My guest is Ruben Salinas. Ruben is a Harvard MBA graduate, an inventor, medical devices entrepreneur and angel investor and EMT with a track record of product development in the areas of spectroscopy, medical devices and diagnostics. He is also an avid biohacker and is featured in the upcoming documentary film “Supercharged”, along with Dave Asprey, Wim Hof, Abel James and Dr. Jack Kruse. He is also currently the President & CEO of a company focused on the development of diagnostics in the women’s health arena. Before that, he was Chairman of PowerMedic Systems, a medical laser company and CEO of MPI, Inc., a company he acquired via a leveraged buyout. And before that, he held Product Management and Engineering positions at GE Healthcare and GE Lighting. Since graduating as a Harvard MBA, he has bought, sold and started several companies mainly in the medical space. His proudest moments, however, happen in his prototyping lab where he gets to apply his biomedical engineering skills and delve into his latest venture, a venture we are going to talk about today... ...because Ruben is, in addition to the impressive list above, the Chairman of Quantum Dynamics, a company currently developing a wearable device called the Quantlet.

What is the Quantlet? Basically, it is a wearable that produces two things: cold and light. Why cold? Physical performance is deeply tied to your body’s temperature. When you get hot, your performance suffers. This is because key respiratory proteins and cellular enzymes change shape and may even malfunction if they overheat, which impacts certain metabolic processes. Keeping the body cool during exercise or exertion can therefore help you better perform. Cold Thermogenesis (CT), as it is known scientifically, is an exciting new area of research which has recently shown positive effects on thyroid function, fat loss, exercise efficiency and inflammation reduction. This is because recent studies have found that adults have more brown adipose tissue (BAT) than was previously believed, which can significantly increase energy expenditure in response to cold exposure. Why light? The use of visible and near-infrared (NIR) light for reducing pain, inflammation and edema, has been known for almost forty years. The effects of photobiomodulation, as it is known scientifically, are photochemical – just like photosynthesis in plants. When the correct power, frequency and application time are used, light reduces oxidative stress and increases ATP. This in turn improves cell metabolism and reduces inflammation. In recent studies, photobiomodulation has demonstrated increased exercise capacity and longer exercise times, as well as improved biomarkers (including reduced lactate, creatine kinase, and CRP) after exercise in people treated with red and infrared light. Photobiomodulation has also been reported to release certain brain compounds that positively affect mood and sleep.

During today's podcast, you'll discover:

-Why irradiating your blood with light is one of the most powerful vasodilation techniques known to man...

-Why it's crucial that you figure out how to reduce your blood thickness, especially if you travel and or if you get jet lag...

-How light exposure and a process called photobiomodulation induces the release of nitric oxide...

-Why (until now) science hasn't yet discovered how to get the positive benefits of light and cold at the same time...

-How a thermo-electric cooler works and why it allows you to fool your body into not vasoconstricting in response to cold...

-When you should use light and cold, for how long, and when not to use light and cold... -Whether the Quantlet produces Bluetooth, WiFi or other EMF frequencies...

-How well the Quantlet holds up under conditions like water immersion or workouts...

-And much more!

Resources from this episode: -The Quantlet -Quantlet video for Indiegogo Campaign -Interview with Prof. Michael Hamblin (Harvard and Quantlet's Scientific Advisor) -Interview with James Carroll (LLLT expert and Quantlet's Light Module Developer) -Interview with Ruben Salinas on The Quantlet's Protocols -Ben Greenfield's Heat-Hacking Experiment in LAVA Magazine -The Peltier thermo-electric cooling effect

Do you have questions, comments or feedback about the Quantlet? Leave your thoughts at BenGreenfieldFitness.com and either Ruben or I will reply.