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Optimal Performance

Optimal Performance

By: Sean McCormick
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Optimal Performance is the podcast all about taking your mental and physical performance to the next level. Whether it's through nootropics, cutting-edge biohacking techniques, or adjusting your approach to nutrition and fitness, we'll have the best minds in the industry on to talk about how you can achieve optimal performance in all areas of your life. Alternative & Complementary Medicine Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Development Personal Success
Episodes
  • Body Burden - Overcoming Environmental Poison With Nicholas Pineault

    Body Burden - Overcoming Environmental Poison With Nicholas Pineault
    Oct 4 2026

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    Overview:

    We all know that we live in an environmentally toxic soup, but most of us have no idea what to do about it. Nick Does.

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    00:00 Introduction to Environmental Toxins
    02:03 Mitigating EMF Exposure
    06:03 Understanding Body Burden and Environmental Impact
    09:49 Practical Steps for Reducing Bedroom Toxins
    21:58 The Complexity of Environmental Exposures
    30:23 Understanding Body Burdens and Health Testing
    37:27 The Balance of Health and Environmental Exposures
    51:02 Empowerment Through Awareness and Detoxification
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    59 mins
  • Your Vitamins Are Garbage and Your Brain Is Starving With Roy Krebs

    Your Vitamins Are Garbage and Your Brain Is Starving With Roy Krebs
    Sep 8 2026
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    1 hr and 20 mins
  • Biohacking Is Dead: The $100 Billion Health Scam Nobody Wants To Admit

    Biohacking Is Dead: The $100 Billion Health Scam Nobody Wants To Admit
    Jul 13 2026

    Biohacking is dead.

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    00:00 Introduction and critique of biohacking culture
    02:03 The obsession with extreme medical treatments
    04:59 The concept of biohacking and its origins
    07:48 The dangers of unregulated supplements and peptides
    11:58 The psychological impact of health obsession
    14:53 The long-term risks of biohacking interventions
    20:08 The profit motive behind health industry practices
    24:47 The aesthetic obsession and its consequences
    30:12 Natural alternatives and the importance of simplicity
    34:59 The future of health: natural living vs. synthetic interventions
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    54 mins
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