Peter Sterling on Homeostasis vs. Allostasis

In this episode of "Keen On", Andrew is joined by Peter Sterling, the author of "What is Health?: Allostasis and the Evolution of Human Design", to discuss his definition of health as optimal responsiveness which is often best treated at the system level. Peter Sterling is an American anatomist, physiologist and neuroscientist and Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Together with Joseph Eyer, Peter Sterling coined the term allostasis for "stability through change", which is now enjoying growing scientific attention, especially in the context of allostatic load.