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And, what I needed to read. No one else is responsible for me.I am.
I needed Chris's in-your-face attitude about why to adopt these changes, and their back-and-forth on the 'evolution' of our modern lifestyle changes was more than enough to get me up and moving. Chris and Harry do an excellent job bringing together what we already know, but don't put to use.
I know why certain foods are bad for me and that I can cheat, but that I am the victim. Nothing revolutionary at all, and they're not selling anything beyond encouragement and information.
I've only been at it for 3 weeks so far, but already feel the need to go to the gym regularly; I feel better, sleep better, and have also lost a couple of pounds. The descriptions of the process that leads us toward heart attack and adult onset diabetes were frightening.
Thanks to my friend Bill, who recommended the book, and to Harry and Chris for writing it.
My daughter-in-law, who is in marvellous shape and very health oriented, suggested this book. It has excellent ideas for staying healthy and yea, even improving, with every year.
I've given six or seven of these books to friends. I'd started doing about what they recommend about three years before I read the book about two years ago, and have kept it up for two years after. Its easier to keep at it after reading the book, and I've found that I actually have kept getting more functionally fit each year, though I'm now 69.There are other, more research oriented books out there, like the Harvard Medical School's "Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy" and "Guide to Mens Health", but add this one to your reading for extra motivation.
I'm a 58 year old "heart patient" with a pacemaker due to irregular heartbeat. Yet it challenges me to do more. It won't happen overnight but instead in tiny daily increments. I am able to perform at levels of people many years younger. It's never too late to start.We can't change the fact that we're ALL going to die. I've been told by family members, including 2 doctors, that I shouldn't do that. I've worked out for over 20 years 7 days a week, including 20 miles per week running and 3 days per week weight training. If you want to look and feel years younger, you need to get this book; read it, live it, and enjoy the fruits of your labor.
I'm reading this book for the second time. It validates what I've been doing all these years. You can't go wrong. However, we can choose to live healthy, postone death as long as possible, and decide how gracefully we age.
This is a must read for anyone at any older age (40 to 90) who wants to feel better. This is the best and most useful book on how to achieve wellness and feeling good I ever read. It is an easy and thoughtful read and the action plan proposed can be implemented the next day. The thoughts presented are changing my life (to the good) and I wish I had acted on this information twenty years ago. The two authors complement each other. I recommend this book to everyone, particularly my physician friends.
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