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    The Longevity Paradox: How to Die Young at a Ripe Old Age
    The Longevity Paradox: How to Die Young at a Ripe Old Age
    The Longevity Paradox: How to Die Young at a Ripe Old Age
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    The Longevity Paradox: How to Die Young at a Ripe Old Age

    Written by Steven R. Gundry, MD

    Narrated by Steven R. Gundry, MD

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    About this audiobook

    From the author of the New York Times bestseller The Plant Paradox comes a groundbreaking plan for living a long, healthy, happy life.

    From the moment we are born, our cells begin to age. But aging does not have to mean decline. World-renowned surgeon Dr. Steven Gundry has been treating mature patients for most of his career. He knows that everyone thinks they want to live forever, until they hit middle age and witness the suffering of their parents and even their peers. So how do we solve the paradox of wanting to live to a ripe old age—but enjoy the benefits of youth?

    This groundbreaking book holds the answer. Working with thousands of patients, Dr. Gundry has discovered that the “diseases of aging” we most fear are not simply a function of age; rather, they are a byproduct of the way we have lived over the decades. In The Longevity Paradox, he maps out a new approach to aging well—one that is based on supporting the health of the “oldest” parts of us: the microorganisms that live within our bodies.

    Our gut bugs—the bacteria that make up the microbiome—largely determine our health over the years. From diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s to common ailments like arthritis to our weight and the appearance of our skin, these bugs are in the driver’s seat, controlling our quality of life as we age.

    The good news is, it’s never too late to support these microbes and give them what they need to help them—and you—thrive. In The Longevity Paradox, Dr. Gundry outlines a nutrition and lifestyle plan to support gut health and live well for decades to come. A progressive take on the new science of aging, The Longevity Paradox offers an action plan to prevent and reverse disease as well as simple hacks to help anyone look and feel younger and more vital.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperAudio
    Release dateMar 19, 2019
    ISBN9780062898982
    The Longevity Paradox: How to Die Young at a Ripe Old Age
    Author

    Steven R. Gundry, MD

    Steven R. Gundry, MD, is the director of the International Heart and Lung Institute in Palm Springs, California, and the founder and director of the Center for Restorative Medicine in Palm Springs and Santa Barbara. After a distinguished surgical career as a professor and chairman of cardiothoracic surgery at Loma Linda University, Dr. Gundry changed his focus to curing modern diseases via dietary changes. He is the bestselling author of The Longevity Paradox, The Plant Paradox, The Plant Paradox Cookbook, The Plant Paradox Quick and Easy, and Dr. Gundry’s Diet Evolution, and has written more than three hundred articles published in peer-reviewed journals on using diet and supplements to eliminate heart disease, diabetes, autoimmune disease, and multiple other diseases. Dr. Gundry lives with his wife, Penny, and their dogs in Palm Springs and Montecito, California.

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    • 5/5
      It made sense to me! but I couldn't find the enhancement papers for the auidobook that he is talking about.

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      At 56 I’m on a personal quest to grow old with zero prescribed medications. I have switched my diet to a pescatarian based whole food staple. I want to optimize my health and attempt to manage all of my minerals, nutrients, and vitamins through food. I’ve dropped my weight from 214 to 165 and dropped my waistline from 44” to 30”. I eat extremely healthy and eviscerate all information I can regarding nutrition. This is by far the most succinct book on health, wellness, and living a long and healthy life I have found yet. I will continue to reread this for the amount of information is by far too extensive for me to remember. Thank yourself and your gut buddies will thank you for imbibing in this deliciously nutritional brain food of a book.

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      It’s a good fiction. Gut buddies is an excellent character in the book that does everything. The list of supplements is nauseating. You have to be insane to take all the proposed supplements. Dr. Gundry is a good man and means well. The research on which the fictional longevity is founded is mythical but interesting. The beauty of a paradox is that it can hold every possible contradictions. Much like metaphysical poetry, the book is joy. Eat less, fast for 16 hours every day, walk twice a week, and stay away from lots of meat and you will live a long, healthy life. Cheers.

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    • 5/5
      Great book with excellent information. Will certainly benefit your health
    • 5/5
      Really enjoyed the perspective of this book...has helped me rethink what choices I make on a daily basis.
    • 5/5
      Great information and very helpful for our longevity. I will definitely try this program.
    • 5/5
      A game changer book which will change the percention you have about some promoted healthy foods.
    • 2/5
      where is the program located ??? what to do to correct all the book was talking about ??? this way it isn't worth anything. chapter 15 is missing.
    • 3/5
      Listened to this as an audiobook. Very persuasive presentation in how the message is delivered. That is do as I say because I am the doctor and have researched this. In doing a little research myself I found there are other doctors that refute a lot of what he presents because it is not based on pure medical research. Having said that there are topics Dr.Gundry delves into that make a lot of common sense. A lot having to do with the garbage and poisons or food processing and restaurants throw at us. Not to mention pharmaceuticals, but I will.Dr. Gundry spends a lot of time on foods does and don'ts and explodes a lot of solid nutritional lore primarily when it comes to the values of fruits. And many other foods we may have taken for granted to be good for us, he contends really aren't.Aside from just food topics he gets into his ideas on fasting and modified forms of fasting that sound plausible, but how many of are really ready to get on board. And finally he talks about peripheral health like lighting, sleep, and exercise.All of this rolled out and a truly lengthy process designed to add years to our lives and the ultimate goal of growing old without being old. Will it work? It's up to each of us to decide on our own and see if he was right somewhere down the road.
    • 2/5
      He makes you want to believe, however there are two many contradictions in what he presents. That said this is a great book to learn about persuasion. The way he builds off of a few truths and what we want to hear. From that angle it was great.