In The Spotlight: High-tech Wellness

Feeling overwhelmed by modern toxicity and technology? Frank Lipman, MD, has found a cure for the modern-day blues

- Chris Mann

In an age of industrialized food, social media, and toxic overload, integrative and functional medicine pioneer Frank Lipman, MD, realized it was time to reconnect with nature and find a balanced sense of well being. The result: his habits-and-practices-packed new handbook How to Be Well: The Six Keys to a Happy and Healthy Life.

“The problem is it’s not only a toxic world, we have too much technology,” Lipman says. “We’re all stressed out. Our default choices for eating are unhealthy. We don’t move enough. We’re sitting at computers. We don’t spend enough time out in nature. There’s a lack of community. All of these factors I think play a part in our ‘dis-ease.’ That’s why I put this book and program together. It’s not just about eating a healthy diet. It’s about trying to incorporate as many of these tips into your life and make them habits,.

“It's a way of thinking about your health where you are at the center and you are the author of your own health journey and you take control of your own health,” adds Lipman.

How can we achieve balance with what your book calls “the perfect plate”?