Zestology: Energy, vitality and motivation

Tony Wrighton

Energy, vitality and motivation

  • 5 minutes 46 seconds
    The Man Studying Your Blood Sugar #686

    Biohackers have been using CGMs (Continuous Glucose Monitors) for years.

    Sharam Fouladgar-Mercer is the co-founder of Signos, the first ever FDA-cleared CGM for weight management.

    So how has running a company (and looking at all the data from their 35k person clinical trial) changed his own routine?

    Follow Sharam Fouladgar-Mercer on LinkedIn.

    2 April 2026, 1:00 am
  • 32 minutes 50 seconds
    Ozempic Vs. Glucose Monitors (feat. Sharam Fouladgar-Mercer) #685

    Yet more GLP1 news this week.

    People regain on average 60% of their lost weight within a year of stopping GLP-1 drugs — and the regained weight may be disproportionately fat rather than muscle.

    So are a tool that biohackers have known about for years - CGMs - the answer?

    Sharam Fouladgar-Mercer is the co-founder of Signos, the first ever FDA-cleared glucose system for weight management.

    Follow Sharam Fouladgar-Mercer on LinkedIn.

    30 March 2026, 1:00 am
  • 5 minutes 13 seconds
    Meditation, Darkness Retreats and Rites of Passage #684

    Ed Stafford is a British explorer, renowned as the first person to walk the entire length of the Amazon River, a 4,000-mile, 860-day journey completed in 2010.

    He is famous for his Discovery Channel survival series, including Naked and Marooned, Marooned, and First Man Out, and his new one... Rite of Passage.

    But what's his daily biohacker routine.

    Follow Ed Stafford on Instagram.

    26 March 2026, 1:00 am
  • 42 minutes 51 seconds
    Biohacking and Rites of Passage (feat. Ed Stafford) #683

    The man who famously walked the length of the Amazon and survived naked on a deserted island is back, and on Biohacking News today.

    In his groundbreaking new series, "Ed Stafford's Rite of Passage", the world-renowned adventurer pivots from solo survival to deep cultural immersion.

    From the plains of Ethiopia to the dense jungles of Brazil, Stafford isn't just filming indigenous rituals; he's participating in them.

    And I'm a huge fan of Ed's... watch the whole series on Discovery.

    Follow Ed Stafford on Instagram.

    23 March 2026, 1:00 am
  • 6 minutes 51 seconds
    Health Wake-Up Calls and the Power of Testing #682

    Filmmaker David Donnelly was on the main podcast a few days ago.

    In this short midweek routines podcast, he told me what he saw behind the scenes while making Forever Young completely changed his focus on his own health.

    https://www.foreveryoung.film/

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    19 March 2026, 1:00 am
  • 37 minutes 50 seconds
    The End Of Aging Has Just Begun! (Feat. David Donnelly) #681

    Longevity science has moved from the fringe to serious labs around the world.

    Today, filmmaker David Donnelly joins me to talk about what he saw behind the scenes while making Forever Young - and what we're getting right and wrong about living longer.

    Check out the film here https://www.foreveryoung.film/

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    16 March 2026, 1:00 am
  • 6 minutes 53 seconds
    The Power of 'Green Exercise' #680

    Dr John La Puma, two-time New York Times bestselling physician, calls it the "Indoor Epidemic."

    His new book on how much time we spend outdoors is out in the next couple of days, so how much time does HE spend outdoors?

    Follow Dr John La Puma on Instagram.

    12 March 2026, 1:00 am
  • 27 minutes 14 seconds
    BREAKING: We Spend 93% Indoors… And It's Making Us Sick (feat. Dr. John La Puma) #679

    It's official: We now spend 93% of life indoors.

    That's not normal.

    Dr John La Puma, two-time New York Times bestselling author and doctor, calls it the "Indoor Epidemic."

    Sleep, focus, metabolism and mood are taking a hit.

    Is the fix really as simple as going outside?

    Follow Dr John La Puma on Instagram.

    9 March 2026, 1:00 am
  • 5 minutes 15 seconds
    HeartMath, Habit Streaks & Why Sunshine Still Wins #678

    Valerie Orsoni is the author of 55 books (written by her, not chatGPT!), published in 5 languages and bestsellers in the USA, France, UK, Serbia, Portugal, and Italy.

    But what about her daily biohacker's day routine, especially when she's not at home?

    Follow Valerie Orsoni on Instagram.

    5 March 2026, 1:00 am
  • 31 minutes 47 seconds
    Nature's Antibiotic... or a Big Scam? (Feat. Valerie Orsoni) #677

    hear about it constantly.

    Some swear it cures "incurable" conditions. Others dismiss it entirely: "Just a useless grandma's remedy." Some even warn about serious allergic risks.

    So — who should we believe?

    Today the journalist who's done a deep dive on propolis.

    Plus more Attia/Epstein updates

    Valerie Orsoni is an OG biohacker and the author 55 books + keynote speaker. Follow her here.

    Welcome inside the hive. Full breakdown.

    2 March 2026, 1:00 am
  • 3 minutes 37 seconds
    The Daily Stack of a Supplement Scientist #676

    Dr. Jordan Glenn found something incredible when his company tested supplements

    They purchased 44 top-selling supplements.

    💊 22 out of 44 (50%) failed their active ingredient claim

    💊 20 products had between 0–3% of what the label promised

    💊 6 out of 8 gummies failed

    He was our main guest on the podcast a few weeks ago.

    And today in our A Biohacker's Day short midweek podcast, we hear what supplements he himself takes after doing all that research.

    Follow Dr. Jordan Glenn on LinkedIn.

    26 February 2026, 1:00 am
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