Anthony Diehl | Preventative Health Consultant

Why we emotionally eat Every decision we make is always the thing we want most in that moment—every time. Now, I bet you're immediately trying to think of exceptions like, "I really want to drive 120mph." But let me ask, why don't you then? The answer is that a superior desire, namely, not to wreck your car or get a ticket, has risen above your desire to drive 120mph. Now, let's say your best friend was grievously injured and you were rushing them to the hospital to fight for their life. In that case, the desire to get them help would override the desire to not get a ticket, and you would happily break the speed limit. So you see, humans are wired to always choose the thing they want most in the moment. This means that when a moment of temptation arises, sheer willpower will only take you so far. You need to have a superior desire. You need to have a desire in you that is strong enough to resist the temptation of immediate pleasure for long-term pleasure. We can apply this to pretty much anything that requires delayed gratification, but let's apply this to food. If I am constantly tempted to eat junk food, I might try to stop because I know it's bad for me. I might have full intellectual assent to the fact that I should care for my body and that if I don't, likely some terrible but preventable diseases are coming for me in old age; yet knowledge and fear only seem to take us so far. We need something more. We need a superior desire that rises up to help us make the right choice. Okay, if you're tracking with me so far, you might be agreeing, but now you're wondering, where do I get this superior desire? How do I just want something else when in this moment what I want is this junk food? It's a great question, and I'm going to give you an answer, but be prepared to do some soul searching and serious reflection. The process might be pretty tough. It might trigger some unexpected emotions, but that's okay. The superior desire comes from knowing your purpose and your mission in life. If you have a vision of the person you want to be—physically, emotionally, spiritually, financially, etc.—you can work backward from that and ask yourself if the habits you're employing today are serving you in working toward your positive vision of who you want to be. Here's a challenge for you: take time this week to write out your own obituary. What do you want to be known for? How do you want to be remembered? This is hard. It's okay if the room gets a little dusty and the paper gets a little wet. It's important to reflect and be sobered by the brevity of life so we will use our days wisely. Once you've done that, now I want you to write a 20-year plan. Where do you want to be in 20 years? I suggest you consider family, faith, finances, and fitness. The key here is to write this in the present tense. Let me show you using myself as an example for fitness: "It's 2045, I am 58 years old. Elyana is 32, Haddon is 30, and Gresham is 28. My youngest son has always wanted to be like me, and he is built like a tank. He got his height from his mother's side. He stands at 6'3" and weighs 280lb. I made the mistake of getting him into weight training and jiu-jitsu at just 5 years old, so he has 25 years of martial arts and strength training under his belt. He always said he would submit me in grappling when he was a teenager, and he got me when he was 16. It's been 14 years of that boy bragging that he can beat his old man, but of course I still bench more than he does because I need some kind of victory. All my kids are fit. My wife and I train together 3-4 days a week. I don't go super heavy anymore. I left the ego lifting behind a while ago. Now we train to keep up with our 7 grandkids who have an endless supply of energy and want nonstop piggyback rides. I'm thankful for the decade I spent running under 700lb yokes and carrying around 300lb farmers handles. It prepared me for this. I am certainly no spring chicken. My knees creak when I stand up and I'm slower than I used to be, but I'm in good shape. I stay active, eat well, and enjoy the pleasures of cigars and whiskey only occasionally. I've managed to keep the preventable diseases common to Americans at bay. I'm not immortal. My time is coming, but I'm thankful so far to be able to have dignity and independence as I approach the home stretch. I'm thankful I invested in my physical portfolio, not just my financial one. So many of my friends are rich on paper but are trapped, imprisoned in their own bodies because they never took care of themselves. I intend to train my body and beat old age back as long as I can. As old age overtakes me in the next 30 years, I want to be a blessing to my family, not a burden, which means it's time to stop writing and lace up my shoes for my daily three-mile walk." You can do this for all areas of your life, but the power of this is now I have a positive vision for my future. I know who I want to be and I can work backward from that and ask myself if my indulgence now will lead to that end result. Don't get me wrong, willpower is still needed, and I still give in from time to time, but having a positive vision of who you want to be makes it easier to say no. If you don't have a positive vision for who you want to be, then all you ever want in the moment is to just feel good, and you will get dopamine from wherever you can, including food. My challenge to you is to create a positive vision of who you want to be in the future. The food isn't the issue, it's your identity. If you can figure out who you are, why you're here, and create a positive vision of the person you want to be, you actually stand a chance of cultivating the superior desires needed to win in moments of temptation with things that don't align with your vision.

