What Healthy People Know: And the 7 Things They Do to Stay Healthy and Live Long

by Bob Gleeson

So, what do healthy people know? Healthy people know how to find good health in their own lives without a fad diet, special exercise gear, or sacrifice. These healthiest of Americans enjoy 80 percent... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0976491818
• ISBN13: 9780976491811
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Health Now LLC
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Easy Read, Lots of Facts and Helpful Tips

This book is a simple guide to healthful living. It also has sound and scientifically based knowledge. I bought it for someone who needed to make some changes and it has really helped!

Live well to live long.

You can reduce your risk of heart disease, cancer, and type 2 diabetes by more than 50%. No supplements, spandex, tofu required. Interested? Then read What Healthy People Know by Dr. Bob Gleeson. This easy read will quickly show you how to minimize your own risk of disease, maximize your activities, and lengthen your life. We all know the basic rules for great health: do not smoke, get 30 minutes of moderate exercise 4 or more days every week, do not be too short for your weight, eat a colorful Mediterranean-like diet, drink small to modest amounts of alcohol (if you drink at all), manage your stress, and see your physician for preventive medical care. But, only 5% of us routinely make these healthy choices. What Healthy People Know explains the science that supports these simple recommendations for better health. Science has shown that each of the following activities will lower your risk of heart disease by at least 20%: eating a bowl of whole wheat (not bran, whole wheat) cereal every morning, walking 2 miles a day, eating five or more colorful fruits and veggies a day, and drinking a glass of wine. Healthy people know that they control their own health. Are you going to hope that good health finds you, or are you going to control your own health and live a long and vibrant life? I know what I a choosing. I am choosing to buy this book.

Getting kick started.

This book is all about knowledge. The more you understand about the effects of good healthy habits, the easier it is to get started. After reading this book, it gave me the encouragement to figure out how to incorporate the 7 healthy "things" into my life even though I have severe arthritis. Reading this, lead me to investigate how I can better manage my arthritis - and incorporate excercises into my day I never thought I'd be able to do again.