knowledge-your best ally
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I love to learn. My goal is to never stop expanding my own mind, staying on top of current research and scientific literature so that I can deliver the best care for patients.
I’ve listed some of the most influential resources below. Some of them oppose each other, but I like that. We have to be willing to accept our limitations, accept that what we know right now may be wrong, and only then, can we continue to improve.
So if you’re interested in wetting your appetite for some tantalizing reads, I have shared some of my top picks to get you started on optimizing your lifespan and healthspan!
A playful curiosity and the drive to learn are your most powerful qualities to living a good life!
Books
Longevity & Community
Lifespan: Why We Age and Why We Don’t Have to by David Sinclair
Lost Connections: Why You’re Depressed and How to Find Hope by Johann Hari
Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention – and How to Think Deeply Again by Johann Hari
The Village Effect: How Face to Face Contact Can Make Us Healthier and Happier by Susan Pinker
Friendship: The Evolution, Biology, and Extraordinary Power of Life’s Fundamental Bond by Lydia Denworth
The Rabbit Effect: Live Longer, Happier and Healthier with the Groundbreaking Science of Kindness by Kelli Harding
Immune System
Immune: A Journey into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive. By Philipp Dettmer
A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet, and Disease by Shilpa Ravella
Nutrition
In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto by Michael Pollan
The Omnivore’s Dilemma: a Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan
Coming to My Senses by Alice Waters
We Are What We Eat: a Slow Food Manifesto by Alice Waters
Metabolical: The Lure and Lies of Processed Food, Nutrition, and Modern Medicine by Robert Lustig
Fat Chance: Beating the Odds Against Sugar, Processed Food, Obesity, and Disease by Robert Lustig
Animals, Vegetables, Junk by Mark Bitterman
The Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss by Dr. Jason Fung
How Not to Diet: The Groundbreaking Science of Healthy, Permanent Weight Loss by Dr. Michael Gregor
Hooked: Food, Free Will, and How the Food Giants Exploit our Addictions by Michael Moss
The Secret Life of Fat: The Science Behind the Body’s Least Understood Organ and What it Means for You by Sylvia Tara
Sleep & Breathing
The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time by Arianna Huffington
Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker
The Sleep Solution: Why Your Sleep is Broken and How to Fix it by Christ Winter
Breath: the New Science of a Lost Art by James Nestor
Being Open Minded
Trick or Treatment: The Undeniable Facts about Alternative Medicine by Edzard Ernst and Simon Singh
Mistakes Were Made (But Not By Me) by Carol Tarvis and Elliot Aronson
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