Short Books Ltd How to Live: A lifestyle manual to avoid chronic disease and live a long and healthy life

This book is a great reference and I suspect I’ll be going back to read it many times. It gave me many good and practical pointers to use on daily bases. I’m not sure how reliable is the sighted information but I suspect this is the best medical science can provide. Last chapters are not as informative but the value has been extracted long before one gets to those sections. This is a great supplement to the book: “Outlive” by Peter Attia, which I like better of the two, and I highly recommend.

The book was 1/3 out of focus, therefore illegible.

Great book.Well written with a short summary at the end of each chapter. Very useful because it concentrates on what we should do to be healthier. It doesn't overwhelm like other books do, it gives you easy to follow tips for your day to day. Very recomendable. Very easy to read.

Very useful book, enjoyed it very much.

This book provides a useful overview of recent research findings, in the hope of encouraging you to live a longer and healthier life. All the traditional topics are discussed, including: obesity, the gut microbiome, fats and cholesterol, excessive sugar, vitamins and minerals, smoking, exercise, blood pressure, sleep, and mental health. The book is wide-ranging, with a slight leaning towards health from a cancer perspective (the author is a cancer specialist) – but this doesn’t distract from the underlying messages. There are a few obvious errors early in the book, but nothing too troublesome, these should have been caught by the editor. For example: *Introduction says “…average global life expectancy has more than doubled and is now well over 80…” – the global value is around 71, the value of 80+ relates to the UK, as given in the associated reference! *p60 says “The world’s population has more than tripled in the last 25 years…” - it actually increased from 5.7 billion to 7.8 billion. Suddenly it feels like there’s a large number of new health lifestyle books on the market, perhaps as a result of Covid19 and how it interacts with health lifestyle. Indeed, this book does have some incidental Covid19 entries. There’s some overlap with other recently published works, including Spoon-Fed, and This Book Could Save Your Life. Overall, this is an interesting, encouraging, and informative book on living a healthier life.