Thanks for coming by. I'm Marcus, founder and lead writer here at 66.1. I started this newsletter in July 2023 because I wanted to help. I was tired of seeing friends and family fall victim to yet another preventable chronic disease.

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Having worked at the Mayo Clinic for a few years at this point, I had seen firsthand the tragedies that result when one neglects lifestyle factors and relies on prescriptions and intervention-based modern medicine. Diabetic amputations, weight-loss surgeries, and dramatic cardiac interventions were a few of the examples of preventable, yet somehow necessary interventions I witnessed.

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At this point, I still thought I wanted to become a doctor. I went through the entire medical school interview process, only to realize that what I was trying to do wasn't what a doctor does in modern medicine. If I continued on my path, I would face a painful moment 7+ years down the road when I was equipped with my M.D. degree and still wasn't able to help in the ways I wished to.

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So I stopped. I decided medical school wasn't for me. And I started writing. Because I want to help you get healthy and stay healthy before you end up in your doctor's office, dependent on a cocktail of Ozempic, Lipitor, and Ativan to feel "normal". We're here to build health the old-fashioned way, through exercise, nutrition, sleep, and cultivating great relationships.

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If that sounds like it's for you, I encourage you to enter your best email in the form below to make sure you don't miss out on the next newsletter, coming your way this week.

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And if you're wondering, "Why 66.1 ('sixty-six point one')?", it's because 66.1 is the average health span of an adult in the US at the time this newsletter started publishing. And we're here to extend that.