When you learn to ride a bike, it’s impor­tant to know the rules of the road. In my case it was my dad who taught me: ride on the right, wear a hel­met, use hand sig­nals, and so forth.

It’s all good advice.

But even when you know these rules, you still don’t know how to ride. Your brain, mus­cles, and bal­ance sys­tem still can’t coor­di­nate their actions to cre­ate a pos­i­tive result.

In the world of pre­ven­tive health­care, it’s like being told to eat nine serv­ings of veg­eta­bles, exer­cise every day, get ade­quate sleep, and the like.

It’s all good advice. Fol­low it.

But none of it trains your brain, diges­tive tract, kid­neys, liver, and endocrine glands to coor­di­nate their actions to cre­ate a pos­i­tive health result.