Drop Dead Healthy Drop Dead Healthy

Drop Dead Healthy

One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection

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Publisher Description

 From the bestselling author of The Year of Living Biblically and The Know-It-All comes the true and truly hilarious story of one person’s quest to become the healthiest man in the world.

Hospitalized with a freak case of tropical pneumonia, goaded by his wife telling him, “I don’t want to be a widow at forty-five,” and ashamed of a middle-aged body best described as “a python that swallowed a goat,” A.J. Jacobs felt compelled to change his ways and get healthy. And he didn’t want only to lose weight, or finish a triathlon, or lower his cholesterol. His ambitions were far greater: maximal health from head to toe.

The task was epic. He consulted an army of experts— sleep consultants and sex clinicians, nutritionists and dermatologists. He subjected himself to dozens of different workouts—from Strollercize classes to Finger Fitness sessions, from bouldering with cavemen to a treadmill desk. And he took in a cartload of diets: raw foods, veganism, high protein, calorie restriction, extreme chewing, and dozens more. He bought gadgets and helmets, earphones and juicers. He poked and he pinched. He counted and he measured.

The story of his transformation is not only brilliantly entertaining, but it just may be the healthiest book ever written. It will make you laugh until your sides split and endorphins flood your bloodstream. It will alter the contours of your brain, imprinting you with better habits of hygiene and diet. It will move you emotionally and get you moving physically in surprising ways. And it will give you occasion to reflect on the body’s many mysteries and the ultimate pursuit of health: a well-lived life.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2012
April 10
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
416
Pages
PUBLISHER
Simon & Schuster
SELLER
Simon & Schuster Digital Sales LLC
SIZE
24
MB

Customer Reviews

Dmolloy777 ,

Funny, informative

The other reviewers must be stoned. I don't find much funny. But this book was a riot. Useful information. And the author has a good sense of humor about himself.

Nadezh ,

Loved it

A fun, easy-breezy, informative book. Laughter included.

maxximus02 ,

Informative and extremely entertaining

I was looking for an entertaining health book and this was it. It may not tell you the perfect end-all to lose weight or be healthy, but there are plenty of great tips and info from someone who isn't a doctor and is just trying to sift through so much 'health' nonsense that is everywhere these days. There isn't any single life changing aspects to this bit plenty of helpful portions I'll take with me in my day-to-day. His writing is very entertaining and filled with good humor as well.

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The Year of Living Biblically The Year of Living Biblically
2007
The Know-It-All The Know-It-All
2004
My Life as an Experiment My Life as an Experiment
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Thanks a Thousand Thanks a Thousand
2018

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