Summary
Ben Greenfield joins Modern Wisdom to discuss how to biohack your sex life. Key topics include red light therapy applications for sexual health and performance; stem cell treatments and their potential benefits; diet and training protocols most people are missing.
Key Points
- Red light therapy applications for sexual health and performance
- Stem cell treatments and their potential benefits
- Diet and training protocols most people are missing
- Cholesterol and its role in hormone production
- Biohacking strategies for optimizing health and performance
- Nutritional strategies for peak performance
Key Moments
Red light on testes boosts Leydig cell testosterone
Red and near-infrared light increases Leydig cell activity in the testes, boosting testosterone production. Humans need light exposure like plants need sun.
"Photons of light are also super important for that electrical component because they're what excite the electrically charged molecules that are traveling through your body. That's why there's a lot of data behind the health benefits of things like near-infrared, far-in-fra-fra- You know, the use of even things like headgear that produces red lights and things like that for control of Alzheimer's and dementia and activating parts of the mitochondria that are in neural tissue. You know, a while back we mentioned red light, you know, in the testes, and that does actually increase the activity of the Leydig cells in the testes, helps to produce testosterone. Like, we are meant to be light-pre-treated."
