Rachel Varga 从小就对健康和保健很关注，成为一名护士后，又学习了美学和生物黑客。发现生物黑客可以有效地减少炎症，改善皮肤和身体组成。出版过关于眼部和下颌线年轻化的医学期刊文章，并与Dave Asprey等专家合作。
我注意到，通过减少炎症、增加抗氧化剂摄入等生物黑客方法，我的皮肤变得更好，不再容易晒伤，身体组成也得到改善。我甚至在诊所中减少了对年轻化治疗的需求。 在护肤方面，我建议男性每天早晚清洁和保湿皮肤，使用适合自己肤质的洁面产品和保湿霜，每天使用防晒霜，尤其要注意眼周肌肤。定期去角质也很重要。
增加抗氧化剂的摄入，例如维生素C、维生素D、锌和NAC，可以起到内部防晒的作用。 在避免毒素方面，我建议男性选择棉质内衣和床上用品，避免使用含有邻苯二甲酸酯等有害物质的个人护理产品，从正规渠道购买产品，避免购买假货。要保证充足的水分摄入，使用过滤后的水。 在排毒方面，我建议男性先净化环境，补充抗氧化剂，然后进行排毒，例如使用桑拿等。排毒过程中可能会出现皮肤反应，这是毒素排出的表现。 我开发了含有C60的护肤产品，C60是一种强效抗氧化剂，对皮肤有益。透明质酸也是一种很好的护肤成分，我使用的透明质酸分子量较小，能够被皮肤吸收。我还推荐使用铜肽和肽类产品。我认为男性和女性之间的能量交换非常重要。男性应该保持高睾酮水平，女性应该保持创造力和滋养性。良好的身体组成、激素平衡和自信的肢体语言对吸引异性都非常重要。避免接触过多的电磁场辐射也很重要。
我长期关注健康与保健，从在温哥华岛的童年到成为一名护士，再到如今投身美学和生物黑客领域，这条路始终贯穿着对身心优化的追求。我的专业背景涵盖护理学和美学，发表过关于眼部和下颌线年轻化的医学期刊文章，甚至与生物黑客领域知名人士Dave Asprey合作过。
生物黑客的皮肤奇迹
我亲身体验了生物黑客的强大功效。通过减少炎症、增加抗氧化剂摄入（例如维生素C、维生素D、锌和NAC）、以及其他生活方式的调整，我的皮肤状态显著改善：不再容易晒伤，肤质更佳，身体组成也得到优化。更令人惊喜的是，我甚至减少了在诊所进行年轻化治疗的需求。这让我深刻体会到，内在健康是外在美丽的基石。
男性护肤指南：简单有效的三步曲
针对男性听众，我总结了简单有效的护肤三步曲：
此外，定期温和地去角质，也能帮助肌肤保持健康状态。
内在与外在：抗氧化剂与毒素防护
除了外在的护肤，内在的健康同样至关重要。我强烈建议增加抗氧化剂的摄入，这如同为肌肤提供内在的防晒屏障。
同时也必须积极避免环境毒素。建议男士们：
排毒：循序渐进，安全有效
排毒并非一蹴而就，需要循序渐进。我的建议是：
我研发的护肤产品中，特别添加了C60和透明质酸。C60是一种强效抗氧化剂，具有长效抗氧化作用；而我所选用的透明质酸分子量较小，能够被皮肤有效吸收，并帮助肌肤锁住水分。此外，我还推荐使用铜肽和肽类产品，以促进胶原蛋白生成，改善肌肤弹性。
两性关系的和谐：阴阳平衡与男性魅力
在两性关系中，男性和女性的能量互补至关重要。男性应保持高睾酮水平，展现出自信、领导力以及对生活的掌控力；女性则应保持创造力和滋养性，营造和谐的氛围。
提升男性魅力的策略：
总而言之，内外兼修，积极主动地关注健康和美丽，才能展现出最佳状态，吸引理想的伴侣。 记住，健康的身体是魅力的源泉，而生物黑客正是通往健康之路上的强大工具。
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03:10 皮肤健康和整体生物黑客优化需要更多关注。
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03:49 我从护理转向美学和生物黑客，专注于健康、营养和避免毒素。
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06:43 生物黑客帮助我减少炎症，改善皮肤和身体组成。
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07:10 男性在护肤上常见的错误是使用身体肥皂洗脸。
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07:53 每天早晚清洁和保湿皮肤是基础护肤步骤。
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08:55 防晒霜应每天使用，尤其是眼周。
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10:14 增加抗氧化剂摄入可以起到内部防晒的作用。
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11:36 避免穿着塑料材质的运动内衣，选择棉质衣物。
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15:12 运动时增加水分摄入，补充电解质。
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19:07 在开始红光疗法之前，应先减少氧化应激和排毒。
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21:25 排毒时可能会出现皮肤反应，这是毒素排出的表现。
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26:21 我开发了含有C60的护肤产品，C60是一种强效抗氧化剂。
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31:28 透明质酸具有亲水性，能够从空气中吸收水分。
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35:58 男性和女性在关系中交换微生物，这对免疫系统有益。
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38:06 女性在训练时皮质醇降低，可能会获得更好的增肌效果。
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41:37 低睾酮的男性通常表现出不自信的肢体语言。
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50:01 手机辐射会影响血液流动，建议使用法拉第袋保护。
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53:08 电磁场会影响皮肤的血流，接触地球有助于恢复负离子平衡。
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57:01 眼睛和牙齿是判断一个人吸引力的两个关键因素。
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今天将探讨一个很少提及但值得更多关注的话题——皮肤健康、整体光彩和全面的生物黑客优化。今天邀请了嘉宾瑞秋·瓦尔加（Rachel Varga）。
瑞秋讲述了她的故事。她在一个小岛——温哥华岛上长大，生活一直受到保护。从小就接触健康和养生，14岁开始健身，注重营养管理。后来她成为一名护士，但觉得学业还未结束，于是考虑成为医生。她拥有护理学士学位，还完成了医学院的预科课程，包括普通化学、有机化学和生物化学。但她很快发现自己更倾向于美学、焕新、抗衰老、长寿和优化。
2017年左右，她开始教授其他医生和护士焕新策略，并在医学期刊上发表关于眼部焕新和下颌线焕新的文章，同时也开始涉足生物黑客。她的一位共事者戴夫·阿斯普雷可能为人所知，她帮他为“超人”状态准备面部。
她一直注重健康饮食和锻炼，但跟随戴夫后，她深入了解了生物黑客的概念，开始测试而非猜测。她从空气净化、水净化、冷水浴开始，用于调节神经系统。2019年，她遭遇了一次严重的追尾事故，导致鞭伤和头痛加剧。于是她更加依赖生物黑客来全面减少炎症。
作为一名美学护士，她是双重认证的美学护理专家，专注于眼整形外科。她注意到眼睛是脸上最先显示衰老迹象的区域。自2011年进入行业以来，她接触过从护肤品到激光等各种非手术干预手段。当她引入生物黑客、减少炎症并增加抗氧化剂摄入后，她发现自己的皮肤状况改善了。即使在加拿大北部，她也不会在10分钟内晒伤。她的身体组成有所改善，车祸后的疼痛减少，她甚至在诊所里使用的焕新手段也减少了，这对一个以修饰他人面部为职业的人来说很有趣。现在，她更多关注修复女性的女性能量。
生物黑客在她生活中占据特殊地位，影响她的外貌和感觉。她乐意分享她发表的一些研究。
瑞秋指出，男性和女性在25岁后应开始使用更专业的护肤品，而非通用的洗液或肥皂。特别是经常锻炼的男性，可能有背部痤疮，应选择适合油性皮肤的洁面产品。护肤不必复杂，但越早开始，到30多岁或40岁时，外貌会比不注重护肤的同龄人更年轻、更吸引人。她建议早晚清洁皮肤，洗澡两次也能保持清爽。
她推荐使用专门的眼霜和保湿霜，保湿霜应像皮肤的多种维生素，不需厚重或油腻，也可用保湿精华代替。她还强调每天使用防晒霜，推荐含20%锌的矿物防晒霜。她提到，日常10分钟的阳光暴露（如开车或上班途中）会对皮肤产生累积效应，特别是男性眼睑最先显老，如上眼睑下垂、眼袋或黑眼圈，因此防晒霜应特别涂抹在眼睑上。
她还建议每周去角质几次，但不要用常见的杏壳磨砂膏，而应选择能打磨和抛光皮肤的产品。她遇到一些男性因皮肤发红、干燥或晒斑而求助，护肤通常几周内就能让皮肤更光滑、水润、健康。
卢卡斯提到皮肤是内在健康的反映。她提到增加抗氧化剂摄入可作为内部防晒。
瑞秋表示，过去几年她通过多种方式增强免疫系统。她大量补充维生素D、C、锌和NAC，以保持健康。她发现这一组合显著减少了晒伤。她建议每天在脸部、颈部两侧等高价值区域使用护肤品，男性常忽略颈侧和后颈，但短发男性那里皮肤容易变粗糙。她还建议在胸部上部和手背上涂抹少量产品，因为这些部位随时间可能显得粗糙或发红。她鼓励全身每天晒15-20分钟太阳（避免正午晒），以平衡昼夜节律。
需注意的毒素如邻苯二甲酸盐或永久化学品。瑞秋强烈建议男性立即改穿棉质内裤，避免在生殖部位穿塑料制运动装备。她建议尽量用棉质衣物和床品，避免从第三方拍卖网站购买护肤品和个人护理产品，因为这些可能是假货。她提到Netflix纪录片《Broken》指出，假冒美容化妆品行业甚至比毒品交易还大。她举例说，有人发现从网上买的产品与从业者处买的质地完全不同，尽管包装相同。
