Drop dead healthy
Subtitle: one man's humble quest for bodily perfection
By: A.J. Jacobs
Publisher: William Heinemann
Published: 2012
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780434020102
Subjects: Health; Humor
Description: "You may know A.J. Jacobs as the man who attempted to read the Encyclopedia Britannica from cover-to-cover. Or you may have been introduced to him when he spent a year trying to follow the Bible as literally as possible. He returns once again with another seemingly impossible task--that of becoming the healthiest man alive. As with his earlier books, Jacobs brings his quick wit, self-deprecating humor, and journalistic eye to the experiment. He leaves no health stone unturned: from literally running his errands and wearing noise-cancelling headphones for hours a day to rigging a desk that he can work at while walking on the treadmill (there are instructions at the end for those interested), Jacobs chronicles the good, bad, and ugly of trying to attain "perfect" health. Jacobs' writing is breezy, informational, and entertaining, and he manages to achieve the near impossible--discussing issues of health without sounding preachy. --Caley Anderson in amazon.com.
Table of contents: title: The stomach : the quest to eat right; title: The heart : the quest to get my blood pumping; title: The ears : the quest for quiet; title: The butt : the quest to avoid sedentary life; title: The immune system : the quest to conquer germs; title: The stomach, revisited : the quest for the perfect meal; title: The genitals : the quest to have more sex; title: The nervous system : the quest to hurt less; title: The lower intestine : the quest to go to the bathroom properly; title: The adrenal gland : the quest to lower my stress level; title: The brain : the quest to be smarter; title: The endocrine system : the quest for a nontoxic home; title: The teeth: the quest for the perfect smile; title: The feet : the quest to run right; title: The lungs : The quest to breathe better; title: The stomach, revisited : the continued quest for the perfect diet; title: The skin : the quest to erase blemishes; title: The heart, revisited : the quest for the perfect workout; title: The inside of the eyelid : the quest for the perfect night's sleep; title: The bladder : the quest to figure out what to drink; title: The gonads : the quest to get more balls; title: The nose : the quest to smell better; title: The hands : the quest for magic fingers; title: The back : the quest to stand up straight; title: The eyes : the quest to see better; title: The skull : the quest not to be killed in an accident; title: The finish line; title: Appendix A. Guerrilla exercise; title: Appendix B. How to eat less; title: Appendix C. Five tips on treadmill desks; title: Appendix D. My five foolproof (for me, at last) methods of stress reduction; title: Appendix E. The ten best pieces of food advice I've gotten all year; title: Appendix F. How to live the quiet life; title: Appendix G. Five toxins I now avoid.