Geoff's review of Healthy at 100: The Scientifically Proven Secrets of the World's Healthiest and Longest-Lived Peoples
Healthy at 100: The Scientifically Proven Secrets of the World's Healthiest and Longest-Lived Peoples by John Robbins
Geoff's review
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Read in February, 2008
I really wanted to like this book. John Robbins 'Diet for a New America' was very influential on my journey towards being Vegan. Healthy at 100 does have its heart in the right place. The problem is that it probably would have made a better magazine article than book. Robbins repeats himself over and over and over again. Sections end with long 'to do lists' which feel like brainstorming notes and the end takeaway is pretty simple: eat veg, connect with the community, get exercise, find purpose and be happy.
I know John had a better book in him and so I really lay blame with the editor of this book. Healthy at 100 is a fantastic first draft, and in the right hands it could have been a very significant book, getting people to look at how we live and how our society deals with aging. Instead we get a bloated and repetitive book that meanders, never quite finding its way.
I know John had a better book in him and so I really lay blame with the editor of this book. Healthy at 100 is a fantastic first draft, and in the right hands it could have been a very significant book, getting people to look at how we live and how our society deals with aging. Instead we get a bloated and repetitive book that meanders, never quite finding its way.
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