How Our Environment Shapes Our Health

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Paleovalley.   Heart disease, cancer, and stroke are the
leading causes of death in the US. These diseases all have several
risk factors in common, like smoking, physical inactivity, and poor
diet, which policymakers often view simply as personal choices. Yet
there are many reasons we need to begin looking at health beyond
the individual.   In today’s episode, I talk with Dan
Buettner, James Maskell, Tawny Jones, and Dr. Gabor Maté about how
our environment shapes our health and why community is vital to
healing. Dan Buettner is an explorer, National Geographic Fellow,
award-winning journalist and producer, and New York Times
bestselling author. He discovered the five places in the
world—dubbed Blue Zones—where people live the longest, healthiest
lives.   James Maskell has spent the past decade innovating at
the intersection of Functional Medicine and community, where he
created the Functional Forum, the world’s largest Functional
Medicine conference, with record-setting participation. His
organization and first book of the same name, The Evolution of
Medicine, prepares health professionals for this new era of
preventive medicine.   Tawny Jones has been an accomplished
administrator at the Cleveland Clinic for 19 years. She leads
clinical operations at the Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional
Medicine, sharing the efficacy of Functional Medicine and
demonstrating its cost-effectiveness and ability to improve health.
The Functioning for Life shared medical program for chronic disease
management is her brainchild.    A renowned speaker and
bestselling author, Dr. Gabor Maté is highly sought after for his
expertise on a range of topics including addiction, stress, and
childhood development. Dr. Maté has written several bestselling
books. His latest book, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and
Healing in a Toxic Culture, was just released. This episode is
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interviews can be found here: Dan Buettner James Maskell and Tawny
Jones Dr. Gabor Maté