How Not to Age Hardcover

What does it take to slow aging, live longer and feel healthy your whole life? Dr. Greger has done all the research for you so you can benefit from his wide ranging knowledge making this book a pleasure to read.Some of the questions this book answers include:How do you improve eyesight and brain health all at the same time?What should we do to slow aging and increase our lifespan?What is the real reason we should consume more fiber?What food and oil helps prevent hair loss?Is drinking coffee antiaging?What can eating an apple a day do for you?How can you save money when eating the recommended foods?What raises testosterone naturally?What are the natural oils that work for pain relief?How can you help your pets live longer?What I noticed about Dr. Greger is how witty and funny he is. While at times he dives deep into his topics, he makes sure you are enjoying the book.I learned quite a lot about how to lower blood pressure, lower LDL cholesterol and what to drink to help with inflammation. This author often looks at both sides of the issues and draws logical conclusions. Often I was reading this book with a sense of awe.This book probably contains the most convincing case for healthier living that I've yet to come across and read. Who knew that drinking cocoa in coffee could increase muscle mass or that switching from one protein source to another could help lose visceral fat! Now I know!While reading this book I came to understand why some people make it past age 100 and it does seem that your diet and exercise levels are key to being healthy longer. Although there are always exceptions to the rule!As for me, I think I need to create more balance in what I'm eating and indulge in more foods that can increase my health while not leaving me feeling deprived.The author also makes a great case for organic produce which I think tastes better. To me this book is about how to slow the aging process and improve your life by eating a healthier diet! I wrote down about 45 recommended foods that may help me live longer and I will try to incorporate more of them into my daily meals. I was pleased that I am doing a lot of the right things already! But now I know way more about how to deal with things my nurse is concerned about and wants me to improve. As you get older there are way more things to worry about! My nurse was impressed that I lowered my cholesterol after my last blood tests so I'm learning a lot by reading books!So I'm hoping I can learn from Dr. Greger and will read additional books and maybe even try his cookbooks.Reading this book was well worth the effort if I live longer. The next time I went to the grocery store I sure bought a lot more blueberries, a sweet potato and other healthy foods. This book did change a lot of the way I shop immediately. Because now I have the health reasons behind the food suggestions.The paper and print quality is also fine! I read this book with my regular reading glasses.~The Rebecca Review

Michael Greger provides reliable, science-based information on how to slow aging and possibly prevent some of the conditions and changes caused by wrong (let's say "uninformed") lifestyle choices. He has compiled a huge amount of information based on research studies, presented to us wrapped in his entertaining writing style and spiced with his unique sense of humor. (Unlike a few other reviewers, I have not had any issues with the printing or size of the font used in the book.) Enjoy, and live a long healthy life!

Applying Dr. Gregor’s recommendations from his earlier book “How Not to Die” took me from one illness (including cancer) to another to being vibrantly healthy, energetic and astonishing my doctors that I’m so healthy and youthful “at my age.” My cardiologist told me I didn’t need to come back. My dermatologist told me I didn’t need to come back. Even my eye doctor told me I didn’t need to come back, despite my family history of macular degeneration. I’m going back to the eye doctor anyway because I’m overly cautious. I aced my cancer checks and no longer need to go back there either. Yea! (Gregor doesn’t claim to cure cancer-or anything else-but diet changes can substantially reduce risk.)This book updates his earlier book and takes it to a whole new level. Read a little every day and it will probably be the highest paying job you ever have in terms of the medical, prescription drug and eventual nursing home bills you’ll save. I’ve already cut out one supplement, after learning from this book it might be harmful, both protecting me from the supplement marketers and saving me some cash.And you’ll look better! Think about it-do sick people look good? Plus learning to fix delicious, healthy food is way more fun than sickness, surgery and nursing homes. (I like Dr Fuhrman’s “Eat to Live Quick and Easy Cookbook” TOO for that.)Part IV of this book sums up the big eight things that make the most difference, so some people will probably start there. It seems okay to skip around in this book, but, I’m not exaggerating, every word in this book will pay off for you.I’m also listening to it on Audible, which is helping me get through it because I can listen to it while driving, cooking, etc. I’m finding I listen on Audible and go back to the book for details I forgot and to use the index to find something I’ve wondered about. The index is detailed and very useful to me.I agree with another reviewer that this is a book to be read slowly. It’s too much to incorporate the information all at once, but each piece of it life enhancing.Please invest in yourself and read this book. You can probably find it at your local library, including an audio version, if you want to check it out before buying it. His free podcasts and videos are excellent too, but this book gives the big picture. I think it’s worth a free audible trial, if you don’t have Audible, to listen to it. I set Audible at 75% speed with parts of this book, to slow down the information that’s new to me and more difficult to take in.I’ve been sick and I’ve been healthy- and healthy was way better, and worth the time and effort of reading Dr. Gregor’s books.

Another outstanding book by Dr. Michael Greger. It is about living virtually disease free and thriving into old age by fueling our bodies with nutritious plants. His audiobooks are entertaining and there is so much information in his books, I suggest you also purchase a print copy and read along with the audiobook.

I saved te cost of this book back in the first week by eliminating two supplements that were not only a waste of money but were actually hurting my memory. It has made me realize how much better it is to get the nutrients from the food and which foods to avoid and what to eat more of.

Dr. Gregor had SO much information, he links some of it out in side links. This book is chock full of dense information; I have 2 degrees and had to read some parts two or three times to glean everything I could. But it's totally worth it. He explains the science, then he suggests what we can do about it, and finally gives the above-mentioned links for more information. Can't be beat!

This book is an important read everyone. It's never too late to embrace a healthier lifestyle and the possibility of a longer, healthier life. Dr Greger has done all the research for you and put together a book that gives you science based facts on how to eat and live. He answers a multitude of questions about health and backs each answer with research and links to videos explaining things further. He does not try and sell you anything...except the book, which is a goldmine of information. AND, all proceeds from the book is donated to charity. Dr. Greger...a great big thank you for all your fact finding and good advice!!

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Dr greger is fantastic. Easy explanatons and fun to read.

I'm loving reading this book by Dr. Michael Greger. I have several of his other books too. He does so much research to save us having to do it and then gives us the synopsis and lot of links to the research so that we can go deeper into it if we wish. The first section of this book is really quite technical and goes into a lot of depth about the properties of different foods and what they do in the body with lots of examples of research and experiments that have been carried out. The book gets easier as you go through it with a lot of recommendations on how we can keep our bodies from ageing prematurely. After all there's no point in living a long life if you're ill for a lot of it. We want to keep as healthy as possible for as long as possible and that's what Dr. Greger wants us to do. It'll take a while to read it all and it can't be rushed but i'll get there.

I did buy this book but returned it.I received 4 of these books as gifts from the USA.It is a very powerful book containing information I didn't know.I loved it.