Monday, November 12, 2012

health

what an insanely large liminal space that exists between life and death, not even metaphysically speaking (unusual, i know).

that massive liminal space is probably what we call health.  over our lifetime, our health waxes and wanes at different points and we never quite know how close we get to either maximum.

beyond our lifespan, we have our healthspan.  this is the time in which we can attain maximum life and health, but we all live in mediocrity.

we eat like sh*t, we sleep like sh*t, we work like sh*t.

so how exactly do we measure our health within this liminality?  biomarkers alone?

if you could measure it, would you even change anything?

surely you've had a blood panel done before.  metrics, with strong correlations to outcomes.

what more does would it take?

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