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

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I've spent the last decade

Podvrgavao sam se bolu i ponižavanju

subjecting myself to pain and humiliation,

tokom poslednje decenije,

hopefully for a good cause,

nadam se iz dobrih razloga,

which is self-improvement.

kao što je rad na sebi.

And I've done this in three parts.

Uradio sam to u tri faze.

So first I started with the mind.

Počeo sam sa umom.

And I decided to try to get smarter

Pokušao sam da postanem pametniji

by reading the entire Encyclopedia Britannica

tako što sam pročitao celu enciklopediju "Britanika"

from A to Z --

od A do Š,

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

ili preciznije od "a-ak" do "švrljanja".

And here's a little image of that.

Evo male slike koja to predstavlja.

And this was an amazing year.

To je bila sjajna godina.

It was really a fascinating journey.

Bilo je to očaravajuće putovanje.

It was painful at times,

Ponekada je bilo naporno,

especially for those around me.

naročito za one oko mene.

My wife started to fine me one dollar

Žena je počela da mi naplaćuje po dolar

for every irrelevant fact I inserted into conversation.

za svaku nebitnu činjenicu koju bih ubacio u razgovor.

So it had its downsides.

To je imalo i svoje negativne strane.

But after that,

Nakon toga,

I decided to work on the spirit.

rešio sam da se posvetim duhu.

As I mentioned last year,

Kao što sam pomenuo prošle godine,

I grew up with no religion at all.

odrastao sam u nereligioznoj sredini.

I'm Jewish,

Ja sam Jevrejin,

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

onoliko koliko je "Mekdonalds" restoran zdrave hrane.

(Laughter)

(smeh)

Not really.

Ne baš.

But I decided to learn about the Bible and my heritage

Ali sam odlučio da naučim više o Bibliji i svom nasleđu

by actually diving in

pokušavajući da

and trying to live it and immerse myself in it.

živim taj život i potpuno posvetim sebe tome.

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

Odlučio sam da sledim sva pravila iz Biblije.

And from the Ten Commandments

I to počevši od deset zapovesti

to growing my beard --

pa do puštanja brade,

because Leviticus says you cannot shave.

jer Levitikus nalaže zabranu brijanja.

So this is what I looked like by the end.

Ovako sam izgledao na kraju toga.

Thank you for that reaction.

Hvala za ovu reakciju.

(Laughter)

(smeh)

I look a little like Moses, or Ted Kaczynski.

Podsećam malo na Mojsija ili na Teda Kazinskog.

I got both of them.

Ili na obojicu.

So there was the topiary there.

Ovde vidite tu hortikulturu.

And there's the sheep.

A ovo je ovca.

Now the final part of the trilogy

Poslednji deo u ovoj trilogiji

was I wanted to focus on the body

je bila želja da se koncentrišem na telo

and try to be the healthiest person I could be,

i da pokušam da budem što zdravija osoba,

the healthiest person alive.

najzdravija osoba na svetu.

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

Time sam se bavio poslednjih par godina.

And I just finished a couple of months ago.

Upravo sam završio ciklus pre par meseci.

And I have to say, thank God.

Moram reći, hvala Bogu.

Because living so healthily was killing me.

Tako zdrav način života me je ubijao.

(Laughter)

(smeh)

It was so overwhelming,

To je bilo čak i previše,

because the amount of things you have to do,

ako sagledate sve što treba da uradite,

it's just mind-boggling.

to prosto preplavljuje mozak.

I was listening to all the experts

Slušao sam sve stručnjake

and talking to sort of a board of medical advisers.

i pričao sa nekom vrstom medicinskog savetodavnog tela.

And they were telling me

Oni su mi predlagali

all the things I had to do.

sve stvari kojih je trebalo da se pridržavam.

I had to eat right,

Trebalo je da ispravno jedem,

exercise, meditate, pet dogs,

vežbam, meditiram, igram se sa kučićima,

because that lowers the blood pressure.

jer to snižava krvni pritisak.

I wrote the book on a treadmill,

Napisao sam knjigu na spravi za trčanje,

and it took me about a thousand miles

i za to mi je trebalo

to write the book.

oko 1.600 kilometara.

I had to put on sunscreen.

Trebalo je da koristim kremu za zaštitu od sunca.