邻苯二甲酸盐常隐藏在香水中，无论是洗发水、护发素还是身体产品，标有“香料”的成分可能是任何物质，食品和补剂中的天然香料也是如此。她建议关注公司背景，检查其是否避免使用含邻苯二甲酸盐的香料。她还提到香水和除臭剂，女性喜欢男性气味好，但健康男性的体味本身就应吸引人。
问及保湿方法。瑞秋说她去年为一家英国期刊撰写了关于营养与皮肤的论文，也在美国期刊发表过，可在PubMed或她网站的研究专栏查阅。她建议女性每天喝约2-2.5升水，男性约3升，若常锻炼则需更多。她推荐锻炼前摄入维生素、肌酸和电解质，尤其是在桑拿后补充电解质。
她强调必须喝过滤水，即使水处理厂声称不用强化学品，输水管道的PVC材质仍会释放邻苯二甲酸盐，并积聚生物膜。她建议全屋用逆渗透水，最好饮用蒸馏水或去离子水，并在其中添加矿物质。外部保湿可在洗脸后趁皮肤湿润时立即涂抹眼霜、精华、保湿霜和防晒霜，过程只需30秒。她还推荐用椰子油或单源鳄梨油便宜地保湿身体。
卢卡斯分享他最近安装了逆渗透水过滤器，花费800美元，但认为这是值得的投资，比长期买瓶装过滤水划算。他还建议清理水箱，用过氧化氢消毒，并用不锈钢水壶而非塑料容器，因塑料含邻苯二甲酸盐和激素干扰物，可能降低睾酮。
他提到红光疗法近年流行，而瑞秋多年前就涉足此领域。她说，她和卢卡斯自2019年起相识并合作过。她很喜欢红光疗法，但建议初次有意者先不急于尝试。她在论文《氧化应激状态及其对皮肤老化的影响》中提出，应先降低氧化应激，排空“毒性桶”，如净化空气、水、电磁环境，摄入适合的食物并清除酵母菌、真菌、重金属、霉菌和寄生虫，再尝试红光等高级疗法。她家里有红光设备，晚上用作有趣照明，在卧室用大面板红光结合桑拿刺激皮肤线粒体，同时帮助放松。
卢卡斯问及她尝试过的排毒方案及其对皮肤的影响。瑞秋说，她在氧化应激论文中深入研究了寄生虫学。她与众多健康优化专家交流后认为，应先清空“毒性桶”，因80%的人可能携带寄生虫，且可能存在30年。若直接排毒，可能因寄生虫死亡导致“毒性桶”溢出，引发雅-赫氏反应，如剧痛、疲劳和皮肤刺激。她曾因未提前摄入抗氧化剂而在排毒时出现眼部刺激，卧床两天。
她第一次彻底清除寄生虫是在2018或2019年初，当时她很健康，练踢拳和柔术，举重却无明显肠胃症状。排毒两周后，她看电影时，视野边缘出现闪光，因她有眼科背景，知道这是中枢神经系统寄生虫死亡的反应。两个月后，她感觉前所未有的好，皮肤更好，痤疮减少，指甲和头发更健康。她建议先净化环境，备好抗氧化剂，再通过桑拿等协议排毒。若皮肤出现湿疹或牛皮癣等问题，应考虑生活压力和环境触发因素。
提到瑞秋选用强效抗氧化剂C60制作护肤品。瑞秋说她研发护肤系列已有几年，最终选择一位超水平的研究员合作，能按她的标准过滤水、用胶体银保存并选用高品质C60和透明质酸。她试用了他四年前过期的C60精华，仍效果极佳。她避免与大实验室合作，以确保非转基因和单一来源成分。她设计的C60精华包装简约，既节省成本又环保。她认为抗氧化剂应内外兼用，推荐蛋白质、胶原蛋白、欧米伽、适应原和电解质。
提到透明质酸的证据支持其作用。瑞秋解释，透明质酸具亲水性，能从空气中吸湿保存在皮肤上，但多数分子太大，无法深入真皮。她选用的透明质酸分子可透皮吸收。她还喜欢含透明质酸和乳酸的铜肽产品，自2011年起与18个品牌合作，提供最佳选择。她推荐在家用皮肤滚轮（dermal rolling），刺激胶原蛋白和弹性蛋白生成，对痤疮瘢痕有效。她师从专家Lance Setterfield学习正确技术，强调滚轮质量和手法的重要性。
转向阴阳极性话题，探讨男女关系中的男性与女性动态。瑞秋说，亲密接触时男女交换微生物，可能有益免疫系统。当男性展现阳刚（高睾酮、肌肉发达、领导力强）并稍带柔性，女性展现阴柔（创造力、平和）并稍带刚性时，这种结合胜过任何药物。她举例，自己举重时因放松和高睾酮快速增肌，教练认为这是因皮质醇降低。她认为，纯净的身体和平衡的激素让男女更互补，伴侣一起锻炼还能提升效果。
她提到，女性可感知男性睾酮水平和高信息素，建议单身男性提升睾酮以吸引伴侣。她在长期关系后独处时努力提升自己，以吸引理想伴侣。她发现高睾酮男性自信、动作流畅，而低睾酮者动作僵硬、缺乏自信。她教女性通过外貌和行为提升吸引力，寻找能领导和保护的高睾酮男性。
卢卡斯补充，高睾酮男性更自律、勇敢、具领导力，对社会有贡献，易吸引女性。瑞秋说，男性在压力情境下的冷静决策（如通过冷暴露训练神经系统）很吸引人，因其展现去甲肾上腺素驱动的专注，而非肾上腺素冲动。
卢卡斯探讨激素比例对决策的影响，低睾酮者优柔寡断，高睾酮者自信果断，身体语言也更开放。瑞秋分享她学习女性优雅动作的经验，指出女性在不安全时会以身体语言保护自己，而高睾酮男性则展现力量和自信。
她提醒男性避免塑料内裤和手机电磁辐射对生育和睾酮的损害，推荐棉质衣物和法拉第袋。她认为电磁辐射如吸烟般有害，影响血流和健康。她还提到智能手表干扰血流，建议接触大地或用脉冲电磁场PEMF垫改善血流和吸引力。
卢卡斯说提升生物机制不仅支持睾酮，还提升外貌和他人感知。瑞秋提供一对一咨询，帮助男性制定护肤和焕新计划，并强调牙齿和眼睛是吸引力的关键指标。
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Thank you for listening to the Boost Your Biology podcast. My name is Lucas Owen. I uncover the most cutting edge health information on the planet, ranging from hormones, nutrition, supplementation, fat loss, biohacking, longevity, wellness, and a whole lot more. Welcome to the Boost Your Biology podcast.
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Hello, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome back to the Boost Your Biology podcast. Today I'm thrilled because we're going to be exploring a topic that I rarely talk about, but it needs a lot more attention. And that is specifically around skin health, general radiance, and overall biohacking optimization. So joining me on the show, we have Rachel Varga. Rachel, welcome to the podcast.
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Thanks for having me, Lucas. Great to connect with you and excited for the content we're going to be sharing today. Definitely, definitely. So, Rachel, for my audience, I mean, they love to get to know the guests in greater detail. Did you want to maybe share a little bit about how you got into the self-optimization biohacking space?
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All right, well, here's my story. Grew up on a small island, Vancouver Island, very protected my whole life, have been around health and wellness my whole life from a young age, started hitting the gym when I was about 14, dialed in with my nutrition and all of that.
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and became a nurse. Then after that, I wasn't quite done with schooling, so I considered becoming a physician myself. So I have my Bachelor's of Science in Nursing, as well as my med school prerequisites, so Gen Chem, Organic Chem, Bio Chem, and quickly realized that I'm actually very drawn to aesthetics and rejuvenation and anti-aging and longevity and optimization. And
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So in about 2017, I began actually teaching other doctors and nurses rejuvenation strategies, started publishing medical journal articles on eye rejuvenation and jawline rejuvenation, and started biohacking around that time too. One of my colleagues, you probably know him, Dave Asprey, I got his face ready for superhuman.
