The Methuselah Factor: Learn How to Live Sharper, Leaner, Longer, and Better--in Thirty Days or Less

by David J. Derose, Clifford Goldstein (Editor)

"The Methuselah Factor" provides practical, life-changing insights into the cutting-edge science of hemorheology or blood fluidity. Dr. DeRose walks readers through a step-by-step 30-day program that puts them in the driver’s seat when it comes to revolutionizing their health. You’ll learn how improving your “Methuselah Factor” (DeRose’s term for blood fluidity) promises to help:
• Improve your mental performance and decrease your risk of dementia
• Give you better success when it comes to shedding excess pounds
• Provide new hope and help for diabetes and high blood pressure
• Decrease your risk of killer diseases like heart attack, stroke, and cancer
• Improve or prevent common causes of arthritis
• Enhance your physical performance
• Decrease your risk of visual impairment

The book also provides insights into a variety of hot topics:
• Should we avoid all plant lectins?
• Is moderate alcohol use really good for our health?
• Does coffee drinking help us live longer?
• Can melatonin supplements be dangerous?
• Is blood donation a healthful or harmful practice for the donor?
• Does poor dental health increase my risk of cardiovascular disease?
• When can a magnesium supplement help you--and when might it be dangerous?
• Are fish the preferred sources of omega-3 fats?
• What does medical research show about how Botox injections can affect your mood?
• and much, much more

348 pages, Paperback

Published January 24, 2019

Reviews

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful insights into health and worth reading, even if, like me, you've read many books on health. Dr. DeRose explains in simple language some of the research in hemorheology, also known as microcirculation, and how it affects many aspects of chronic disease, quality of life, and ageing. The recommendations aren't earth-shattering, which, actually, raises Dr. DeRose in my esteem. I am quite skeptical of anyone who tries to tell us, "everything you know about health and nutrition is wrong ..." While new research gives us better insight, the basic understanding of what increases good health and better quality of life hasn't changed much in the last hundred years. Health fads, with all their extreme rules, come and go. But eating more vegetables, getting enough fiber, drinking more water, reducing caffeine, resting and sleeping, exercising, reducing processed foods (which are full of cheap oils and too much salt), taking care of your teeth, being kind and generous, etc have withstood the trial of time. Everyone knows they feel better when they address these benchmarks of healthy living. Dr. DeRose explains one facet of WHY we feel better when we live this way-- it enhances our microcirculation. And the why can be incredibly motivating. A book can't change your health. Only you can. This may be the book that motivates healthier choices for many.

Dr. DeRose is a Seventh Day Adventist Christian. Vegetarianism is one of his core beliefs. Like with any health book, it is up to the reader to use discernment and to evaluate how the recommendations work in their own health joinery.

[Lisa · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some interesting ideas but none of them stand up to the scrutiny of large, peer reviewed research.