Dr. Vonda Wright

But I'm going to tell you for sure, that's still 50% of the time, whether it's a regular doctor's visit or people have paid a lot of money to get the best advice in the world, they somehow don't take action and they know what to do and don't do it and know what to do and don't do it. And so I get to the place where I meet them in the emergency room with their broken hip and

And they're laying there in excruciating pain, frail. And if I could have just gotten them to believe that they were worth the daily investment in their health, that would be work worth doing. But here's the deal. I can't make them. I've come to understand. I can't make you love yourself. I can't make you care about your well-being more than you care about other people's.

And they're laying there in excruciating pain, frail. And if I could have just gotten them to believe that they were worth the daily investment in their health, that would be work worth doing. But here's the deal. I can't make them. I've come to understand. I can't make you love yourself. I can't make you care about your well-being more than you care about other people's.

I can just encourage you to do the work if that's what it's going to take to realize that safety is often being strong. Safety is often being mobile. Safety is preservation of your brain.

I can just encourage you to do the work if that's what it's going to take to realize that safety is often being strong. Safety is often being mobile. Safety is preservation of your brain.

Oh, my privilege.

Oh, my privilege.

Love yourself enough to give yourself the same grace you give other people. To know that your efforts are not perfect, but that it matters. Just trying matters.

Love yourself enough to give yourself the same grace you give other people. To know that your efforts are not perfect, but that it matters. Just trying matters.

The worst health advice I've ever heard are all the wacko diets, the grapefruit, the pickle, the soup diet. Like we are all, anything ending in a diet, suppose as an endpoint, what I am helping people do is build a lifestyle, how we live, not a set amount of time.

The worst health advice I've ever heard are all the wacko diets, the grapefruit, the pickle, the soup diet. Like we are all, anything ending in a diet, suppose as an endpoint, what I am helping people do is build a lifestyle, how we live, not a set amount of time.

I think that if you are on a stringent diet, you develop a mindset of austerity. And instead of thinking about food occasionally, it's you obsess about it. And that is counterproductive because if you are hungry all the time or obsessed with, oh, I have to only eat half a grapefruit, it takes over your brain versus if you say the way I eat is that I get a gram of protein per ideal pound.

I think that if you are on a stringent diet, you develop a mindset of austerity. And instead of thinking about food occasionally, it's you obsess about it. And that is counterproductive because if you are hungry all the time or obsessed with, oh, I have to only eat half a grapefruit, it takes over your brain versus if you say the way I eat is that I get a gram of protein per ideal pound.

And what does that mean? Oh, well, I'm going to have an egg white omelet that's 30 grams. This is just how I eat. Here's an example. When I go out to dinner with people who know what I say, they always are watching what I'm ordering. And then they'll say things like, oh, I feel so guilty. I want to have... And I say, don't feel guilt. I'm not... I am just eating the way I eat.

And what does that mean? Oh, well, I'm going to have an egg white omelet that's 30 grams. This is just how I eat. Here's an example. When I go out to dinner with people who know what I say, they always are watching what I'm ordering. And then they'll say things like, oh, I feel so guilty. I want to have... And I say, don't feel guilt. I'm not... I am just eating the way I eat.

It's not a sacrifice. It's just what I do. So you do you and I'll do me. But it's a funny reaction people have. So do I think diets can be helpful? I think a nutrition plan can be helpful. Here's how many protein. Here's how much carbs. These are the amazing sources. But a six-week diet...

It's not a sacrifice. It's just what I do. So you do you and I'll do me. But it's a funny reaction people have. So do I think diets can be helpful? I think a nutrition plan can be helpful. Here's how many protein. Here's how much carbs. These are the amazing sources. But a six-week diet...

I think you get to the end, you may have lost some weight, you've probably lost a lot of muscle, then you'll gain it back and you'll gain back more fat than you lost in the first place.

I think you get to the end, you may have lost some weight, you've probably lost a lot of muscle, then you'll gain it back and you'll gain back more fat than you lost in the first place.

We're losing the ability to, we're losing physical muscle. We're losing the metabolic power to process our glucose. We're losing muscle volume to produce irisin, the protein that muscle produces that goes to the brain in variety. We're losing the metabolic capacity and we're losing strength so that we can't get up out of a chair. We fall down more easily. We lose a lot.