Moment 181: 5 Things Your Body Is Probably Missing, That's Making You Sick! Gary Brecka
This episode explores foundational daily habits to prevent chronic diseases. The speaker emphasizes filtering external inputs, starting the day with mineralized water and omega-3s, and incorporating grounding and specific breathwork techniques into a consistent morning routine.
Deep Dive Analysis
8 Topic Outline
Preventing Chronic Diseases: Filtering Environmental Toxins
Importance of Mineralized Water and Specific Salts
Role of Omega-3 Supplements in Daily Health
Morning Routine: Incorporating Mother Nature's Elements
Scientific Explanation of Grounding and Blood Cell Polarity
Grounding Alternatives: PMF Mats and Blood pH Regulation
Benefits of Breathwork and Engaging Respiratory Muscles
The Psychological Impact of Keeping Small Promises
5 Key Concepts
Grounding (Earthing)
Grounding is the act of making direct physical contact with the Earth's surface, such as bare feet on soil, grass, or sand. This process discharges the body, exchanges ions with the Earth's low gauss current, and repolarizes red blood cells, causing them to separate and increase their surface area for waste exchange and detoxification.
Blood Cell Polarity and Clumping
Red blood cells can clump together when they carry similar charges, which reduces their effective surface area for interaction with the external environment. Grounding or applying a low gauss current can give these cells opposite charges, causing them to repel and separate, thereby improving their ability to exchange waste and detoxify.
Blood pH and Alkalinity
The pH of blood, which represents its potential hydrogen or charge, exists within a very narrow range (about half a point). While alkaline water does not effectively change blood pH, applying a low gauss current through grounding or a PMF mat can slightly shift the blood towards an alkaline state, which is considered a disease-free condition.
Auxiliary Muscles of Respiration
These muscles, including the diaphragm and intercostal muscles between the ribs, are crucial for deep breathing. Engaging them through breathwork helps to push oxygen down into the lower lobes of the lungs, rather than just the apex, ensuring more efficient oxygenation of the bloodstream and counteracting age-related shallow breathing.
Multi-step Oxygen Therapy (Hypermax)
This therapy, based on Nobel Prize-winning work, involves using an oxygen concentrator to fill a bag with 900 liters of 95% oxygen. This high-concentration oxygen is then breathed for 10-12 minutes while the individual is active, such as on a treadmill, to enhance oxygen delivery and engage respiratory muscles.
5 Questions Answered
Simple preventative steps include filtering water before drinking it, consuming mineralized water with specific salts, taking an Omega-3 supplement, and developing a morning routine that incorporates sunlight, grounding, breathwork, and a cold shower.
Grounding is making direct contact with the Earth's surface, which allows the body to discharge into the Earth, exchanging ions and changing the polarity of cells. This repolarization causes red blood cells to separate, increasing their surface area for waste exchange, detoxification, and regeneration.
While drinking alkaline water does not change blood pH, applying a low gauss current through grounding or a PMF mat can slightly shift the blood's pH towards an alkaline state, which is associated with a disease-free state.
As people age, posture often collapses and respiratory rates become shallower, leading to hyperventilating carbon dioxide and reduced oxygen delivery to the bloodstream. Engaging auxiliary muscles of respiration through breath work ensures oxygen reaches the farthest reaches of the lungs, preventing accelerated aging.
Consistently fulfilling small internal promises, such as a morning routine, builds self-confidence and trust in oneself, preventing the erosion of self-confidence that comes from consistently breaking these promises.
6 Actionable Insights
1. Proactive Health Filtering
Implement an “invisible fence” around your body by filtering harmful substances before they enter, rather than relying on your body to filter them, to reduce toxic load. For example, filter tap water to remove fluoride, chlorine, microplastics, and pharmaceuticals.
2. Start Day with Mineralized Water
Upon waking, drink 10 ounces of water mixed with Celtic sea salt or Baja Gold salt. This replenishes trace minerals, which most people are deficient in, supporting overall body function. Avoid common table salt.
3. Supplement with Omega-3s
Incorporate an omega-3 fatty acid supplement, such as a DHEA EPA fish oil or MCT oil, into your morning routine. This provides essential fatty acids beneficial for health.
4. Practice Daily Grounding
Regularly touch the bare earth (soil, grass, sand) with your bare feet for a few minutes to discharge into the earth. This repolarizes red blood cells, increasing their surface area for detoxification and repair, and subtly shifts blood pH towards an alkaline, disease-free state.
5. Master Breath Work Daily
Learn and practice breath work, such as the Wim Hof style (three rounds of 30 breaths with an extended breath hold every morning). This engages auxiliary respiratory muscles, gets oxygen deep into the lungs, and counteracts shallow breathing that accelerates aging.
6. Maintain Morning Routine Consistency
Establish a consistent morning routine, ideally within 30 minutes of waking, and commit to it daily. This consistency helps your body recognize “go time” and builds self-confidence by keeping small promises to yourself.
4 Key Quotes
Either we can filter things for the temple or we can let the temple be the filter.
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The further we get away from those things the sicker we become.
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Aging is the presence of oxygen is the absence of disease.
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I lose confidence in myself when I consistently break really small promises to myself.
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2 Protocols
Gary Brecka's 5 Daily Preventative Actions
Gary Brecka- Upon waking, drink 10 ounces of mineralized water, adding either Celtic sea salt or Baja Gold salt.
- Take an Omega-3 fatty acid supplement (DHA/EPA).
- Develop a morning routine that includes basics from Mother Nature.
- Incorporate sunlight exposure into the morning routine.
- Include grounding, breathwork, and a cold shower in the morning routine.
Gary Brecka's Morning Breathwork Routine
Gary Brecka- Perform three rounds of 30 breaths.
- Include an extended breath hold after each round.
- Do this every single morning, consistently, within 30 minutes of waking.