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From Here to Longevity: Your complete Guide for a Long and Healthy Life

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I loved this book; I picked it up at the [store] because of the cool cover (shallow, I know, but read on), but within two minutes was so hooked that I couldn't put it down. We live in a society that is both obsessed with being thin, while at the same time grows increasingly unhealthy. Dr. Ray's premise is that we've come to expect degeneration, dependency and disease as a natural part of aging, when in fact all of these things can be retarded, or even eliminated. As a Stanford Med school educated Biochemist, Dr. Ray knows her stuff, and she shares this all important information in a way that is both fun to read and highly compelling. Want to live to experience true longevity, while being vibrant, fit and mentally alert? Start eating and exercising the way we're genetically programmed to do, and stop falling prey to fad diets and more drugs. Dr. Ray offers a bold new look at how to seize control of your health and your future. Warning: this book is recommended for people who are not afraid to look at their lives and their health in a whole new way, and who are willing to explode the myths of pharmaceuticals as cure-alls, and dieting as we know it as the way to health.

This book is a great resource because of all the charts and figures and the extensive bibliography. This is very important for sceptics like me who have to know the why of everything. But I must say, the thing that most impressed me about this is that a Stanford Phd who was a truly athletic person yet was humble enough to explain how her lifestyle was actually making her more and more sick and how SHE was an even greater sceptic who was driven to finding out everything that anyone could possibly find out about natural remedies and why they work. Lucky for us that she is sharing it in a way that ordinary people can understand rather than just putting it in scientific journals where few would have enjoyed the benefits. Thank you Dr. Ray.

From Here To Longevity is a GREAT read and EXREMELY beneficial! It just makes sense to get back to our "roots" in our diets as well as our daily living and this book explains how and why it is important. It is practical and necessary! Read it! Live it!

I purchased this book as a new Juice Plus distributor and it changed my life! I am also a healthcare professional and Mitra Ray's information on nutrition is absolutely correct.

There is lots of good advice in the book, but there are also at least two major issues I have that leaves a bad taste and makes me wary. First, Ray claims that a vegetarian diet is unhealthy. I've been a vegetarian for 30 years, I'm 65, I never get sick, I teach karate, do triathlons, and am VERY healthy. I am not unique. So, Ray is fos on this.

Ray also keeps hawking a supplement (Juice Plus+) which is expensive and unnecessary. She pushes it so much in the book that I would be surprised if she is not financially tied to the product.

All in all, I would not recommend the book: read Pollan instead.