How Not to Age
The Scientific Approach to Getting Healthier as You Get Older
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4.7 • 6 Ratings
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Publisher Description
Uncover the evidence-based science to slowing the effects of aging, from the New York Times bestselling author of the How Not to Die series.
What if diet could combat the effects of aging? That is just what Dr Michael Greger, founder of NutritionFacts, found when researching. It turns out we don’t need Big Pharma to keep us feeling young – we already have the tools. In How Not to Age, the internationally renowned physician and nutritionist breaks down the science of aging and chronic illness and explains how to help avoid commonly encountered diseases.
Discover the eleven pathways for ageing and how to disrupt each of them. Find out how to bring more of the foods high in compounds that boost natural processes – mushrooms, tempeh, onions, apples and kale – proven to clear problems like inflammation and other age related diseases into your diet. Inspired by the dietary and lifestyle patterns of centenarians and residents of global ‘blue zone’ regions where people live the longest, Dr Greger presents simple, accessible, and evidence-based methods to preserve the body functions that keep you feeling youthful, both physically and mentally. Getting older does not have to mean getting sicker.
Brimming with expertise and actionable takeaways, How Not to Age lays out practical strategies for achieving ultimate longevity.
Customer Reviews
Yes fruit & veg are healthier than junk food
Like in his other books, Michale Greger presents us with a *lot* of research done on the health effects of food. Quite some interesting knowledge in his books, but also a tiring repeating message that we need to eat only fruit & veggies, and eating saturated fats will kill us. Which seems like a one-dimensional, backwards looking view.
One-dimensional - recent research by excellent writers have identified the flaws in the diet advise given in the USA for decades. Big Fat Surprise by Nina Techolz is worth reading, Ultraprocessed people by Chris van Tulleken, and the books by Michael Pollan. Spoiler alert: traditional diets from anywhere in the world are good, and we can detect that nature’s food is healthy.
Backwards - Gregers books still have many references to saturated fats being dangerous for the heart. A myopic view initiated in the US, at least half a century old, and out of date.
The situation in the US is particularly bad - no traditional diets anymore, and mainly cheap and simplified food from the food industry. Yes eating fruit & veg would be healthier than eating the industry junk, but so would eating healthy animals. Anything from nature, not from industry which isolates good flavours from their balanced nutrient package (sugar!), eat the whole thing.
And yeah, *not* eating for some time increases health as well, Jason Fung has written some really good books about that. Please mr Greger, stop referring to concentration camp starvation when discussing fasting. When we’re burning fat it takes us 3-4 days to burn through a kilo of it, not a bad idea for overweight people.
The incredible symphony of living and life should not be tuned down to a meagre tune by a single violin.