This was no small feat,

To nije bilo malo postignuće,

because if you listen to dermatologists,

jer dermatolozi preporučuju

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

da sa sobom uvek imate čašicu napunjenu kremom za zaštitu.

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

Morate nanositi svež sloj svakih dva do četiri sata.

So I think half of my book advance

Mislim da je krema za zaštitu od sunca

went into sunscreen.

značajno usporila pisanje moje knjige.

I was like a glazed doughnut

Bio sam kao glazirana krofna

for most of the year.

skoro tokom cele godine.

There was the washing of hands.

Uračunajte tu i pranje ruku.

I had to do that properly.

Trebalo je to da radim ispravno.

And my immunologist told me

Moj imunolog mi je rekao da

that I should also wipe down

treba da očistim

all of the remote controls and iPhones in my house,

sve upravljačke uređaje i mobilne telefone u kući,

because those are just orgies of germs.

jer klice na tim spravama prosto orgijaju.

So that took a lot of time.

To je oduzimalo puno vremena.

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

Pokušao sam da budem i što zaštićeniji,

because that's a part of health.

jer je i to deo zdravlja.

I was inspired

Inspirisala me je inicijativa

by the Danish Safety Council.

danskog Saveta za bezbednost.

They started a public campaign

Započeli su javnu kampanju

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

koja ima slogan: "Kaciga za šetanje je dobra kaciga."

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

Smatraju da ne samo da treba da nosite kacigu kada vozite bicikl,

but also for walking around.

već i kada se šetate.

And you can see there

Ovde ih možete videti kako

they're shopping with their helmets.

nose kacige u toku kupovine.

(Laughter)

(smeh)

Well yeah, I tried that.

Pa da, probao sam to.

Now it's a little extreme, I admit.

Malo je ekstremno, moram priznati.

But if you think about this,

Ako razmislite o ovome,

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

o tome su autori u "Freakonomics-u" pisali,

that more people die on a per mile basis

da više ljudi pogine po kilometru

from drunk walking

usled šetnje dok su pijani

than from drunk driving.

nego kada pijani voze.

So something to think about tonight

Porazmislite o tome večeras

if you've had a couple.

ukoliko ste popili piće ili dva.

So I finished,

Završio sam to,

and it was a success in a sense.

bilo je na neki način uspešno.

All of the markers went in the right direction.

Svi pokazatelji su se kretali u pravom smeru.

My cholesterol went down, I lost weight,

Snizio sam nivo holesterola, smršao sam,

my wife stopped telling me that I looked pregnant.

moja žena mi više nije govorila da izgledam kao trudnica.

So that was nice.

To je bilo dobro.

And it was successful overall.

Uopšteno gledajući, bilo je uspešno.

But I also learned that I was too healthy,

Takođe sam shvatio da sam bio previše zdrav,

and that was unhealthy.

a to je zapravo nezdravo.

I was so focused on doing all these things

Toliko sam bio koncentrisan na to

that I was neglecting my friends and family.

da sam zapostavio prijatelje i porodicu.

And as Dan Buettner can tell you,

Kao što bi vam Den Bojtner rekao,

having a strong social network

stabilna društvena mreža je

is so crucial to our health.

od suštinske važnosti za zdravlje.

So I finished.

Dakle, završio sam ciklus.

And I kind of went overboard

Prešao sam u drugi ekstrem

on the week after the project was over.

u toku nedelje nakon završetka poduhvata.

I went to the dark side,

Prešao sam na mračnu stranu,

and I just indulged myself.

i prepustio se uživanjima.

It was like something out of Caligula.

To je podsećalo na film Kaligula.

(Laughter)

(smeh)

Without the sex part.

Samo bez seksa.

Because I have three young kids,

Jer imam tri mala deteta,

so that wasn't happening.

tako da toga nije bilo.

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

Ali sam definitivno preterao sa hranom i pićem.

And I finally have stabilized.

Napokon sam se unormalio.

So now I'm back

Tako da sam se vratio

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

primenjivanju mnogih pravila - ne svih, ne nosim više kacigu -

but dozens of healthy behaviors

desetine zdravih navika

that I adopted during my year.

koje sam primenjivao u toku te godine.

It was really a life-changing project.

Bio je to zaista poduhvat koji menja život.

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

Naravno, nemam vremena da pričam o svemu.

Let me just tell you two really quickly.

Ispričao bih vam na brzinu o samo dva aspekta.

