02042nam a2200313u  4500001001100000003000700011005001700018007000300035008004100038010001500079020002900094020002600123035002100149042000800170050002400178082002000202100002600222245008600248250003900334260004100373300003200414500002000446520115600466600003501622650001201657650002601669650001401695650001901709759048519 OCoLC 20190501233024.0ta120822s2012    nyua          001 0beng    a2011039172  a9781416599074 (hardback)  a141659907X (hardback)  a(OCoLC)759048519  apcc00aRA776.5b.J265 201200a613.2092aB2231 aJacobs, A. J.,d1968-10aDrop dead healthy :bone man's humble quest for bodily perfection /cA.J. Jacobs.  a1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.  aNew York :bSimon & Schuster,c2012.  ax, 402 p. :bill. ;c24 cm.  aIncludes index.  a"Having sanctified himself in The Year of Living Biblically and sharpened his mind in The Know-It-All, A. J. Jacobs had one feat left in the self-improvement trinity: to become the healthiest man in the world. He didn't want just to lose weight, or finish a triathlon, or lower his cholesterol. His ambitions were far, far greater : Maximal health from head to toe.The task was massive. He had to tackle a complicated web of diet and exercise advice, much of which was nonsensical, unproven, and contradictory. He had to consult a team of medical advisers. And he had to subject himself to a grueling regimen of exercises, a range of diets, and an array of practices to improve everything from his hearing to his sleep to his sex life all the while testing the patience of his long-suffering wife. He left nothing untested, from the caveman workout to veganism, from the treadmill desk to extreme chewing. Drop Dead Healthy teems with hilarity and warmth and pushes our cultures assumptions about and obsessions with what makes good health, allowing the reader to reflect on his or her own health, body, and eventual mortality"--Provided by publisher.10aJacobs, A. J.,d1968-xHealth. 0aHealth. 0aNutritionvBiography. 0aExercise. 0aHealthvHumor.