Arianna Huffington: Why Willpower Fails — and What to Do Instead
Mark Hyman
9 jul 2025
Mindsip insights from this episode:
Monitor CRP, ApoB, and A1C for optimal health tracking
To monitor your health, focus on knowing three key numbers: CRP for inflammation, ApoB for lipids, and A1C for blood sugar.
Recognize small steps to achieve better health
Most people don't realize how close they are to feeling good, as small, simple, and cumulative steps can create a cascade effect towards better health.
Leverage social networks to cultivate healthy habits
Your social network is more influential on your weight than your genetics, demonstrating that health habits are contagious within a community.
Implement habit stacking to ensure regular exercise
A powerful way to ensure you exercise is through "habit stacking," such as making a rule to only watch your favorite shows while on a treadmill or bike.
Choose Lesser Evil for a healthier Cheetos alternative
If you love Cheetos, a healthier swap is a snack from the brand Lesser Evil, which doesn't contain dyes or as many chemical ingredients.
Prioritize daily behaviors over genes for better health outcomes
Only 7% of your health outcomes are determined by your genes, while daily behaviors have a far greater impact, even more than medical care for healthy individuals.
Break goals into micro-steps for lasting change
To create lasting change, break down goals into "micro steps" that are too small to fail, which is the opposite of overwhelming New Year's resolutions.
Utilize 60-second resets to prevent cumulative stress
While daily stress is inevitable, cumulative stress is avoidable by using 60-second resets to shift your body from the sympathetic to the parasympathetic nervous system.
Manage sleep to curb carb cravings
If you are sleep-deprived, you will physiologically crave bad carbs and sugars, showing how different health behaviors are deeply integrated.
Cultivate wisdom and compassion beyond AI intelligence
In the age of AI, we should stop defining humanity by intelligence and instead focus on cultivating wisdom, compassion, and resilience, which AI cannot replicate.
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