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And I was on the train of health and wellness, eating right and exercising. But once I actually started to follow him, then I got into this whole concept of biohacking and testing instead of guessing and started with air purification, water purification, cold plunging, did a lot of that for nervous system regulation. And then in about 2019, I was actually back ended or rear ended really badly because
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So at that point, I had some pretty bad whiplash and headaches and things like that. So I just really leaned into biohacking to actually reduce inflammation on all fronts.
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And what I started to notice as an aesthetic nurse, so I'm what you would call a double board certified aesthetic nurse specialist. And my focus has been in oculoplastic surgery and the eyes are the first area of the face to show signs of aging. So basically, since I started in the industry in 2011, I've had access to everything from skincare to lasers to other non-surgical interventions, to
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And when I started to introduce biohacking, reducing inflammation, increasing my intake of antioxidants,
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I started to notice my skin was better. I wouldn't burn in 10 minutes, even up in the North here in Canada. And my body composition was improving. I wasn't in as much pain anymore after the car crash. And I actually was able to utilize less rejuvenation in the clinic, which is kind of interesting coming from someone who's made a career of fixing people's faces. Now I kind of fix their feminine energy actually, which is kind of funny.
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So biohacking really has a special place in my life with the way that I look, with the way that I feel. I'm happy to share some of my research that I've published too on there. Fantastic. Such an in-depth and diverse background there, Rach. So what I would love to sort of explore with you is around, I guess we can start out with general skincare for men. Because I've got a lot of men listening to this podcast.
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the common mistakes that you see men making when it comes to their general skin health. Using the bar of soap that they use on their body on the face. I would say for both the ladies and the gents after about age 25, you do want to start using some more sophisticated products, not just, you know, the all-in-one body wash, hair soaps, things like that.
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You do want to use an appropriate cleanser that's specifically for the face, especially for guys when you're working out a lot. You might have bacne. You definitely want to maybe make sure that you're using a cleanser that's a little bit better for maybe oily skin.
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But it doesn't have to be complicated. But the earlier you start, the better you are going to look, especially when you hit your mid-30s, late 30s, early 40s, mid-40s. You're going to look much younger and more attractive compared to your counterparts that really didn't do anything. So here are the basics. It's really simple. Cleanse the skin in the a.m. and the p.m. So take a shower twice a day. You're also going to smell better, too.
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And then moisturize the skin. So I am a huge fan of utilizing a specific eye cream and then apply moisturizer. And your moisturizer should basically be functioning as kind of like a multivitamin for the skin. It doesn't have to feel thick. It doesn't have to feel greasy. You could actually use a serum instead. I have some recommendations for a serum that is hydrating too.
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And then sunscreen every single day. So I'm a huge fan of mineral sunscreens, like a 20% zinc, and I can recommend one as well. And it's the 10 minutes of sun exposure here, 10 minutes there while you're driving, going to the gym, commuting to work, things like that, that has this what we call cumulative effect on the skin.
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And the first area we see signs of aging, especially in guys, is around the eyelids. So hooded upper eyelids, lower eye bags, darkness around the eyes. So you do actually want to make sure you're using that sunscreen specifically on the eyelids.
