How healthy living nearly killed me | A.J. Jacobs

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I've spent the last decade

Proveo sam posljednje desetljeće

subjecting myself to pain and humiliation,

prepuštajući se boli i poniženju,

hopefully for a good cause,

nadam se s dobrim razlogom,

which is self-improvement.

poput samopoboljšanja.

And I've done this in three parts.

I to sam radio u tri faze.

So first I started with the mind.

Prvo sam započeo s umom.

And I decided to try to get smarter

Odlučio sam da ću pokušati postati pametniji

by reading the entire Encyclopedia Britannica

čitajući kompletnu Encyclopediu Britannicu

from A to Z --

od A do Z --

or, more precisely, from "a-ak" to "Zywiec."

ili preciznije, od "a-ak" do "Zywiec."

And here's a little image of that.

Ovo je mala slika toga.

And this was an amazing year.

To je bila nevjerojatna godina.

It was really a fascinating journey.

Bilo je stvarno fascinantno putovanje.

It was painful at times,

Bilo je ponekad bolno,

especially for those around me.

posebno za one oko mene.

My wife started to fine me one dollar

Žena mi je počela naplaćivati kaznu jedan dolar

for every irrelevant fact I inserted into conversation.

za svaku nepotrebnu činjenicu koju sam ubacio u razgovor.

So it had its downsides.

Tako da ima mane.

But after that,

Ali nakon toga,

I decided to work on the spirit.

odlučio sam raditi na duhu.

As I mentioned last year,

Kako sam spomenuo prošle godine,

I grew up with no religion at all.

odrastao sam bez religije.

I'm Jewish,

Ja sam Židov,

but I'm Jewish in the same way the Olive Garden is Italian.

ali sam Židov na isti način kako je "Olive Garden" (američki lanac restorana) talijanski.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Not really.

Ne previše.

But I decided to learn about the Bible and my heritage

Ali odlučio sam učiti o Bibliji i svojem porijeklu

by actually diving in

zapravo uranjajući

and trying to live it and immerse myself in it.

i pokušavajući živjeti i udubiti se u to.

So I decided to follow all the rules of the Bible.

Tako sam odlučio pratiti sva pravila Biblije.

And from the Ten Commandments

I od Deset božjih zapovijedi

to growing my beard --

do puštanja brade --

because Leviticus says you cannot shave.

jer je Leviticus rekao da se ne možeš brijati.

So this is what I looked like by the end.

Pa je ovo kako sam izgledao na kraju.

Thank you for that reaction.

Hvala na toj reakciji.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

I look a little like Moses, or Ted Kaczynski.

Pomalo sam izgledao kao Mojsije, ili Ted Kaczynski.

I got both of them.

Uspio sam kao oboje.

So there was the topiary there.

Počeo sam se baviti vještinom gajenja biljaka.

And there's the sheep.

I ovdje je ovca.

Now the final part of the trilogy

I sad posljednji dio trilogije,

was I wanted to focus on the body

želio sam se usredotočiti na tijelo

and try to be the healthiest person I could be,

i biti najzdravija moguća osoba,

the healthiest person alive.

najzdravija živa osoba.

So that's what I've been doing the last couple of years.

I to sam radio zadnjih nekoliko godina.

And I just finished a couple of months ago.

I upravo sam prestao prije par mjeseci.

And I have to say, thank God.

I moram reći, hvala bogu.

Because living so healthily was killing me.

Zato jer sam živio tako zdravo da me to ubijalo.

(Laughter)

(smijeh)

It was so overwhelming,

Bilo je tako pretjerano,

because the amount of things you have to do,

jer količina stvari koje se trebaju napraviti,

it's just mind-boggling.

mozak vam pregori.

I was listening to all the experts

Slušao sam stručnjake

and talking to sort of a board of medical advisers.

i pričao s raznim medicinskim savjetnicima.

And they were telling me

I oni su mi govorili

all the things I had to do.

sve stvari koje trebam raditi.

I had to eat right,

Trebam jesti zdravo,

exercise, meditate, pet dogs,

vježbati, meditirati, igrati se s psima,

because that lowers the blood pressure.

zato jer to snižava krvni tlak.

I wrote the book on a treadmill,

Napisao sam knjigu o sobnom biciklu

and it took me about a thousand miles

i trebalo mi je oko tisuću milja

to write the book.

da napišem knjigu.

I had to put on sunscreen.

Mazao sam se s kremom za sunčanje.

This was no small feat,

To nije bila mala stvar,

because if you listen to dermatologists,

jer ako slušate dermatologe,

they say that you should have a shot glass full of sunscreen.

oni govore da bi trebali upotrebljavati punu čašicu kreme za sunčanje.

