Dr. Will Bulsiewicz

A hundred percent in the same way that people who isolate themselves and avoid illness actually become more vulnerable to health-related issues where their immune system can become confused. And then you start to see the emergence of allergic diseases or autoimmune diseases where they think that they're actually improving their health,

Yet actually, in a way, it's healthy for your immune system to be forced to step up and fight once in a while.

Yet actually, in a way, it's healthy for your immune system to be forced to step up and fight once in a while.

Yet actually, in a way, it's healthy for your immune system to be forced to step up and fight once in a while.

All right, so I think this opens into a broader conversation that you kind of touched on earlier, which is you mentioned the value of addition as opposed to elimination or subtraction, right? So let me explain the way that I see that, addition versus subtraction. Okay. Okay.

All right, so I think this opens into a broader conversation that you kind of touched on earlier, which is you mentioned the value of addition as opposed to elimination or subtraction, right? So let me explain the way that I see that, addition versus subtraction. Okay. Okay.

All right, so I think this opens into a broader conversation that you kind of touched on earlier, which is you mentioned the value of addition as opposed to elimination or subtraction, right? So let me explain the way that I see that, addition versus subtraction. Okay. Okay.

The issue with addition is that adding new things is in fact challenging to your body, but there's value that comes from that challenge where you are actually adding functional ability and you are growing and you are getting stronger as a result of that. That is the benefit of addition. It's conceptually, again, conceptually similar to exercise, right? Creates an adaptation. Right.

The issue with addition is that adding new things is in fact challenging to your body, but there's value that comes from that challenge where you are actually adding functional ability and you are growing and you are getting stronger as a result of that. That is the benefit of addition. It's conceptually, again, conceptually similar to exercise, right? Creates an adaptation. Right.

The issue with addition is that adding new things is in fact challenging to your body, but there's value that comes from that challenge where you are actually adding functional ability and you are growing and you are getting stronger as a result of that. That is the benefit of addition. It's conceptually, again, conceptually similar to exercise, right? Creates an adaptation. Right.

And when we think about our long-term health, where we want to be in five years, 10 years, 30 years, That ultimately is what we need in order to get there, right? Is to add functional ability and become stronger as a result of that. So I viewed this concept of addition as being the long-term play.

And when we think about our long-term health, where we want to be in five years, 10 years, 30 years, That ultimately is what we need in order to get there, right? Is to add functional ability and become stronger as a result of that. So I viewed this concept of addition as being the long-term play.

And when we think about our long-term health, where we want to be in five years, 10 years, 30 years, That ultimately is what we need in order to get there, right? Is to add functional ability and become stronger as a result of that. So I viewed this concept of addition as being the long-term play.

But the problem, the challenge to this is what happens in the short term, which is that when you make this move to add, conceptually similar to going to the gym on January 1st, you feel some discomfort and then it actually invoked symptoms. Like you actually brought out symptoms as a result of adding, right? The opposite is restriction elimination, which is a symptom oriented approach.

But the problem, the challenge to this is what happens in the short term, which is that when you make this move to add, conceptually similar to going to the gym on January 1st, you feel some discomfort and then it actually invoked symptoms. Like you actually brought out symptoms as a result of adding, right? The opposite is restriction elimination, which is a symptom oriented approach.

But the problem, the challenge to this is what happens in the short term, which is that when you make this move to add, conceptually similar to going to the gym on January 1st, you feel some discomfort and then it actually invoked symptoms. Like you actually brought out symptoms as a result of adding, right? The opposite is restriction elimination, which is a symptom oriented approach.

So what you're saying here is that I don't want to feel symptoms. Therefore, I'm going to reduce my exposure to these things that cause symptoms. And by reducing my exposure to these things, the symptoms improve, right? But the problem is it's the opposite of challenging your gut. It's less of a challenge.

So what you're saying here is that I don't want to feel symptoms. Therefore, I'm going to reduce my exposure to these things that cause symptoms. And by reducing my exposure to these things, the symptoms improve, right? But the problem is it's the opposite of challenging your gut. It's less of a challenge.

So what you're saying here is that I don't want to feel symptoms. Therefore, I'm going to reduce my exposure to these things that cause symptoms. And by reducing my exposure to these things, the symptoms improve, right? But the problem is it's the opposite of challenging your gut. It's less of a challenge.

So in the same way that I think about exercise, where, you know, look, if I hurt my knee, right, I could create an approach where I never feel pain in my knee for the rest of my life. And that would be by laying on the couch. And the problem is that I suffer the consequences of making a choice where I'm not actually challenging myself to restore that functional ability again.