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And then exfoliating a couple times a week. So not using like that apricot hull scrub that we've all probably used in like middle school and high school, but actually using something that's going to buff and polish the skin and
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So sometimes guys reach out to me and they're kind of struggling with skin redness or kind of like dry patchiness or sunspots and things like that. So skincare oftentimes in just a couple of weeks can give you kind of more glassy, hydrated, smoother, healthier looking skin. So it doesn't have to be complicated, but it does need to be consistent.
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There's some great tips there. In terms of skin is an indication of your internal health. When it comes to specific foods, I'm glad you mentioned increasing antioxidant intake, how that can actually act as an internal sunscreen. Do you want to explore that a little bit more?
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Yeah, in a big way. Over the last couple of years, I did a number of things to boost my immune system. I'm sure a lot of your listeners did too. And I really cranked up the vitamin D, vitamin C, zinc, and NAC. And I was doing these protocols to, you know, keep myself healthy and on point. And I
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When I kind of incorporated that stack, that's when I noticed a big difference to not burning as much. So when I talk about skincare and sunscreen, what I like to encourage is applying your products day in and day out on the high real estate areas. So face, neck, sides of the neck. The guys often forget to apply products on the sides and the back of their neck, but they have short hair. And you'll see this in older men. The skin just looks like quite leathery here.
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Also to put a little bit on the top of the chest here, because guys over time can get kind of like a weathered look here and kind of red, and even a little bit on the top of your hands too. But for the rest of the body, it's a great idea to get that full body sun exposure for about 15-20 minutes a day, maybe not midday, but earlier in the day, get that circadian rhythm balancing too.
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And what about in terms of like different, I guess, like toxins that they need to be aware of? Because, you know, our environment is abundant. You know, you've mentioned certain things there, but what should they be avoiding specifically when it comes to like toxins or phthalates or forever chemicals, things like that?
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100% switch to cotton boxer briefs right now. Any of your workout gear, stop wearing plastic around your, you know, your jewels, okay?
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So switch that up right now. Go to as much cotton clothing and underwear as possible, even with your bedding too. That's super key. And what you're putting on and around your body, I definitely want to encourage you all to stop purchasing products from these third party auction websites.
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Because a lot of times skincare and personal care products can be counterfeit. And in fact, the counterfeit beauty and cosmetics industry, there's a Netflix show called Broken. They actually stated in that documentary that the
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counterfeit beauty and cosmetics industry is actually bigger than the drug trafficking trade. So this is pretty huge. Like even for example, I've on social media once saw like a third party auction website, you know, that ice cream that's really good for like sore muscles. They compared one that was like bought from a practitioner and then bought online and they had totally different consistencies. The packaging looks the same.
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So you do want to be aware of that. And you did mention phthalates. So phthalates are basically fragrance. So anytime you use a product, whether it's a shampoo, a conditioner, a hairstyling product, or something you're putting on your body, that little sneaky ingredient like fragrance is basically trade secret. It can be anything. Same thing with your food products and your supplements, that natural flavoring.
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or flavoring is essentially a proprietary brand. So that's why it's good to kind of know who the people are behind the companies too, and whether or not they care about keeping phthalates out of the fragrance side of things. And so think about your cologne too, and your deodorant.
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The ladies like these things because, you know, we desire to have our man smelling fantastic and not like gross BO. But if you are healthy, your BO should actually be a turn on for your lady. Just an FYI, especially after a workout.
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Just a little spicy tip there. But you do want to watch your personal care products. So switching to cleaner products, happy to make some suggestions and recommendations. But that's usually where the toxins are hidden. It's in your clothing and it's what you're putting on your body daily. Great points there. And what about in terms of hydration? Did you want to sort of talk about
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practical applications like how can men best hydrate their body, not only their skin, but also internally as well. Yeah, I'm happy you asked. I actually wrote a research paper last year on nutrition and the skin for a UK journal. I published in a US journal and also a UK journal. You can look up my name, Rachel Varga on PubMed. You can find some of my research also on my website to have a research tab. I'm like this huge beauty biohacking nerd.
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And for ladies, we want to be consuming about 2000 or so two liters to two and a half liters of water a day. And then for guys about three, but if you are exercising, which you should be a lot, um,
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You want to crank that up a little bit. So when it comes to internal hydration, I'm a huge fan of taking your pre-workout, getting some of those key vitamins and nutrients, a little bit of that creatine, and then also your electrolytes. So sauna-ing, if you're doing saunas, which I love to do most evenings, do make sure that you are incorporating electrolytes as well. These are really important.
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And when it comes to hydration, you have to drink filtered water. Even if you've got some information that the water treatment plant near you, they don't use harsh chemicals. Those pipes that carry the water are also made of PVC, which also emit phthalates and they accumulate biofilms. Never once have I seen pipes dug up from the ground to actually get cleaned out.
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And if you're not filtering your water, you're literally drinking biofilms and PVC piping. So ideally, you want to do reverse osmosis for your whole home. The best water to drink would actually be distilled water or deionized where everything's pulled out. This is what we use in the chemistry labs, as you know, as a pharmacist. So that's ideal. And then, of course, you want to do some remineralizing.
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And then for hydration, keep it simple. Right after you wash your face while your skin is still humid, go straight into your eye cream, your serum, moisturizer, and sunscreen. I know that sounds like a lot, but it will literally take you like 30 seconds. It doesn't have to be this long, drawn-out thing, and you don't have to feel super girly while you do it. But your skin will thank you in the next number of years and decades.
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So hydration internally, I would say it's just as important as external hydration for the skin. An easy and cheap way to hydrate your skin on your body would be like coconut oil or a single source avocado oil too. Yeah. I actually recently got a reverse osmosis water filter installed into my apartment and it
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like when i try to explain it to to guys as like an investment strategy like it's what for me it was like 800 800 to get it installed but you think about like you literally need water every single day so if you were to go to the the hot the health food store and you buy like filtered water in a glass like that will probably last you like three or four months and then the cost would add up so i think like just generally from like a
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like a cost to benefit ratio, you know, you're seeing a huge, huge benefit there from actually just making that one-off one-time investment. And the other random thing to do is actually clean out your water tank because there's a lot of things can get that can get trapped in there too. So good drain and then clean out with some hydrogen peroxide. That's also something people forget and anything you're drinking out of. So say for example, this is what I take to the gym all the time. It's a stainless steel canister.
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I don't drink out of plastic. I don't store any foods in plastic because these contain phthalates and hormone disrupting things that are going to result in hormones being off, low testosterone. These are all things that we don't want men to experience as ladies. Something else that's, I would say, trending at the moment is red light therapy.
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I mean, that's really taken off you were into this years, years ago before it even became like, like super trendy and popular. So do you want to talk to my audience a little bit about how they can differ or I guess like practical applications that you've seen work well for clients or for yourself? So yeah.
