SuperLife: The 5 Simple Fixes That Will Make You Healthy, Fit, and Eternally Awesome

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Olien demonstrates in great detail how to maintain these processes, thereby allowing our bodies to do the rest. Science is not perfect, and it's easy to bash on it, but that doesn't mean we should listen someone's ideas just because they sound nice. Reading this book made me want to make the changes and I've already started incorporating them in my life. We are all living in ignorance in many ways, but Olien is here to help us awaken to our most alive selves, which will only benefit each other and the planet too. Olien has introduced a number of diet fads and dietary supplements including "healthiest nuts in the world" known as Barukas and Shakeology, a meal replacement.

As a member of the medical community, I noticed that there were many things that he states which just did not make any sense. But if we breathe horizontally, we inhale deeply, so that our shoulders relax, our rib cage extends out to the sides (horizontally), and our diaphragm moves down, deeply filling our lungs with air. Today Darin is widely recognized as an authority and valuable resource on plant–based nutrition, supplement formulation and elite performance programs, which he has created for some of the top athletes in the world.

I studied exercise physiology and nutrition in college, worked one-on-one helping people who were injured, discovered more about what makes our bodies tick.

But is it more miraculous than turning broccoli, walnuts, beets, apples, and water into bones and organs and blood and brains? Eat mineral-rich plant foods: fresh leafy greens, brightly-colored veggies, avocados, almonds, cold-pressed oils such as olive oil. A fruit or vegetable is like the go-between—a way for us to absorb the substances that exist in the soil, in the world. While a lot of it was info that I already know from being in the health and wellness space for a while, I still learned a ton.

It’s also very conversationally-written, so while it includes multiple science-backed facts and peer-reviewed studies, it’s an easy read. If this wasn't bad enough, he has some truly bizarre takes: ADHD is not real and can be avoided with a good diet and more water; sunscreen is bad; all diseases are the result of bad nutrition. It, too, is nourished; it grows up and develops; it absorbs and metabolizes and excretes and retains and makes use of what it needs.

he was Zac Efron’s knowledgeable sidekick in Down to Earth (which I pretty much spent mentally debating who was more attractive. This means that the normal minerals, that water contains, get removed by several different processes. But the same internal conditions that affect our brains also affect our feet, our skin, our genitals, and our joints. According to Olien, 'The list of jobs that water does puts other organs to shame, and just like any other organ, water supply can be healthy, and functioning well, or can be insufficient to do its job right.I think I might have enjoyed this more as a physical book so I could highlight passages to refer back to later. White blood cells work tirelessly to transport toxins and other types of trash to the lymphatic system, where all the junk gets destroyed.

PFAS are heat-resistant, stain-resistant, and slippery, and are found in things like food containers, rubber, stain-resistant shirts, leather, fire foam, bedding, carpets, couches, and even baby bibs. Amazing book for anyone interested in nutrition and wanting to look after their bodies in the best way possible. If we maintain the health of our DNA through positive lifestyle choices—food, water, habits, even thoughts—we have a chance for long, productive lives. The chapter on nutrition was a little frustrating, and not because I disagree (I totally agree) with what Darin says about the importance of nutrition, but because as I read the chapter I just wanted to say, "But it's just not that easy. Darin breaks it down into five forces: nutrition, hydration, detoxification, oxygenation and alkalization.The word factors is kind of boring, but the scientific world hasn’t come up with a term yet for exactly what I’m talking about. For the pragmatics, he offers realistic, actionable steps to enhance each ‘lifeforce' to improve our health. Maybe it will be our hearts, or our livers, or our blood, our lungs, our colons, our bones, our brains, our breasts. It makes for a more interesting read - especially the way he shares his very passionate feelings on water.