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Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.2
EAN num: 9780345490117
ISBN number: 0345490118
Label: Ballantine Books
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
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Page Count: 384
Printing Date: August 28, 2007
Publishing house: Ballantine Books
Release Date: August 28, 2007
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Why do some people age in failing health and sadness, while others grow old with vitality and joy?
In this revolutionary book, bestselling author John Robbins presents us with a bold new paradigm of aging, showing us how we can increase not only our lifespan but also our health span. Through the example of four very different cultures that have the distinction of producing some of the world’s healthiest, oldest people, Robbins reveals the secrets for living an extended and fulfilling life in which our later years become a period of wisdom, vitality, and happiness. From Abkhasia in the Caucasus south of Russia, where age is beauty, and Vilcabamba in the Andes of South America, where laughter is the greatest medicine, to Hunza in Central Asia, where dance is ageless, and finally the southern Japanese islands of Okinawa, the modern Shangri-la, where people regularly live beyond a century, Robbins examines how the unique lifestyles of these peoples can influence and improve our own.
Bringing the traditions of these ancient and vibrantly healthy cultures together with the latest breakthroughs in medical science, Robbins reveals that, remarkably, they both point in the same direction. The result is an inspirational synthesis of years of research into healthy aging in which Robbins has isolated the characteristics that will enable us to live long and–most important–joyous lives. With an emphasis on simple, wholesome, but satisfying fare, and the addition of a manageable daily exercise routine, many people can experience great improvement in the quality of their lives now and for many years to come. But perhaps more surprising is Robbins’ discovery that it is not diet and exercise alone that helps people to live well past one hundred. The quality of personal relationships is enormously important. With startling medical evidence about the effects of our interactions with others, Robbins asserts that loneliness has more impact on lifespan than such known vices as smoking. There is clearly a strong beneficial power to love and connection.
“We all have the tools to live longer lives, and to remain active, productive, and resourceful until the very end,” Robbins writes. Healthy at 100 strives to improve both the quality and the quantity of our remaining years–no matter how old or how healthy we might currently be–and to reverse the social stigma on aging. After reading this book, we will never think about age–or life–in the same way again.
“John Robbins has inspired millions of people with his eloquent, clear, compassionate, and insightful guidance on the path to health and fulfillment. Healthy at 100 may be his finest work to date. If you are interested in extending your health span as well as your life span, read this book! Healthy at 100 is a masterpiece.”
–Dean Ornish, M.D., president and director of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute, author of Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease
“This is a remarkably open and heartfelt book full of wisdom and love by an extraordinary man who has been teaching us how to live more healthy and compassionate lives for over twenty years now. John Robbins has created a new vision of aging for American society.”
–John Mackey, CEO, Whole Foods
“John Robbins is one of the most important voices in America today. He cuts through nonsense like no one else does. He gives hope like no one else does. His words are lifelines for both the body and soul. This book can literally save our lives.”
–Marianne Williamson, author of A Return to Love and A Woman’s Worth
“Healthy at 100 is a marvelous blend of wisdom, hope, courage, and common sense. John Robbins gives us caring, science, and inspiration–a beautiful diet for the heart.”
–Jack Kornfield, co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society and Spirit Rock, author of A Path with Heart
“As the low-carb diet craze is gone, John Robbins proposes a far healthier approach that leads not just to a healthy weight but also to a joyful and fulfilled life. Healthy at 100 is packed with informed and heartfelt wisdom.”
–Jorge Cruise, author of The 3-Hour Diet, creator of JorgeCruise.com
“John Robbins inspires me on every page. His unique experiences and viewpoints were the reasons I wanted him to be in my film Super Size Me. This book only reinforces my faith in him as a thought-provoking humanitarian.”
–Morgan Spurlock, producer and director of Super Size Me
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Simple language, impressive numbers, credible bibliography.
He doesn't push you to buy anything.
He, just, asks you to think. I wish, it will be a mandatory reading for all health professionals.
I am RN feel bad for myself for not knowing alot of things will help me and my patients. All of the doctors I work with have no clue about books argument. I don't expect them to read it. General public should take responsibility for it's health.
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I think the contents of the book are richly informative--not only about what we eat, but the way we live in society. Close connections and a supportive community do as much for our health and well-being, it seems, as what we eat. Even having a dog positively impacts our longevity and fighting off disease. Go Fido! We pet lovers knew that fact intuitively all along.
Some the material was especially fascinating to me--the differences between the chimps and the bonobo apes, for example. The former are war-like and the latter are peaceful and kind. Yet both have the same genetic make-up and they're both 99% similar to human's genetic make-up. Hmmm--does this partially explains that age-old question of whether we're good or evil by nature? If we follow the chimp line, we're prone to violence and are war-like and if we follow the bonobo line, we're more pacific and co-operative...
Anyhow, this book is valuable and has influenced my food choices and exercise habits to the good. It's positive re-inforcement...not that I necessarily want to live to be 100 plus but that I want my remaining years to be filled with wellness, robust vitality and not dis-ease.
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OVERALL: A must read for all homo sapiens who want to live a happy life, not just a healthy one.
PROS:
* Quite rational and measured. Robbins constantly tempers his enthusiasm for the four healthy cultures he examines. He refrains from idealizing them, which strengthens his argument. He doesn't gush over their way of life and points out their shortcomings (e.g., lack of refrigeration, dirt floors, poor telecommunications, etc...).
* Adds two components that he didn't mention much in his previous books: exercise and love. He's always focused on diet, but now he spends more time talking about the importance of exercise and creating a loving community.
* He's less dogmatic about being a vegan. He admits that the longest lived people in the world (the Okinawans) eat fish regularly. His concerns are now fish have more mercury than ever and that we've over-fished our waters.
* Well researched and documented. As usual, Robbins cites his sources for those who want to dig deeper. He's professional.
CON: His argument that the gaps between rich and poor is the predictor of a nation's health is weak. I would have liked to see more evidence of that.
CONCLUSION: I love this book and recommend it to anyone. I've read 3 of his books and this is the best so far. It's balanced and persuasive. He's matured and become quite wise.
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This is, arguably, John Robbins' greatest book, but for some bizarre reason it doesn't seem to be selling all that well. While I haven't purchased as many copies of this book as I have The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health, it is at least as good a book.
Henry David Thoreau's classic, Walden, wasn't really appreciated until after his death. Hopefully, John Robbins won't have to wait that long.
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Hands down the best book I ever read on the subject. I used to think that with disease running rampant in my family, I was a goner. Now I know that lifestyle, especially diet, directly affects health and quality of life. I have changed my eating habits - limit animal products (did not realize I was eating so much when you include eggs, butter, cottage cheese, cheese, etc.) and incresed consumption of greens. Also purchased dietary supplements, and doing an internal cleanse. This book is great, even if a little preachy and repetitive.
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