This matches some of the concepts I've got from the book "The 4-Hour Body" from Tim Ferriss. The fast-exercise stimulation also tells your body not to store energy into fat, which is one of the principles of the Slow Carb Diet.
He didn't really "use science to make [his] work day freakishly healthy." He got a treadmill desk, stopped eating so much, and did little bodyweight exercises during the day.