Did You Know – Melatonin

By | February 17, 2016

There are aspects of how physics and biology work that seem counterintuitive on the surface or perhaps just irrelevant and immaterial. When you connect enough dots and understand the linkages and the big picture, however, things suddenly become intuitive. It’s almost as if you’ve been looking at a painting upside down and all of a… Read More »

Pain Introspection

By | February 5, 2016

Relatively speaking, I haven’t made a lot of bad decisions or done a lot of crazy, ill-advised things in my life. I’ve always been the type to follow directions, do what you’re told, and respect authority, which I think is predominantly a good thing. No one is perfect, though, and it also helps to be… Read More »

It’s All About You

By | January 19, 2015

Your mom was right; you are special…when it comes to your health, anyway (I’m sure you’re a great singer too). You are different. You react to things differently. There is a lot of good science out there that can do a lot to get you back on track or keep pushing the envelope in optimizing… Read More »

Misunderstood Meditation

By | January 3, 2015

Generally speaking, we have avoided meditation, and it is all a great misunderstanding. The images of meditation pervasive throughout most of American culture are usually those of bald heads, robes, Buddha, and droning noises or strange music with bowls, bells, and chimes. It is seen as something complex, hard to understand, and requiring too much… Read More »

“Hanging” with Bert Betterman

By | September 29, 2014

I know, how lucky are you, right?! You’re actually luckier than you even thought because we’re talking about actually hanging (though you don’t get to spend any time with Mr. Betterman). That’s right, we’re going back to some of our evolutionary roots, from the primates that preceded us all the way to TV heroes like… Read More »

Bert Betterman Does Earthing

By | July 3, 2014

It has taken me a long time to wrap my head around the subject of earthing and determine how best to write on the subject in an informational way. Over the series of times I have put keys to keyboard, there have been several hurdles I’ve had to get over in order to finish this… Read More »

Cold Thermogenesis II: Moisturize

By | May 3, 2014

The whole premise of biohacking is to learn lessons tied to your own biology to improve your environment and wellbeing. Sometimes those lessons are learned painfully; this is one of those times. Before you get scared and stop CT or stop considering it, you should know I still continue to do it now, successfully, and… Read More »

Bert Betterman Optimizes the Office

By | March 8, 2014

It took me a while to figure out how biologically stressful my job was. As I’ve said before, working for an investment company with a roof over my head to keep me out of the elements and away from “back-breaking” labor seemed to be a much better option than building, digging, and carrying things. And… Read More »