The Tim Ferriss Show

Ep 24: Kevin Rose - Gut Bacteria, Meditation, Startups, and More

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Aug 22, 2014
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ANECDOTE

Lyme Diagnosis Prompted Microbiome Focus

  • Tim describes getting Lyme disease symptoms and starting doxycycline, which motivated his microbiome research.
  • He prefers to avoid antibiotics when possible and plans to seed his gut after treatment.
ADVICE

Test Your Gut With A Sequencing Kit

  • Order a home gut-sequencing kit to get a full bacterial breakdown from fecal samples for personalized data.
  • Compare your results to healthy cohorts and use the data to guide diet and seeding strategies rather than guessing.
ADVICE

Use Short Abstinence + Community To Break Habits

  • Do a 30-day abstinence from alcohol, porn, and masturbation (Nobnom) to break compulsive patterns.
  • Join community support (Lift) to increase success and offer mutual accountability.
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