For a long time, we’ve been taught that evolution is a process that is happening to us. But recent scientific discoveries remind us instead that we are actually actively involved in how we evolve.

Today, we know that the food we eat is closely related to our body’s health and that, by making conscious nutritional choices, we can prevent and treat diseases. Scientific findings also show us that stress impacts the endocrine level, causing the release of cortisol, affecting the normal...