Biohack Your Radiance: The Truth About Peptides, Collagen, Adaptogens & Performance Nutrition with Rachel Varga

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Hello and welcome to today's episode right here on the School of Radiance Podcast.

And we are host Rachel Barga, a humble human on a mission here to help you achieve and

receive the best hair skin and nails of your life using my background since 2011 as

a double board certified ascetic or specialist and having performed over 20,000 rejuvenation

procedures.

I bring the best of many worlds including the worlds of home care, in clinic and also the

research behind what truly can help slow aging.

Looking at some of my research on oxidative stress status and its impacts on the skin.

In the School of Radiance Podcast, we explore many things beyond just the superficial.

So, if you glow from the inside out and become your most radiant version.

And enjoy today's episode right here on the School of Radiance Podcast.

Welcome, welcome, welcome to the School of Radiance Podcast.

I'm your host, a humble human on a mission here to help you both look and feel your best.

In today's episode, we are going to be discussing surprise, surprise, biohacking, your radiance

looking and feeling your best.

It's an inside out job.

We're going to be talking about the truth about peptides, collagen, adaptogens and performance

nutrition.

And why this is so key is most people are obsessed with skincare and serums and yes,

I have some fantastic options on my skin shop that are pre-vetted by me.

But if you truly want radiant, youthful looking skin, you need to start with your foundations.

I've done a couple episodes on this, but this is going to be a little bit more focused

on specific things that I like to do personally.

And this is now a medical advice in this episode, but we are going to get into peptides.

If you think you have a medical condition and before making any lifestyle modifications,

do you seek the guidance of a licensed physician?

Starting with your foundations are really the things that are going to power your cells

and your biology, your metabolism, your mitochondria, which your skin is going to be a direct

reflection of how well your body is running and how well your biology is supported.

And radiance is basically the selectromagnetic projection of how well your systems are operating

into the world.

So think aura, right?

But more like a physical body-mind-spirit energy, visual and how people even feel and respond

to you.

Radiance is a pretty cool topic.

It's not just beauty or skin deep, and biohacking is a huge part of it.

So today we're going to be unlocking the real tools, peptides, collagen, adaptogens, protein,

creatine, and how they change your skin from the inside out.

Let's kick things off with what the heck are peptides.

I was chatting with one of my girlfriends, she's like, what's the difference between

you know, a peptide or taking something else?

Basically a peptide is a short chain of amino acids that communicate with our cells.

And they tell the skin, for example, with copper peptide, make more collagen or we have

other things like BPC157 to reduce inflammation or TB500 to increase muscle growth.

And many more, there's KPV, there's MOTC, there's lots of really cool things out there

that can actually even support your mitochondria.

And the mitochondria are the powerhouses of our cells.

If we don't have happy functioning mitochondria that are supported, we're not going to get

that ATP production, which is actually what gives everything in our body energy.

So looking after that mitochondria is really key.

And peptides are helpful with influencing things like repair, structure elasticity, barrier

function, nervous system, metabolism.

More and more information is starting to come out about peptides.

There's been a lot of animal studies and there's also been a lot of providers over the

last 10 years that have worked with peptides now in their integrative functional wellness

practices.

And there's some new news coming out that a number of different peptides are actually

potentially, this is a rumor, it's not a fact yet.

But I definitely postulates that in the next little while, many quote unquote mainstream

peptides in the biohacking space are going to be FDA approved.

I did a talk in Canada, the Pacific Northwest of Vancouver at an event on integrative functional

biohacking med spa spaces and really how they're all kind of intersecting.

If we want to look good, we got to feel good and support ourselves, our biology, our

nervous system and our metabolism, which is really what I'm super passionate about.

It's not just skin care, it's actually what you do every single day and almost every moment

in the day with how you are.

And so if you're looking for that firmer skin, fewer fine lines, wrinkles, better resilience,

more energy, peptides are kind of like physics and not hype.

Now why they matter is I would say from a support and performance perspective, but because

it's still the early days, there's tons of animal studies on peptides, not as many human

peptides, but they have been used across the states and other countries for a while now.

I kind of have this six to eight year rule.

I like things to be rolled out on the general population for about that time period because

it takes time to get data on how the general population are going to be responding to things.

And I for a long time had a bit of a hang up with peptides because they were still kind

of new, but now they've been offered for a long time.

There are some regulatory differences between Canada and the U.S., which is actually part

of the topic of my talk to break that down and make it really clear.

