Welcome to Well Now Now, Now Now, The New Podcasts, Health and Well Now,

Slate's new podcast about health and wellness.

I'm Dr. Kavita Patel.

And I'm Maya Fowler, registered dietician nutritionist. And this

podcast begins with a question. We all want to feel well, but what does that mean

exactly? Is it getting at least 30 minutes of activity each day?

Sleeping at least eight hours every night?

Is it maintaining your blood sugar or eating a balanced diet?

Or is it all that and more?

Everybody seems to have an opinion about what it means to be well now.

Sometimes they even claim to have the solution

and then try to sell you something useless or even harmful.

So we're here to cut through the noise and help you get to the heart

of what it means to be well. Every week we'll tackle a new story with people all

over the wellness industry and today we'll raise a glass and toast to dry January.

Stay with us.

You're listening to Well now from Slate, I'm Dr. Kavita Patel.

And I'm Maya Feller. Now, Kavita, it's our first episode, but more importantly, it's January, the start of the new year. That means it's a resolution season Maya new

year new me all that stuff. Exactly so many of us are looking for that quote-quote

reset and some will take this opportunity to re-evaluate

their relationship with alcohol including us on the Well Now team. Okay so picture

this you're in Brooklyn walking down the street some of them are cobblestone streets. Some of them are just

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