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Dr. La Puma's prescription is simple, free, and profoundly healing.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e -- \u003ci\u003eDean Ornish, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF and Founder and Director of The Preventive Medicine Institute\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRECLAIM YOUR BIOLOGY\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe 7% Outdoor Rx for Modern Humans\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eYou've optimized your diet, tracked your sleep, and tried every productivity hack--yet you still wake up exhausted, wired, and unable to focus.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The problem isn't your willpower. \u003cb\u003eIt's your biology running on the wrong operating system.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eModern life traps us indoors for \u003cb\u003e93% of our time\u003c\/b\u003e--under artificial light, staring at screens, disconnected from the natural signals that regulate \u003cb\u003eenergy, hormones, attention, and recovery\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e The result is familiar: burnout, brain fog, poor sleep, metabolic dysfunction, and accelerated aging.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eDigital Obesity: The Hidden Driver of Burnout\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDigital overload, artificial light, and lack of time outdoors\u003c\/b\u003e create what Dr. John La Puma calls \u003cb\u003eDigital Obesity\u003c\/b\u003e--a sensory mismatch that disrupts \u003cb\u003estress regulation, attention, circadian timing, and metabolic flexibility\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e Burnout isn't just psychological. 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