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If you’re healthy at the cellular level you will look and perform better.

The standard American diet is built almost entirely around foods that spike your blood sugar rapidly and then leave you crashing an hour later. Bread, cereal, pasta, crackers, sweetened drinks, and most packaged foods all hit your bloodstream fast, demand a surge of insulin, and set you up for energy crashes, cravings, and fat storage. Protein and fiber slow that process down significantly. They blunt the blood sugar spike, keep you fuller longer, and reduce the insulin demand on your body over the course of a day. One of the simplest changes a man can make to improve his metabolic health is to build every meal around a quality protein source first and let everything else fill in around it. If you want a practical nutrition framework that actually works for a busy lifestyle, book a call and let's put one together. The link is in my bio.

Just did a blood work consult and helped a woman with issues she’s had for years but been blown off by docs saying she’s fine. Uhh, no doc, a TSH of 3.8 Free T3 of 2 Reverse T3 of 27 Vitamin D levels of 30 Ferritin of 8 Stupid low iron Elevated hemoglobin/hematocrit HS-CRP of 8 And barely measurable progesterone is not fine. That’s why she’s always exhausted, has brain fog, and can’t regulate her mood. This isn’t even that hard.

If you've been trying to lose weight by watching the scale, you've probably noticed that the number goes up and down without much logic and doesn't tell you a whole lot about how you actually feel. That's because the scale measures everything at once, your muscle, your water, your fat, and gives you one meaningless number. What actually matters for a man your age is what your metabolism is doing. Specifically, how your body handles the food you eat, how it manages blood sugar, and whether you're burning fuel efficiently or storing it. Those things don't show up on a scale. They show up in your blood work and in how you feel every single day. If you want to know where you actually stand metabolically, book a call with my team and let's look at the right numbers.

Most men don't make a move on their health until something forces them to. A scary number at the doctor's office. A health scare that rattles them. Or they watch someone close to them go through something they don't want for themselves. The problem with waiting is that the things going wrong inside your body are doing so gradually and quietly. By the time your doctor flags something on your labs, that process has usually been underway for years. And fixing something that's been building for a long time takes longer than catching it early. The best time to get serious about this was ten years ago. The second best time is now. Book a call with my team and let's see where you actually stand.

Ladies, invest in your health. You lose bone density as you age and just a bit of weight training can stave it off and help you age well. Hit the link in my bio to schedule a free call.

I never set out to be in healthcare. Frankly, I never imagined I’d be doing what I do. But somewhere along the way I realized that good, hardworking, Americans were slowly running out of gas and nobody was telling them why. I saw it first hand with my son and his health. I found multiple issues on his blood work that was never mentioned by any doctor, I just happened to know what to look for. People’s doctors tell them everything looks normal and their labs were coming back in range, but they were exhausted by two in the afternoon. They were waking up at three in the morning and staring at the ceiling. They were carrying weight they couldn’t explain and losing the mental edge that made them who they are. Normal didn’t feel normal to them, and they were right to trust that instinct. That gap is where I work. I am not a fitness coach or a personal trainer. I am a Preventative Health Consultant. I am not here just to put you on a treadmill and hand you a meal plan. That is only a small part of plan. I start with your blood work because your blood work tells a story your doctor often doesn’t have the time or the tools to read the way it deserves to be read. There is a meaningful difference between a lab value that is technically in range and a lab value that reflects someone operating at their best. Most people have never been shown that difference because our medical system is a symptom management system, and the average doctors visit is under 15 minutes. Our medical system is good at acute issues, but absolutely abysmal at chronic issues. I built Modus because I believe people who lead families, run businesses, and carry real responsibility need to be healthy to do those things well. You can't show up at your best when your body and mind aren't operating at their best, and your best shouldn’t require the 4 prescription drugs the average American is on. If your energy, your focus, or your body has been telling you something is off and you keep getting told everything is fine, I want to talk to you. A blood work consultation is where we start. The link is in my bio.

