Unlock These 6 Surprisingly Simple Biohacks That Instantly Supercharge Your Health—No Sweat Required!
Is it just me or has the pursuit of “wellness” become wildly complicated? I don’t take a daily fistful of supplements, jump into a cold plunge, or sit in an infrared sauna while deep-breathing to transcendental music. Nothing against any of these practices; it’s just that I only made it in up to my ankles when I cold-plunged the first and only time.
Luckily, feeling like a happier, more energetic disease-fighting machine doesn’t have to be confusing, complex, or expensive—and you can start now, with the tools you have on hand. “We forget about the simple strategies, but we can get more benefit from them than we realize,” says Alicia Robbins, MD, an ob-gyn certified in lifestyle medicine.
The payoff for these back-to-basics biohacks is big: “Carving out time for small habits literally will add years to your life,” Dr. Robbins adds. (To be more specific, if you have healthy, evidence-backed lifestyle habits in place, you can tack on an extra 20 years, according to research in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.)
I asked experts what they recommend to their own patients (and to the rest of us), then tried them on for size myself, learning firsthand that hacking your health doesn’t have to be hard. Here are six things to implement, starting today.
1) Schedule Sunlight
Ten to 20 minutes of sun exposure within the first hour of waking up is what Lauren Dal Farra, MD, a preventive cardiologist and CEO of the functional medicine practice PALM Health in Ladue, Missouri, recommends. So that’s just what I did, taking my cup of coffee outside to my patio in the Chicago ’burbs instead of scrolling social media at my kitchen counter. Yes, sometimes it’s gloomy here, but the sun’s rays still get through the clouds.
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