Health
Experts frequently advise us to:
- Get sufficient, regular, quality sleep ("enough" varies by person, but regularly sleeping 7-8 hours is sufficient for many)
- Eat a varied diet of real, natural foods and light on processed/ultraprocessed foods
- Get 10-15 minutes of sunlight daily, when possible
- Exercise regularly. Any exercise/movement beats nothing. And, except for extreme athletes, more is always better. But build up slowly to avoid injury.
Videos
Michael Greger, MD FACLM (How Not to Die Documentary)
Eric Topol, MD: "How to Become a 'Super Ager'"
Articles
- Mayo Clinic: 7 tips to live a happier life
- World Health Organization: Everyday actions for better health
- Washington University: Healthy lifestyle habits for 2026
- Cleveland Clinic: 10 Simple Health Habits Worth Adopting
- National Health Service (UK): Healthy living
- UCSF Health: Tips for Staying Healthy
- US Dept of Health: Healthy Lifestyle
Books
Michael Greger, MD FACLM (How Not to Die)
How Not to Die is not about living forever. It's not How to Not Die, but How Not to Die—as in prematurely, in pain, and after a long, chronic, disabling illness. The good news is that we have tremendous power over our health destiny and longevity. The vast majority of premature death and disability can be prevented through simple changes in diet and lifestyle. In How Not to Die, Dr. Michael Greger, the internationally-recognized lecturer, physician, and founder of NutritionFacts.org, examines the top 15 causes of death in America—heart disease, various cancers, diabetes, Parkinson's, high blood pressure, and more—and explains how nutritional and lifestyle interventions can sometimes trump prescribed pills and even surgery, freeing us to live healthier lives.
Super Agers: An evidence-based approach to longevity, Eric Topol, MD
Super Agers is a detailed guide to a revolution transforming human longevity. This is a breakthrough moment in the history of human health care. The person making that bold claim is one of the most respected medical researchers in the world, Eric Topol.
Dr. Topol’s unprecedented, evidenced-based guide is about how you and your family and friends can benefit from new treatments coming available at a faster rate than ever. From his unique position as a leader overseeing millions in research funding, Dr. Topol also explains the fundamental reasons—from semaglutides to AI—that we can be confident these breakthroughs will continue. Ninety-five percent of Americans over sixty have at least one chronic disease and almost as many have two. That is the essential problem this revolution is solving. He explains the power of the new approaches to the worst chronic killers—diabetes/obesity, heart disease, cancer, and neurodegeneration—and how treatments can begin long before middle age, and even long after. In thirty years, we will have five times as many people at least one hundred years old and they will be healthier than ever because of the breakthroughs Dr. Topol describes.
The amazing discoveries Topol brings into sharp focus are deeply inspiring about our human potential. We can now realistically see how we can make considerable headway for preventing age-related diseases and may one day be able to slow the body-wide aging process itself.