Health Is An Investment, Not An Expense with Ari Rastegar

Send us Fan MailWhat if the fastest way to level up your career, relationships, and energy is to treat your body like your most valuable asset? We sit down with Ari Rastigar—entrepreneur, author of The Gift of Failure, and committed biohacker—to map a clear, no‑nonsense path from burnout to durable health. Ari’s story starts with a bloodwork wake‑up call and evolves into a system that’s simple enough to start today and strong enough to change your life.We unpack the fundamentals that quietly do the heavy lifting. Clean water comes first: distill, remineralize with Celtic salt, add lime, and drink half your body weight in ounces. Pair it with a filtered shower head to protect your skin. Breathe better by upgrading HVAC filters and adding an affordable HEPA unit. Then make food a strategy, not a splurge—Costco wild salmon, organic frozen vegetables, sweet potatoes, and avocado can fuel a full week for pocket change. If time is tight, blend a pot of vegetable soup and sip it like coffee.Ari shines a light on posture and alignment as a missing pillar. Short Egoscue‑style routines open the chest, level the hips, and free the “hoses” your organs rely on, improving breath, digestion, and circulation. For advanced recovery, he breaks down when hyperbaric oxygen therapy actually works: hard chambers only, 60–90 minutes per session, at least 40 sessions for change and 80+ in close succession for long‑term gains in angiogenesis and neuroplasticity. No consistency, no results.Finally, we outline a focused supplement core that supports the basics: a high‑quality multivitamin, extra vitamin D, DHEA under professional guidance, omega‑3 fish oil, and the gut duo of prebiotic plus probiotic so beneficial bacteria can colonize. Throughout, Ari returns to the same principle: every healthy choice is a deposit in your personal endowment. Make those deposits daily and watch the yield show up in clearer thinking, stronger relationships, and steadier drive.If this conversation helps you rethink your routine, share it with a friend who needs a simple starting point, subscribe for more grounded health strategies, and leave a review to tell us which habit you’ll try first.Intro for podcast information about subscriptions Support the showSupport for Joe's CureHere is the link for Sunday's 4 pm Pacific time Zoom meeting