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Bezig met laden... Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection (2012)door A. J. Jacobs
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. 'I couldn't wait to get my hands on this book, and once again, the briliant A.J. Jacobs had me laughing out loud-and also deciding to change the way I live. Drop Dead Healthy is a rare mixture of the hilarious, the absurd, and the scientifically sound. Who knew it could be so entertaining to read about brocolli puree and shoeless jogging?'-Gretchen Rubin, author of The Happiness Project 'We can become healthier by learning from A.J.'s discomfort in this very funny book. He moves us from theory to practice by dragging his body through all the longevity practices.'-Dr. Mehmet Oz, host, The Dr. Oz Show 'A.J. Jacobs is very, very bad for your health. He will keep you up reading 'til 2 a.m., disturbing your circadian rhythms, making you sleep through breakfast and overeat at lunch. He is delicious. He's habit-forming. He will give you infectious titters and terminal glee. Don't let that stop you. Indulge.'-Mary Roach, author of Bonk and Packing for Mars 'Who wouldn't want to be fitter, happier, more productive? In this riotious, madcap book, A.J. Jacobs sets himself an ambitious goal: to become the person we all wish we could be. It's vintage A.J. Do your future self a favor and read this book.'-Joshua Foer, author of Moonwalking with Einstein 'Can one man go from a 'python that ate a goat' physique to perfect specimen? From Roman soldier workouts to areca palm plants, from the sublime to the absurd, A.J. has tried it all. I laughed my ass off the whole way and learned a ton...including about my ass.'-Timothy Ferriss, author of The 4-Hour Body Contents Prologue Chapter 1 Thee stomach The quest to eat right Chapter 2 The heart The quest to get my blood pumping Chapter 3 the ears The quest for quiet Chapter 4 The butt The quest to avoid sedentary life Chapter 5 The immune system The quest to conquer grms Chapter 6 The stomach, revisited The quest for the perfect meal Chapter 7 The genitals The quest to have more sex Chapter 8 The nervous system The quest to hurt less Chapter 9 The lower intestine The quest to go to the bathroom properly Chapter 10 The adrenal gland The quest to lower my stress level Chapter 11 The brain The quest to be smarter Chapter 12 The endocrine system The quest for a nontoxic home Chpater 13 The teeth The quest for the perfect smile Chapter 14 The feet The quest to run right Chapter 15 The lungs The quest to breathe better Chpater 16 The stomach, revisited The continued quest for the perfect diet Chapter 17 The skin The quest to erase blemishes Chapter 18 The heart, revisited The quest for the perfect workout Chapter 19 The inside of the eyelid The quest for the perfect night's sleep Chapter 20 The bladder The quest to figure out what to drink Chapter 21 The gonads The quest to get more balls Chapter 22 The nose The quest to smell better Chapter 23 The hands The quest for magic fingers Chapter 24 the back The quest to stand up straight Chapter 25 The eyes The quest to see better Cahpter 26 The skull The quest to not be killed in an accident Cahpter 27 The finish line Epilogue Appendixx A Guerrilla exercise Appendix B How to eat less Appendix C Five tips on threadmill desks Appendix D My five foolproof (for me, at least) methods of stress reduction Appendix E The ten best pieces of food advice I've gotten all year Appendix F How to live the quiet life Appendix G Five toxins I now avoid Author's note Acknowledgments Index geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"Having sanctified himself in The Year of Living Biblically and sharpened his mind in The Know-It-All, A. J. Jacobs had one feat left in the self-improvement trinity: to become the healthiest man in the world. He didn't want just to lose weight, or finish a triathlon, or lower his cholesterol. His ambitions were far, far greater: Maximal health from head to toe.The task was massive. He had to tackle a complicated web of diet and exercise advice, much of which was nonsensical, unproven, and contradictory. He had to consult a team of medical advisers. And he had to subject himself to a grueling regimen of exercises, a range of diets, and an array of practices to improve everything from his hearing to his sleep to his sex life all the while testing the patience of his long-suffering wife. He left nothing untested, from the caveman workout to veganism, from the treadmill desk to extreme chewing. Drop Dead Healthy teems with hilarity and warmth and pushes our cultures assumptions about and obsessions with what makes good health, allowing the reader to reflect on his or her own health, body, and eventual mortality"--
"One mans comedic journey to discover how to live as healthfully as possible"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Light reading, funny, with some interesting factoids about healthy living. ( )