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Yeah, 100%. For everybody tuning in, Lucas and I have actually known each other since about 2019, and we've collaborated a couple of times. And yes, I am a huge fan of red light. And whenever people first meet with me, they say, should I be doing red light? I'd actually say, don't start with red light therapy. This is why I wrote this other research article titled Oxidative Stress Status and its Impacts on Skin Aging.
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I felt like the biohacking community needed a bit of a framework of actually what to start with. So the way I thought about this was, okay, to both look and feel our best, what do we need to do? Well, first of all, we need to reduce oxidative stress and empty out this toxic bucket. That's why we take antioxidants, like with your product that you've just come out with. That's really helpful for that.
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So purifying your air, water, lighting, electromagnetics, eating the foods that are right for you, testing instead of guessing and clearing things out like yeast, fungi, heavy metals, mold, parasites, pesticides. Do that stuff first and then get into some of the fancy things like red light. And yes, I do have my red light lightsaber right here. I have these throughout my house. So it's like really fun lighting in the evening, actually, in my place.
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And then I also have another huge panel in my bedroom. So I also get red light when I do my sauna every night. Those are kind of a little bit more advanced, but I am a huge fan of red light to stimulate the mitochondria in the skin. And I also just, it's kind of part of my wind down.
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Something that's, I guess, crucial to understand is around what happens when individuals undergo like a detox protocol. I'd imagine you've experimented with many different detox protocols over the years. It might be
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you know spirulina chlorella activated charcoal sauna usage things like that do you want to sort of explain what happens i mean like the skin can often erupt like massive changes can occur in the skin so do you want to sort of explain what might be happening there yeah absolutely so in my oxidative stress paper i did a huge deep dive into parasitology actually
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Because in my conversations with hundreds of the world's leading health optimization speakers on my show too, and just working with a number of providers over the years, what we really want to do first is empty that toxic bucket. Because if it's full, and then you go and detox things like parasites, which 80% of you listening now, sorry to break it to you, and they can hang out in you for about 30 years, unfortunately.
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If you then go and do a detox and you get die off of these, these critters, essentially, you're going to fill up your toxic bucket. It's going to tip over and then you can experience something called Herxheimer's, which is when you get like extreme pain and fatigue and skin irritation. I've actually had this once in eye irritation. I was flat out in bed for two days because I didn't take my antioxidants leading up to that cleanse. Um,
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But really, the first time I did a proper parasite cleanse was, I think, in about early 2018, 2019. And I don't know how many details I want to relay about this, but I basically had every parasite in the book.
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And I was healthy, you know, doing kickboxing and jujitsu, lifting weights at the time. Did you have any obvious like gut symptoms at the time? I didn't. Looking back, I honestly felt like I had zero symptoms. And then I started to do this parasite cleanse. And I remember watching the movie Limitless. And so this is Brian Cooper. And, you know, he's basically taking a nootropic. That's a controlled substance. But we take nootropics for feeling fantastic. I have tons.
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ton of nootropics in my fridge actually, performance and getting extra dialed in when I need to. But I was watching this movie and I actually in my periphery had flashing and I was about two weeks into this cleanse. And because I have a background in oculoplastics and ophthalmology, I knew what was happening. I was actually having central nervous system parasite die off and I was seeing it in my visual field.
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That's crazy. Jeez. It was, it was pretty intense, but I, but I'm a nurse. Like I knew what was going on, but it was like, Oh wow. Imagine all these other people that have parasites basically in their brain and you know, they don't feel good. They have anxiety. Maybe they're depressed. They're just not having the energy that they should because their nutrients are going to these, these little guys. And I'll never forget about a,
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Two months after this initial cleanse that I did, I didn't know how good I could feel. My skin was better. I wasn't breaking out as much. My nails grow like weeds, which is a little bit annoying because I play guitar.
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And my hair was just coming in even more full and I've always had super thick hair, but even more so have like enough hair for three people. So what I say about detoxing is you need to purify your environment first, have antioxidants on board, and then look at doing detoxing with sauna and different protocols first.
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So for great skin, I mean, you do want to be clearing out the yeast, fungi, mold, heavy metals and parasites. And if you are having…
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skin issues and eruptions like eczema or psoriasis, consider what's going on in your life, who you're around, what you're doing, your level of stress, but also any environmental triggers that you may have recently been exposed to like renovations or toxic around you. Like sometimes we get forest fire smoke here. And so I had this once actually this last summer,
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And so my toxic bucket got really full and I got this actually rash on my neck for the first time, but I knew I had been exposed to a lot. I'd like moved twice and all sorts of things too. So there's a lot going on in life. And then I had the skin thing for the first time, which I cleared in a week.
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But your skin tends to display when your toxic bucket is full and tips over, I'd say probably about a week or two later. So the skin really is a reflection as to what's going on inside. You mentioned something really critical around specific antioxidants. Now, I know you
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have actually curated and selected, I would say, one of the most potent antioxidants on the planet, C60, as part of one of your serums and skincare products. Did you want to sort of elaborate on that one? Because C60, I've had a guest on my podcast twice talk about the benefits of C60 from
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It's very, very powerful antioxidant effect and the way that it has a very long half-life and its effects on the overall body.
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Congratulations, first of all, on releasing that particular product. And with the formula, like were you the lead formulator or did you also get another nerdy guy like me to help formulate that? Super nerd. Actually, somebody even more nerdy than I am, which from a woman, we want to work with men and be with men who are just like a little bit better than we are. If you know, you know what I'm talking about.
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And I knew I'd wanted to create my line for a couple of years now. I just didn't know with what lab and exactly how to do it. So I've done research and development over the last probably two, two and a half years on a few different formulations with some big labs, which, you know, we were talking about this earlier. And I just didn't feel like the labs could really do what I needed them to do and what would be up to my level.
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up to my standards rather because I don't want to be using non-filtered just tap water in my products which actually is pretty common. I wanted to be using like six time deionized filtered water and
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So I was doing a podcast with this really lovely gentleman and he was about 10 minutes away from me after I realized the recordings. I was like, we got to meet. So anyways, go over to his house. He's like this huge biohacker. Like I am like into all sorts of
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a really cool energetic VBM type of stuff as well, which I'm a huge fan of like frequency technology and energy medicine for kind of getting that space, right? The in-between space, which dark matter quintessence, the fifth element actually makes up about 80% of our universe. So it's not so much like the physical nature to us that makes up most of us, actually the space between side. That's why I like energy tech and things like that. And yeah,
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He said, you know, try a couple of these products that I've made with this formulator. And I looked at the expiration on it. It expired like four years ago. It's been open forever. But because it was preserved with colloidal silver, it was still fantastic. And he gave me a C60 serum. I was like, you know what? I'm going to put this on my skin.
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And that's what I have on my skin now. It's just fantastic. So I met this super nerdy researcher, like total recluse kind of guy like these, the super nerdy guys you're never going to see on podcasts, right? They don't really they don't they lack the social skills, but they make up for it in their scientific chemistry genius way.
