128: Why Your Biohacks Aren't Working

Jeffrey Mort explores the dangerous myth of health quick fixes and shares a proven, sustainable path to vibrant energy and long-term health for busy entrepreneurs.

• Entrepreneurs often push through brain fog, energy crashes, and poor sleep thinking it's normal
• Quick-fix solutions like trendy supplements, extreme diets, and biohacks often fail because they don't address root causes
• The body is like a business—without a solid foundation, fancy tactics won't work
• First pillar: Clean up your inputs (water, air, food) including half your body weight in ounces of water daily
• Second pillar: Master your sleep with strict wind-down routines and morning sunlight exposure
• Third pillar: Find the right movement for your body—excessive intensity can worsen stress
• Fourth pillar: Use precision testing instead of expensive guessing on supplements and protocols
• Fifth pillar: Approach supplementation strategically, starting with fundamentals before advanced products
• Building muscle is crucial for metabolism, especially after age 40
• Real transformation happens when you commit to foundations rather than chasing trends

Schedule a complimentary consultation at loveenergywellness.com to get personalized guidance on your health journey.

Chapters

• 0:00 When Your Body Pushes Back
• 2:30 My Personal Health Struggle
• 6:02 Why Quick Fixes Don't Work
• 7:12 Five Foundational Pillars for Health
• 11:18 Master Your Sleep and Movement
• 16:00 Testing, Supplements, and Next Steps

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

Entrepreneurs, high performers, I see you. You're out there hustling, you're grinding, you're pushing forward, you're building your business, leading your family, making things happen. But tell me what happens when your body starts pushing back? The brain fog that makes decisions harder than they should be. That midday energy crash that happens every single day, that wipe out your productivity. The restless nights that leave you drained before the day even begins. The creeping fear that maybe this is just how it is now. Look, I get it because I've been there, and today we're breaking boundaries on one of the biggest health myths out there the idea that there's a magic pill, a quick fix, a silver bullet, if you will, that will suddenly solve all your health struggles. Well, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but it doesn't exist. It simply doesn't work that way. But before you hit stop, here's the good news there is a way forward. It's not complicated, it's not extreme, but it is proven, sustainable and a path to vibrant energy, sharp focus and long-term health. And today I'm giving you the exact steps you need to take to get there. So stick with me. Hello, I'm Jeffrey Mort. If you're like most entrepreneurs, you're busy taking care of business. Yet who's taking care of you. If you're ready to take your energy and performance to the next level in your life and your business, then this podcast is for you, because today you're going to start breaking boundaries of your mind, body and business with integrative health, and when you do that, your possibilities are limitless. I'm grateful you're here yes, always grateful for you joining me here today on the Breaking Boundaries for Entrepreneurs podcast. I'm your host and highperformance health coach, jeffrey Mort, and let's dial this back here to 2014.

Speaker 1: 2:08

You may have heard me reference that year before. This was back when I was waking up, absolutely exhausted. I was stiff, I was sore, I was more tired than when I went to bed, my energy was absolutely in the gutter, my brain fog was absolutely brutal and no matter what I tried, I felt like I was fighting my own body and, trust me, I tried everything. I used to do the I don't even want to say the name of the coffee, but the coffee where you were recommended to load up your coffee with butter like it was a health elixir Boy, I was doing that to an extreme. And then the mushroom powders I down them daily. I would actually add them to my coffee, waiting for some magic focus boost. And then cannabis yes, I tried using it to manage stress and sleep and pain and I will say, in some aspect it was helpful. But again, you know, I was looking for that, uh, that silver bullet.

