Sublime

Human biology is optimized for conditions that existed 100,000 years ago, not for the world in which we actually live today. Food is everywhere; predators are not. You no longer have to be in constant motion; instead, you probably spend most of your time occupied by sedentary activities, like sitting behind a desk at a computer. As a result, we fac

“Exercise is the single most potent tool we have in the health-span-enhancing toolkit—and that includes nutrition, sleep, and meds.”

—Dr. Peter Attia

the life of the human animal collapsed to mere life, life for the sake of life, as it devolves to the yeast form aesthetically, morally, intellectually, physically. On the other side is the life of the immortal gods who live in pure mountain air, and the sign of this life, where energy is marshaled to the production of higher order, is the aestheti

My own beauty has always felt like an avocado: not ripe, not ripe, not ripe… and on its way to rotting in the blink of an eye.

My mother often commented that when you consider everything that could go wrong with the human body it’s amazing that anything goes right—and for her things mostly had gone right.

Being mortal is about the struggle to cope with the constraints of our biology, with the limits set by genes and cells and flesh and bone. Medical science has given us remarkable power to push against these limits, and the potential value of this power was a central reason I became a doctor. But again and again, I have seen the damage we in medicin

This is why I insist my patients undergo a DEXA scan annually—and I am far more interested in their visceral fat than their total body fat.

Imagine your body is made of clay, with each type and frequency of movement shaping the physical outcome. Take your imaginary body-ball-of-clay through your personal movement timeline, considering your early development, favorite activities, accidents or sports injuries, footwear habits, the desks at school, your favorite couch, and driving posture