As a founder, I've noticed I continuously have less and less time to focus on my health. I'm interested in what biohacks other people rely on to stay (relatively) healthy while super-busy!
Ask HN: What's the best biohack you've found?
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#2Drink lots of water
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#3When possible walk, don't sit behind your desk.
Have a thorough medical checkup each year.
Eat good (organic) food, in reasonable quantities.
Drink very few alcohol or drugs.
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#4Not drinking too much. Regular exercise at the gym, three days a week. Getting on better with your associate employee contemporaries. Eating well, no more microwave dinners and saturated fats.
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#5>As a founder, I've noticed I continuously have less and less time to focus on my health.
The first sentence of the thread makes me wonder if the low-hanging fruit (or "biohack") in this case, is to get away from this situation.
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#6The biggest thing for me is using only async communication methods and not responding right away except if there's a problem.
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#7Diet is #1, meal prep, less sugar and carb intake and fasting. You'd be surprised how your body reacts when you replace it's fuel supply.
#2 get your hormones checked, testosterone/estrogen, tsh, etc. These gradually decrease with age, and imbalance is bad. This is more "controversial" but TRT treatment works, is proven with several studies and there is a big big line between supplementing Testosterone vs abusing it - something like 100-250mg injected a week is therapy levels while 500-1gram a week is not and considered "abuse."
#3 patterns and patterns. Your health is within your control, going for convenience can be harmful and also "expensive" vs having meals prepped, gym/workout time scheduled and having your body checked for preventable or treatable disorders. A pinch of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
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#8I sit in front of a 10,000 lux light box for about 30 minutes at the start of each morning which has profoundly improved my mood and overall happiness. There’s a ton of evidence for the use of light therapy to treat Seasonal Affective Disorder (a form of depression that hits in the winter months) and emerging evidence pointing to its efficacy year round for mood enhancement and circadian rhythm regulation. And as long as your light has a built in UV filter (most do), it’s side effect free.
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#9I sit in front of a 10,000 lux light box for about 30 minutes at the start of each morning which has profoundly improved my mood and overall happiness. There’s a ton of evidence for the use of light therapy to treat Seasonal Affective Disorder (a form of depression that hits in the winter months) and emerging evidence pointing to its efficacy year round for mood enhancement and circadian rhythm regulation. And as lon…
Where did you buy/how did you make your lightbox?
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#10Keep a close eye on testosterone levels and consider TRT if they are low.