A Short Guide to a Long Life
David B. Agus, MD
2014, 186 pages
Fiction
Dr. David Agus has distilled advice from The End of Illness into Michael Pollan-style rules anyone can understand and follow. He aims to deflate overstated health benefits – for example, neither juicers nor vitamins are as good as they sound – and to help readers take charge of their own health. His three ground rules are: “Health information is a moving target,” “the rules in this book are not meant to be blanket recommendations,” and “you are in charge of you.” The book is pided into three sections: What to Do, and What to Avoid, as well as Doctor’s Orders, which summarizes Agus’s advice for each decade of adulthood and provides bullet-point lists to “help you remember key facts, rules, and ideas.” This is a well-organized, pragmatic guide packed with information, resources, and tips for successfully managing health and well-being.
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