Hello!
We hope you're enjoying the festive break. If you're already fed up listening to your family, retreat to the washroom, settle in on your butt cheeks, and read about some of the best health and fitness content that Team BOMB has enjoyed this year.
💥 Kevin recommends Outlive by Peter Attia, MD (Book). The author places a great emphasis on prevention of disease and earlier detection than treatment and considers the patient as a unique individual (a concept he calls Medicine 3.0).
The starting point, he says, is the honest assessment and acceptance of risk, including the risk of doing nothing at all. He pays far more attention to maintaining health and quality of life—why live a long time if you're in no condition to do so? (The dude does not coddle!)
He bases most of his theory on trying to fix metabolic dysfunction rather than thinking about obesity itself and concentrates on how to better prevent, detect, and treat The Four Horseman - heart disease, cancer, neurological disease, and type 2 diabetes.
Choice find: “Studies of 500,000 patients found that grip strength, an excellent proxy for overall strength, was strongly and inversely associated with the incidence of dementia. And what's fascinating is that there seemed to be no upper limit or "plateau" to this relationship; the greater someone's grip strength, the lower their risk of dementia.”
Look out for an in-depth write up in future emails.
💥 Claire B recommends the book Next Level by Dr. Stacy Sims (Book). It’s all about training through perimenopause and menopause.
💥 Sally recommends On the Future of Medicine from The Armchair Expert (Podcast). It’s a great interview on taking medicine from treatment to prevention. They’re currently developing a home test for gut bacteria.
💥 Amber recommends The Secret to a Long Life (Podcast) - There is a really interesting episode about how to make time feel longer. (Sorry, if you’re stuck with the in-laws; we couldn’t find an episode on how to make time feel shorter 😊)
💥 Alex recommends Stolen Focus by Johann Hari (Book) - it’s an entertaining read about why you can’t pay attention and has many tips on what to do about it. Now where were we?
💥 Julie recommends Let’s Not Be Kidding by Gavin Crawford (CBC Podcast). It’s personally relevant to me, as my mom is living with dementia. However, I know that I am not alone.
Enjoy the rest of your festive break!
Kevin & Victoria
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