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Anyways, I totally hit it off with this formulator and he could do what I wanted with filtering the water appropriately, doing ionized silver, colloidal silver, and sourcing really high quality C60 hyaluronic acid that's also going to be absorbed in the dermis, not just topically and, you know, the rest is history.
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So I elected to not work with just like a huge monster lab because I really wanted to have the control to be able to utilize strictly non-GMO ingredients as well, like single source ingredients too. So really pumped about this one, no pun intended. I designed the label myself. It's minimal packaging also wanted to save cost and waste.
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So the Carbon 60 serum that I have is pretty fantastic. Obviously, I can't make any claims or anything like that for a couple of different reasons. But Carbon 60 is great to take internally, but I also love it on the skin too. And there's a lot of key…
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pretty, pretty profound antioxidant benefits that range from all sorts of things, including even getting up in the middle of the night to urinate for guys. It's like really obscure, like some of the things that you can actually notice, and it's going to be bio individualistic for everybody. But
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But I'm a huge fan of basically protein, collagen, antioxidants, omegas, and adaptogens, and key electrolytes and minerals.
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So, you know, consume your antioxidants internally and topically. So this is a good way to do it topically too. To feed and nourish the skin, right? When you're putting things on the skin, it's not just to make your skin feel good, but we actually want to be feeding it and promoting something called skin health. That's what's actually going to result in looking better for longer. One ingredient that I've come across quite extensively is hyaluronic acid.
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That one there in particular keeps on showing up with like a great amount of evidence supporting its use and its unique effects in the human body. Did you want to sort of explore that particular ingredient? I mean, the body produces hyaluronic acid naturally, right? We produce it every single day. And I believe it has a remarkable effect of like holding quite a lot of water or hydrating the cell.
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Yeah, so hyaluronic acid has what's called a hydrophilic property. So hydrophobic means it doesn't want water, right? So we have our phospholipid bilayer in our skin cells. So what's cool about hyaluronic acid is we can actually apply it on the skin and it draws moisture from the air to actually stay on the skin, which is really cool.
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Now the problem with most hyaluronic acid molecules is they're too big to actually get through those cellular junctions to be absorbed in the dermis. So they just sit on top of the skin. So actually the hyaluronic acid molecular size that I use is able to be absorbed transdermally. So you're getting the absorption from the top, but it's also being able to pull it a little bit deeper.
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hyaluronic acid, antioxidants, peptides has been in medical grade skincare since I started in the industry in 2011. I would say a couple of years ago, we started to hear about copper peptide and peptides in skincare, maybe three, four years ago. And when I heard this, I sort of just like rolled my eyes a
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And, yeah, I'm also a huge fan of copper peptide. I have some great recommendations, too, that are super clean, that have hyaluronic acid and lactic acid in the formulation, too. So I sell my products, but I also sell the other products that I've sourced since 2011. I work with like 18 different brands. It's like, what's the best in one easy place? So that's kind of what I do. And what's cool about…
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really good skincare is you can also utilize it with, say, for example, at home dermal rolling, which is really great for the guys because it doesn't hurt. It doesn't make your skin red. And it's just like a great way to stimulate that collagen and elastin. It's been shown to be helpful for things like acne scarring. You don't have to go to an into a clinic for it too. You can actually just easily do it in the comfort of your own home two to five times a week. However,
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However, I learned about dermal rolling from one of the OGs, Dr. Lance Sutterfield and his research assistant here on Vancouver Island. He basically wrote the Bible on dermal rolling. And I'm saying this because I've seen some of the biggest influencers in the biohacking space talk about dermal rolling and then showing them doing dermal rolling online. And I just like fall over because of the technique.
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So, you know, you could be doing something quote unquote good, but it comes down to the right technique, using the right roller and using the right products with it too. With that technique that you see doing wrong, is it they're doing it too fast or the wrong like motion? What's wrong?
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All of the above, but it's one of the most cost effective time effective things you do actually have mine here because I did a podcast yesterday, just talking about like frequently asked questions. So, a lot of times you can find cheap rollers that are like 10 to 20 bucks, and they'll say on the package like 10 to 20 use kind of thing. I work with
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Rollers that are good for about two years and that have been manufactured for like since the 90s because a lot of the rollers you'll find are actually made in the Orient and the needles are like a metal alloy so some not good metals in there and up close they're not actually needles they're blades and they can be prone to rusting.
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And all sorts of things. I've even seen like a little needle, even locally here. I didn't see it, but I heard about it actually getting embedded in somebody's skin. So the quality of the roller, the right technique and using the right products to prep the skin ahead of time and then apply afterwards is super key. That's sort of like a bit of a longer conversation, but I'm a huge fan of it. And I know that my male clients love to do it too. Yeah.
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Switching gears, Rach, let's get into the polarity between the yin and the yang. You've tried to pull that out of me yesterday on your podcast, which we got into. Did you want to maybe mention, specifically when it comes to male-female relationships, that masculine-to-feminine dynamic that creates this beautiful, symbiotic relationship?
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Yeah, well, one of the things that we exchange when we're in partnership, when we're making out or making love, cuddling and all that fun stuff is we're exchanging our microbes. We are basically merging our, you know, oral microbiome and beyond as well, which, you know, could have some benefits for say our immune gene and things like that too. Yeah.
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But the other thing is when the masculine and feminine come together, it's better than any drug. Like when you actually experience this, when the man is in his masculine, he's got high T, he's got that muscle up, he's just kicking butt and taking names in life. He's a leader, highly thinking, analytical, you know,
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80% is in his masculine and then 20% can kind of soften a little bit when he's around his woman. And then for the woman to be in the 80% creative and in flow and nurturing and bringing the peace.
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And about 20% in the masculine say, I'm a CEO, right? I do a lot of things. I do like, I have like 13 different streams of income. But the way that I go about my life as a CEO is very different than the way that you do. And I'm very conscious of that. But when the masculine and feminine come together, there's this just beautiful exchange. So when we're looking at this, say from a body composition perspective, right?
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I started to do some weightlifting and I was working out with a couple of bodybuilders. Some of them were on gear and stuff like that.
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I was like, gosh, I'm getting some gains pretty quick here because my main goal with lifting weights was to put muscle on, right? I'm in my late thirties and putting muscle on right now is one of the key things for me for longevity. And also, you know, my body's super on point right now too. There's that, but it's kind of like lift or be lifted. I was like, wow, I'm getting some gains pretty quick. So I actually reached out to one of my coaches and
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He's actually a masculinity coach because I like I love learning about things from the masculine perspective. I was like, I'm getting gains really quickly. It's what's going on here. He's like, it's because you're relaxed. It's because you're on the masculine and your cortisol is lowered. And he shared that oftentimes female bodybuilders actually get better results when they're weight training because their cortisol is lowered.
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So it's really interesting if you are in a partnership and you're a couple and you're working out with your partner and then you're kind of cuddling, something to be said for actually getting more gains from that. But it's also just the exchange of what the masculine and feminine provide. And you're going to be more able to be dialed in to sharing that pure energy in a beautiful, interdependent way.
