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This makes a lot of sense—I concur that a person's structural soundness would make sense as the ultimate variable for human health. There is a lesser-known book entitled "Coronaries Cholesterol Chlorine" by Dr Joseph M. Price (1969) that I read a while ago that adds to the picture on the aetiology of atherosclerosis. It is less than 80 pages, but for TL;DR, it hypothesises that chlorinated drinking water is one of the primary drivers behind the rise in coronary heart disease. At the end of the book, it includes the details of an experiment conducted on roosters that appears to prove his hypothesis correct. However, when a person's biomechanics are solid, it makes perfect sense that the structurally sound person would also be far less susceptible to all of these various environmental influences that may drive/exacerbate disease conditions. Versatility—optimising one to be able to withstand damages and quickly recover after it happens (like your recent Substack post on Travis Pastrana highlighted)—should be the most important objective of health work

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