But basically to summarize, I think that these are going to continue to become even more

mainstream.

I'm sure you've heard of GLPs, glucagon-like peptides and for weight loss.

The GLP1s, that's essentially the first gen, and now we're on GLP4s, which is exciting.

And there's some really cool information starting to come out with GLP4s on metabolic marker

resets, cardiovascular marker improvements.

So I'm really optimistic with where the GLP space is going and just how quack, quack.

There are some quackery stuff out there, right?

And that's why you're here on the show because you, a number of you have said you'd like

to listen to the show because you value my perspective.

But what I will say is there is some real science here.

It's starting to come to light.

We have a lot of practitioners working with things like GLPs and peptides with their, with

the communities that they support.

And before doing peptides, I would encourage you to focus on your foundations first because

number one, there's an expense to them.

But I also am a firm believer that when you lay your foundations first and then you start

to maybe add different things, you should notice that they're going to help you sleep better,

have more energy, have more mental clarity and acuity and kind of like feel like yourself

again, right?

We all want to be our best versions and to look and feel our best and kind of have the

outside match the inside.

But we forget that we got to get the insides happening and how I'm going to long like a

fine teen piece of machinery and giving your body that high octane fuel so that you get

the performance.

Okay.

Let's talk about why biohacking truly starts from the inside.

You can put all of the skincare serums on the world on your skin and in regards to things

like peptide compounds, it's not new in the practitioner grade skincare space.

I started it in the industry in 2011 and I was already hearing about our girely in

metrixil 3000 copper peptides in skincare and then in about 2017, 2018, the biohackers

started to talk about copper peptide and I'm like, oh, this isn't new.

We know that copper peptides great for collagen and the skin, but that's really when it started

to get hyped up and now fast forward almost 10 years later, we simply have more information

and more real life data on how these compounds like peptides actually play out and impact

our biology.

But if your foundations of your biology isn't optimized, the topical results will I just

be honest with you kind of plateau.

There's only so much skincare can do.

The way that you fuel nourish care, recover and move and flow through life really have

an impact on your skin.

And my next paper is on the nervous system and skin aging and I'm going to be sharing

more information on what I've discovered in doing a bit of a literary review on the

nervous system and our aging process.

But you could think of it like this to kind of summarize, who's going to be more attractive?

The positive patty, the chatty cappy or the negative Nancy?

Who are you right now?

Which of those three kind of archetypes do you sit in most of the time?

I warmly encourage you to become a little bit more of the positive patty and having that

more joyful, peaceful, optimistic demeanor is very attractive.

You're likely going to make more friends and have better relationships being in that kind

of way of being and you're not going to get there.

If your body isn't being fueled effectively and moving through your life efficiently

and being very dialed in with your nutrition, I'm going to give you some easy tips as

well.

Okay, foundational pillars are collagen, adaptogens, protein, creatine and peptides and that's

what this whole kind of summary podcast episodes all about.

Now I want to give a huge shout out to the Organifi brand, they are the longest supporter of

the School of Radiance podcast and they essentially make products that help me start my days with

the foundations of my nutrition and recovery first and that's where things like the Organifi

Blends come in super handy and for all of you, I love using Organifi products to support

stressed resilience and foundational nourishment and if you use my code Varga over at OrganifiSpeltletthenI.com

for its ash varga, you'll save 20 percent and the foundational formulations that they

have are basically tools that I use every single day and have for years to support everything

from cortisol balance, cellular repair and giving my body these extra things to help it

perform better, including vitamins and minerals like their chilegeed, their creatine gummies,

the glow formulation to hydrate from the inside out.

They have really tasty formulas and they even have a green so I don't eat a ton of

vegetables, I love my avocados and I love my fresh herbs but I don't have a ton of

veggies, I find I'd rather spend money on protein and then make sure that I'm getting my

microgreens and phytonutrients from basically a powder and kind of put it in anything, have

it on its own with water or in a smoothie they taste fantastic.

But the other key thing is adaptogens because stress is a sign of being alive, stuff happens

by rent three businesses, there's always little small fires happening, right?

If you have kiddos, it's the same thing, right?

We all ever are things that happen in life and the only inevitable in life is death.

We have this beautiful body that we've been blessed with and it takes a conscious choice

to fuel the body and care for the body efficiently and effectively so you can enjoy your life

for as long as possible and have more energy look and feel your best.

It does not happen by accident and that's what this whole episode is about.

