🎧 HIH Episode 11: An Ounce of Prevention is Worth a Pound of Cure - Why Health Is Hard (And What You Can Do About It) | Health Is Hard Podcast

Ready to understand why getting healthy feels like swimming upstream? Dr. Matt exposes the uncomfortable truth about America's health crisis and reveals why our modern environment is literally designed to make us sick. Discover the hidden forces working against your health goals, from evolutionary mismatches to environmental sabotage.

Show Notes:

• (0:00) Introduction: "Let the brain gainz begin"
• (1:30) Episode setup: Health apocalypse we're facing
• (3:00) 6 in 10 Americans have chronic disease (preventable)
• (5:30) Financial catastrophe: $4.1 trillion treating vs preventing
• (8:00) Healthcare: Ferrari for emergencies, clunker for chronic disease
• (10:00) Great lifestyle revolution: 200 years of dramatic change
• (12:15) Movement collapse: 18,000 Amish vs 4,000 American steps
• (14:30) Sugar explosion: 10 lbs (1820) vs 130 lbs today
• (16:15) Sleep destruction: 9+ hours natural vs 6.8 with screens
• (18:00) Evolutionary mismatch: smartphone apps on 1980s computer
• (20:00) Neuroscience: reward center vs prefrontal cortex battle
• (22:15) [Element X Personal Transformations Coaching Ad]
• (24:00) Environmental sabotage: suburbs designed to kill movement
• (26:15) Walkable neighborhoods = 36 marathons worth of calories
• (28:30) Social pressure: friend's obesity increases your risk 57%
• (30:45) "Just one won't hurt" phenomenon
• (33:00) Social media brain hacking: food images = 67% more snacking
• (34:45) Blue Zones: lifestyle trumps genetics
• (36:30) Okinawan secret: 80% full = 80% fewer heart attacks
• (38:00) Prevention power: 60-70% of deaths preventable
• (39:15) Eight evidence-based takeaways
• (41:30) Final thoughts: not slave to genetics, everything moldable
• (42:15) Outro and resources

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