Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection
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of Cape Coral, Florida USA on 12/27/2013
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Magazine writer A.J. Jacobs calls it "experiential journalism." He takes on seemingly ridiculous, yet intriguing, challenges. He reads the entire Encyclopedia Britannica. He lives the Bible, even the apparently trivial parts, such as not shaving your face. He outsources his life to a team of personal assistants in India.
He learns along the way and shares his discoveries. It's fairly entertaining. Jacobs has an easy going and non-egotistical style. He works hard at his projects, preparing ahead, and doing research throughout.
In his latest undertaking, he attempts to become healthy. This is more difficult than it sounds. He plans to go from slightly overweight and out of shape to heroic fitness. And that's not all. He also intends to improve the condition of all of his body parts: skin, nose, hands, etc. All this in two years! It really is a bigger project and he rushed through areas of the study.
One of the first roadblocks he runs into is the sheer volume of information and theories on how to be fit. The second obstacle is that much of the information is contradictory. There is no agreed upon, guaranteed path to health. Even trusted experts don't agree with one another. In the end, I think everything is in moderation and balance.
But the main impediment to super health is self control. No surprise there. Jacobs manages to overcome the problem with a variety of methods.
He also finds inspiration in two examples in their nineties - his own grandfather who remained involved in community affairs long after his formal retirement, and fitness expert Jack La Lanne, who kept a busy professional schedule, spreading the word about healthy living, right to the end.
He learns along the way and shares his discoveries. It's fairly entertaining. Jacobs has an easy going and non-egotistical style. He works hard at his projects, preparing ahead, and doing research throughout.
In his latest undertaking, he attempts to become healthy. This is more difficult than it sounds. He plans to go from slightly overweight and out of shape to heroic fitness. And that's not all. He also intends to improve the condition of all of his body parts: skin, nose, hands, etc. All this in two years! It really is a bigger project and he rushed through areas of the study.
One of the first roadblocks he runs into is the sheer volume of information and theories on how to be fit. The second obstacle is that much of the information is contradictory. There is no agreed upon, guaranteed path to health. Even trusted experts don't agree with one another. In the end, I think everything is in moderation and balance.
But the main impediment to super health is self control. No surprise there. Jacobs manages to overcome the problem with a variety of methods.
He also finds inspiration in two examples in their nineties - his own grandfather who remained involved in community affairs long after his formal retirement, and fitness expert Jack La Lanne, who kept a busy professional schedule, spreading the word about healthy living, right to the end.
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Arrived with today's mail. Look forward to reading this. Thanks for sending this on.
An interesting read. There were a few points raised that I might follow through on my own.
Sent to someone who had this on her wish list.
Received in the mail yesterday. Thank you for the kind RABCK, waterfalling! I have enjoyed both The Know-It-All and The Year of Living Biblically so I look forward to this one.
This was a fun look at the status of health and wellbeing in the early 21st Century. The thing is, for every study Jacobs found that said one thing, there was another one that said the opposite, so it's not really a guide to being healthy. The best advice is everything in moderation. Get plenty of rest, get some exercise, eat some vegetables. Jacobs makes his topics interesting and always has some humorous points and stories to share. This is another good one from him.
Journal Entry 9 by 
glade1
at Little Free Library at Eclectic By Nature in Greensboro, North Carolina USA on Monday, February 18, 2019
glade1 at Little Free Library at Eclectic By Nature in Greensboro, North Carolina USA on Monday, February 18, 2019
Released 5 yrs ago (2/16/2019 UTC) at Little Free Library at Eclectic By Nature in Greensboro, North Carolina USA
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