Health: The Most Important Tech Tool
summary
Claims that 70% of deaths and 86% of US healthcare costs stem from largely preventable chronic disease and that nearly 1 in 5 adults has a mental illness. Practical steps: weekend meal prep or meal kits and a conference rule of one vegetable-heavy meal, use standing/stretch breaks and take stairs, schedule workouts on the calendar, switch devices off an hour before bed and set a curfew, journal with a “diary for good and bad days,” and use NAMI and MentalHealth.gov for resources. eat food not too much mostly plants meds take 4–6 weeks treat workouts like meetings
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chapters (14)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:07What happens in January
- 4:27What happened to me
- 6:32Chronic diseases
- 7:43Improving physical health
- 9:26Tips for eating more healthfully
- 11:29Tips for working from home
- 12:52Benefits of sleep
- 13:39How to get better sleep
- 16:16Mental illness
- 23:44Mental illness education
- 27:36Selfcare
- 29:31Having Fun
- 30:41Relationships Matter
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