And you have to reapply it every two to four hours.

I trebali bi se ponovno mazati svaka dva sata.

So I think half of my book advance

Tako da mislim da je polovica mog napretka

went into sunscreen.

otišla na kremu za sunčanje.

I was like a glazed doughnut

Bio sam poput premazanog uštipka

for most of the year.

većinu godine.

There was the washing of hands.

Nakon toga je bilo pranje ruku.

I had to do that properly.

Trebao sam to raditi propisno.

And my immunologist told me

I moj imunolog mi je rekao

that I should also wipe down

da trebam čistiti

all of the remote controls and iPhones in my house,

sve daljinske upravljače i iPhone u mojoj kući,

because those are just orgies of germs.

jer su oni orgije bacila.

So that took a lot of time.

Tako da mi je to oduzimalo mnogo vremena.

I also tried to be the safest person I could be,

Pokušavao sam biti najsigurnija moguća osoba,

because that's a part of health.

jer je to dio zdravlja.

I was inspired

Bio sam inspiriran

by the Danish Safety Council.

Danskim Vijećem za Sigurnost.

They started a public campaign

Oni su započeli kampanju

that says, "A walking helmet is a good helmet."

koja je govorila "Kaciga za hodanje je dobra kaciga"

So they believe you should not just wear helmets for biking,

Oni vjeruju da ne bi trebali nositi kacigu samo za vožnju bicikla,

but also for walking around.

već i za hodanje naokolo.

And you can see there

I ovdje možete vidjeti

they're shopping with their helmets.

da oni idu u šoping sa svojim kacigama.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Well yeah, I tried that.

Pa, da, probao sam to.

Now it's a little extreme, I admit.

Moram priznati da je malo ekstremno.

But if you think about this,

Ali ako razmislite o tome,

this is actually -- the "Freakonomics" authors wrote about this --

ovo je zapravo -- "Frikonomika", autori su pisali o tome --

that more people die on a per mile basis

da više ljudi pogine po jednoj milji

from drunk walking

od pijanog hodanja

than from drunk driving.

nego od pijane vožnje.

So something to think about tonight

I nešto o čemu za razmišljati večeras

if you've had a couple.

ako ste malo popili.

So I finished,

I tako sam ja završio,

and it was a success in a sense.

i to je bio uspjeh na neki način.

All of the markers went in the right direction.

Svi pokazatelji su otišli prema pravom smjeru.

My cholesterol went down, I lost weight,

Moj kolesterol se spustio, izgubio sam na težini,

my wife stopped telling me that I looked pregnant.

supruga mi je prestala govoriti da izgledam trudno.

So that was nice.

I to je bilo lijepo.

And it was successful overall.

Sve u svemu sam bio uspješan.

But I also learned that I was too healthy,

Ali sam također naučio da sam bio previše zdrav,

and that was unhealthy.

i to je bilo nezdravo.

I was so focused on doing all these things

Usredotočio sam se na obavljanje svih tih stvari

that I was neglecting my friends and family.

da sam zapostavljao sve moje prijatelje i obitelj.

And as Dan Buettner can tell you,

I kao što bi vam Dan Buettner mogao reći,

having a strong social network

snažna društvena mreža

is so crucial to our health.

je osnova za naše zdravlje.

So I finished.

I tako sam završio.

And I kind of went overboard

I možda malo pretjerao

on the week after the project was over.

tjedan nakon što je projekt završio.

I went to the dark side,

Prešao sam na tamnu stranu,

and I just indulged myself.

i prepustio se.

It was like something out of Caligula.

Bilo je nešto poput Kaligule.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

Without the sex part.

Bez onog dijela sa seksom.

Because I have three young kids,

Zato jer imam troje djece,

so that wasn't happening.

tako da ništa od toga.

But the over-eating and over-drinking, definitely.

Ali definitivno sa prejedanjem i opijanjem.

And I finally have stabilized.

I konačno sam se stabilizirao.

So now I'm back

I sad sam normalan

to adopting many -- not all; I don't wear a helmet anymore --

i prihvatio sam mnoge stvari -- ne sve, ne nosim kacigu više

but dozens of healthy behaviors

ali mnogo zdravih navika

that I adopted during my year.

sam usvojio tijekom mojih godinu dana.

It was really a life-changing project.

To je bio zbilja projekt koji mi je promijenio život.

And I, of course, don't have time to go into all of them.

I naravno, nemam vremena za detaljnu analizu.

Let me just tell you two really quickly.

