This is a hard email to write. It’s a story that my wife was very hesitant for me to share publicly. But it’s a scary wake-up call that we need to share as people who care deeply about the plant-based movement and getting people healthy with whole-foods nutrition. Because if it can happen to me (someone who thinks about plant-based nutrition, literally,...

Longevity, disease prevention, energy, immunity… Every health buzzword comes back to one thing: Your gut. Well, technically the trillions of microbes processing the nutrients from the foods you eat. And when it comes to gut health, the plant-based diet is a superstar promoter. Simply by consuming a variety of fruits, vegetables,...

I’ve recently come back to running, after going through a long period with almost no interest in it. But this time, it’s different from before. Before, when I was “a runner,” I was doing it for races and for fun. For its own sake. This time, it’s entirely about fitness and longevity. And as such, I want to do it right. Kettlebell...

Last month, my family moved into a brand new house we had designed and built.  I never thought we’d build a house, and we didn’t set out to do so with this move.  But after a particularly frustrating first week of house-hunting, when we were nearing hopelessness, a light went on for us:  The things that are most important to us...

After the 5-Hour Resolution Run on New Year’s Day (with my wife, Erin) In 2013, I ran my first 100-mile ultramarathon.  And then, just like that, I quit running. Quitting wasn’t really the plan. But I got busy with the tour for my first book, and just never started training again. The 100 had been the culmination of a decade...

A few years ago, at the start of 2019, I set a huge goal: to get into the best shape of my life by the end of the year. I had in mind a total fitness overhaul: strength, endurance, mobility, and the best diet I could eat. How cool would it be to have it all at once? I spent a long time thinking about how to quantify “best shape...