About
Serge Faguet is a Russian serial tech entrepreneur and founder of Mirror, an AI powered personalized emoji app. He previously co-founded Tokbox, an online video communications company, and Ostrovok.ru, a Russian online travel company.
Serge Faguet gained notoriety in the biohacking community after he published a series of controversial articles on Medium and Hackernoon detailing his extensive biohacking regimens.
Biohacking Motivations and Framework
Serge Faguet has stated in his Medium blog that his main motivation for biohacking is to optimize his body and intelligence for performance in order to facilitate the advent of a technological singularity and the transhumanist transcendence of current human biology. He has previously written he wishes to become "a god".
Serge Faguet employs a broad range of biohacking interventions ranging from meditation, off-label prescription drugs, and illegal psychedelics. He has previously cautioned readers against mindlessly copying his biohacking routines, as his medical biohacking experimentation is done with medical supervision (Dr. Peter Attia, longevity expert).
Sergey Faguet's Biohacks, Regimens, and Routines
| Biohack | Type | Frequency | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intermittent Fasting | most days | Eats one meal a day (between 2pm - 6pm) and fasts the rest of the day. He finds it helps with maintaining focus.[1] | |
| No alcohol | continuous | Stopped drinking alcohol in order to improve sleep.[1] | |
| Plant-based diet | continuous | Eats meat occasionally but majority of diet consists of plants. Healthy fats like nuts, avocados, olive oil. No processed foods.[1] | |
| No sugar | continuous | Believes sugar preferentially feeds cancer cells and causes inflammation.[1] | |
| No coffee 9 hours before sleep. | daily | To improve sleep, even though he is a fast caffeine metabolizer.[1] | |
| Ketogenic Diet | on and off | A diet high in dietary fats, low in carbohydrates. Also experiments with exogenous ketones.[2] | |
| High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) | 2x per week | 20s full sprint, 1 minute rest.[1] | |
| Hip hinge exercises | 1 hr, 2x per week | 15 minutes of warmups. 12 sets of deadlifts, or squats (high muscle activation exercises).[1] | |
| Metformin | ? | Diabetes medication (off-label) suspected to have anti-aging benefits.[2] | |
| Clomid | 50 mg , 3x per week | To increase free testosterone levels, block estrogen, which increase persuasiveness, body language, etc. Cycles on and off it.[3] | |
| Arimidex | ? | Preventing testosterone conversion to estrogen.[1] | |
| Dutasteride | ? | Preventing conversion of testosterone to DHT (dihydrogen testosterone).[1] | |
| Modafinil | 100 mg - 200 mg. 1x per day | Improves focus and intelligence. Taken in the morning.[1] | |
| Lexapro (Escitalopram) | 10 mg, 1x per day | SSRI inhibitor to improve mood and reduce stress.[1] | |
| MDMA | 1x per couple months | Taken to improve mood, mental health, happiness, removing anxiety.[1] | |
| Lithium (carbonate) | 100 mg, 1x per day | For mental wellness, neuro-protection, emotional control.[1] | |
| T3, T4, synthetic thyroid hormones | ? | To correct low levels.[1] | |
| LSD (Lysergic acid diethylamide) | microdosing | Recreation. Also for putting brain into diffuse mode, helping with learning.[2] | |
| Phenibut (GABAph). | ? | To promote better sleep[3] | |
| Oura Ring | continuous | Sleep tracking ring (wearable)[3] | |
| Blue light blocking glasses | daily | Filtering out blue light in the evenings improves his deep sleep. Wears the glasses 4 -5 hours before sleep. (Uses BioRhythm Safe brand).[1] | |
| Chillipad | ? | Passes chilled water through a sleeping pad to lower body temperature. For improved sleep.[1] | |
| Oral glucose tolerance test | yearly | To monitor progress in body's ability to dispose of glucose and control insulin levels.[1] | |
| Vitamin D | 5000 IU, 1x per day | Targeting 50 -60 ng / dl[1] | |
| Life Extension Mix | ? | Complex multivitamin with well thought out vitamin forms.[1] | |
| Bacopa monnieri | ? | For memory and lowering anxiety.[1] | |
| Rhodiola | ? | [2] | |
| Niacin | ? | [2] | |
| Curcurmin | ? | [2] | |
| Magnesium Threonate | ? | [1] | |
| Turmeric | ? | Taken for anti-inflammatory properties[1] | |
| Omega-3 Fish Oil | ? | [1] | |
| 8 hours of sleep | daily | Ensures at least 8 hours every night. Spends roughly 9 hours in bed.[1] | |
| Strict circadian schedule | daily | Sleeps at the same time every night. Beneficial for deep sleep.[1] | |
| Cold showers | as needed | Helps with falling asleep.[1] | |
| Cold sleep environment | ? | Sleep in a room at 18 degrees C (65 F)[2] | |
| Restrict social media use | daily | Uses VPNs to block access to social media websites. Minimalist home screens on devices. Dimmed and grayscaled iPhone screen to reduce addictiveness.[2] | |
| Meditation | 30-45 minutes per day | Uses meditation to reduce stress levels and improve mood. Beneficial for mental health. Serge also has a meditation coach.[2] | |
| Sex | ? | For focus, neuroplasticity, stress relief, and deep sleep. Hires Russian fashion models for sex[1] |
References
[1] Kevin Rose Podcast Ep #21 - Serge Faguet - How to biohack your intelligence with everything from sex to modafinil to MDMA. (2018-02-21)
[2] How to biohack your intelligence — with everything from sex to modafinil to MDMA. (2017-12-30)
[3] I’m 32 and spent $200k on biohacking. Became calmer, thinner, extroverted, healthier & happier. (2017-09-25)
Links
- I’m 32 and spent $200k on biohacking. Became calmer, thinner, extroverted, healthier & happier. - (hackernoon.com)
- How to biohack your intelligence — with everything from sex to modafinil to MDMA. - (hackernoon.com)
- #21 - Serge Faguet - How to biohack your intelligence with everything from sex to modafinil to MDMA. - (kevinrose.com)
Author
Nathan Cheng is the founder of Biohack Stack -- an online community dedicated to exploring ways to hack human biology. Follow my radical longevity journey on Twitter @realnathancheng
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Nathan Cheng is the founder of Biohack Stack -- an online community dedicated to exploring ways to hack human biology. Follow my radical longevity journey on Twitter @realnathancheng
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