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Hacking into the wellness industry with Fast Company's 'Future Me' Docuseries

2023/6/28
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Emma Wheylin：生物黑客疗法旨在通过改变自身内外环境来获得对自身生物学的完全控制。她分享了自己尝试各种疗法，例如使用 Balancer Pro 进行淋巴引流、Peak Brain Institute 的大脑训练等，以应对纤维肌痛、焦虑和抑郁等慢性疾病。她强调了这些疗法的益处，例如减轻疼痛和改善睡眠，但也指出了成本高昂和疗效因人而异的问题。她还谈到了生物黑客行业中存在许多无效或欺骗性的产品和服务，并建议选择科学支持的疗法。 Yasmin Gagne 和 Josh Christensen：他们与 Emma Wheylin 讨论了生物黑客疗法的可及性问题，指出这些疗法通常价格昂贵，难以负担，并且医疗保险通常不予覆盖。他们还探讨了现有的医疗体系侧重于治疗症状而非预防疾病的问题，以及这对于患有慢性疼痛和自身免疫疾病的人来说是一个挑战。

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Emma Whalen discusses her biohacking journey, including treatments like lymphatic drainage with the BallancerPro and brain training at the Peak Brain Institute, and the challenges of finding effective and affordable biohacking options.

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When you have a chronic illness or debilitating condition, you start turning to alternatives for answers. This is what one of our colleagues did. Fast Company Video Producer and host of the new docuseries “Future Me,” Emma Wheylin, takes us through her biohacking journey. She tried out the Peak Brain Institute and the BallancerPro where she learned a lot about lymphatic drainage.

Yaz chatted with Fast Company Senior Staff Writer Liz Segran and Senior Editor Amy Farley about what the direct-to-consumer Daily Harvest’s recall and lawsuits reveal about how unregulated food startups are. They dove into how this resulted in several hospital visits, emergency surgeries, and thousands of dollars in healthcare costs. It came down to a novel ingredient called tara flour.

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