Death By Comfort: How Modern Life Is Killing Us... -

Comfort is a wonderful slave but a terrible master. To live a long, vibrant life, you have to get comfortable being uncomfortable.

In the past, humans experienced "metabolic flexibility"—the ability to switch between burning sugar and burning fat. This was forced by seasonal food scarcity and physical effort. Today, with a high-carb snack always within arm's reach, our insulin levels stay perpetually elevated. We have lost the ability to tap into our fat stores, leading to a global epidemic of insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes. 3. Thermal Monotony Death by Comfort: How modern life is killing us...

Just 30 seconds can jumpstart your nervous system. Comfort is a wonderful slave but a terrible master