women, he recommends Evvy.com: “It is a vaginal microbiome test for women's health. You should go and buy it for your wife, buy it for your daughter!”
#2: Reduce Stress.
Stress is what your body experiences when it needs to run from a tiger. It shuts down what it considers non-essential systems, like your immune system. “So,” says Jain, “people who are stressed get sick often. In the wild, stress was temporary, but today we are constantly stressed. Work. Family. Negative news. Our amygdala is looking for negative news.”
Jain continues: “Humans came up with gratitude and prayer before eating to move away from fight or flight response, from sympathetic mode to parasympathetic mode, so we at least can digest our food!”
He also recommends meditation. “Just get out of the damage stress does to your body.”
#3: Increase Exercise
Exercise is about moving. Get three to five miles a day. "If I am interviewing someone, I walk and talk. Or I put my audiobook on and I walk. Just walk constantly."
As for weights, all you have to do is use body weight: "push-ups, squats, lunges. Twice a week. Simple."
#4: Sleep Deeply
Jain says the need for eight hours a night is a myth.
“What you really need is an hour and a half to two hours of REM sleep. You need about an hour and a half of deep sleep. If you can get that in five hours, great, if you need six, take six, etc.”
Jain takes advantage of technologies.
“I have my Apple watch. And I have an Eight Sleep mattress. It measures my heart rate and heart rate variability. It measures my sleep, but more importantly, it adjusts the temperature as I go into REM sleep and deep sleep. As I go into REM sleep, it drops the temperature further. When I'm coming out of it, it brings the temperature up, and it gives me extra REM sleep, which is what I need. My wife has a completely different temperature variation on her side. It's unbelievable.”
#5: Purpose
“Living a life of purpose helps you live eight to ten years longer and healthier than the people who have no purpose,” Jain says, “so find something that you're willing to die for – and then live for it. Find something that you're not just passionate about. Passion is for losers. The winners have obsession; not obsession for things, not obsession for people, but obsession to solve a problem.”
To learn much, much, much, MUCH more about how deeply you can test your unique biology to help ensure maximum health, watch the video interview.
Written by Adam Gilad
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