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I Quit Health: Maybe You Should Too?

I lost my health while doing everything right, which left me to quit health altogether. It sounds extreme, but it's exactly what helped me find the intended design of health.

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Alexa Schirm
Apr 04, 2024
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I really believe that health is simple.

Maybe it's not easy, but it's certainly not as complicated as we've made it.

Yet a recent survey caught my attention, leaving me questioning everything.

Just over 60% of Americans have at least one chronic disease.

Proving it's really easy to be sick in America and harder not to be. And if, at baseline, you do nothing…

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