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the more pure you are with your body, mind, spirit, energy, from a toxin perspective, having more balanced hormones. But we really do need each other, right? And you mentioned, I guess, a really crucial point there, Rach, is like women can tell when a man has high testosterone versus like,
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I mean, this is something that I think also their pheromones, like the male pheromones. Smart women who are like, who do I want to meet with? So that aspect there, I mean, there's this huge, huge desire, I guess, for like, for all the single men that are listening to this, like definitely focus on getting that testosterone up, not only for body composition, they're going to look better. They're going to feel better. They're going to perform better. Like they'll just be,
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more likely to attract a mate, basically. A hottie. Yeah, a life partner, a hottie, you know? It's so true. So for myself, you know, I was in a long-term relationship for a really long time and then took some time off, really worked on myself on a ton of different levels so that I could be at 10 for my future 10. And one of the things that…
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became really obvious to me was because I am feminine, I need to be, I desire to have this really beautiful masculine man find me. And in this process of dating and things like that, I had a lot of men say to me, like, it's just like your aura. There's just, it just feels like calm and at peace around you. I heard that a lot. So I was, you know, on the way kind of selecting who is going to be the best fit for me being very selective. And,
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I got really good at discerning who was like a fake masculine. Like they were talking the top, like, oh yeah, we didn't provide. But then I would look at them and you know, they were soft more ways than one. And they also had a little bit of a gut. They didn't have a lot of muscle to them, but it was also the way that they moved.
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So for men to be confident, so I teach confidence and femininity to women in my membership. It's all about both looking and feeling great. But you know, my initial storefront is using great products and rejuvenation, but there's so much more to being attractive, which comes down to how you behave in any situation, right?
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So oftentimes guys with low T and who lack confidence, they're very jittery with their movements. They don't have smooth movements when they're doing say dynamic exercises or walking. Their shoulders are kind of hunched forward. Their chin is down. When they're looking at their phone, they're like, you know, Quasimodo. And just with their speech, it's kind of erratic. And all of these things actually show trauma, right?
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but they also show dysregulated nervous system. There is no way that I would want to partner up with a guy who had a dysregulated nervous system because if it should ever hit the fan, he's going to be able to lead and protect and provide, right? So these are just really subtle cues that I was kind of looking for. Be like, okay, steer clear from that one. And I did that for a while.
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And to kind of protect myself, you know, we go through life women as women very differently than guys do. We're a little bit more like vulnerable, although I am part ninja. So you wouldn't want to cross me in a dark alley. I can confidently say that, but it's like women have to be aware of who, which men have the traits that could potentially take advantage of us and not be a good partner or
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and also to be very aware of what are those traits we want to look for. And from a biological perspective, as a feminine woman, we desire to have a very masculine man find us, okay? And this is where having your testosterone worked and elevated is really important. You're not going to get a very feminine woman if you got low T.
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I might also add in just in that regard there, men that have high testosterone in general, I feel like they have a better ability at becoming more disciplined and they're also more courageous and they can also lead and they're pioneering something. They're also…
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building something, they're contributing to society. And that by itself, show signs to women that, oh, like this guy is going to lead he's he's making changes to the world. And he's got his head screwed on right, basically. Like he's not wasting time. He's highly productive. I mean, these are the common traits that you would be sort of seeking, right? I love where this conversation is going.
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Yes, for mate selection, I'm very aware of like the red pill community, the hypergamy community and all these things. I find these things very interesting. But at the end of the day, it is part of our biology. So when men exhibit really good decision making skills and they're really good in stressful situations, say, for example, there's an accident of some sort or just something that
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out of the norm happens. And then there's this response. So people are typically going to have one of two responses. And this is all actually driven by our hormones and nervous system training, essentially.
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That's why cold exposure is so fantastic. So I'll get in a cold plunge and my nervous system will be regulated in about three seconds. I've actually been to biohacking events and gone on the cold plunge because I have this on my Instagram. And I could hear the owner's wife say, oh my gosh, is this thing even on? It was really funny. So I used to do a lot of cold plunging, but that was a little too masculine. So now I do a lot of heat. So again, that yin and the yang, so I balance that out.
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But training yourself to be in uncomfortable situations obviously is going to trigger something called hormesis, which is really good for autophagy and all sorts of things. But it's also going to train you so that when something happens, you're not going to be this wimp. You're going to be like, okay, I'm not going to draw from adrenaline and peak cortisol. And then you get the crash from that. You're going to be more likely to dial into your noradrenaline.
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hormone response, which is very much this eyes on the target type of response. So if something happens, decisions need to be made quickly.
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It's not going to be from an erratic place. It's going to be from a cool, calm, collected eyes on the target place, which is very attractive. So that for us as women, we can sit back and fully appreciate and trust that, you know, he's got this. Yeah, it's a great point there. I guess like the influence of testosterone and also some of the other like
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androgenic hormones like DHT I sort of try and explore this with guys and I try and educate them that like DHT and like testosterone and DHEA and pregnenolone and all these different hormones even cortisol and prolactin like
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they're all working together like in unison and they're also like the ratios of the different hormones like testosterone to estrogen like when guys carry too much body fat and that drives up their estrogen um that these different dynamics and the the ratios of these different hormones can really dramatically affect their like you said before decision making so a guy that's very hesitant
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and just can't make a damn decision and just will constantly like ruminate and think about it and overthink it and all that sort of stuff like typically they're the ones that have the low testosterone or low dht they don't back themselves whereas a guy that has high testosterone generally speaking will just like back himself in in tricky situations he has that self-confidence that self-efficacy
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And that can be, you can really tell by looking at guys in their behavior. And you also mentioned around like body language. That's a massive one. Guys that have high T take up a lot of space. Like they literally, their body language is different. They take up a lot of space. They're confident, like their chest is up, they're open. So it's definitely, yeah, you've made some really critical points there.
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Yeah, I've really enjoyed studying how to actually move as a beautiful feminine radio woman. I've done some wand modeling in my day, some, you know, runway stuff. So I know how to carry myself at that model level.
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runway type of aesthetic. And if you think about it, that's kind of like the ideal as a woman. So love studying that. And also I'm on camera and in pictures, so I got to look, you know, half decent. But when it comes to guys, it's, it's quite opposite actually. But here's the thing for women when they don't feel safe when they're in their masculine, because the guy is to mention they're a feminine and
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What they'll do with their body language is really interesting. Their shoulders will come up and they'll hunch forward. It's actually because they're wanting to protect themselves. They're wanting to protect their heart. So if you see a woman and she's charging through life, especially say walking around downtown, and she has this like really kind of like tough look to her.
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And I, you know, I've experienced the contrast to this too. A number of years ago, I look at like, look at pictures and videos of myself when I would do four by four on the island. A huge lumberjack jacket with black beanie. You know, there would be some white characters in the bush. I don't really do that anymore so much. But women do this to actually protect themselves. And guys, when they have high testosterone, they do take up space. Their shoulders are open, number one, they got space.
