
Young Forever: The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life

Now the average American consumes 133 pounds of flour a year.
Mark Hyman M.D. • Young Forever: The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life
Conversely, that means that 90 percent of our health and our potential for longevity results not from our inherited genetic code but from the exposures that influence our genes.
Mark Hyman M.D. • Young Forever: The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life
Simply walking for 20 minutes a day can cut your risks of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and dementia by 40 percent.
Mark Hyman M.D. • Young Forever: The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life
How many chemical reactions happen every second in the human body? A million? A trillion? Nope. Thirty-seven billion billion.
Mark Hyman M.D. • Young Forever: The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life
Insulin resistance is the single biggest hormonal disorder we face.
Mark Hyman M.D. • Young Forever: The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life
water helps the kidneys and gut remove waste effectively.
Mark Hyman M.D. • Young Forever: The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life
people over sixty years old need more dietary protein
Mark Hyman M.D. • Young Forever: The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life
An obese child ends up living 13 fewer years than a normal-weight child. Now 40 percent of our kids are overweight.
Mark Hyman M.D. • Young Forever: The Secrets to Living Your Longest, Healthiest Life
Take a 12- to 16-hour break from eating each day (practice time-restricted eating) to allow mTOR to quiet down and induce autophagy.