Amazon.com Review
Three conditions in American society are preventing us from achieving the health, long life, and enhanced quality of life that we seek, says Lee Hitchcox: our animal-centered diet, petrochemical-based economy, and lobby-centered government. Long Life Now is an extensively researched, scathing exposé of how "medical junk science," government corruption, and industry cover-ups have misled us, and what we need to know to recapture our health. Hitchcox exposes popular medical research that was funded by the industry that benefits from the findings--such as "alcohol reduces heart disease" (funded by the alcohol industry) and "olive oil lowers breast cancer risk" (funded by Greece).
He reveals startling facts: one chemical additive in ice cream dissolves paint, another kills lice. The American Medical Association nutritional video clinic (to help physicians reduce cholesterol in their patients) that recommended "choice, rather than avoidance" was funded by the Live Stock and Meat Board, Beef Board, and Pork Board. Hitchcox describes how people live past 100 disease free in some parts of the world. He suggests lifestyle changes that will help us slow our biological aging and cut the risk of degenerative diseases and guides you through a plan to achieve this. An important book for you and your physician. --Joan Price
From Scientific American
As a survival manual Long Life Now: Strategies For Staying Alive is an illuminating read that sorts out the complexities of our increasingly toxic world.
