"The Paradox of Greatness: Optimal Nutrition For Life's Journey" is a manifesto that explores the elements that lead to a significant and fulfilling life. Author Lloyd Bridges spotlights the importance of physical health and intentional living. The foods we choose to fuel our bodies are noted as particularly influential. A balanced and nutritious diet, detailed thoroughly in the book, is a necessary condition for achieving greatness. A life can be mapped onto one of two roads: the path of health and fulfillment, or the path of disease and deficiency – this is the paradox of greatness.

"The Paradox of Greatness: Optimal Nutrition For Life's Journey" is a manifesto that explores the elements that lead to a significant and fulfilling life. Author Lloyd Bridges spotlights the importance of physical health and intentional living. The foods we choose to fuel our bodies are noted as particularly influential. A balanced and nutritious diet, detailed thoroughly in the book, is a necessary condition for achieving greatness. A life can be mapped onto one of two roads: the path of health and fulfillment, or the path of disease and deficiency – this is the paradox of greatness. Poor dietary habits lead to vitamin and mineral deficiencies, malnutrition, and obesity. Society has lost its way when it comes to nutrition, and its led to the disastrous rise of chronic illness. With the population shifting from rural to urban living, we've seen massive growth in cities and municipalities. With this shift, the burden of chronic illness is escalating the cost of health care. We're facing a public health crisis of food. We can reach our potential and live a healthy lifestyle by transforming our diet and changing our approach to nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle. The choices we make toward a lifestyle of optimal nutrition versus chronic and debilitating disease become habits that automatically define who we are, whom we identify with, and try to emulate. So, how do you change your life for the better? This book was written to offer the blueprint for you to achieve a healthier and more fulfilling life. The time to start living at your greatest potential and refusing to succumb to chronic disease is now!

Board Certified Family Physician Lloyd Bridges, MD, a graduate of Morehouse College, and The Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami, with over 25 years of ambulatory care experience, is passionate about helping people live a life of optimal nutrition versus a life of chronic disease management. If we are truly designed to achieve a life of greatness and thrive throughout our existence, we must embrace the role of optimal nutrition. Living a life of health promotion, and disease prevention, should be everyone's aim. Dr. Bridges believes that through health education, screening, healthy eating habits, regular exercise, stress management, and proper sleep hygiene, living a fruitful, flourishing, and fulfilling life destined for greatness, versus a life of debilitating chronic disease, is possible.