Speaker 1: 3:11

And then the fitness trends. Well, I, you know I wouldn't say that I was into following fitness trends, but I did try to go that route myself and I wasn't making any progress because I had no idea what I was doing back then. I honestly didn't, until I hired a coach. But what most entrepreneurs are doing, they're jumping from one extreme to another, like high-intensity interval training or CrossFit or fasting or keto. And you know, do I recommend some of those things in my practice? Well, yes, of course I do, but there's a time and a place for that. This Well, yes, of course I do, but there's a time and a place for that. And you may have heard me say it before. You know, if somebody's going from zero to CrossFit in one step, they're going to get hurt. They really are. And you know that's what I was doing is I was jumping from one thing to another and I said, until I hired a coach. The coach that I hired trained me in Tai Chi and Qigong, but he had a athletic background so he trained us as tai chi athletes and he really he took me slow through that process and it was frustrating because I wanted to go right into the you know, the hardcore stuff and he was like oh no, no, no, no, that's, that's not how we do things here, like we'll get there but you're not there yet and and so you know what Some of these things can help, but not when you're just throwing darts in the dark.

Speaker 1: 4:29

I was guessing I was chasing trends. I was certainly wasting time and money on things that weren't addressing the real root causes of my low energy, my brain fog and my stress, and that's what most entrepreneurs are doing right now. And as I'm talking about this, I'm remembering back what it was like like waking up after you know, getting four or five hours of sleep and then driving to work in the dark. My body was literally shaking because my central nervous system was so dysregulated from sleep deprivation and staying up too late the night before and having alcohol during the week and all these things. You know. I remember being so foggy in the morning that I would literally run through a red light and not even realize it. Cars were beeping their horns at me and I'm like what I was that light red. I didn't even notice and I was really putting my life on the line. And then back then, of course, I was working in the construction industry and you know, working around heavy equipment and being irresponsible is really what I was doing. But technically I was responsible for, of course, my life and safety and the safety of my crew at the time, and I was really. I was putting myself and other people in jeopardy, and that's when I realized it was really time for a change. And you know, that's what most entrepreneurs are doing right now is they're just, they're throwing darts with their eyes closed.

Speaker 1: 5:54

And the harsh truth is, you know I'll share with you why quick fixes don't work. You know, the biggest lie in the wellness industry is that one pill or one superfood or one biohack will fix everything. And listen, your body is like a business. You wouldn't build a company without a strategy, right? You wouldn't just throw money at random marketing tactics and hope something works. I laugh because I did that as well when I first was in business. You know, when it comes to health, that's exactly what people are doing.

Speaker 1: 6:31

And the truth if your foundation isn't solid, all the fancy biohacks in the world won't save you, and I'll go back to a construction analogy If you don't have a solid foundation, that building is not going to stand tall, it's going to fall over. No-transcript. You know metaphor, but it's a literal example of how a poor foundation can cause a building to topple over. So you know you might be wondering what is the solution. I've kind of broken this down into five foundational pillars, speaking of towers, five foundational pillars for high performance, health. And so here's what actually works, these five foundational pillars that every high performer needs to master.

Speaker 1: 7:19

Number one clean up your inputs. What am I talking about here? Your water, your air, your food. Let's start with the water. If you wouldn't expect your business to run without cash flow, why would you expect your body to run without clean hydration? Half of your body weight in ounces daily is what you want to get into your body, into your body, and when I start working with a client, that's one of the questions that I ask them is how much water are you drinking? And unanimously, they all admit not enough, not enough. So you know a baseline is half your weight and body weight in ounces daily. So pounds to ounces, if just round numbers. If somebody weighs 200 pounds, then they should be drinking 100 ounces of water on a daily basis, particularly from upon waking to before dinner.

Speaker 1: 8:11

You really don't want to drink that much water after dinner. You also don't want to drink that much water around meals. It dilutes your digestive enzymes and then you're going to have a harder time breaking down and absorbing your food. But I'm just I'm going a little too deep here. So back to just drinking the water and then adding a pinch of sea salt to absorb it properly. Squeeze in some lemon, squeeze in some lime. Now you have what we call natural gatorade. It's a great balance of sodium and potassium with your hydration that's going to support your adrenals. Do that upon waking. Do that in the afternoon. You may have just heard my alarm go off there. That's my alarm to drink my water in the afternoon. So try that Now.

Speaker 1: 8:48

Next, cleaning up your inputs, the air, the air that you breathe, air. Indoor air is five times more toxic than outdoor air, approximately. So open your windows, get an air quality purifier. We recommend air doctor. I have no affiliation with them whatsoever, but you know you go on amazon, find air doctor, uh, air filters for inside, and you know, I'll tell you this right now ditch synthetic fragrances, anything.

