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Ben Greenfield's book recommendations
Across 3 podcasts. Every show Ben Greenfield appears on, in one place — not just one.
Ben Greenfield’s most recommended books
- Earthing by Clinton Ober
- The Plant Paradox by Steven Gundry
- Deep Work by Cal Newport
- Forbidden Healing by Rachael Watson
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
- Healing is Voltage by Jerry L. Tennant
- The Body Electric by Robert Becker
- The Jungle Effect by Daphne Miller
- Coherence by Alan Watkins
Ben Greenfield is a triathlete, personal trainer, nutritionist, author, public speaker, and former bodybuilder known for the practice of biohacking. He has participated in 13 Ironman competitions and over 120 races, becoming a USA Triathlon top-ranked athlete in his age group for a period of time. During podcast appearances, Greenfield has recommended and discussed several books related to health, physiology, and personal productivity. On Modern Wisdom, he brought up Robert Becker's The Body Electric and Jerry L. Tennant's Healing is Voltage to support the idea that the human body functions electrically. In the same vein, he cited Clinton Ober's Earthing to explain the health benefits of contacting the earth's surface, and mentioned Rachael Watson's Forbidden Healing to explain the science behind using vitamin C and baking soda. Greenfield also referenced Cal Newport's Deep Work while discussing his focused work blocks, and recommended Dr. Daphne Miller's The Jungle Effect while discussing traditional diets and ancestral health. Additionally, he mentioned reading J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, specifically noting he was reading Goblet of Fire. Finally, he discussed Leonard Mandel and Emil Wolf's Optical Coherence and Quantum Optics, noting it was one of the first books he read on resonance breathing.
Books recommended by Ben Greenfield
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Earthing
Earthing by Clinton Ober explores the hypothesis that direct physical contact with the Earth's surface can significantly reduce inflammation, improve sleep, and provide various health benefits through the absorption of negative ions and low-level frequencies.
Recommended“and there are books about this like the book earthing that has some really interesting data on how much that lowers inflammation”
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The Plant Paradox
Steven Gundry authored The Plant Paradox to explain how lectins function as natural plant defense mechanisms that can negatively impact human digestion and overall health.
Discussed“this is based on on a book that was published I think about two years ago called the plant paradox by dr. Stephen Gundry and he talks about how lectins are these built in natural plant defense mechanisms”
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Deep Work
Deep Work by Cal Newport is a productivity and self-help guide that argues for the immense value of cultivating distraction-free concentration in a hyper-connected world, asserting that focused effort is the key to achieving extraordinary professional outcomes and personal fulfillment.
Recommended“you know comment that deep work concepts you know like counting Newports book where i'm just you know whether i'm writing or working on a book or a series of articles”
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Forbidden Healing
Forbidden Healing by Rachael Watson is an alternative health book that delves into the purported scientific mechanisms and health effects of remedies like vitamin C and baking soda.
Recommended“there's a really great book that delves into all the science of vitamin C and baking soda called forbidden healing and i was i was so convinced to have to reading that book about some of the effects on everything”
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K.
Recommended“and now I'm reading the books um I'm halfway through Goblet of Fire right now and I'm actually digging it”
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Healing is Voltage
Healing is Voltage by Jerry L.
Recommended“there are books about this like the body electric by robert becker or healing is voltage by jerry tennant”
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The Body Electric
The Body Electric by Robert Becker and Gary Selden is a seminal science book investigating regeneration and the electrical controls that govern human and animal bodies.
Recommended“there are books about this like the body electric by robert becker or healing is voltage by jerry tennant”
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The Jungle Effect
The Jungle Effect by Daphne Miller is a health and nutrition book exploring traditional indigenous diets from around the world and their impact on modern chronic diseases.
Recommended“And there's actually a really good book about this called the jungle effect by dr. Daphne Miller and she goes into how like she'll put like her her Hispanic clients unlike a traditional Mexican diet”
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Coherence
Discussed“there's a book called coherence and in the latter pages of that book it was one of the first books ever read on resonance breathing”
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Books by Ben Greenfield
Appearances
Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
“i wrote a book about this called beyond training they're in what's called no man's land for their training zone”
“and that's hopefully going to come out towards the end of this year and it's going to be called boundless parenting”
“My first big book that I wrote called Beyond Training was just that. It was like, Okay, so as an athlete, there's all these other things like digestion and hormones and endocrine system and inflammation and blood sugar regulation and immune system integrity and all these things that we don't think about when it comes to what it truly takes”
“And and this is a big part of what my my last book Boundless was about. Like, light and how the photons of light interact with the human body to charge up the mitochondria to allow it to be able to produce ATP...”