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If your doctor has told you your cholesterol is high and handed you a prescription, you're not alone. Statins are one of the most commonly prescribed medications in the country, and for some people they are genuinely necessary. But for a lot of men, elevated cholesterol is a lifestyle problem masquerading as a medication problem. When you're eating a diet high in processed foods, not moving enough, carrying extra weight around your midsection, and dealing with chronically elevated stress, your cholesterol numbers are going to reflect all of that. The research is clear that dietary changes, regular resistance training, improved sleep, and stress management can significantly improve cholesterol levels in a relatively short amount of time. Before you resign yourself to a medication you may not need, it's worth finding out what's actually driving your numbers and giving your body a real shot at correcting it naturally. That's not anti medicine, that's just being a good steward of your health. If you want to explore what's driving your cholesterol and what you can do about it, book a call and let's get into it. The link is in my bio.

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Walking is one of the most underrated tools for improving metabolic health and most men completely overlook it because it doesn't feel hard enough to count as exercise. But consistent daily walking, especially after meals, has a measurable impact on blood sugar regulation, triglyceride levels, blood pressure, and visceral fat over time. It lowers cortisol, improves insulin sensitivity, and supports cardiovascular health without beating up your joints or requiring a gym membership. If you're not strength training yet and don't know where to start, walking is the single best first step you can take for your metabolic health today. If you want a simple place to start and a plan that builds from there, book a call and let's get you moving in the right direction. The link is in my bio.

If you're a man of faith, you've probably heard the word stewardship applied to your finances, your time, your relationships. But the same principle applies to your body, and a lot of men who are excellent stewards in every other area of their life have let this one slide. Not out of laziness. Out of not knowing where to start. There's so much conflicting information about health that it's easier to put it off than to wade through all of it. That's not a character flaw. It's an information problem. The good news is that stewarding your body well doesn't have to be complicated once someone shows you the right things to focus on. Book a call with my team and we'll simplify it for you.

Headed to meet with some executives and do in person blood work consults, then off to an exclusive networking event with area leaders and the golfing great, Jack Nicklaus. It’s a good day for a good day.

What is fitness? Is it abs? A 400lb bench press? Let me give you my definition. It’s probably not one you’ve heard before. “Fitness is the capability to carry out your duties and responsibilities well, so you can age with dignity, and in your later years be a blessing to your family, not a burden.” Fitness is accessible to everyone. It’s not about looks and performance, as cool as that is. It’s about stewarding your body well and maximizing effectiveness.

Fatty liver sounds like something that only happens to people who drink heavily, but the reality is that non alcoholic fatty liver disease is one of the most common and most overlooked health conditions in men over 40. It develops when your liver accumulates fat due to years of elevated blood sugar, excess calories, and a diet high in processed foods and refined carbohydrates. Your liver is responsible for filtering your blood, regulating your hormones, and processing everything you eat and drink. When it's bogged down with fat, everything suffers, your energy, your mood, your metabolism, and your ability to maintain a healthy weight. The thing most men don't know is that fatty liver is one of the most reversible conditions you can have. With the right nutrition changes and consistent movement, the liver can clear that fat and restore its function without a single medication involved. Your body wants to heal. It just needs the right conditions to do it. If you want to know where your liver health stands and what to do about it, book a call and let's build a plan. The link is in my bio.

If you’re supplementing, throw out the ferrous sulfate. It’s hot trash. It absorbs poorly and wrecks your gut. Ferrous bisglycinate chelate, every other day with vitamin C. Retest ferritin and TSAT at 8 to 12 weeks.

Vitamin C at every iron rich meal. No exceptions. It converts iron into the only form your body can actually absorb. Things like bell peppers, broccoli, and citrus with iron rich foods is the move.

Your iron is low and you’re doing everything “right.” You’re doing daily supplements, green tea, spinach salads. You’re not deficient. You’re literally blocking it. Here’s what’s actually happening: 🧵