From 'Healthy' to Healthy
I am not a physician, nutritionist, or licensed healthcare practitioner. Nothing on this page is medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. It is a reading list and a personal map of authors I find worth taking seriously. For anything concerning your own health, consult a qualified professional who knows your case. “Healthy” is a marketing word. What it means in biological terms is a system maintaining homeostasis: regulated blood glucose, low systemic inflammation, functional insulin sensitivity, adequate sleep architecture, an intact gut barrier. Most of what the food, supplement, and pharmaceutical industries sell as “health” targets the appearance of these conditions — or suppresses their downstream symptoms — without addressing the upstream causes. …