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

Prva stvar, a to me je prilično iznenadilo,

I didn't expect this to come out --

nisam to očekivao kao rezultat,

but I live a much quieter life now.

živim sada mnogo tišim životom.

Because we live in such a noisy world.

Živimo u veoma bučnom svetu.

There's trains and planes and cars

Oko nas su vozovi, avioni i kola

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

i Bil O'Rajli, on je veoma bučan.

(Laughter)

(smeh)

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

To je zaista podcenjen, nedovoljno priznat faktor koji loše utiče na zdravlje,

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

ne samo da šteti sluhu, što je očigledno,

but it actually initiates

nego i podstiče

the fight-or-flight response.

"bori se ili beži" odgovor.

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

Buka će inicirati vaš "bori se ili beži" odgovor.

And this, over the years,

Tokom godina taj proces može

can cause real damage, cardiovascular damage.

da uzrokuje pravu štetu, kardiovaskularnu štetu.

The World Health Organization just did a big study

Svetska zdravstvena organizacija je upravo uradila veliku studiju

that they published this year.

koju je objavila ove godine.

And it was done in Europe.

Urađena je u Evropi.

And they estimated

Procenili su da se u Evropi

that 1.6 million years of healthy living

izgubi 1.6 miliona godina zdravog života

are lost every year in Europe

svake godine

because of noise pollution.

usled prevelike buke.

So they think it's actually very deadly.

Smatraju da je buka poprilično smrtonosna.

And by the way,

Uzgred budi rečeno,

it's also terrible for your brain.

pogubna je za vaš mozak.

It really impairs cognition.

Značajno oštećuje proces kognicije.

And our Founding Fathers knew about this.

Naši Očevi osnivači su to znali.

When they wrote the Constitution,

Kada su pisali Ustav,

they put dirt all over the cobblestones outside the hall

posuli su prašinu svuda po prilazima oko same sale,

so that they could concentrate.

kako bi mogli da se koncentrišu.

So without noise reduction technology,

Tako da bez tehnologije koja smanjuje buku,

our country would not exist.

naša zamlja ne bi postojala.

So as a patriot,

Kao patriota,

I felt it was important to --

smatrao sam da je to veoma značajno,

I wear all the earplugs and the earphones,

sada nosim čepove i slušalice za uši,

and it's really improved my life

i to je zaista poboljšalo kvalitet mog života,

in a surprising and unexpected way.

na iznenađujući i neočekivani način.

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

Druga stvar koju želim da naglasim, a to ja i zaključna stvar,

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

a ujedno je i tema ove TEDMED konferencije,

that joy is so important to your health,

jeste da je radost toliko važna za vaše zdravlje,

that very few of these behaviors

da ću nastaviti da se pridržavam

will stick with me

samo onih prethodno opisanih pravila

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

u kojima nalazim osećaj zadovoljstva i radosti.

And just to give you one instance of this:

Predočio bih vam samo jedan primer toga:

food.

hrana.

The junk food industry

Industrija brze hrane

is really great

je sjajna

at pressing our pleasure buttons

u pokretanju tastera za zadovoljstvo

and figuring out what's the most pleasurable.

i razumevanju onoga šta donosi najveće zadovoljstvo.

But I think we can use their techniques

Smatram da možemo koristiti njihove tehnike

and apply them to healthy food.

i primeniti ih na zdravu hranu.

To give just one example,

Naveo bih jedan primer,

we love crunchiness, mouthfeel.

volimo hrskavu hranu, bogat osećaj u ustima.

So I basically have tried to incorporate crunchiness

Pokušao sam da ubacim hrsakve sastojke

into a lot of my recipes --

u sve moje specijalitete,

throw in some sunflower seeds.

ubacim malo semena suncokreta.

And you can almost trick yourself

Skoro pa prevarite sami sebe

into thinking you're eating Doritos.

da u stvari jedete "Doritos" (čips).

(Laughter)

(smeh)

And it has made me a healthier person.

To je od mene napravilo zdraviju osobu.

So that is it.

To bi bilo to.

The book about it comes out in April.

Knjiga o tome će izaći u aprilu.

It's called "Drop Dead Healthy."

Naziv knjige je "Umri zdrav".

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

Nadam se da se neću razboleti na promotivnoj turi.

That's my greatest hope.

To je moja najveća nada.

So thank you very much.

Mnogo vam hvala.

(Applause)

(aplauz)