biohack

English

Etymology

From bio- +‎ hack.

Noun

biohack (plural biohacks)

1. An instance of biohacking.
   • 2015 December – 2016 January, Mia Carisse Barrientos, “Kaspersky Lab: APAC Cyber Security Summit”, in Gadgets Magazine, volume 15, number 5, Quezon City: Great Minds Media Incorporated, →ISSN, page 97, column 3:

     As the chip carries information—basically making it a key for everything—it will attract the attention of cybercriminals; you will be under their target radar, which puts your life at risk. This is why Kaspersky Lab is working with BioNyfiken [to] create solutions and secure the biohacking community, while learning more, from a security aspect, about the implications of these biohacks.

   • 2017, Tasneem Bhatia, “Introduction”, in Super Woman Rx: Discover the Secrets to Lasting Health, Your Perfect Weight, Energy, and Passion with Dr. Taz’s Power Type Plans, Rodale Wellness, →ISBN, page x:

     Enter Super Woman Rx: This is the definitive guide to health and wellbeing for women specifically because it’s a design for living that is anything but one-size-fits-all. It is personalized, tailored and created for you—it is the ultimate biohack of your health.

   • 2022, Tony Robbins, Peter Diamandis, Robert Hariri, “The Longevity Lifestyle & Diet”, in Life Force: How New Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine Can Transform the Quality of Your Life & Those You Love, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, section 3 (What You Can Do Now), page 300:

     The heat cleanses and relaxes my whole body, and I find that my sleep is much deeper. Plus, I get all the benefits you’ve already read about above—and even more so when I add my second biohack, daily cold plunge or cryotherapy session.

Verb

biohack (third-person singular simple present biohacks, present participle biohacking, simple past and past participle biohacked)

1. To manipulate through biohacking.
   • 2015, Dave Asprey, “Bulletproofing Your Food”, in Bulletproof: The Cookbook: Lose Up to a Pound a Day, Increase Your Energy, and End Food Cravings for Good, Rodale Wellness, →ISBN, page 35, column 1:

     Inflammation can occur on the cellular level in one or more body systems, and reducing it is the first step to biohacking your body.

   • 2017, Tasneem Bhatia, “Introduction”, in Super Woman Rx: Discover the Secrets to Lasting Health, Your Perfect Weight, Energy, and Passion with Dr. Taz’s Power Type Plans, Rodale Wellness, →ISBN, page x:

     Biohacking your own health is how you tap into your source of power, energy, and spark!

   • 2018, Almila Kakinc-Dodd, “Hacking Sleep”, in The Thirlby: A Field Guide to a Bibrant Mind, Body, & Soul, Munich: Prestel Verlag, →ISBN, page 33, column 1:

     We spend on average a third of our life in bed. The following is a guide to biohacking your brain and body into sweeter slumbers, from moonlit rituals to bedside staples.

   • 2021, Robert H. Lustig, “What and How Adults Eat”, in Metabolical: The Lure and the Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine, New York, N.Y.: HarperWave, →ISBN:

     Newfangled ketone ester drinks are now on the market to try to biohack your body’s system by adding ketones to your bloodstream, but they don’t change your insulin, and as of yet there are no data that they can mitigate chronic disease states.