Speaker 1: 9:14

Get rid of rid of those candles. You know I'm from the Northeast Yankee. Candle is huge around here and I'll tell you, if you travel to Deerfield, massachusetts, on Route 91, before you even get to the town you're going to actually smell the candles. Imagine the toxicity buildup in the people, in the employees that are actually working in that candle factory. It's mind-boggling. So to bring one of those candles into your home and light that, and that's just one example. I mean we can go on and on about fabric softeners and carpet cleaners and floor cleaner and things like that. Anything that puts a synthetic fragrance into the air is a toxicity. Get those windows open, especially now uh, recording this in march, so you know it's getting warmer out, we can be outside. Oh, I just had the windows open, absolutely amazing, and so not to go too deep. We talked about water, we talked about air.

Speaker 1: 10:04

Now food stop guessing. Food intolerances and nutrient deficiencies are silently wrecking your health. You want to prioritize whole foods, organic foods, and get tested with a food sensitivity test to see what your body actually is accepting and what you're having a delayed immune response to up to 72 hours later than you eat something that you might think is healthy, like almonds or chicken or spinach or pineapple. You could have a food sensitivity delayed inflammatory response up to three days after eating something like that. Believe me, it's difficult to pinpoint that without running a food sensitivity test. You can find those over on our shop page as well, and you can learn about food sensitivity testing at our learning center. Love energy, wellnesscom forward slash learn is our learning center.

Speaker 1: 10:55

So let's move into step number two here. Master your sleep, because sleep is your superpower. Set a strict wind down routine no screens, no stress, just calm. But don't watch that 11 o'clock news. You know you probably shouldn't be staying up till 11 o'clock anyways, and it's mostly bad news. So there, I just fixed that problem for you. Block artificial blue light, not just in the evening and at nighttime. You know most of us digital entrepreneurs are on our screens. We got a ring light or some sort of artificial light in our eyes most of the day. So Viveraze has a great solution to that. You might've read about that a little bit.

Speaker 1: 11:34

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Speaker 1: 12:09

Next, get morning sunlight within the first 30 minutes of waking. I also wrote an article about this and touched on this in our From the Heart newsletter. Absolutely amazing. Light is a nutrient and actually last week's episode was also on this as well. Light daylight is a nutrient. This supercharges your mitochondria, your energy powerhouses. The sunlight sends out frequency and vibration that actually communicates with your central nervous system and the cells in your body and the mitochondria in your cells. This is going to help you to master your sleep and then track your overnight stress response with a bedtime cortisol test. You can wear an apple watch, like I do, or an aura ring and track your heart rate variability. That is a great metric for the amount of stress response that your body is under number three.

Speaker 1: 13:00

Right, the right movement for your body. More is not always better, as I alluded to earlier. If your stress is high, excessive high intensity training can make things worse. That's right. Exercise is a hermetic stressor and it increases cortisol. So you want just the right amount and not too late at night. You know, if you're eating dinner and then going to the gym and coming right home and maybe eating some protein to build that muscle and going to bed, that is what I was. Exercising until nine o'clock at night and then I was coming home and eating dinner and probably having a cocktail at nine, 30, 10 o'clock at night, staying up till midnight, getting up at three, 34 AM, like that was my. That was my crazy cycle. That was craziness. You know now that I know what I know, I can't unknow that. So the right movement for your body focus on a blend of strength, mobility and restorative movement.

Speaker 1: 13:58

You know yoga is not just for um. You know yogis and old people and senior citizens yoga is, can be absolutely fantastic. Yoga can kick your ass. I'm telling you, uh, boho, beautiful if you look up uh their yoga program and type in their um. You know cardio, 10 minutes of cardio following juliana. Oh my goodness, she will. She'll kick your ass, she really will.

