Dr. Jeffrey Gladden argues the body works like an economy of balance, thriving on cycles of stress and recovery rather than constant extremes. Fasting, exercise, heat, cold, and other stressors only build strength when followed by rest. The mistake is the "more is better" trap: endless keto diets, hyperbaric chambers, or training without recovery actually overwhelm the system instead of strengthening it.
So the way I explain that to people is that biology is an economy of balance. It's not about how hard can you push it. It's not about being keto all the time, being in a hyperbaric chamber all the time, doing endurance training all the time, lifting weights. It's not about anything all the time. What biology likes to do is it likes to cycle. It likes to cycle through different states. It's fed, it's fasted, it's rested, it's exercised, it's stressed, it's hyperbaric exposure, it's now not exposed, right? It's in something cold, it's in something hot. It's, it's It's back and forth, but your body responds best when you meter, just like you wouldn't want to eat constantly throughout the day. Your body needs food, but it doesn't need food throughout the day, right? So you've got to think about it as, I'm going to take what I need, but not more than I need, and allow my body to recover from that. And if it's the right amount of stressor, my body will be stronger the next time I see it, just like the next time I pick up the, the dumbbell or something, right? So it's a really important concept to keep in mind that you're not trying, that you heard that keto is good or hyperbaric is good. And it's not like more is better. It's, it's really not more is better. It's really what's the rhythm in the cycling that's going to help me to optimize. That's really the question to ask, I think.
