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Drop dead healthy : one man's humble quest for bodily perfection

Jacobs, A. J 1968- (Author).

Summary: Documents one man's comedic effort to follow a complicated two-year program of dubious diet and exercise practices to discover how to live the perfect healthy life, without his long-suffering wife finally growing exasperated.

Record details

ISBN: 9781416599074
ISBN: 141659907X
Physical Description: print
x, 402 pages : photographs (some color) ; 25 cm
Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The stomach : the quest to eat right -- Heart : the quest to get my blood pumping -- Ears : the quest for quiet -- Butt : the quest to avoid sedentary life -- Immune system : the quest to conquer germs -- Stomach, revisited : the quest for the perfect meal -- Genitals : the quest to have more sex -- Nervous system : the quest to hurt less -- Lower intestine : the quest to go to the bathroom properly -- Adrenal gland : the quest to lower my stress level -- Brain : the quest to be smarter -- Endocrine system : the quest for a nontoxic home -- Teeth: the quest for the perfect smile -- Feet : the quest to run right -- Lungs : The quest to breathe better -- Stomach, revisited : the continued quest for the perfect diet -- Skin : the quest to erase blemishes -- Heart, revisited : the quest for the perfect workout -- Inside of the eyelid : the quest for the perfect night's sleep -- Bladder : the quest to figure out what to drink -- Gonads : the quest to get more balls -- Nose : the quest to smell better -- Hands : the quest for magic fingers -- Back : the quest to stand up straight -- Eyes : the quest to see better -- Skull : the quest not to be killed in an accident -- Finish line -- Appendix A. Guerrilla exercise -- Appendix B. How to eat less -- Appendix C. Five tips on treadmill desks -- Appendix D. My five foolproof (for me, at last) methods of stress reduction -- Appendix E. The ten best pieces of food advice I've gotten all year -- Appendix F. How to live the quiet life -- Appendix G. Five toxins I now avoid.