He called to tell me his results. “I just got my blood work back,” he reported, “and my numbers are extraordinarily good. Everything has improved.” “Really?” Relief flooded through me. “What do the tests say?” He started rattling off his numbers. For years, all his numbers—for his weight, LDL, HDL, and other markers—had been inching in the wrong direction, but now they’d suddenly changed course. “I haven’t even been perfect,” he added. “This period covers Thanksgiving, Christmas, our trip with friends to Phoenix. And the best
