
Mushrooms, barefoot adults and sober psychedelics? Surprisingly, I’m not at Burning Man dressed in steampunk style, but rather in Islington’s Business Design Centre for the Health Optimisation Summit. For two days, around 3,500 people descended upon north London to discover what’s new in the world of wellness, learning from key speakers such as biohacking experts Gary Brecka and Ben Greenfield.
As a person whose lifestyle guru was Bridget Jones for the best part of a decade, I’m late to the wellness wagon, and while I know the basics (alcohol bad, exercise good) I’m intrigued to find out more about some of the more niche and specialised areas of the health world. London Health Optimisation