The Better Man Project

Eat a handful of nuts every day

Eat a handful of nuts every day

Believing that you are in control of your health can be a self-fulfilling prophecy

Join an organized team sport like softball or basketball

people who ate dark chocolate just once a month lived longer than people who didn’t eat it or ate milk chocolate

Contrary to common expectations—that genes can unconditionally affect risk of certain health traits—it appears in many cases that this is not true,” he says. “The effect of genes can be different in different conditions, in different ages, and different genders.”