Speaker 1: 14:21

Um, build muscle is something else that you want to do because and you know it's difficult this is what another one of want to do, because and you know it's difficult this is what another one of my coaches is muscle and bone specialist and he told me that you eventually reach a time in your life where you're unable to build muscle anymore and you start to lose muscle mass. This is called sarcopenia. Now that I know these things and you know, you can still maintain what you have, but it's difficult to build that and I said, oh my goodness, I've never been to the gym in my life. Well, I did a couple of times when I was in my late teens, early twenties, and it was horrible. But now I go, I alternate three days a week and then five days a week, and it's absolutely amazing. So over 50 years old, I'm still able to build muscle. So if you're over 40 and you're not lifting weights, your metabolism is dropping, your metabolism is suffering. So you definitely want to work that into your program.

Speaker 1: 15:14

Number four precision testing. Because guessing is expensive, my friends, let me ask you something how much have you spent on supplements or diets that didn't work. Probably a lot Probably as much as I did, if not more than I used to uh back then. So with at-home functional lab testing, you'll know exactly what's missing and what's overloading your system. Guessing is expensive, so testing is much more economical than just throwing your money out the window on strategies. That well, strategy is usually proven and will work. But you know, randomness is what's expensive. So the testing tells you exactly what you need. And then, number five, strategic supplementation.

Speaker 1: 15:57

And this is beyond the basics, but you know most people are trying to biohack too soon. You want to start with the fundamentals a functional grade grade multivitamin, a multi-mineral. If you're savvy, like our listeners are, they're using our daily nutritional support powder, which is a 12 and 1 multivitamin multi-mineral, detox cofactors, amino acids, protein powder. It's absolutely amazing. It's got it all in there. It's functional medicine grade. It's backed by science, it's third-party tested. It's got 60 day money back. It's functional medicine grade. It's backed by science, it's third-party tested. It's got 60-day money-back guarantee. Like you can't go wrong with that stuff.

Speaker 1: 16:30

And then adding in things like omega-3s and vitamin D3. These are things that everybody needs. Vitamin D3, now that's something that should be done, dosed according to testing. You want to be optimized between somewhere in 50 to 70 nanograms per milliliter range. There, you know, conventional medicine will tell you 30 to 50 is normal and nothing to be further from the truth. Functional medicine says 50 is at the low end of functionally normal. Anything below 50 is functionally low. 50 to 70 is optimized and you can actually go up to 80.

Speaker 1: 17:07

So you know, start with the fundamentals, that's important, and then, and only then, can you move into more advanced longevity supplements. Like I mean, you know there's four tiers that we're taught in high performance health for longevity supplements. Tier one has your basics, like your multivitamin, your omega-3, your digestive enzymes uh, fruit and veggie blend, things like that-3, your digestive enzymes uh, fruit and veggie blend, things like that. You know. Actually, I think the fruit and veggie blend is actually in tier two, and then it moves to tier three and in tier four has things like peptides and fisetin, which makes sense after you're doing the foundational thing. So there's a progression here.

Speaker 1: 17:41

A lot of people reach out to me and they say, oh jeff, what do you think about peptides? Or you know this latest and peptides are short chain amino acids that can be beneficial for longevity, but you wouldn't well, I wouldn't recommend somebody taking a peptide if they're not, for us taking a multivitamin, omega-3s, like that's just. You know, I can't unknow what I know, so, and I'm bringing that to you, so now you know. So, wrapping things up here, what's next?

Speaker 1: 18:07

Listen, I know the world is full of quick fixes promising to give you the body, the energy and the clarity that you want, but real transformation happens when you stop chasing and start committing, and I am 100% committed to getting you the results that you're looking for. The question is, are you 100% committed to and I get it? Commitment can feel overwhelming when you don't know exactly where to start, and that's why I'm here to help you to get started. So if you've been spinning your wheels, if you feel like your health is holding you back from your business, your family, your joy, let's talk, let's have a conversation. No sales pitch, no pressure, just a real conversation about you. You can actually schedule that complimentary consultation with me right there in the show notes, or go over to loveenergywellnesscom and check that out over there. Happy to help you out with gratitude, and this unwavering belief in your ability to thrive is what I have for you. So I will see you in the next episode. Bye-bye.