Living Well

For every complex problem there is a solution that is simple, neat, and wrong. Our culture seems to love simple, one-dimensional answers to questions about health, fitness, weight loss, and living well. Ive read many books that promise if I just eat the right ratio of fat to carbs, or cut out grains, or do a simple 15-minute exercise program, that... I can achieve my weight or fitness goals. My guess is that you have read some of these books too. The problem with these simple solutions is that our bodies are complex, self-regulating organisms with multiple needs. The human genome has about 22,000 protein-coding genes and many of these genes can be turned on or off based on our diet, exercise, sleep patterns, exposure to nutrients and chemicalseven our exposure to light. Any solution that hopes to address how to achieve good health and fitness must consider a variety of factors beyond just diet or exercise. Fortunately, the majority of these answers fit in with what weve long known about living wellget enough sleep, eat right, get some exercisebut with strong science to validate those observations and clarify what is really important and give us guidelines to follow. In this book, I examine The 6 Pillars of Living Well: thinking, eating, moving, sleeping, hosting, and staying well. Some of these concepts are easy to understandyou cant live well unless you sleep and eat well. Others are less obvious, but no less important. Putting all 6 Pillars to work will help you customize a program to help you live your best life, starting today. Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success. My journey toward living well started with an epiphany at age 1512. It turned a new direction when my life took an unexpected detour from a debilitating illness. Everyones story is unique, but whatever brings you to the realization that you need to make a commitment to living well, you are here, reading this book. In ...Read More