Lasting Health

The books, in order

1. 1

   Health · 15 min

   Why We Sleep

   Matthew Walker

   A bad night's sleep doesn't vanish the next day. It leaves a buildup that your body bills you for all week.

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2. 2

   Health · 15 min

   How Not to Die

   Michael Greger, MD, with Gene Stone

   Preventing chronic disease has much more to do with habits repeated for years than with any radical change lasting a few weeks.

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3. 3

   Health · 15 min

   Sharpen

   Sanjay Gupta

   The adult brain keeps reshaping itself after age sixty, and that changes what you can expect from a routine you start late.

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4. 4

   Health · 15 min

   Grain Brain

   David Perlmutter

   The book uses inflammation to explain almost every symptom it mentions, simplifying a process that science treats as far more varied.

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5. 5

   Health · 17 min

   The Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease

   Daniel Lieberman

   According to Lieberman, running long distances in the heat was, for much of prehistory, the most effective hunting weapon of the genus Homo, more so than speed.

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6. 6

   Health · 19 min

   Lifespan: Why We Age, and Why We Don't Have To

   David A. Sinclair (with Matthew D. LaPlante)

   Treating only the illnesses that show up in old age fights the visible branches rather than attacking the common root of the problem.

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7. 7

   Health · 17 min

   Glucose Revolution

   Jessie Inchauspé

   Organizing your plate by starting with vegetables slows down the absorption speed of the carbohydrates that follow.

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8. 8

   Health · 17 min

   Wheat Belly

   William Davis

   According to the book's theory, the carbohydrates in refined wheat raise blood glucose levels just as fast as, or even faster than, regular table sugar.

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9. 9

   Health · 17 min

   The Body: A Guide for Occupants

   Bill Bryson

   The raw materials that make up the body have negligible monetary value in nature. The real biological marvel lies in the coordination of trillions of cells working together.

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10. 10

    Health · 18 min

    Intuitive Eating

    Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch

    A food rule can look like a solution while at the same time feeding the very cycle of urgency it tries to control.

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