NBA Legend Chris Paul on Longevity, Nutrition & Staying Elite at 40

You have to fall in love with the monotony. When you're really good at something, you just think, I ain't gotta change nothing. What you realize and you learn is that you don't know what you don't know. Somewhere, this became a mindset, not just in sport, but whatever I do. If you have a million dollar racehorse, you're not gonna feed at McDonald's.

Inflammation is sort of the enemy of the athlete, right? The more inflammation you have, it's gonna affect your performance, your recovery, your longevity, everything. 2019 is when I went plant-based to see the way inflammation disappeared for me. It was crazy. People don't realize your second brain is your gut.

What I learned is that the thing that's passed down from generation to generation is recipes and habits. The thing that money can't buy you is health. Today I'm joined by NBA legend Chris Paul. He is one of the greatest point guards of all time. At 40 years old, he is redefining elite performance by mastering the data of his own health.

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