Introduction: Breaking the Rules ix
Chapter 1 From Skinny, Raw Food Vegan to Bloated, Out-of-Shape Health Blogger 1
Chapter 2 How My 15 Minutes of Fame Could Screw Up Your Quest for 90-Plus Years of Life 9
Chapter 3 The Dubious Distinction of Being the Only Animal on the Planet That Doesn't Know What to Eat 17
Chapter 4 How a Horny Hog Could Be the Key to Your Longevity 33
Chapter 5 My Contaminated Kitchen Cabinet: A Surprising Result 45
Chapter 6 The Curious Thing about Eating Animals (an Ex-Vegan Perspective) 59
Chapter 7 Exercise: Almost Everyone Does It Wrong; Here's How to Do It Right 79
Chapter 8 How One Crazy Technique and an Herb from India Could Add Years to Your Life 95
Chapter 9 Sugar, Carbs, and Gluten: A Holy Trinity of Disease … or Not? 109
Chapter 10 An Interesting Conclusion about Beer, Wine, and Spirits 123
Chapter 11 What an Almost-90-Day Experiment (Binge) Taught Me about America's Most Popular Pick-Me-Up 135
Chapter 12 Salt: No Good for Slugs, but What about Us? 149
Chapter 13 Need More Energy? Do Nothing. Well, Kind Of… 161
Chapter 14 My Entenmann's-Cake-Eating Grandfather Shows Me the Last Secret of the Longest-Lived People 177
Conclusion: A Perfect Outcome 195
Appendix: The Kale and Coffee 21-Day Jumpstart 201
Endnotes 213
Acknowledgments 225
About the Author 227