Woman ‘biohacking’ her body to become ‘best version’ of herself

By Ben Barry via SWNS

A woman is biohacking herself to increase her quality of life - by avoiding all processed food, scraping her tongue and only taking scalding or freezing showers.

Margareta Biconin, 26, also wears blue light-blocking glasses two hours before bed to set her circadian rhythm - and help her sleep eight to nine hours a night.

She claims biohacking has allowed her to become the "best version" of herself and she has more energy during the day.

Margareta suggests that due to the "fast-paced" environment, many live in most people 'are not living a healthy lifestyle' and don't realize.

She limits "toxic products" such as alcohol, cigarettes and processed food and will instead go for whole foods with high levels of nutrients - like organic meat, seeds and berries.

Margareta, a model, from Vancouver, Canada, said: "When are you living in a fast-paced life you feel like your health is not where you want it to be.

"In the beginning, it can be very overwhelming but you start by incorporating things little by little.

"For me now, biohacking is just my way of life.

"The difference for me was like day and night when you are educated and know what is good for you and what is not.

"Beforehand, I lived a life with normalized low energy levels, now I feel inner peace and balance."

Margareta started biohacking during the pandemic when she realized she had constant low energy levels.

To start she began wearing blue light-blocking glasses to give herself a good night's sleep - eight to nine hours a night.

She said: "I think of it as different pillars of wellness.

"The bottom of the tier is that everyone should be getting good sleep.

"When it comes to sleep I don't focus on how many hours I sleep but I pay more attention to the quality of sleep.

"The blue light from technology prevents your body from entering longer states of deep sleep.

"My goal is to be asleep before 11 pm so I get a nice eight hours and feel well rested the next day."

Margareta said another way she biohacks is by alternating her showers from hot to cold as well as scraping her tongue.

She said: "I will turn the shower on cold for five to 10 seconds during my showers.

"This is good for your vagus nerve stimulation and immunity.

"Tongue scraping has roots in Ayurveda - a system of traditional medicine native to India.

"The tongue says a lot about your inner health and the scraper helps with detoxing the tongue.

"You can purchase them so easily and I use it every morning and can't imagine living without it."

Margareta said part of being young is going out socializing and drinking a lot of coffee.

As she got older she realized this was having a negative effect on her body and has largely cut out what she refers to as "toxic products".

She said: "Being a young adult, you don't take the health of your body into account.

"You do a lot of drinking and going out clubbing.

"Largely I have cut out drinking, I will have a drink occasionally but for most parts, I don't drink it and I will only have coffee around four times a week.

"I limit toxic products as much as possible. This includes processed foods, sugar, skincare and make-up products that may have harmful chemicals in them."

Instead, Margareta incorporates "whole foods" with high levels of nutrients.

She said: "I would say I have cut out processed foods by 95 percent, I will always opt for whole foods.

"Like organic meat, dark leafy greens, berries, seeds and nuts.

"I also use chlorella powder regularly because it has high levels of B12 and iron which is often missing from our diets."

Margareta warns anyone getting into biohacking to be "mindful" of their body and learn what it needs.

She said: "There’s so much contradictory information nowadays.

"It’s important to remember our body is so intelligent and can guide us if we learn to really listen to our needs and what satisfies us.

"I would first focus in the pillars of health which are sleep, nutrition, and daily exercise, and try to make small changes in each section where we can. For example with sleep, turning off the phone an hour before bed.

"With food, starting simply by eliminating processed or sugar foods where we can, and to incorporate any kind of movement each day, even if it’s just a few stretches at home."

How Margareta "biohacks" herself:

• Wears blue light-blocking glasses - to give her a full night's sleep
• Alternates hot and cold showers - she says is good for vagus nerve stimulation
• Limits toxic products - claims is good for the balancing hormones
• Tongue scraping - says it gets rid of toxins
• Daily movement - to feel energised
• Takes collagen - for anti-aging
• Incorporates whole foods into her diet - to have more energy throughout the day
• Abdominal and whole body massages - to remove toxins from the body