John La PumaDr. John La Puma is a board-certified internist and two-time New York Times bestselling author who has spent his career asking a simple question: Why are modern humans so sick in environments we were never designed to live in?Early in his career, Dr.La Puma co-taught the first Culinary Medicine course at a U.S. medical school, and helped bring food, metabolism, and lifestyle back into mainstream medical education. Culinary medicine is now taught in medical schools across the country and around the world. His focus recently widened beyond food to the environment shaping human biology. His work examines how light, movement, time outdoors, and daily exposure to nature influence sleep, focus, metabolic health, immune function, and resilience. His research show that they are often more powerful than medications or devices alone. Dr. La Puma lives and works in Santa Barbara, California, where he continues to study and live the relationship between environment, lifestyle and long-term health. Read More Read Less