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Ninety-nine percent of AskDwightHow concentrates on approaches and methods to integrate and fortify your mind's foundation. Yet, aspects like Nutrition, Fitness, and Sleep tackle another vital foundation: your body. Your mind and body, while distinct to some degree, are intricately linked, each heavily influencing the other.

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Who am I most informed by regarding nutrition, fitness, and sleep? How do I know what I say I know?

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As a user of AskDwightHow, you can often swiftly grasp and evaluate various methods of thinking to determine their relevance for building and sustaining an exceptional life. However, determining the best nutrition, ideal exercise (for general health), and methods for optimal sleep cannot be as easily assessed by each individual. This is particularly true for nutrition. For these domains, I have primarily depended on scientific studies (inductive methods) and sound logic (deductive methods) to discern how to enhance these three areas. And, naturally, I conduct as much self-testing as possible, as should you.

 

It's often hard to know which nutritional/exercise/sleep things that I'm doing (out of hundreds that are routinely apart of my everyday life) that contribute to having a great body (and mind). But I must be doing something right. I am the healthiest person of my age that I personally know about.

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I started focusing on these areas (especially nutrition) about a half century ago (measured from January, 2021). Along the way I've studied and tried many ideas and approaches. I was often confused about whether-this-is-better or that-is-better. Most of that confusion has cleared up. Although I am always open to discovering how I might be wrong about something in any of these areas, I am prepared to back up anything I claim with evidence.

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Fit is not healthy

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Although fitness can be an important contributor to health, it's important to understand that being fit does not necessarily mean healthy. See Fit is not healthy.

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Information sources that I give serious consideration to

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Nutrition information sources

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• Life Force: How New Breakthroughs in Precision Medicine Can Transform the Quality of Your Life & Those You by Tony Robbins

• The End of Heart Disease: The Live to Eat Plan to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease by Dr. Joel Fuhrman

• How Not to Age: The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older by Dr. Michael Greger

• How Not to Die: Discover the Foods Scientifically Proven to Prevent and Reverse Disease by Dr. Michael Greger

• How Not to Diet: The Groundbreaking Science of Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss by Dr. Michael Greger

• https://nutritionfacts.org/ by Dr. Michael Greger

• Eat for Life: The Breakthrough Nutrient-Rich Program for Longevity, Disease Reversal, and Sustained Weight Loss by Dr. Joel Fuhrman

• Super Immunity: The Essential Nutrition Guide for Boosting Your Body's Defenses to Live Longer, Stronger, and Disease Free by Dr. Joel Fuhrman (check out his other books)

• Lifespan: Why We Age—and Why We Don't Have To by David Sinclair

• The Ultimate Guide To Red Light Therapy: How to Use Red and Near-Infrared Light Therapy for Anti-Aging, Fat Loss, Muscle Gain, Performance, and Brain Optimization by Ari Whitten (not exactly nutrition, but I put it here)

• https://nutritionfacts.org

• https://examine.com/

• https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

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Fitness information sources

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• The One-Minute Workout: Science Shows a Way to Get Fit That's Smarter, Faster, Shorter by Martin Gibala

• Move a Little, Lose a Lot: New N.E.A.T. Science Reveals How to Be Thinner, Happier, and Smarter by Dr. James Levine

• Whole Body Vibration: the Future of Good Health by Becky Chambers

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Sleep information sources

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• Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker