EPISODE #1069

What Happens in the Gut, Starts in the Mouth

Naveen Jain

Serial entrepreneur and conscious innovator, Naveen Jain, is out to make the world a healthier place through the use of AI-powered human data analytics. He chats about the critically important oral microbiome—and from a wider perspective—how and why the human body gets sick.

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In this Episode of The Human Upgrade™...

Today, a dear friend of the show and someone who’s disrupted a huge part of the healthcare industry joins us for an informative chat on the critically important oral microbiome—and from a wider perspective—how and why the human body gets sick.

Naveen Jain, founder of Viome—a data company that’s changing the world of health and wellness—goes deep on the latest in anti-aging, what’s going on in your mouth and how that affects everything else in your body, the perils of mouthwash, the future of AI-powered analytics, business building with the right priorities in mind, and a whole lot more.

And it all comes right back to the base definition, the core understanding, of what biohacking is—using the information and technology around us to live a longer and healthier life. Naveen’s company, Viome, is doing just that. You won’t want to miss this exclusive look into the future—for your own long-term health, or for that of society as a whole.

“Find something that you're willing to die for, and then live for it.”

NAVEEN JAIN

00:01:44 — What Is It About the Human Body That Causes Us To Be Sick?

Fundamentally changing the way we look at the body
Dave’s homemade mouthwash and why he stopped using it
Power of individuality when it comes to health and longevity
Different impacts of foods on identical twins (Research)
What happens in the gut, starts in the mouth
The signals chewing your food sends to your body
Why a healthy oral microbiome means healthy sex

00:09:33 — Viome: Supercharging Human Data Analytics

Reading out the transcript from your body
Determining a diet-based source of bad breath
Viome’s biomarkers and aging score
Looking at RNA va. DNA
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Pooling the data from 550,000 samples analyzed
Custom-made diet recommendations for your genetics
Affordability of Viome testing kits
Predicting mouth and throat cancer at a 95% rate
Personalized oral microbiome toothpaste gel

00:24:13 — Longevity & Lifespan: Our Health Is Our Wealth

Increasing our healthspan—adding truly viable years
Dave calls out the lifespan cowards
Choosing how and when we die: the ultimate goal for society
Naveen shares 5 ways to live a long and healthy life
Nutrition, getting the right fuel for the car
Stress management, escaping fight-or-flight mode
40 Years of Zen neurofeedback therapy
Why you should quit your shitty stressful job
Smarter Not Harder by Dave Asprey
Prioritizing exercise, 30 minutes a day
Getting proper sleep, quality vs. quantity
Sleep with Dave: 14-day sleep challenge

00:37:35 — A Message for the World’s Wantrepreneurs

Find a purpose and live 10 to 15 years longer
Focus on helping people live better—not making more money
Parasitic nature of modern commerce
Amazon’s quality spiral and the race to the bottom
Impacting the world in your uniquely powerful way
Our success will never be defined by how much money we made

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