LIFESTYLE
When it comes to making the world better for others, one yacht chef is willing to go the distance — 2,850 miles, to be exact.
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elgi Olafson is a chef on a quest. His mission? To raise awareness and funds to help those who battle ankylosing spondylitis (AS), a debilitating auto-immune disorder that fuses the spine and locks the joints. Olafson was himself diagnosed with AS at the age of 19. The condition causes inflammation of tendons and ligaments where they attach to bones, he explains. The body tries to fortify those areas of inflammation with more bone tissue, which results in calcification. “Basically, if you lead a sedentary lifestyle, then those calcifications can grow together,” he said. It’s vital to keep moving. Sedentary is not a word that would seem to be in Olafson’s vocabulary. “I’m lucky because, as a chef, I’m moving around a lot,” he said. But that’s an understatement. If motion is medicine, the man is clearly an addict — and
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