Okay, collagen, who doesn't want to learn more about collagen, it's the most abundant

protein in the body.

It's essentially the architecture of the skin and studies have shown and I published this

in one of my papers on nutrition and the skin that about 10 to 12 grams of collagen per

day is sort of that sweet spot and collagen intake really does matter and it pairs really

well with peptides also.

So I would say the best timing for your collagen is the scoop of say the organifi collagen

in your AM coffee with a scoop of protein in there too, makes it up boom, you got your

10 to 12 grams of collagen already done at the beginning of the day.

The best time to take it is when you're remembering it and collagen and skin hydration have a bit

of a synergistic effect.

I would also go so far as to making sure that you're hitting your 5 grams of creatine

quota, a day will also help to further support hydration of your skin because creatine works

to hydrate your cells.

That's something that came up in a recent episode where I was talking about creatine with

a medical scientist and he's like, we know that hyaluronic acid hydrates the cells, right?

It's in lots of topical skincare products, but now we got this creatine player that's

gaining more popularity, tons of risk, decades of research on creatine for cognitive health.

But what about skin hydration?

I do think that there is a linkage there between hydration and other cells and the skin,

right?

Skin is cells too, so I think it makes perfect sense that if you got creatine on board,

you're likely to have more plump skin.

I would say I've noticed that I started taking creatine routinely about two years ago and

I'm older now.

I'm pushing 40 this year and I actually feel like I look kind of the same as I did 10

years ago.

My standard headshot on everything is actually a photo taken of me in 2017 and, sure,

I personally have some signs of aging and volume loss and things like that.

But I feel like it kind of looked pretty similar and the other thing I want to mention is

to stimulate collagen every year, which is why I'm a huge fan of inclinic laser rejuvenation

ID laser is at least twice a year.

I just had my whole upper body laser last week by another fellow provider.

And there's a couple lasers on the market.

I'm going to break it down to two kind of categories.

One is for reds, browns, reducing sun damage, kind of like the magic eraser on the skin.

Love to do those in the fall winter.

And then there's enough and red acne scars too, if you're a little bit acne brown, like

I am at that time of the month.

By the way, acne can be a sign of youth.

I heard that from Nemean Jane.

He's the founder of biome and philanthropist billionaire wrote the book Moon Shots.

So I kind of took bad as, okay, great, I got smackly brown skin.

What's the positive to that?

Slightly oily skin is shown to kind of look less creepy as one ages and have those like

fine lines or wrinkles everywhere.

So if you got oily skin, if you're acne prone, every now and again, you get those red

acne marks.

Don't forget to wear your sunscreen every day.

Mineral sunscreen.

Every single day, I have the ultra zinc on my skin shop, which is a fabulous sunscreen.

Always protect the high-relisted areas, face, neck, chest, hands and your eyelids.

10% of all skin cancers occur in this belt of the eyebrows, the eyelids, the top of

the nose, top of the cheeks and also the temple area.

So sunscreen every day, even in the colder, darker fall, winter months, because it's

really a cumulative fact with sun damage from driving, you know, A to B and also the blue

light in our homes too.

So sunscreen every day is really cute.

And I get this question all the time.

If I were to pick one supplement for skin aging, it's going to be collagen, okay?

It's going to be collagen peptides because of what the research actually shows within

about 30 days of being on 10 to 12 grams of collagen a day.

There are visible skin changes, fewer fine lines or wrinkles, with some pretty sophisticated

like actually dermatological tools to measure skin changes.

All right, let's talk about adaptogens, stress, radiance, your endocrine system, which

AKA hormones, kind of drive everything, no, but stress kills radiance, right?

Are you the positive fatty, the negative Nancy or the Chatea Gabby, right?

Who do you think is going to have a more regulated nervous system, has developed these

self-soothing modalities, are more in the raston recovery, parasympathetic, dominant

state, the positive, Kathy.

And one could argue that, oh, they just, you know, stick their heads in the sand.

They don't know what's going on in the world.

Whenever in human history, have we known every single thing about geopolitics happening

every day?

There's always something new.

It's like this lens of, okay, this is what to focus on.

This is what to virtue signal on, this is, you know, there's always something new, right?

I would beg to question that the most important thing to focus on is your health and your

family's health.

Focus on that first, like prioritize that first, and sure, have an understanding of what's

going on in the world, but watching the news, listening to really intense podcasts even

are going to keep you in this high beta state, which is going to keep you in sympathetic,

nervous system, threat scanning, high cortisol state, which is not conducive to aging.

