The Longevity List: Myth busting the top ways to live a long and healthy life by Merlin Thomas
The one-stop checklist to living a life that might just see you reach your 100th birthday and beyond!
The Longevity List
Summary
Every day we're bombarded by often-contradictory advice on what to do to keep ourselves healthy. How can we separate fact from fad? Written by a medical clinician, and packed with intriguing, entertaining and often very funny facts, this is the ultimate myth-busting guide to what will really help us live a long and healthy life!
The Longevity List Summary
The Longevity List Reviews
"In The Longevity List, Professor Merlin Thomas uses the latest scientific research to help you understand what the fuss about some things is really all about, and how easy choices can improve your health and your chance of living a long life" * Taste *
"Professor Merlin Thomas takes a number of the wonderful myths and realities of the longevity quest and places them firmly under the spotlight of common sense, exploding many, concurring on some and laughing at others, but all the while delivering a good dose of reality on how we choose to live, exercise and eat" * Blue Wolf Reviews *
"Every day we're bombarded by often-contradictory advice on what to do to keep ourselves healthy. How can we separate fact from fad? Written by a medical clinician, this is the ultimate myth-busting guide to what will really help us live a long and healthy life." * Wyza *
"It is great to be able to communicate science in a friendly, interesting way, this book busts a lot of myths but is also is a rollicking good read" * ABC Central Coast -Breakfast with Scott Levi *
"The Longevity List takes a light-hearted and entertaining approach looking at the evidence of the wealth of health information we are bombarded with. A physician and research scientist, Thomas aims to sort the medical fact from health industry myths - and provides his scientifically backed verdict." * Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal *
"Professor Merlin Thomas takes a number of the wonderful myths and realities of the longevity quest and places them firmly under the spotlight of common sense, exploding many, concurring on some and laughing at others, but all the while delivering a good dose of reality on how we choose to live, exercise and eat" * Blue Wolf Reviews *
"Every day we're bombarded by often-contradictory advice on what to do to keep ourselves healthy. How can we separate fact from fad? Written by a medical clinician, this is the ultimate myth-busting guide to what will really help us live a long and healthy life." * Wyza *
"It is great to be able to communicate science in a friendly, interesting way, this book busts a lot of myths but is also is a rollicking good read" * ABC Central Coast -Breakfast with Scott Levi *
"The Longevity List takes a light-hearted and entertaining approach looking at the evidence of the wealth of health information we are bombarded with. A physician and research scientist, Thomas aims to sort the medical fact from health industry myths - and provides his scientifically backed verdict." * Australian Nursing and Midwifery Journal *
About Merlin Thomas
Merlin Thomas MBChB, PhD, FRACP is Professor of Medicine at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Professor Thomas is both a physician and a research scientist. His research primarily focuses on diabetes and its complications, and finding practical means for their control, but he has a broader interest in all aspects of preventive medicine and ageing. He has published over 300 articles in many of the world's leading medical journals, as well as several books including 'Understanding Type 2 Diabetes' and 'Fast Living, Slow Ageing'. He is internationally recognized as a speaker, opinion-leader, teacher and medical storyteller.
Table of Contents
Introduction Do I really have to ... #1 Cut out the chocolate? #2 Cut down on the booze? #3 Cut down on the caffeine? #4 Lose the waist? #5 Get off the couch? #6 Eat less fat? #7 Eat less added sugar? #8 Cut out the starch? #9 Eat more fruit and vegetables? #10 Lower my cholesterol? #11 Lower my blood pressure? #12 Breathe fresh air? #13 Get more sunshine? #14 Not catch cold? #15 Avoid accidents? #16 Deal with stress? #17 Find love? Read more about ... Index
Additional information
GOR008778565
9781921966736
1921966734
The Longevity List: Myth busting the top ways to live a long and healthy life by Merlin Thomas
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Exisle Publishing
2017-09-01
272
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