I’m a family doctor. Like my colleagues, I have and do prescribe Ozempic and similar medicines. These are potent drugs that have helped many people to lose weight and control diabetes. For the right patient it is a very effective drug. That said, it’s a drug. That is precisely the problem. True, it does have …
Our species, homo sapiens have roamed the Earth for an estimated 200-300K years. For nearly all of our time on Earth we spent well over 90% of our time outdoors. In fact, there was no such thing as indoors for >95% of our history. The post-industrial era in which we now live accounts for only …
Happier Studies show that those who are financially secure are happier. You don’t need to be a multimillionaire to be financially secure. Financial security has certain benefits. In the first place you sleep better at night knowing your needs are taken care of. Moreover, those who are financial independent have a degree of agency (or …
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As you might imagine, there’s been lots of research on the factors that determine happiness. If you read Health in Flames, you know that the determinants of happiness seem to coincide with those factors that engage the body, the mind, or the soul of the human person in some way. And in the book, I …
