Welcome to Chasing Life.

You know, something I've been thinking a lot about is how despite all of our scientific

breakthroughs, despite these mind-blowing medical advancements, we make every year, and some of

them are truly, truly remarkable, we still often struggle with the basics. We can cure previously incurable

diseases, but keeping ourselves healthy, we've actually not done such a great job with. There are a lot

of examples I can point to, but the most glaring, and I think probably the most fundamental,

is how we eat, how we nourish ourselves.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only about one in 10 adults,

10% in the United States actually eats the recommended amounts of fruits and vegetables.

Three quarters of U.S. adults are either obese or overweight.

We spend $4 trillion on health care, and we are some of the least healthy people in the developed world.

And I really do think a lot of it has to do with our eating habits.

We just don't eat well.

And the consequences of that are far-reaching because along with those

rising obesity rates come a suite of other health issues, type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease,

fatty liver disease, cancer. And then there are all the cultural consequences as well.

Just look around you. Think about all the ads, all the people who claim to have the

secret ingredient to a slimmer and supposedly happier life. You know what I'm talking about.

The YouTubers warning of symptoms of food addiction, who then prescribe out-of-the-box hacks to cutting calories.

That's why I do the sardine challenge to decouple food from pleasure.

Or maybe all the people on TV over the years spreading the gospel of a certain diet or another diet,

even the sexy diet.

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