A C60 supplement may be the missing piece for the guy who works out, eats clean, and still feels off, says research scientist Ken Swartz. Ken Swartz co-founded C60 Power (formerly C60 Purple Power) after a radiation study on rats sent him looking for a way to protect his research crew. Sixteen years later he is 65 and still takes it every day.

This one is for the man in his 30s or 40s who is doing everything right and cannot figure out why the energy is gone. Ken walks Chris Anderson through what happens inside your mitochondria as you age and what he says C60 does about it. He is blunt that it is not a magic pill.

Ken is a research scientist, not a medical doctor, and he co-founded the company that sells this product. Nothing here is medical advice. Talk to your own doctor before you add anything, especially if you are on blood thinners.

Chapters
00:00 Working out, eating right, and still feeling off
01:07 Why energy drops after your 20s and 30s
02:19 Test, don't guess: epigenetic testing and biological age
04:50 The radiation study that got Ken taking C60
07:42 What C60 does inside your mitochondria
11:25 Blue light, screens, and why C60 is not a magic pill
14:11 Can you overdo it, and who should talk to a doctor first
17:14 Hormones, testosterone, and the mitochondria
19:12 Senescent cells, stem cells, and telomeres
21:13 What it means when your body rusts
25:12 Lifestyle still matters: water, EMF, and phones in pockets
27:35 The history of C60 and the rat lifespan study
32:55 The number one cause of disease and third party testing
36:13 Why Ken gives blood every eight weeks
37:26 Saunas, sweating, and microplastics
39:04 Peptides, ketone esters, and the future of biohacking
42:44 The biohacking trend Ken calls a waste of money
47:18 Where to find Ken and C60
48:14 The Upgraded Man Journal

In this episode:

• Test, don't guess: what an epigenetic test tells you that the mirror cannot
• The four antioxidants your mitochondria need, and the two Ken says you cannot supplement
• Why C60 is one tool in the toolkit, not the whole toolkit
• Who should talk to a doctor first, including men on blood thinners
• Senescent cells, stem cells, and what it means when your body rusts
• Why Ken says 40 percent of the C60 products he tested had no C60 in them
• Why he gives blood every eight weeks, and the biohacking trend he calls a waste of money

Questions this episode answers

What does a C60 supplement actually do?
Ken Swartz says it gets into the mitochondria and acts like the two antioxidants your body makes less of as you age, superoxide dismutase and catalase.

Why am I tired even though I eat healthy and exercise?
Ken Swartz says it is often a mitochondria problem. When SOD and catalase slow down with age, cells cannot make enough energy to repair themselves.

Is C60 safe, and can you take too much?
Ken Swartz points to rat studies at very high doses with no toxic effect, but says men on blood thinners should talk to their doctor first.

Find Ken Swartz and C60 Power at shopc60.com, and read the studies for yourself at whatisc60.org. Follow C60 Power on Instagram at @c60power.

The Upgraded Man is hosted by Chris Anderson. Follow the show, and send this one to the guy who does everything right and still feels off.

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Be yourself unapologetically. That is Steve Barton's two-word answer to the question Dr. Tommy Rhee left in the Upgraded Man Journal, and it took him eight seconds of silence to say it.

Every episode of The Upgraded Man ends the same way. There is a journal. The guest hears what the last guest left, answers it honestly, then leaves one line for whoever sits in the chair next. They do not get to know who that is.

This week it is Steve Barton, a high performance coach, the creator of The Game of Ten, and co-author with his son of The Father, the Son, and the Aha Moment. He turned seventy the day before this was recorded.

The question waiting for him was from Dr. Tommy Rhee: "What motivates you to be your best?"

Steve does not answer right away. He sits with it for a long eight seconds. Then he says two words. Being myself. A few more seconds. Unapologetically. Chris Anderson takes it from there, and admits he could lean into that more himself. Not worrying about what might come, because whatever it is, it is what it is.

Then he leaves his own line. It takes him a few tries to get the wording right, and Chris helps him land it. When he does, he asks for the last two words in all caps.

In this episode:

- Dr. Tommy Rhee's question, and eight seconds of silence before the answer
- Being myself. Unapologetically.
- Chris on why more of us, himself included, could lean into that
- The entry Steve leaves for the next guest, all caps and all

Questions this episode answers

What motivates you to be your best?
Steve Barton says being myself, unapologetically. Nothing else on the list.

What did Dr. Tommy Rhee leave in the Upgraded Man Journal?
One question. What motivates you to be your best? Chris Anderson reads it to Steve at the top of the episode.

What did Steve Barton leave for the next guest?
You can't be like somebody else, and you can't be like somebody else wants you to be. So just be yourself. And that is ENOUGH.

Find Steve Barton at stevebartoncoaching.com. Download The Father, the Son, and the Aha Moment free at thegameof10.com. He posts every week on LinkedIn as Coach Steve Barton.

The Upgraded Man is hosted by Chris Anderson. Full episode with Steve is out now. Send this one to the man who is still trying to be who somebody else wants.

#theupgradedman #beyourself #mensmindset

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Hidden calories are the reason most men stall, and Andrew Menechian, Head of Fitness at FitCommit AI, has a story that proves it. This is the most valuable stretch of his conversation with Chris Anderson on The Upgraded Man, released as its own episode.

Andrew Menechian is a former IFBB Australasian Men's Physique champion and a coach who has trained more than 100 personal trainers. He was also a hard gainer, or thought he was. An Olympic weightlifting coach asked him to write down what he ate. He could barely finish 70 percent of the plan that coach handed him. Two months later he was ten kilos heavier at the same body fat.

Then he flips it. A client who was training hard, doing the cardio, eating the calories, and not losing a pound. They went back to basics. Coffee? Yes. Milk in it? No. Oil on your food? Her face went white. Two tablespoons of olive oil on every meal, five meals a day, and nobody was counting it. About 1,000 to 1,500 calories a day hiding in the pan. They took it out. The weight came straight off.

In this episode:

• The hard gainer lie, and how Andrew gained ten kilos in two months
• The bowl of chicken and rice that showed a client what enough looks like
• The olive oil story, and where 1,500 hidden calories a day came from
• Why it always comes back to calorie balance for the average man
• Keto, fasting, and carnivore, and what each one is really doing
• Taking out the irritant versus fixing the root cause

Questions this episode answers

Why am I not losing weight when I am doing everything right?
Andrew Menechian says look for the calories you are not counting. Cooking oil, sauces, and the things you never write down.

Am I really a hard gainer?
Probably not. Andrew Menechian thought he was for five years, then ate what his coach told him and gained ten kilos in two months.

Does the carnivore diet fix gut problems?
Andrew Menechian says it removes the irritant. It does not fix the cause. You should be able to eat a potato without feeling terrible.

Find Andrew Menechian at andrewmenechianfitness.com and @andrewmenechian on Instagram, X, and YouTube. His app is FitCommit AI at fitcommit.ai.

The Upgraded Man is hosted by Chris Anderson. Full episode with Andrew is out now. Send this one to the buddy who says he eats so much and never gains.

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The content on The Upgraded Man is for informational and entertainment purposes only. The views expressed by the host and guests are their own and do not constitute professional legal, financial, medical, or therapeutic advice. Always consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on information discussed on this podcast.

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