I went on an A.J. Jacobs kick earlier this year and read
most, if not all, of his books. Of all
of them, as a person who has aspirations of being a health nut but is too lazy
to follow through on them, I found this book to be the best one that he has
written. It follows Mr. Jacobs through a
series of efforts to improve his health as he focuses on different topics that
range from exercise to sleep to sex to brain health and many others. It was also very funny to read Mr. Jacobs
relate how the efforts of his experiments affected not only him but his family
as well.
Mr. Jacobs did a lot of research before embarking on his
experiments and relates the research behind each experiment throughout the
book. He has plenty of articles and
books cited in his bibliography, so I trust that his research is fairly
thorough. I found the information he
presented to be fascinating and learned a few things that I put into practice
myself. At the end of the book, Mr.
Jacobs relates what aspects of his experiments he will keep practicing long
after the book has been published. While
I was reading this book, I wish I had kept some sticky notes beside me to mark
the pages that I wanted to refer back to.
While research and scientific opinions are constantly changing (i.e. one
day shrimp is bad for you, the next day it’s fine), I would love to purchase
this book and re-read it. I’m sure that
I missed some topics that I would like to further implement in my own life.
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