So if you would like to keep up with your geopolitics, segment it.

Get your information in shorter bursts so that you're at the dinner table, having conversations

with people and you don't have this like glazed look.

No, it's going on.

I think that's totally fine, but just, you know, in dip in, dip out, don't go down the

rabbit hole and get lost, right?

We're not Alice in Wonderlands here.

As a researcher, that's actually what I do.

I dip in on information and then dip out.

Love to do literary reviews on different topics, but stress does kill radiance.

That's why consuming adaptogens protects your adrenals, and they, if you're stressed out,

you're actually going to be eating up your mineral and salt stores much faster.

So adaptogens help the body become more resilient and manage stress.

Again, stress is a sign of being alive.

So why not?

Just have those adaptogens on board, part of your daily routine, and that's why I love

your GANIFI products.

Okay.

So what adaptogens really do is they help to support your adrenals.

There's been thousands of years of usage of adaptogens in traditional Chinese medicine.

So thank Rayshi Mushroom, Tremela Mushroom, Lyons main.

You've probably heard some of these buzzwords.

They basically help the body to adapt and be more resilient.

And when the body is more resilient, you're more likely to be able to manage downregulate

cortisol.

Yes, we do need little spikes of cortisol throughout the day to like function, executive function,

get stuff done, but sustained elevated cortisol does result in skin inflammation and inflammation

is like in flammaging.

It's going to aid you super fast.

So adaptogens plus circadian rhythm balancing and having good sleep hygiene are absolutely

essential to allow the body to rest and recover.

You could spend all the money in the world on skincare, on lasers, on injectables, on

plastic surgery.

But if your sleep is awful, you have a terrible circadian rhythm and you're not looking

after the foundational needs from a nutrient perspective.

You're throwing your money out the window.

You're not to mention your demeanor being that positive patty, being that peaceful patty.

It's going to make you be more attractive.

So the best adaptogens for radiance are things like ashwagandha, redolia, racie, Tremela

Mushroom is in the glow formula from organifi, which is very hydrating.

It's actually more hydrating than hyaluronic acid.

That's interesting as well.

So triadding adaptogens consistently for at least 30 days and then track your skin calmness,

remove your sleep and your recovery because you should also be working out in a number

of days a week and lifting heavy, getting that cardio in, getting that yoga, getting the

calisthenics in.

I love doing handstands actually.

Next up is protein and creatine for the skin and body and protein isn't just for muscle.

It's for collagen.

It's for repair.

It's for literally the structure of your biology and your body.

So protein are, proteins are longer chains of amino acids.

Peptides are shorter chains of amino acids.

But protein, amino acid foundation for peptides and collagen, they're all kind of part of

the equation.

You want to make sure you're consuming protein.

Creatine supports cellular energy, cellular hydration, as I mentioned, mitochondrial

power timing is everything and I do not take my creatine in the evening because I did

that once.

I think I took about 10 grams of creatine in the evening and I was wired until 4am.

Why is that?

Mitochondrial power.

We get a little bit more ATP body currency production from when we consume creatine.

So I like to have my creatine in the am, actually have this huge shake or cup here.

I usually use the metal one but today is a BPA, BPA free one and I have that whole thing

filled with water.

My electrolyte is a little bit of creatine in there and I love it.

Stay hydrated.

So creatine in the am is a timing tip for you.

So mitochondrial power, when we are giving the body things to support specifically the mitochondria

and the metabolism, it's going to support also skin metabolism, okay?

And that's how I like to integrate my creatine is earlier in the day.

Okay, so next up we are going to, Organica has a great protein powder and creatine by

the way and I suggest adding that to your radiance tool kit.

Okay, common mistakes.

Why most people don't see peptide results and this is really important because, number

one, there's a cost for peptides and number two, it's still a little bit of a gray area

unless you're working specifically one-on-one with a provider because you might not know

about these things.

Low quality peptides is a thing, counterfeit products, there's lots of different manufacturers

making peptides all over the world now, but are they third pretty independent lab tested?

Are they contaminated?

Are they being mixed properly or are you using the right amounts?

So that's why I think more regulation needs to happen with peptides, but for the most

part, peptides are kind of inexpensive and what's also neat about peptides is because they're

the short chains of amino acids that the body already makes.

They're not patentable as far as I know.

I think there's a patent on like a couple of different peptides, especially in the GLP

space, but I think that's why there are a little bit more cost-friendly is because of

that component, but there are low quality peptides out there, by the way, and not capitalizing

on your protein optimally, your hydration, your creatine, your antioxidants, your adaptogens,

getting good sleep, moving the body, and just like hoping that a GLP or a peptide is going

to change your life, that's like hoping a moisturizer is going to solve all your skin problems

and make you look 25 again, like don't be delusional about these new things that come up, there's

always new gimmicks, there's always hype on things, your foundations are what are going

to carry you through and give you the most long-lasting results, but you have to form

habits around them and be consistent with them.

So skipping the adaptogens support and just relying on peptides to reduce inflammation,

you're missing the boat, peptides in my opinion are kind of like this addition of you have

your foundations and oh, one 2% benefit here, one 2% benefit here with recovery, with sleep,

with mood, with skin, all of these things, and ignoring hydration and sleep.

So for ladies, get about 2 to 2.5 liters of water a day, obviously purified, and then

for men about 3 liters of water a day, if you're exercising, obviously drink more.

And this is very practical information because everyone wants to know, okay, I try this,

but it's not working.

Well, are you doing this, this, this, this, this, if you want to be successful in business,

you want to be successful in your family, you want to, you know, have a great body,

you want to have a happy relationship and have your kids be happy and healthy, like it

starts with you leading by example, but it also comes down to you learning these concepts

and then actually taking action in doing them.

All right, the radiant method research is a brand new program that I have rolled out and

it's a six week basically boot camp to go through all of these different habits.

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So basically this program is giving you step-by-step morning routine tips, daytime nourishment

tips, afternoon, peptides, you know, how do I integrate things like red light therapy,

evening adaptogens for starting to settle that nervous system, evening recovery practices,

nighttime hydration and of course sleep rhythm and hygiene and then also some really easy

strategies that you can start to employ now to be more of that positive patty and learn

how to self-sew and regulate your nervous system.

If you have not yet learned that degree, that aspect of self mastery, it's this beautiful

cherry on top that will just kind of bring it all home and it does take basically kind

of like a conscious effort to learn that oh there are these different layers of the cake

and then there's icing and then there's a cherry on top, right?

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Okay.

Now to recap everything, the foundations are step one of my approach and philosophy, philosophy

to be our most radiant versions, to looking and feeling our best.

You can't just like, you know, buy one thing or do one thing and hope it's going to

fix like your whole metabolism and your nervous system and amount of inflammation in your

body.

No, it takes a number of different things and this shows all about helping you understand

that there are these layers and then of course in a one-on-one I go really deep into

okay, what are you doing now and then give you some direct feedback on what to shift in

your specific situation and even notice I have a one-on-one in 10 minutes right after

this, the lovely returning client of mine.

And I love to actually watch and see even how you're behaving, what you're doing with

your eyes, how you're speaking, what do you do with your posture, with your movements that

can actually tell us a lot about the nervous system and how happy you are, how much peace

you have in your life and what I find is I get more peace when I have more clarity, right?

Clarity brings peace.

So when we have a little bit more of an understanding and kind of like a playbook of what's going

to be supportive in our situations and you know what things we have going on in our life,

then that can bring a little bit of extra reassurance and peace that you're doing the right

things and you're going to start to sleep better, have more energy, have more clear skin.

That's just, there's lots of other things in the one-on-ones too including rejuvenation

and all that fun stuff.

But I invite you to track your progress as well and even share your results.

So if you're listening to this on YouTube in the comments section, go ahead and mention

one thing that you've done that you've seen benefit from, okay?

And maybe a question or two of other things.

And if you're listening on the podcast, be sure to subscribe and share this episode with

a friend or loved one, subscribe on YouTube as well, like it, because apparently I have

more of a podcast voice, but I do have my hair and makeup all cute.

So I look good on YouTube.

You would think I'd have a face for YouTube, but I got a voice for a podcast, that's kind

of why.

And again, it's organified.

They just have like a whole lineup of your protein, your creatine, your cheligy, vitamins,

minerals, and adaptogens and collagen, all under one roof, including the parasite cleanse.

So when my skin starts to freak out every three or four months, oh, that's right, it's

time for parasite cleanse.

And more than half of you listening to the show have parasites.

And if you're listening, you're like, oh, gosh, that's disgusting.

I've never done a parasite cleanse.

You have a dog, you walk barefoot outside, you eat leafy greens, you shake hands, you

kiss people, you probably have parasites.

All right.

