Man's Journey to be the Healthiest Man Alive

A.J. Jacobs was encouraged by his friend to discover for one year ways how to live a healthier life.
He tried strollering which entailed various types of walking, lunges and running with your child in a stroller. Next, he tried a caveman workout which entailed eating raw meat then going to the park and walking around with all fours, hands and feet on the ground. For his food he tried the reduced calorie diet where he ate very few calories to improve longevity. Even in his restroom habits he found healthier ways to improve his health. He used something called, Nature's Platform. Instead of sitting, the platform requires squatting on a platform over the toilet. His research indicates sitting in the restroom is a new thing only 400 years. He states it is much easier for the body when we use the squatting position and hemorrhoids are very rare if non-existent using this method.

After a year of searching to be the healthiest man alive. Mr. Jacobs believes there are five ways to live a healthier life. The first is quantify.  Keep track of the number of times you do something or how many steps your take or how much you eat. He bought a bit to keep track of the calories he ate and how many calories he used in various activities. Number two: he recommends is to always be moving. Everything he's does in a day he tries to do it moving in some form because the sedentary lifestyle is very damaging to the health of the body.  He has taken the advice from a Dr. from Mayo clinic who started encouraging people to have treadmill offices where people walk on a treadmill as they do their work. Number three:  he recommends is honor the elder version of yourself. When you do not wish to choose to exercise your debt to the body, he recommends thinking of the Elders self and be kind to
yourself for an hour by exercising and being active. If you pay the debt now, you will be thankful when you are older to be able to be active.  Number four: Design a healthier environment for yourself.
Eat in front of a mirror in order to eat less. Number five: Peer pressure. Have friends who encourage a healthy life style such as twittering your friends on what you ate that day or when you exercise to help keep accountability. In closing, if you are mindful of what you are doing everyday to maintain a healthier lifestyle by creating opportunities to keep yourself accountable; you too can start the journey to be the healthiest person alive.

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