#3: Biohacking for Better Health: Intermittent Fasting, Ketogenic Diet and Lab Testing with Robin Berzin

Summary: <p><strong>Host:</strong> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dhrupurohit/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dhru Purohit</a></p><p><strong>Guest: </strong><a href="https://www.instagram.com/robinberzinmd/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dr. Robin Berzin</a></p><br><p>Dr. Robin Berzin, Founder and CEO of Parsley Health, sits down today in our third <em>Broken Brain Podcast </em>to talk to <em>Broken Brain</em> Executive Producer and my CEO, Dhru Purohit, about the pros and cons of these dietary approaches, plus functional lab testing that can provide inflammatory markers, and so much more.</p><br><p>Dr. Berzin also goes in depth into what biohacking is—which she describes as “principles and practices to help achieve optimal health”—and shares with you her favorite biohacks.</p><br><p>If you’ve been curious about functional lab testing and which tests to ask your doctor for, this is a great podcast for you to listen to! There are many other pearls of wisdom that you can incorporate into your life right now to improve your health, or feel even better than you already do.</p><br><p>Dr. Berzin has a gift for explaining complicated health issues in simple ways, so that they become easy-to-understand, approachable, and even interesting. When we take the fear factor out of health, amazing things can happen.</p><br><p>In this episode, we dive into:</p><p><strong>* </strong>The “how to’s” of intermittent fasting (1:38)</p><p>* Ketogenic diet—good or bad? (8:17)</p><p>* Biohacking for better health (15:50)</p><p>* Functional lab testing and biomarkers (29:48)</p><p>* Community and our health (40:31)</p><p>* Parsley’s practice model (47:05)</p><br><p><br></p><p>Sponsor: This episode is sponsored by our partnership with the AirDoctor Air Filter. To get exclusive access to this deal visit <a href="http://www.brokenbrain.com/filter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.brokenbrain.com/filter</a></p><br><p>Interested in joining Dhru’s <em>Broken Brain Podcast </em>Facebook Community? Submit your join request here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/2819627591487473/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/2819627591487473/</a></p><p>For more on Dhru Purohit, be sure to follow him on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dhrupurohit/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@dhrupurohit</a>, on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DHRUxPUROHIT/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@dhruxpurohit</a>, on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/dhrupurohit" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@dhrupurohit</a>, and on YouTube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBnLhz50WZAvsF4S72xtESA?view_as=subscriber" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@dhrupurohit</a>. You can also text Dhru at (302) 200-5643 or click here <a href="https://my.community.com/dhrupurohit" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://my.community.com/dhrupurohit</a></p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>