So if you want to go deeper into radiant skin, obviously start with inflammation first.

There's no bypassing.

You cannot bypass self-care, okay, you've got to become diligent, you've got to learn

what works for you, you've got to add these different layers.

As you age, you've got to add even more, including extra time stretching and warming up at the

gym.

So peptides, collagen, adaptogens, and strong nutrition, solid sleep, working out, being

downed in with your skincare routines are all important.

Okay.

There are some final things that I do want to talk about.

And yes, people always ask me, what's the number one thing to take for better skin?

It is collagen, but there's also antioxidants, there's also amigas, and all these other

things.

It's never going to be one thing.

If there was one thing in the plastic surgery rejuvenation world, we wouldn't have to have

all these different type of lasers that use different light frequencies, we wouldn't have

all these different neuromodulators and injectables to soften fine lines or wrinkles and plump

to the skin.

We wouldn't have all these surgical procedures to remove excess eyelid tissue to the upper

lower eyelids or do with face left or breast augmentation and lipo.

There isn't just one thing that does everything.

I wish there was.

However, with these foundations, if you decide to do anything, I would also say that you're

more likely to get better results, and I actually published that sentiment in my paper on

oxidative stress status and its impacts on skin aging.

If you want better outcomes from your rejuvenation, reduce your inflammation, that's exactly what

biohacking does.

And also give your body the constituents to create that collagen in elastin when we stimulate

the fibroblast to make more elastin collagen with say laser rejuvenation that create a bit

of a controlled injury.

Alright, that's a wrap for today.

We talked about radiant skin, peptides, that work, copper peptide is like the one for more

collagen and skin glow, BPC for reducing inflammation, TB504 muscle growth.

There's so many more, and I'm very optimistic with where things are going.

And of course, the GLPs for weight loss, that's really key.

We're seeing a very rapid actually advancement and evolution in the GLP space now around

that fourth generation of them.

Collagen for skin glow, the stress and glow connection are intimately connected.

Adaptogens for the skin help you cruise through life, don't take your vitamin and mineral

stores.

And biohacking your beauty, it's not one thing, it's not just red light, it's purifying

your environment, with purifying your air, water, lighting, electro-magnetics, eating

the right foods.

I gave a shout out to my own, with Naveen Jane being the founder of my own.

They have a really easy to access.

And I would say pretty affordable, it's a couple hundred dollars, gut test, that gives

you insights into what's happening in your gut and what foods are going to help your

body express itself in a more optimized way.

Really, really cool.

Very enough protein, really important for muscle building, muscle is directly linked to longevity

with your grip strength, with the size of your quads, cognitive function, hormones, all

of that.

Add that layer of calisthenics, so handstands, gymnast, ballerina type movements, having

more fluid movement in your stretching routine, focusing on your mobility, not just strength

training like I did for two years, and I could barely do yoga, but balance it all with

the strength, the flexibility, and the cardiovascular training.

Get some yoga and get some Pilates in, they're all going to be good.

And of course, creatine, creatine, creatine, decades of research on this specific compound.

I love it.

I truly feel like all these things make such a difference on my skin.

And even now at 40, which if you, okay, this is hilarious, what do my patients said to

me in the clinic?

She's like, oh, I looked to you up, and it says you're like 50 years old.

She did like ghoul AI, and searched my name, Rachel Varga.

I'm not 50, I'm pushing 40 this year, and there were just, you know, it was kind of funny.

There were some interviews I did with say, and in Hollywood at a biohacking your beauty event,

he was 47, and then Google thought I was 47, or a couple of my girlfriends turned 50 recently.

And so I was in a picture with them on social media and celebrating their 50s, and then Google

thought I was 50.

Hey, I thought I was 50, so not everything you find on Google and AI are actually accurate.

But the creatine component that I, as a biohacker, I want to do things and then sort of report

back to you, but I definitely notice more muscle gains has been noted, and also the cognitive

benefits.

I love you all so much.

Thank you for joining us all here on the School of Radiance podcast.

Just be your best, you know, just do like one new thing at a time.

You don't have to do it all right away, right?

That takes a lot of time and money.

So just do your best, and focus on being that positive patty, regulating your nervous system,

be conscious of what you put in your body, your eyes, your ears, your nose, everything.

Be conscious about what you listen to, who you're around, what you're around.

If you're doing things that make you feel better, those are going to be good for you, including

listening to this.

Love you all so much, and I'll see you again very soon right here on the School of Radiance

podcast.