{"id":190310,"date":"2025-09-29T16:59:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T16:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/190310\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T16:59:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T16:59:06","slug":"the-real-life-diet-of-dave-asprey-who-spends-3000-a-month-on-supplements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/190310\/","title":{"rendered":"The Real-Life Diet of Dave Asprey, Who Spends $3,000 a Month on Supplements"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cHow did a fat computer hacker get abs like this?\u201c Dave Asprey is looking at his body. \u201cLike, I have veins.\u201d The tech-exec-turned-biohacker tilts his phone screen toward his six-pack. \u201cAnd I\u2019m 52,\u201d he adds, \u201callegedly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ribeye sears in his Zoom background. It\u2019s afternoon in Austin when I connect with Asprey\u2014best-known as the man who put butter in coffee (a ketogenic diet trend<\/a> he started with his former brand, Bulletproof) but he’s also helped popularize a bunch of other \u201cbiohacks\u201d like blue-light blockers, collagen, cold plunging, and PEMFs (pulsed electromagnetic field devices).<\/p>\n

Our call caught the chiseled influencer prepping a pound of local steak between podcasts (he said he had six different shows to record after this).<\/p>\n

The wagyu was breakfast for Asprey, who, famously, intermittently fasts. Earlier, he just took about 100 vitamins, cognitive enhancers, and nootropics. The stack, he said, gave him the clarity to bank a couple episodes of The Human Upgrade with Dave Asprey<\/a>\u2014his long-running podcast, which answers questions like \u201cShould You Eat Dirt?\u201d (episode #1,289) and \u201cWho Should Take Herbal Ecstasy?\u201d (episode #1,306).<\/p>\n

Stepping away from saut\u00e9ing herbs in beef tallow<\/a>, Asprey pans the camera to his sauna<\/a>, where he often starts his days at dawn, drinking Danger Coffee\u2014his line of beans, mineral-fortified and mold-free (Asprey is outspoken about toxic mold, as evidenced in his 2015 documentary MOLDY<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Author of The Bulletproof Diet\u2014and four other bestsellers\u2014Asprey is known to make controversial health-related claims that are not always backed by science and for his strong takes on specific foods, like oatmeal, which he calls overpriced \u201cpeasant food.\u201d Also bad: peas, falafel, raisins, and hummus, which he says \u201cmake you weak.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most recently, Asprey released Heavily Meditated<\/a> (HarperCollins, 2024) a book about how to have \u201cbig peaceful brainwaves,\u201d as he put it on a recent episode<\/a> of The Dr. Phil Podcast.<\/p>\n

We caught up with Dave to see what’s new in his daily health routine<\/a>, and talked about brain hacks, swallowing sixty supplements at once, and why Asprey ejaculates every eleven days to protect his chi.<\/p>\n

GQ: Hi Dave!<\/p>\n

Dave Asprey: Hi. I\u2019m cooking steak, if that\u2019s okay.<\/p>\n

Perfect.<\/p>\n

There might also be butter involved.<\/p>\n

I have a snack, too. [Holds up Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Collagen Protein Bar by Bulletproof.]<\/p>\n

My old company.<\/p>\n

Do you still eat them?<\/p>\n

No. I think they started using plant-based stuff. I use their MCTs [medium-chain triglycerides] though.<\/p>\n

Most people probably know you as the man who put MCT oil in coffee.<\/p>\n

I got the idea in Tibet from yak butter tea. I trademarked Bulletproof [a brand built on blending MCT oil into coffee that helped launch the \u201cbutter coffee\u201d craze], and venture funded that. I didn\u2019t trademark \u201cbiohacking\u201d but I made it something for society. Merriam-Webster added it as a new word in 2018, and my name is in the definition<\/a>. It\u2019s totally crazy. Just from this idea that we can control our own biology\u2014you just have to know what to do.<\/p>\n

You once posted a picture of 84 pills captioned \u201cbreakfast.\u201d I also read somewhere that you spend\u2014is it $3000-a-month on supplements?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s exactly the number.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your morning routine?<\/p>\n

This \u201cmorning routine\u201d idea is kind of toxic. You end up doing stuff your body doesn\u2019t need just because it\u2019s your \u201croutine\u201d instead of listening to your body and saying: How stressed am I? Do I need more stress? Or more recovery? The body improves when it\u2019s in a recovered state. Don\u2019t push harder. Recover harder. I have an at-home Upgrade Labs [Asprey\u2019s chain of biohacking centers that offer red-light therapy, cryotherapy, neurofeedback, etc.]. I have an AI machine for cardio, an AI machine for putting on muscle, and a whole body vibration platform. You have to do what your body needs.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard to know what you need.<\/p>\n

It was. That\u2019s what AI is for. I\u2019m not here to pump all my stuff so no need to write about this but we have an app that looks at your data and tells you what to do to reach your goal. No one is going to study all nine of my books, 3,000 blog posts and 1,300 podcasts. So we trained an AI model so you can just say: \u201cI look like this. This is how I am. Tell me what to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

