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How to Take Control of Your Health Beyond DNA Destinies with Naveen Jain

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Society & Culture, Talk Radio, Writer, Philosophy, Comedy, Chess, How To, Entrepreneurship, Jay, James, The James Altucher Show, Altucher, Author, Jay Yow, Education, Jay The Engineer, Business, James Altucher

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

James chats with entrepreneur Naveen Jain on the science of longevity and gut health. Naveen explains how microbes can shape our health, why DNA isn't destiny, and what we can do to live longer. We learn about fecal transplants, personalized nutrition, and the power of purpose in living a longer life.

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0:00.0

Oh my gosh what a podcast was Naveen Jane. I originally had Naveen Jane on the podcast back in I think it was

0:17.4

either 2014 or 2015. So almost 10 years ago and he remembered it perfectly.

0:24.0

It was such a fun conversation.

0:25.7

I've written about the conversation.

0:27.9

He originally started InfoSpace, which is one of the original

0:31.2

dot com companies. He was like worth over a billion dollars from that.

0:35.1

You know, then more recently he has started a company called Viom, which we spoke about, but most of all, we spoke about his new book,

0:45.0

The Youth Formula.

0:46.0

Outsmart your genes

0:48.0

and unlock the secret to longevity.

0:50.0

Now, just let it be known,

0:52.0

and I told him this I've had so many people talk about

0:57.1

longevity and how we're gonna live forever and health you, I'm almost tired of it.

1:04.6

But he has a very unique take.

1:07.8

We spoke about how about 99.999% of your body

1:11.7

is made up of over 100 million microbes or bacteria or whatever you want to call it.

1:18.0

And so his whole point is that we all think our DNA is so important to our health and that's been kind of a

1:24.8

non-stop message from a lot of people and companies and experts and so on that

1:29.4

DNA is destiny that if your ancestors or parents or grandparents had, you know, heart disease or

1:35.4

Alzheimer's or diabetes or whatever, then there's a good chance you could have it.

1:39.9

And he made the point that, well, if 99.9% of our body is made up of all these bacterias and microbes,

1:48.2

then what about all the DNA of all that bacteria and all those microbes.

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