On the coronary heart of “healthspan” vs. “lifespan” lies a paradox: looking for to dwell to an outdated age, whereas having fun with the advantages of youth (health-wise). But, satirically, for the primary time in historical past, the human lifespan has declined by three years regardless of fashionable scientific and technological developments. To assist make clear this phenomenon, Gundry explains how that is really a byproduct of how we’ve got lived over the a long time, and means that we focus extra on our healthspan, not our lifespan. Additional, he touches on and busts seven myths to supply sounder context to the subject of longevity, comparable to “saturated fats shouldn’t be demonized” and “milk does a physique good,” to call a couple of.
