This book would have benefitted hugely from the author remembering his target audience and embracing a more conversational style. It could also have done with a serious edit. At this point. there is so much included that almost nothing is examined in sufficient detail. The audio book would have been much better with a professional narrator. I'm not sure what it is about the 'r' sound that Greger is having difficulty with but in English it isn't three syllables long.

I'm in the odd position of giving this 3 stars for the amount of research, while at the same time wanting to mark it lower based on how much of that research is included. At times you literally feel as if you're being battered with excerpts from research papers. However, there is no clear message except 'eat vegetables and exercise' which is advice everyone should already be embracing. In addition, I feel the author definitely had an agenda here. He is espousing his way as the right way. Maybe it is. But if you don't allow the possibility for error, I start wondering if you're cherry picking results and I saw some evidence of that here. To pick one example, the tiny section on Perimenopause was flippant, undetailed and from a perspective that had not been rigorously tested against real life experiences. I fully support every woman making her own choice about HRT but to suggest that the only real symptom is hot flushes and that it does not need to be as debilitating as it is made out to be, is just factually incorrect and grossly ignorant. It leans into the scaremongering about modern HRT causing breast cancer which if you look into it, has been pretty thoroughly debunked. I absolutely agree that a good diet, healthy lifestyle and measures to manage sleep and stress will greatly improve symptoms, but in many cases that is not enough. Hot flushes are nothing compared to the rages, the memory loss, the brain fog, the general sense of the world being a terrible place, the mixture of pains, the poor recovery time, the vision impairment etc There are oestrogen receptors in every part of the female body and there is plenty of evidence that low hormone levels are behind many later life afflictions in women - which could be completely avoided if HRT was more readily available.

Finding one section that was so badly researched made me notice others. I also wasn't expecting to find a joke about sex workers casually tossed in. That along with a few other things suggested that the author is, like many doctors, dismissive of female health. It's unfortunate for him if he's not and that impression is incorrect, because that is how he came across.

Overall, a few interesting studies mentioned but there are better anti aging books that aren't just about showing off how much research has been done. In trying to make this for everyone, Greger has made it for no one.

This book is packed with information and is very well-researched. It's a great way to learn about food and how it affects our health. I learned a lot and now have new ideas for eating healthier. This book is a good choice for anyone who wants to improve their health.

This is an incredibly well-researched book with a huge amount of information. It was a fascinating insight into what we consume and how it affects our longevity. It has given me a lot to consider about my own health and I think it will benefit anyone looking to make changes with their health.

Wow!

I love Michael Greger's books. I find them informative and fascinating and am always able to take some really good tips from what he says.

Many thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for gifting me this arc in exchange for an honest, unbiased review.

Amazing listen! Fully recommend you all buy yourself a copy!
Giving this the full five stars
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It was abundantly clear throughout this that Greger has thoroughly researched to pull this book together and I loved how he has brought all of this research together into one place for us and made it accessible.

I really enjoyed that I never felt lectured or like I was being told ‘this is the only way to be healthy’ or ‘you must do this’. Greger just presents the facts and does all the leg work or researching, reviewing and bringing it all together so that we have all the information we need to make the best choices for us. I’m already vegetarian and coincidentally eat a lot of what he mentions as being positive but it did make me think about some dietary choices I make and I will definitely be trying to limit my milk in my coffee and drink some more green tea!

My only criticism is that it’s long, really long. But having now finished it I don’t think this is the sort of book that’s really meant to be read all together. I mean you certainly can read it all cover to cover, but I think its strength lies in its comprehensiveness and in the fact you can refer back to this in the future and know it will have the statistics for you. It almost felt like a very digestible and palatable textbook - and I mean that in the best way possible! It feels like the cheat sheet to eating well and something that I could pick up on an afternoon and read a section whenever I want to refresh my memory.

In short, I feel much more well informed after finishing this and I can see myself wanting to refer back to this again in the future as it really does have a wealth of information contained in it.

I have read all of Michael Greger's books especially 'How not to Die', which was my favourite, until now. I used to refer to it on a regular basis and I still will, but this new book covers everything in fine detail, including the facts about ageing and a diet that can extend life significantly as well as what he calls healthspan, living to old age while in good health. I have already taken note of what the author said and included several things in my diet as a result of reading this book, or should I say listening to it, because it was an audio book.
Exercise is also important and I have tried to increase that.
This is my new favourite, but I will still read his other books, and I hope for more books from this author.
I would give this book ten or more stars if I could,
The referencing is brilliant and the content exceptional. Altogether in my opinion the best book I have ever listened to on this topic.
Needless to say, I highly recommend this book.It is jam packed with the latest research on ageing.