What wellness costs us

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Jonquilyn Hill: We all want to live long, healthy lives without pain. That is like the single most important thing. The problem is that often what we see in the wellness world is that the cart is put before the horse. So if I'm coming in here on a day-to-day basis, I'm definitely hitting the cold plunge and I'm definitely hitting the sauna. A couple weeks back, producer Hady Mawajdeh got an opportunity to improve his mood, enhance his muscle recovery, and to have a great night's rest. We gotta get you to cold plunge with me, bro. Come on. I should have lost yours. Well, you know what they have here? Shorts for you. All he had to do was decide to take the plunge. We're literally taking a dip in wellness. Oh, man. All right, I'm ready. I'm ready, buddy. I'm ready. All right, let's have a roll. Woo! Oh, my goodness. This is freezing! I'm Jonquilyn Hill, and this is Explain It To Me from Vox. Breathe. Slow it down. We're the show that takes on the big questions. Questions like, what is wellness? Wellness. It's a word influencers use as a hashtag in videos of them pouring collagen into their smoothies. Collagen is so good to help support healthy skin, hair, nails, joint support. It's just everything good. And it's so easy to throw into smoothies. That celeb chefs use to describe the theme of their newest book. This is the book that I wish I had when I was confused about what to eat and how to eat. And it's an obsession of the Secretary for Health and Human Services. We're spending $4.5 trillion annually on health care in our country, and we have the worst health outcomes. But what does it actually mean?

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[Hannah calls in]

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Hannah: Hi, this is Hannah calling from the Hudson Valley of New York. I'm a 35-year-old psychotherapist, so I think of wellness a lot. I also think wellness is so much more than just going to a yoga class and drinking electrolytes. I think it's a lot deeper. It's spiritual. And it's something that we all need to be thinking about on the regular.

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