BioHackers Lab: Health Show for How to Live Your Best Life

BioHackers Lab: Health Show for How to Live Your Best Life

The BioHackers Lab podcast explores how to improve your health including your gut, mind, and body so that you can live the best life you can. Lifestyle changes you make can be customised to how your body works. This is biohacking your own ideal life. Your host, Gary Kirwan, talks with people all around the world who are helping to improve health in interesting ways. This may includes different diets, using certain supplements, using exercise, mind training & health gadgets. The ideas shared are meant to be actionable so that you can start creating a better you starting today. Please go to the website https://www.biohackerslab.com for all episodes and summary notes from interviews.

Episodes

April 17, 2025 49 mins

In this powerful conversation, I sit down with Dr. Iain Campbell, a metabolic psychiatry researcher at the University of Edinburgh, to explore the emerging science behind using ketogenic diets as a potential treatment for bipolar disorder and other serious mental health conditions.

With both scientific expertise and lived experience of bipolar type II, Iain shares how nutritional ketosis may be more than just a physical health tool...

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On this episode of Biohackers Lab I talk to Dr. Glen Jeffery from University College London's Institute of Ophthalmology about his groundbreaking red light therapy research.

Learn how red light can improve our vision by recharging retinal mitochondria and even help control blood sugar levels by affecting systemic mitochondrial functions.

Dr. Jeffery shares insights on the mechanisms of red light therapy, the implications of light s...

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On this episode of Biohackers Lab I talk to Chris Cornell. We discuss Chris's incredible journey of transformation. Despite being in poor shape at 51, Chris turned his life around through dedication to nutrition and fitness, achieving peak health well into his 60s.

He shares how a low-carb diet and resistance training helped him lose excess weight sustainably and regain physical strength and muscle growth, all while overcoming chal...

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On this episode of Biohackers Lab I talk to Dr. Ana Rosa MD PhD, a radiologist with over 25 years of experience all about the dangers of visceral fat, PLUS what she did personally to reduce her high visceral fat levels.

Dr. Rosa shares her extensive knowledge and personal experience in:
👉 How to deal with excess visceral fat
👉 Why measuring visceral fat levels is a crucial biomarker
👉 How it silently impacts our health

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Want to understand what is the Satiety Per Calorie Model or a High Satiety Diet? Join me and Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt in this episode of Biohackers Lab as we discuss a groundbreaking approach to nutrition—the Satiety Per Calorie Model (SPC).

Dr. Eenfeldt, founder and CEO of DietDoctor, introduces Hava, a new app that uses cutting-edge AI technology to help users identify foods that promote satiety and better health outcome...

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July 27, 2020 24 mins

CEO and founder of ProofPilot, Matthew Amsden, is today’s guest interview.

Matthew talks to us about his company ProofPilot. He explains how it is making research easily available to consumer good companies that traditionally didn't have opportunities to run these types of studies.

We then find out about the type of products that can be tested, how the research can be conducted remotely and who can participate in the studies.

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Practicing emergency medicine physician and founder of Duration Health, Dr Benjamin Jack, is today’s guest interview.

Benjamin talks to us about the emergency medicine kit service his company can provide people.

He explains what type of medicine and tools the kit contains and who could benefit from getting one. We then find out about the process of obtaining one and physician support it includes. We also go into discussing wh...

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Dentist, Dr Meghna Dassani, is today’s guest interview.

Meghna talks to us all about how to identify and ways to deal with sleep apnea. She explains what sleep apnea is and how to recognise the signs and symptoms.

We then find out that sleep disordered breathing should never be ignored as it can lead to more serious problems and what we can do to treat it.

We also go into discussing sleep apnoea in children, the importance of...

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Captain of the American Butchers’ Guild Team and head butcher at Taylor’s Market, Danny Johnson, is today’s guest interview.

Danny talks to us about how to choose the best cuts of meat for your budget. He explains why it is a good idea to build a good relationship with your butcher and how to know when you found a good one.

We then find out about sourcing meat and get tips on lesser known cuts of meat, how to talk...

