Aaron Hartman, MDFunctional Medicine Specialist | Clinical Researcher

CIRS 5 | Why 'Normal' Health Isn't Good Enough Anymore

8 Oct 2024 · 0 min

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Aaron Hartman argues that 'sick is the new normal' and most people should stop settling for merely not being sick. Real health requires treating it as a full-time priority, not something you get to later, even though being health-focused can feel isolating.

Sick is the new normal. You don't want to go back to normal, you want to go to optimal, which is not common. So it's just changing people's mindsets and realizing that you really need to make keeping your keeping yourself healthy needs to be a priority. It can't be like, I'll worry about when I'm older. It's a full time.
Job, not a part time job. It's hard because it's alienating. And that is not easy.
That's one of the hardest things for us. It's been super alienating.
It's alienating and someone who isn't going through or hasn't gone through the same thing does not understand.