31. Forgoing sex and eating pizza

An Orthodox Rabbi, Isaac Nachman, and a Jesuit priest, Thomas Idegard, on God, faith, health and the right path. Is giving up everything and putting your life in God's hands the way to happiness and health? David Eberhard tries to get two religious figures to agree on what religion can actually do for health.

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