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The man behind the Bodyweight Strength Training YouTube channel, Jerry Teixeira (JT), is today’s guest interview.

JT talks to us about how you can get superior results at home without the use of gym equipment. He explains why we should focus on compound movements to build strength for the best and fastest results.

We then find out about the benefits of callisthenics as well as how maintaining our strength and incorporating ex...

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Sleep, nutrition, and metabolism researcher, Greg Potter (PhD), is today’s guest interview.

Greg talks to us all about sleep quality and the many factors that influence it. He explains where to begin when fixing a broken sleep schedule and why good sleep hygiene is important.

We then find out about what makes good sleep quality and the many factors that influence this; in particular we talk about how diet affects sleep.

We al...

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Associate Professor, Dr Ben Bikman, is today’s guest interview.

Ben is back with us to talk about how insulin resistance is making us sick.

He explains how a wide range of diseases are in some ways connected to insulin resistance and how lifestyle interventions in terms of diet can stop progression.

We then find out about different types of fat and combining fat with carbohydrates. We also go into discussing listener question...

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Owner of SES Research and founder of MyVitalC, Chris Burres, is today’s guest interview.

Chris talks to us all about the anti-aging supplement, C60. He explains how research has shown that C60, when taken as a ESS60 supplement in olive oil, improves longevity and has a range of other possible health benefits.

We then find out about why ESS60 is the preferred supplement form and the problems that may arise when processing C60.

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Professor of Genetic Epidemiology, Tim Spector, is today’s guest interview.

Tim shares with us the importance of considering our own gut microbiome when making nutrition choices.

He explains how the gut microbiome trumps genetics in determining how we respond to diet and why we develop disease. We then find out about why generalised nutrition advice fails and how personalised prediction models might soon give us highly indivi...

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January 20, 2020 48 mins

Husband and wife carnivores, Laura and Chris Spath, are today’s guest interview.

They share with us how switching to a carnivore diet helped them lose 250 pounds of excess weight and regain their health.

They explain their diet background and the health scare that led them to considering an all meat diet.

We then find out about what made this diet different from keto and low carb. and why it worked long-term to help them keep...

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Author of the blog Fire in a Bottle and creator of The Croissant Diet, Brad Marshall, is today’s guest interview.

Brad shares with us how The Croissant Diet that he came up with helped him lose weight and reduce his waist size.

He explains how historical French way of eating inspired the idea of creating the Croissant Diet weight loss experiment and the scientific hypothesis behind it.

We then find out about why fat quality t...

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Life sciences entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Seed, Raja Dhir, is today’s guest interview.

Raja shares with us how the right probiotics can improve and optimise our health.

He explains exactly what probiotics are, the differences between probiotics, prebiotics and synbiotics and what to look out for when choosing a suitable strain.

We then find out about upcoming research into the role of microbes in a myriad of conditions and...

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October 10, 2019 63 mins

Founder of Ra Optics, Matt Maruca, is today’s guest interview.

Matt explains what is 'The Light Diet' and why it is so important in restoring the health of our mitochondria.

He explains the artificial light we are exposed to damages our mitochondria which are critical for our health.

We then find out about the importance of getting out into the sunlight and minimising artificial blue light exposure.

We also go into discussing...

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Co-founders of Apollo Neuroscience Inc. and inventors of Apollo technology, Dr David Rabin MD, PhD and Kathryn Fantauzzi, are today’s guest interview.

Dave and Kathryn help me review how the new wearable technology Apollo that they designed works to help restore balance to our nervous system and manage stress levels.

They explain how Apollo uses vibration to help rapidly restore balance through our sense of touch.

We then fin...

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Urologist and male sexual health expert, Dr Judson Brandeis, is today’s guest interview.

Judson discusses the issue most men are afraid to talk about, erectile dysfunction (ED).

He explains all about what erectile dysfunction is and how we can recognise and test if we have a problem.

We then find out about different types of erectile dysfunction, different treatment options  from medication to diet, exercise and suppleme...

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