Before dad's cancer, I didn't know that was a question worth asking. Didn't know I was worthy of having a long or healthy life. "Research" was attempted in the years after his diagnosis but it wasn't until shortly before his death that I started applying what I was learning to myself. With death brings life. I put research in quotes for a reason. As you know, we live in an age of information saturation and profiteering as a result. It's difficult enough to find truthful information yet my own natural biases can be an enemy of truth. After being taught how to look for proper research citations by a gifted chemist and armed with the gift of awareness of my own ignorance, I had new eyes and wisdom to seek knowledge. There are over 30,000 health books available on Amazon. A few of them are reliable. I stumbled into lifestyle medicine for a reason, though, because coincidence is God's way of staying anonymous. (Thanks Einstein.) I learned that Hippocrates' was right in advising, "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." An evidence-based lifestyle was the new standard for me with a drastic shift in how I lived. It wasn't an easy shift. A whole-food, plant-based diet is the new standard for me, though. 60lbs lost and kept off for five years. I will never fully phase out meat because celebrations come seldom and should be enjoyed with all the trappings. But I'm in it for the long haul -- to finally be a man of consequence for those I love. And hopefully to consequentially influence those I love to choose long life packed with an ever-increasing baseline for happiness. This is the legacy I want: a life that will keep giving long after I'm gone.