We are going back to a ~LIVE~ bookclub format for this one! Here is why you should give 1 month to change your life with us:
“Fifty years ago, Americans suffered one-third the current rate of obesity, one-seventh the rate of diabetes, and, by some measures, one-tenth the rate of dementia. Is that because we were more educated? Or were we somehow better people who took more responsibility for our own health? No….In 1960 there were only 100 McDonald’s franchises in the United States; today there are 250,000 fast-food restaurants across the country…Add to this state of affairs the fact that we’re genetically hardwired to crave fat, sugar, and salt. That’s how 99 percent of the 25,000 generations of humans who came before us survived. For most of human history, we’ve lived in an environment of hardship and scarcity. Now we live in an environment of excess and ease.”
— The Blue Zones Challenge: A 4-Week Plan for a Longer, Better Life by Dan Buettner
“Fifty years ago, Americans suffered one-third the current rate of obesity, one-seventh the rate of diabetes, and, by some measures, one-tenth the rate of dementia. Is that because we were more educated? Or were we somehow better people who took more responsibility for our own health? No….In 1960 there were only 100 McDonald’s franchises in the United States; today there are 250,000 fast-food restaurants across the country…Add to this state of affairs the fact that we’re genetically hardwired to crave fat, sugar, and salt. That’s how 99 percent of the 25,000 generations of humans who came before us survived. For most of human history, we’ve lived in an environment of hardship and scarcity. Now we live in an environment of excess and ease.”
— The Blue Zones Challenge: A 4-Week Plan for a Longer, Better Life by Dan Buettner