The new book by Chef Olive

Body Genius

The Extraordinary Intelligence Behind Health, Healing, and Longevity

Basics first. In the kitchen, and in your body.

Paperback $22.95 · by Olivier Said (Chef Olive)

The 12-Week Basics Series, for your body

In the kitchen, Chef Olive teaches basics first: master your knife, your heat and your salt, and every recipe gets easier. Your body works the same way. Body Genius is his take on the basic principles that run your body. He narrowed it down to the few that matter most, then went deep on the science behind each one.

Know someone who loved our 12-Week Basics of Cooking Series? This is the same idea, applied to light, food, movement and sleep.

The Five Things I Don’t Skip

From Chef Olive’s field report How I Actually Live: the five things he doesn’t skip.

MORNING LIGHT

Morning Light

Coffee outside, facing the sun, before 10am, no sunglasses, fifteen minutes to an hour.

FOOD

Protein and Fat First, Everything Else Built on Top

My own plate leans heavily toward protein and fat, real meat, eggs, and the parts most people skip, skin, gristle, the connective tissue on a hamburger.

MOVEMENT

My Job, and My Sport

I don’t have a separate “exercise routine” I bolt onto my day.

TIMING

Last Meal, Three to Four Hours Before Sleep

I stop eating three to four hours before bed.

PEOPLE

Family, and the Students in Class

Time with family, and time with the students I teach, is as fixed a part of my routine as anything else on this list.

Body Genius illustration: the same morning sunlight triggers vitamin D synthesis in the skin and sets the body clock through the eyes — From *Body Genius*: the same sunlight sets vitamin D and your body clock.

Inside you’ll learn

Why morning sunlight sets both your vitamin D and your body clock
How food acts as information, not just calories
The free daily habits that move the needle most
How to tell solid science from popular claims

Body Genius illustration: a cyclist in motion with the caption "Balance isn't stillness, it's continuous small correction" — From *Body Genius*: balance isn’t stillness.

Buy the paperback – $22.95

Paperback · ISBN-13: 979-8234224347

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