Tom Frieden

Easier said than done, but there are things that can be done.

And thank you for pointing out the new class of sleep meds that some people may benefit from.

Nutrition.

You know, nutrition is really complicated, but there's some things that are really clear.

More potassium, less sodium, more fiber, less processed meat, less sugar.

You know, it gets really complicated past that

But those things from an epidemiologic technical rigor standpoint, I'm really certain will make a really big difference.

And then finally, the sixth is avoid toxins, tobacco, alcohol, PM 2.5, and the new ones, the big three, nanoparticles, microplastics, and endocrine disruptors.

We don't fully understand what harms they're creating and how much, but they are not good things to have in your environment.

Anyway— I'll tell you two little things I changed in my personal health regime after writing this book.

I eat a lot more sweet potatoes because I had no idea they were so healthy and they're delicious.

And I bought a reverse osmosis machine for my water because that's a way of avoiding plastics, microplastics, and, you know, 50% of our water has stuff in it.

Thank you, Eric, for what you do.

You know, you've been such a great voice of science.

You are always at the cutting edge.

You're always telling us what's around the corner, what's now, what's important.

And I loved your book, Longevity.

And I was fascinated by that you, from a very basic science researcher standpoint, and I, from an epidemiologic analyst standpoint, come up with pretty much the same formula for personal health.

I just, you, I'm not going to, I've never taken money from a company, so I'm not going to say what brand I use, but you know, get onto consumer reports and wire cutter and inter independent assessments and see which have a good assessment.

All right.