I saw you post your $17,000 espresso machine.<\/p>\n

Literally, I made coffee on that an hour ago.<\/p>\n

Does it taste like a $17,000 coffee?<\/p>\n

For a true coffee nerd it makes a five-to-ten percent difference. Mine is chrome and sexy so I feel like I\u2019m driving a Ferrari when I make my Americano.<\/p>\n

You seem to have very selective taste. I know you feel strongly about certain foods, like oatmeal \u201cpisses you off,\u201d you often say, and \u201cfuck peanuts.\u201d<\/p>\n

All from experience.<\/p>\n

How do you eat out?<\/p>\n

You can get this at every restaurant. [Holds up raw meat.]<\/p>\n

What is that exactly?<\/p>\n

Grass-fed wagyu ribeye cooked in tallow over a fire in my backyard to prevent indoor steak smoke fumes. I add rosemary, oregano, margarine, and thyme for antioxidants and longevity.<\/p>\n

Beautiful.<\/p>\n

I eat this everyday.<\/p>\n

Is this your first meal of the day? [It is 1:30pm.]<\/p>\n

It is. I took cognitive enhancers this morning, nootropics and all. Now I\u2019ll throw this on a cutting board and show you my supplement stack.<\/p>\n

Oh yeah, let\u2019s circle back to that. How many do you take a day?<\/p>\n

About 150.<\/p>\n

Wow.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ll show you how I do it because I\u2019m about to go on a three-week road trip.<\/p>\n

That has to take a whole suitcase just for pills.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s, like, manageable. By the way, this here is daikon radish, a couple onions and cauliflower, all saut\u00e9ed in\u00a0butter. [Shows the rest of his lunch ingredients.]<\/p>\n

Do you do one meal a day?<\/p>\n

Usually two. I\u2019m 6% body fat. I used to be obese. I\u2019ll show you my abs. [Shows his abs.]<\/p>\n

Yeah.<\/p>\n

I have veins and I\u2019m allegedly 52 years old.<\/p>\n

Is that a six pack or eight?<\/p>\n

Six. Eight packs are genetic. You\u2019re just lucky if you have those extra two abdominal muscles. But how is it that a fat computer hacker could have abs like this? It boggles my mind. And I don’t exercise much\u2014probably twenty minutes per week. It\u2019s not hard to have muscles if you know how to eat.<\/p>\n

When you go to a restaurant, you get steak. But what if someone wants to make you a meal? Would you eat hummus socially, for example? Do you ever feel like you have to be flexible about food to be polite?<\/p>\n

I just make fun of people who eat hummus. Like, \u201cOh, you chose weakness.\u201d I\u2019m only half kidding. People used to call me crazy but now they\u2019re respectful. I won\u2019t eat chicken on purpose but if I’m at someone’s house, okay, fine, I\u2019ll have some chicken.<\/p>\n

[Laughs.]<\/p>\n

I’m going to show you my supplements now. Don’t publish a picture of this because I don’t want people to copy me. It\u2019s very customized. People have offered me thousands of dollars to tell them what I take and I’m like, let me help you take what you need, not what I need. So, yeah. [Pans camera to show a walk-in closet lined floor to ceiling with pill bottles like a private GNC.] This is my supplement cabinet.<\/p>\n

Holy shit. Wait. Stop. I’m obsessed. Oh my god.<\/p>\n

Basically I start here in the morning with this shelf. Then, like, go down here. [Runs his hand along several feet of supplement-packed shelving.] How the heck would you do that when you’re traveling? I\u2019m going to Romania and Ecuador for this Unlimited Life Mastermind retreat I host, then to L.A. and I’m seeing Steve Aoki in Vegas. [Unzips a big black packing cube.] This is what I wanted to show ya. [Holds up a plastic baggie bulging with pills.]<\/p>\n

Wow.<\/p>\n

These are my supplements for one night.<\/p>\n

How many are in there?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m guessing 50. That\u2019s one evening stack.<\/p>\n

How many pills can you swallow at once?<\/p>\n

Probably 60. Here\u2019s my morning bag. [Holds up another bulging baggie.]\u00a0 It\u2019s bigger\u2014eighty to 100 pills. I could swallow that whole but it\u2019d be work so I take two swallows. But if you drank beer in college, you know how to take supplements.<\/p>\n

Were you a big beer drinker?<\/p>\n

I was just generally big. Like, 300 pounds big.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cHow did a fat computer hacker get abs like this?\u201c Dave Asprey is looking at his body. \u201cLike,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190311,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[97,269,54956,2751,777,673],"class_list":{"0":"post-190310","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-nutrition","10":"tag-real-life-diet","11":"tag-textbelowcentergridwidth","12":"tag-web","13":"tag-wellness"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}