The Golden One - Marcus Follin - Biohacking and Health Update: Coffee and Intermittent Fasting
Aired: 2020-04-20
Duration: 05:22


=== Daily Coffee Ritual (04:52) ===

[00:00:02]  A trusted friend told me that he misses the narcissism in my videos and I think he might have a point so I will try to be less humble.
[00:00:13]  I've been too humble as of late so I will start being a bit more narcissistic.
[00:00:17]  It is after all my way.
[00:00:20]  And speaking of which I want to remind you of something that I am in fact for you.
[00:00:27]  I was on Guide to Culture yesterday and we talked about Batman.
[00:00:30]  So yeah, I was in some bane posting mode.
[00:00:33]  So anyway, this is just a general health update.
[00:00:37]  If you've been following me on Instagram, you've seen that I've taken a few of my butter coffees.
[00:00:43]  I made a recipe on it last year for Gaines Kitchen.
[00:00:45]  I can link it below if you want.
[00:00:47]  So basically it's, you know, regular coffee and then a tablespoon of butter and a tablespoon of coconut oil.
[00:00:55]  So I've actually started having this every day now and I will get to the reason in a minute.
[00:01:01]  But I also wanted to make this video because I have talked about intermittent fasting and coffee before.
[00:01:07]  So this is sort of like an update for those videos.
[00:01:10]  You can find both videos on my channel if you search.
[00:01:12]  So basically intermittent fasting is something I've done over many years.
[00:01:17]  But since I have this butter coffee in the morning, it's technically not intermittent fasting anymore.
[00:01:22]  But since it is only fat, basically I'm still in ketosis.
[00:01:26]  So I still have that benefit at least.
[00:01:28]  But technically speaking, I'm no longer doing intermittent fasting simply because I have that coffee.
[00:01:34]  And to recap, the coffee video I made a while back, a year ago, I went off coffee for a few months, six months.
[00:01:43]  Then I started having a coffee each week.
[00:01:46]  And then I experimented a bit with how I perform best.
[00:01:49]  Is it a coffee once a week or once a day or something?
[00:01:52]  And I decided upon having a coffee once a day is the optimal.
[00:01:56]  And then I might have a pre-workout or perhaps a small coffee in the afternoon or something if I have slept poorly or something.
[00:02:04]  But back in the day, I used to have four or five coffees even in a day.
[00:02:08]  That was too much.
[00:02:10]  And so I decided to go off completely.
[00:02:12]  And now I have settled upon, yeah, one cup or perhaps two cups.
[00:02:16]  One big in the morning and one smaller in the afternoon.
[00:02:20]  Or a pre-workout.
[00:02:21]  You have Varl Sbrigd if you are in Sweden, of course, the best pre-workout on the market.
[00:02:27]  Now I will say also that if you do drink coffee in the morning, I personally, I wait one hour before drinking it.
[00:02:34]  So I wake up at maybe 7 or 8, then I wait an hour.
[00:02:38]  So if I wake up at 7, I drink it at 8 o'clock in the morning.
[00:02:41]  Because you already have quite a bit of cortisol when you wake up, especially if you expose yourself to some good light.
[00:02:48]  You will have those hormones working for you anyway.
[00:02:51]  So it's unnecessary to have the coffee the first thing in the morning.
[00:02:54]  So if you take your first cup, perhaps you're at your work or something, you can do your regular routine, get to work, have that coffee.
[00:03:01]  Or if you're working from home, just wait an hour until you have it.
[00:03:05]  And that's also really nice because then you have something to look forward to.
[00:03:09]  So that is my update on coffee.
[00:03:11]  Basically, one coffee each day.
[00:03:13]  That's how I perform best.
[00:03:15]  And that's also the best for my, you know, pleasure of life.
[00:03:18]  And that's also the main reason I'd say that I take this bulletproof coffee in the morning.
[00:03:24]  It's just something I enjoy so much.
[00:03:26]  It makes me feel so good as well.
[00:03:28]  It's something I look forward to.
[00:03:29]  And you know, as I posted on Instagram the other day, just having that coffee in the sun.
[00:03:35]  Yeah, true luxury.
[00:03:36]  True luxury indeed.
[00:03:37]  So that is why I use that coffee.
[00:03:40]  Pure bliss of life, so to speak.
[00:03:43]  And then I also feel, you know, my energy levels really, really solid and smooth throughout the day.
[00:03:50]  I will say though, if you are cutting or if you are If you can't afford so many calories, it is a lot of calories in this particular recipe.
[00:04:00]  So, be cautious if you're trying to get shredded, it might be better to just have a black coffee.
[00:04:05]  Um, so yeah, keep that in mind.
[00:04:07]  But for me, as I said in the beginning, I'm a big guy, so I have you know quite a bit of calories to spend to get up to my maintenance level.
[00:04:15]  And then, if I train and if I go on a walk, etc., I can spend even more.
[00:04:19]  So, for me, it is acceptable.
[00:04:21]  Um, I don't know if I will keep doing it when I start to get um shredded for the summer.
[00:04:27]  Time will tell, I will keep you updated.
[00:04:29]  So, yeah, that's basically how I am doing it right now.
[00:04:32]  Technically, not intermittent fasting anymore because I have a coffee, it just brings me so much joy and pleasure in my life.
[00:04:37]  So, I decided to keep it.
[00:04:40]  So, yeah, that's my health update.
[00:04:42]  And if you want training updates, you can head over to my Patreon or subscribe star.
[00:04:47]  I have just posted another neck routine if you want to become a human toad.

=== Become a Human Toad (00:28) ===

[00:04:54]  I don't like pit bulls, so that's why I call it a human toad instead of a human pit bull.
[00:04:58]  If you wonder what kind of dogs I like, I like the more natural dogs, so a Siberian husky or a border collie or Australian shepherd or something like that.
[00:05:06]  But I don't like pit bulls, and I don't think any one of you like it either.
[00:05:10]  So, we say something else to you know have a thick neck instead of a pit bull.
[00:05:14]  Anyway, that is a completely different topic.
[00:05:18]  So, anyway, I'll see you on Patreon.
[00:05:20]  Have a great week ahead.