As of late I see so many people publishing articles about how to Biohack this and that. Biohacking is the new buzz-word that attracts attention. It conveys to the potential reader that there are ways to fool the body. But so many health & fitness gurus are misusing the word.. and I suspect intentionally to gain readers. Now I am not one to point out the grammatical misuse of words. God knows I mispronounce words all the time. And, as listeners have pointed out to me, misuse words due to my own ignorance. But once pointed out I change that behavior. So I figured I'd help out the community of leaders.

While the actual definition of Biohacking is

We've come to take its meaning to be a way to avoid the deleterious effects of some aspect of modern living that is counter to our health and linked to diseases of modernity.

While I never used the word Biohack, we have discussed these types of tricks on the show. Using Blue Blocker sunglasses to reduce the amount of blue light from TV and computer screens late at night so as not to impeded the pulse of melatonin is an example of what some would call a Biohack technique.

In all instances the word Biohacking has always been meant to direct its effects to the body - or the biology of the human.

But lately health & fitness gurus have been applying the word liberally and using it in inappropriate ways. This is what often happens when your attempt to pander through an eye-catching headline abandons logic and correctness.

So for the record.. just in case you aren't already aware.. you can't Biohack inanimate objects like can openers or automobiles. You also can't Biohack any of the rooms in your home! Not the bedroom, bathroom or kitchen. They lack the genetic material or in the more colloquial use of the word - biology.

And to you the reader.. when you get an email from a person positioning themselves as a health or fitness guru and they claim to have the secret to Biohacking your toaster-oven , instead of reinforcing their pandering with little regard to accuracy or possibly insulting your intelligence.. press the delete button. I mean how else will they learn if you keep reinforcing their inappropriate use of the word just to fool readers into reading their articles?