Ep 264: How Urine Therapy, Fasting & Faith Can Slow Your Aging with Mike Cardamone

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What they’ve been telling us about nourishment is totally backwards.

Mike Cardamone joins me right after our shared five-day dry fast, along with Yerasimos and my old West Point classmate Justin Hall, who came in with zero context and asked what most listeners will be thinking.

A lot of what mainstream health tells us about hydration, calories, and what the body actually needs falls apart when you experience it yourself. My face changed. My prayers changed. My cravings for coffee, food, and tobacco changed in ways I did not expect once I broke the fast.

Mike walks through his new book on cleansing and his years of urine therapy practice, including the aged version most people cannot get their heads around, and shares what a 27-day urine-only fast did to his senses at a wedding full of drunk strangers. Justin brings the outsider perspective on parenting, fitness, and calorie deficits that keeps the conversation grounded.

If you have ever suspected your body is capable of more than you have been told, this is the conversation that will confirm it.

You'll Learn:

[0:00] Introduction [6:17] Dry fasting turned out easier than water fasting [14:08] Fasting as a massive version of daily qigong practice [20:50] Two types of dry fast and the mystery of mucus production [30:45] Western culture feels spiritually bankrupt from too much comfort [37:20] Auto-brewery syndrome and getting a DUI from English muffins [43:16] Prahlad Jani and people who verifiably never eat or drink [49:32] What a urine fast actually involves [56:29] The four urine drinkers he knows look the healthiest [1:07:02] Aged urine and its stronger medicinal potency [1:21:06] Smelling the whole wedding like a hound on day 21 [1:27:56] Finding crosses in structured urine [1:39:28] The crayon he passed during a cleanse [1:47:22] Waking up when your partner stays asleep

Find more from Mike:

Mike Cardamone, Don’t Slap Snooze | Website | Instagram

You Are Full of Snot: A Comedic Guide to Cleansing Your Bowels is out now! Get the book here.

Justin Hall, The Unconventional Father | Instagram

Yerasimos, Here For The Truth | Website

Find more from Alec:

Alec Zeck | Instagram | X

The Way Forward | Instagram

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