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If you want to Live Younger, Longer, here's one small thing to try this week. THE LIVE YOUNGER, LONGER HACK #1This week's focus: HORMONES 1 THING TO KNOWGet outside within an hour of waking up. Not behind a window. Not staring at your phone next to a sunny window. Actually go outside. Your body uses morning light as one of the signals that tells your internal clock: The day has begun. And that matters more than most people realize. 1 THING TO DOTomorrow morning, go outside for 10 minutes shortly after waking. Drink your coffee out there. Walk around the block. Let the dog take you for a walk. Just get outside. WHY I WANT YOU DOING ITYour hormones don't operate independently. They work on rhythms. Morning light helps synchronize your circadian system—the biological clock involved in the daily timing of cortisol, melatonin, sleep, alertness, and metabolism. And here's the part people miss: Better aging isn't created by one giant health decision. It's created by hundreds of small signals you repeatedly give your body. At 70, I pay far more attention to those signals than I did at 40. Vicky does the same in her 60s. We don't expect our bodies to know what time it is while we spend our mornings sitting indoors staring at screens. YOUR 7-DAY CHALLENGEFor the next seven mornings: Get outside for 10 minutes within an hour of waking. Don't change anything else. Just notice: How is your morning energy? How is your mood? And most importantly… How are you sleeping? Consider yourself your own little experiment. ONE QUESTIONWhat is ONE small thing you do today that you believe is helping your future 70-year-old self? Hit reply and tell me. I read them. Live Younger, Longer,
One of our reasons for wanting to Live Younger, Longer: there's still too much of the world we haven't seen. Doc & Vicky Mac P.S. Next week's Live Younger, Longer Hack moves to WEIGHT—and I'll show you one small change we use to help make managing body composition easier as we age. |
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THE PAUSE A NEWSLETTER ABOUT HORMONES Understand your hormones. Feel like yourself again. "Coffee," I Said. "You're such a joker, Doc. I knew it was a dumb question." "I'm being serious." Susan had just completed another successful week of her weight-loss program. She'd lost another 3.2 pounds, bringing her total to 15 pounds in four weeks. But she wasn't celebrating. "Doc, I thought this would be easier." I smiled and sent her a little medal emoji. 🥇 "That's five new lows in a row, Susan....
THE MAC TOOLBOX™ Coffee ☕️ Two things I look for in a cleaner cup of coffee. Coffee the right way Vicky and I travel a lot. And wherever we go, we have a habit of bringing home coffee. We've brought coffee home from places where the beans are grown on mountainsides, roasted in small shops, and sold by people who know more about coffee than I'll ever know. I love discovering the different flavors. But I look for one thing whenever possible. Organic. I prefer organic because I want to be...
"HOW DID YOU DO YESTERDAY? "What side of the bed do you sleep on?" "The left," Susan answered. "When you wake, turn on your left side, bring your knees up, and let the lower part of your legs fall off the bed. At the same time, use your left elbow to lift your torso, allowing gravity to help you sit up in bed." "What are you talking about?" "If you want to weigh less and age less, you need to start respecting your body today before you're 80 years old and struggle to just stand up when you...