Drop dead healthy : one man's humble quest for bodily perfection

Drop dead healthy : one man's humble quest for bodily perfection /

"Having sanctified himself in The Year of Living Biblically and sharpened his mind in The Know-It-All, A.J. Jacobs had one feat left in the self-improvement trinity: to become the healthiest man in the world. He didn't want just to lose weight, or finish a triathlon, or lower his cholester...

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Main Author: Jacobs, A. J., 1968-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Jacobs, A. J., > 1968- > Health.
Jacobs, A. J., > 1968-
Health.
Nutrition > Biography.
Exercise.
Health > Humor.
Nutrition Therapy.
Nutrition.
Biography.
Biographies.
Humor.
Table of Contents:
  • The stomach : the quest to eat right
  • The heart : the quest to get my blood pumping
  • The ears : the quest for quiet
  • The butt : the quest to avoid sedentary life
  • The immune system : the quest to conquer germs
  • The stomach, revisited : the quest for the perfect meal
  • The genitals : the quest to have more sex
  • The nervous system : the quest to hurt less
  • The lower intestine : the quest to go to the bathroom properly
  • The adrenal gland : the quest to lower my stress level
  • The brain : the quest to be smarter
  • The endocrine system : the quest for a nontoxic home
  • The teeth: the quest for the perfect smile
  • The feet : the quest to run right
  • The lungs : The quest to breathe better
  • The stomach, revisited : the continued quest for the perfect diet
  • The skin : the quest to erase blemishes
  • The heart, revisited : the quest for the perfect workout
  • The inside of the eyelid : the quest for the perfect night's sleep
  • The bladder : the quest to figure out what to drink
  • The gonads : the quest to get more balls
  • The nose : the quest to smell better
  • The hands : the quest for magic fingers
  • The back : the quest to stand up straight
  • The eyes : the quest to see better
  • The skull : the quest not to be killed in an accident
  • The finish line
  • Appendix A. Guerrilla exercise
  • Appendix B. How to eat less
  • Appendix C. Five tips on treadmill desks
  • Appendix D. My five foolproof (for me, at last) methods of stress reduction
  • Appendix E. The ten best pieces of food advice I've gotten all year
  • Appendix F. How to live the quiet life
  • Appendix G. Five toxins I now avoid.

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