This great book, 'Fantastic Voyage' by Kurzweil and Grossman (see the website on http://www.fantastic-voyage.net/#) has really changed my life. I'll review the book in detail on the 'Think Fit' page (see link) but I want to tell what an impact the book has had on how I look at myself - near age 60 and thinking I was doing OK fitness-wise. Boy, did the book make me change that point of view! I've always concetrated on simple physical fitness (especially through resistance training) and neglected the real objective - keeping the entire biological machine running at optimum levels so I can live long and fruitfully. So reading this was a shock to discover that there was a wealth of things I neglected, especially in my case diet. Equally, I guess I didn't understand or bother with enough of the basic mechanics of how the machine works and the battery of tests you should do to ensure that you are getting the right picture of what's happening to you. I've changed: cut the coffee, switched to green tea, focused on low glycemic load foods (to name only a few changes) and plugged in other tests (e.g. homocysteine level - check out the book) to my regular check up. This team have written another book 'Transcend' which I haven't got to yet, but it's on my priority reading list.
Showing posts with label Books and Reviews on Fitness and Health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Books and Reviews on Fitness and Health. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
LIVE FOREVER!
This great book, 'Fantastic Voyage' by Kurzweil and Grossman (see the website on http://www.fantastic-voyage.net/#) has really changed my life. I'll review the book in detail on the 'Think Fit' page (see link) but I want to tell what an impact the book has had on how I look at myself - near age 60 and thinking I was doing OK fitness-wise. Boy, did the book make me change that point of view! I've always concetrated on simple physical fitness (especially through resistance training) and neglected the real objective - keeping the entire biological machine running at optimum levels so I can live long and fruitfully. So reading this was a shock to discover that there was a wealth of things I neglected, especially in my case diet. Equally, I guess I didn't understand or bother with enough of the basic mechanics of how the machine works and the battery of tests you should do to ensure that you are getting the right picture of what's happening to you. I've changed: cut the coffee, switched to green tea, focused on low glycemic load foods (to name only a few changes) and plugged in other tests (e.g. homocysteine level - check out the book) to my regular check up. This team have written another book 'Transcend' which I haven't got to yet, but it's on my priority reading list.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
THINK FIT - BOOK, REVIEWS AND LINKS
You need information and knowledge to stay fit and healthy...........
One blog is certainly not big enough for all the information needed. There are thousands - millions - of websites, books and articles dedicated to specific subjects that will be of particular interest to different individuals.
What we've done on this blog is to construct a portal to some of these sites and this is an area we see for major growth. Because the material is so extensive, this topic is covered on another page linked to this one. Just click the THINK FIT link on the right to go there.... The THINK FIT page covers books, articles, photos and all kinds of useful web links associated with maintaining a healthy mind in a healthy body
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One blog is certainly not big enough for all the information needed. There are thousands - millions - of websites, books and articles dedicated to specific subjects that will be of particular interest to different individuals.
What we've done on this blog is to construct a portal to some of these sites and this is an area we see for major growth. Because the material is so extensive, this topic is covered on another page linked to this one. Just click the THINK FIT link on the right to go there.... The THINK FIT page covers books, articles, photos and all kinds of useful web links associated with maintaining a healthy mind in a healthy body
COPYRIGHT
We respect copyright and intellectual property laws and try our best to ensure that we have permission before we quote or publish anything subject to copyright. If we mistakenly fail to get copyright for a given article or cannot find the copyright holder or picture owner we apologise and will make sure the mistake is rectified as soon as we know about it.
DEFAMATION AND LIBEL
We know to our cost how easy it is to offend people. It should go without saying that we respect people and the ethic of this blog is NOT to offend. That said, we reserve the right to make fair criticism of products or books or activities when we think this is warranted and helpful to our readers. If we are wrong or unknowingly offensive let us know and we will offer apology if one is due. We will also not accept offensive or defamatory contributions to this blog.
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