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great shoulders and biceps and their back is like, yeah, look how strong and tough I am. Look at my muscles. I work really hard for these. I hope you notice them. But yes, taking up space is definitely a part of the masculine movements, being very much strong and intentional with everything from every step to where they place their hands. Are they holding their phone?
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Are they kind of like looking at their phone as like a security blanket? By the way, guys,
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If you keep your phone on you, keep your phone in a Faraday pouch so that you're not blasting the family jewels with electromagnetic frequency radiation, which I would go so far as to say, yes, we know about canola oils and toxic seed oils as being just highly inflammatory. But I would also go so far as to say that EMFs are kind of like the smoking of regeneration. So if I have my phone…
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in my jacket pocket or in my handbag, it's in a Faraday pouch. So nobody can call me either, which is great. That's a great point. I mean, that sort of links in with what you said earlier, Rach, around like wearing plastic or like polyester underwear is like a no-go zone for men because that's like,
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creating electrostatic charge that renders like lowers fertility um then you mentioned there around like the emf exposure from the phone literally just being next to the testes can like cause damage to the testes and then if you stack another level on top of that it's like when men keep their testes too hot they're overheating their testes that can also lead to a decrease in testosterone i think it's uh i think it's important to mention here that
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Like both men and women are being under attack in so many different ways that it takes a guy to be proactive and like actually take note on these different biohacks and actually implement them into their lifestyle because if you're just like the average guy walking around in society like
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there's no way you can have high testosterone if you just follow what the average guy does and the what the average guy eats and you know that sort of stuff well i'd go so far as to say that you know those who tune into your show here lucas and those who tune into my show as well which you were just on you know we're kind of a little bit more like the one percent right we're biohackers we focus on how we're feeling our bodies
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We clean up our environment. We're super dialed in, right? Every aspect, body, mind, spirit, energy, air, water, lighting, electromagnetics, eating the right food and detoxing. So that being said,
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I also want to add smartwatches into the mix because if anything on your body is emitting Bluetooth, it's actually messing with blood flow. And if you desire to have your brain operate better, have better muscle recovery, and also perform sexually, you need good blood flow. I know you're a huge fan of talking about nitric oxide and things like that too for vascular health.
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But when we're on our phone for five minutes, our red blood cells actually start to stick together. You can see this under live blood cell analysis under the microscope. And then we get these chains called Rouleau. I talk about this in my oxidative stress status paper. And then we get clotting factors. So all these people that have like fatigue and like brain fog, I'm super curious how much of that is actually…
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related to the body's electromagnetics being off and the body being too positive. This is why we want to get outside and contact the earth like wet soil or wet sand. So we get more of the earth's negative ions or I love to hang out on my PEMF mat too. I find that that makes me feel really great too because we want good blood flow and we can actually see this in speckle contrast photography of the skin.
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of how EMFs actually impact blood flow to the skin, which is the largest organ. So if you want to be your most attractive state, you just have to be healthier. I mean, that's what it comes down to. You don't have to be the most model-ass
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dude or lady it's the health component I would say is one of the key things that is going to signal to people around you that you have better biology and that's what you're all about it's like how can we dial in our biology and when you do you're going to be more attractive so dating as a biohacker is
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That's been very interesting. It kind of makes you even more picky and selective, especially when you take such good care of yourself. You really, you really need to have that in a partner. Yeah. No, you made a, made a great, great point there, Rach. I mean, that's one of the reasons why I even named this podcast boost your biology. It's because if you boost your biology, you,
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you're not only going to support testosterone, but you're also going to support like your general, like the way that you show up to the world, the way that people perceive you. I mean, people are very judgmental. Like within the first two seconds, they'll look at your appearance and they'll see whether or not, you know, whether you're in shape, whether you take care of yourself, whether you respect your body. Because if you don't respect your body, there's no way you can
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you know, sort of respect your output and your presence in the world. So I think you've made some, you know, phenomenal points there, Rach, around that polarity. And I think a lot of guys will probably gravitate towards, you know, what you're saying in regards to like the sort of qualities and the traits that men are seeking. So if they want to actually check out, number one, your skincare products, where can they find that?
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Absolutely. Over at the school of radiance.com use promo code Lucas 15 for 15% off of a one-on-one session with me. I recommend this for the guys. I've worked with some pretty interesting, um, very top performing men over the years across the globe. And this is your great time for us to connect and sit down together. You can share what your skin rules are, what you say noticed shift over the last couple of years, um,
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And then I'll make specific recommendations for you of what to do at home and in the clinic. And I really feel for guys because guys never learn this stuff. They never really have somebody say, hey, this is how you use your skincare. You know, this is what I could suggest from like someone who really knows what they're doing.
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And so that's Lucas 15. That will get you 15% off of your order, which I do recommend doing a one-on-one actually with me. And you can book one-on-one at the school of radiance.com.
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And the other thing I want to mention are the two key areas that we look at first when determining someone's level of beauty or attractiveness, because I'm all about beauty, right? Beauty and biohacking and all that good stuff, feeling and looking your best, are the teeth. So if you got bad breath, if you're not going to the dentist as often as you should, and
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And you got bad teeth, you got to do something about that because the oral microbiome is just such a key indication of your overall health and wellness and how well you care for yourself. And the other thing is eyes. So if you have difficulty with eye contact,
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This can actually, for certain people, indicate whether or not you're being truthful or you're lying or where you're pulling information from based on NLP. And also eye contact can give a lot of insights into how regulated your nervous system is and how present you are.
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But also the skin around the eyes, so hooded upper eyelids, lower eye bags, darkness around the eyes, like all of these actually indicate nervous system and oxidative stress status too. So eyes and teeth, statistically speaking, are the two areas that we look at first to determine someone's level of attractiveness. Yeah, no, that's great. That's great.
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Well, Rachel, thank you so much for making an appearance on the podcast. It was an absolute pleasure. You're always a wealth of knowledge. And I didn't realize just how much you knew around not only skin health, but I guess like the whole encompassing picture of just general biohacking, which was fantastic. I think a lot of listeners will have gained a lot from
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today's podcast so if they want to connect with you as well you have an instagram just let them let them know where you're you're found on instagram yeah at rachel varga official is my ig i post some pretty like maybe sometimes controversial but inspirational things you know we're all here to be the one percent right be our best versions of ourselves and it takes a certain amount of effort a couple areas so my stories are kind of inspirational they're a great way to connect and
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And then, of course, the School of Radiance podcast. And I have a number of great speakers. I've had that show for years now. And that's a really great, positive place to be. And I do have a number of male listeners on my show, too. So don't worry. I don't forget about you gents out there to also both look and feel your best. Awesome.
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Well, thanks everyone for tuning in to another episode of the Boost Your Biology podcast. If you please can leave a five-star review, that will really help to bump up this podcast. And otherwise, guys, thank you so much for tuning in. I look forward to seeing you in the next episode.
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