Samo da vam kažem par stvari na brzinu.

The first is -- and this was surprising to me;

Prva je -- i to me stvarno začudilo;

I didn't expect this to come out --

Nisam očekivao takav razvoj situacije --

but I live a much quieter life now.

ali sada živim mnogo mirnije.

Because we live in such a noisy world.

Zato jer mi živimo u jako bučnom svijetu.

There's trains and planes and cars

Okruženi smo vlakovima i avionima i automobilima

and Bill O'Reilly, he's very noisy.

i Bill O'Reillyem, on je vrlo glasan.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

And this is a real underestimated, under-appreciated health hazard --

I to je stvarno podcijenjeni zdravstveni rizik --

not just because it harms our hearing, which it obviously does,

ne samo zbog svih stvari koje čujemo, što je očito,

but it actually initiates

nego zapravo inicira

the fight-or-flight response.

borbeni refleks.

A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going.

Glasna buka će stvarno podići agresiju u vama.

And this, over the years,

I to, nakon svih godina,

can cause real damage, cardiovascular damage.

može uzrokovati stvarnu štetu, kardiovaskularnu štetu.

The World Health Organization just did a big study

Svjetska zdravstvena organizacija je napravila veliku studiju

that they published this year.

koju je objavila ove godine.

And it was done in Europe.

I bila je provedena u Europi.

And they estimated

I oni su procjenili

that 1.6 million years of healthy living

da 1,6 milijuna godina zdravog života

are lost every year in Europe

su izgubljene svake godine u Europi

because of noise pollution.

zbog zagađenja bukom.

So they think it's actually very deadly.

Te oni misle da je to vrlo opasno.

And by the way,

I ujedno,

it's also terrible for your brain.

užasno je za vaš mozak.

It really impairs cognition.

Stvarno smanjuje kognitivne sposobnosti.

And our Founding Fathers knew about this.

I naši osnivači su bili svjesni toga.

When they wrote the Constitution,

Kada su pisali Ustav,

they put dirt all over the cobblestones outside the hall

stavili su zemlju na sve kamenčiće vani

so that they could concentrate.

kako bi se mogli koncentrirati.

So without noise reduction technology,

I tako bez redukcije buke,

our country would not exist.

ova država ne bi postojala.

So as a patriot,

I tako kao domoljub,

I felt it was important to --

Osjećam da je vrlo važno da --

I wear all the earplugs and the earphones,

nosim čepove za uši i slušalice

and it's really improved my life

i to je stvarno poboljšalo moj život

in a surprising and unexpected way.

na iznenađujuć i neočekivan način.

And the second point I want to make, the final point,

I druga stvar koju želim reći, najvažnija stvar,

is that -- and it's actually been a theme of TEDMED --

je ta -- i to je zapravo bila tema TEDMED-a --

that joy is so important to your health,

radost je toliko važna za vaše zdravlje,

that very few of these behaviors

da bi malo ovakvog ponašanja

will stick with me

ostalo u meni

unless there's some sense of pleasure and joy in them.

da nema nekog osjećaja zadovoljstva i užitka u njima.

And just to give you one instance of this:

I da vam dam samo jedan primjer toga:

food.

hrana.

The junk food industry

Industrija fast-fooda

is really great

je stvarno odlična

at pressing our pleasure buttons

djeluje na naše tipke užitka

and figuring out what's the most pleasurable.

tako da se usredotoči na ono što nam je najbolje.

But I think we can use their techniques

Ali ja mislim da možemo koristiti te tehnike

and apply them to healthy food.

i primjeniti ih na zdravu hranu.

To give just one example,

Da vam dam samo jedan primjer,

we love crunchiness, mouthfeel.

mi volimo hrskav osjećaj.

So I basically have tried to incorporate crunchiness

I u osnovi sam pokušavao ugraditi osjećaj hrskavosti

into a lot of my recipes --

u mnoge moje recepte --

throw in some sunflower seeds.

ubaciti mnogo sjemenki od suncokreta.

And you can almost trick yourself

Skoro možete sami sebe zavarati

into thinking you're eating Doritos.

da jedete čips.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

And it has made me a healthier person.

I to me učinilo zdravijom osobom.

So that is it.

I to je to.

The book about it comes out in April.

Knjiga izlazi van u travnju.

It's called "Drop Dead Healthy."

I zove se "Ubojito zdrav"

And I hope that I don't get sick during the book tour.

I nadam se da vam neće biti zlo tijekom predstavljanja knjige.

That's my greatest hope.

To je moja najveća nada.

So thank you very much.

Puno vam hvala.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)