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Voel je beter in 5: Je dagelijkse plan voor een leven lang fit
'Een fantastisch boek dat je helpt om je leven écht te veranderen. Dokter Chatterjees methode is eenvoudig maar o zo effectief.' - B.J. Fogg, auteur van Tiny Habits
Gezonder leven staat bij veel mensen hoog op het verlanglijstje. Maar de juiste keuzes maken en die ook volhouden is knap lastig. Dat dit toch ook heel eenvoudig en effectief kan zijn, bewijst de Engelse huisarts Rangan Chatterjee.
Hij bedacht een simpel stappenplan waardoor je met een minimale dosis wilskracht een duurzame, gezonde leefstijl ontwikkelt. De adviezen in zijn boek zijn simpel en gevarieerd, voor iedereen bruikbaar en passen zonder veel moeite in je dagelijkse routine. Van Smoothies die je brein een mentale oppepper geven en effectieve manieren om stress te verminderen tot work-outs waar je slanker en soepeler van wordt.
Een unieke benadering waarmee je hele systeem - hart, lichaam en geest - wordt verzorgd. Voel je beter in 5 is dé kickstart voor een lang en gezond leven.
Gezonder leven staat bij veel mensen hoog op het verlanglijstje. Maar de juiste keuzes maken en die ook volhouden is knap lastig. Dat dit toch ook heel eenvoudig en effectief kan zijn, bewijst de Engelse huisarts Rangan Chatterjee.
Hij bedacht een simpel stappenplan waardoor je met een minimale dosis wilskracht een duurzame, gezonde leefstijl ontwikkelt. De adviezen in zijn boek zijn simpel en gevarieerd, voor iedereen bruikbaar en passen zonder veel moeite in je dagelijkse routine. Van Smoothies die je brein een mentale oppepper geven en effectieve manieren om stress te verminderen tot work-outs waar je slanker en soepeler van wordt.
Een unieke benadering waarmee je hele systeem - hart, lichaam en geest - wordt verzorgd. Voel je beter in 5 is dé kickstart voor een lang en gezond leven.
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First published January 1, 2019
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Rangan Chatterjee
40 books567 followersDr. Rangan Chatterjee is regarded as one of the most influential doctors in the UK and wants to change how medicine will be practised in years to come. He has been called a pioneer and is changing the way that we look at illness. He is known for finding the root cause of people's problems and he highlighted his methods in the ground-breaking BBC television show, Doctor in the House, which has been shown in over 70 countries around the world. In 2017, he was placed 8th in the Pulse Power 50 list for influential GPs.
He is the author of the international best-seller, The Four Pillar Plan which has already become one of the top 10 selling Health titles of the past 5 years.
He has co-created the brand new RCGP accredited Prescribing Lifestyle Medicine course which was delivered to 200 GPs and specialists for the first time in January 2018 providing doctors with a framework to apply Lifestyle Medicine principles in clinical practice.
He regularly features on BBC news channels and has given an inspirational TED talk on making diseases disappear. He writes for The Huffington Post, Mind Body Green and has a monthly column on lifestyle medicine in Top Santé.
He is the author of the international best-seller, The Four Pillar Plan which has already become one of the top 10 selling Health titles of the past 5 years.
He has co-created the brand new RCGP accredited Prescribing Lifestyle Medicine course which was delivered to 200 GPs and specialists for the first time in January 2018 providing doctors with a framework to apply Lifestyle Medicine principles in clinical practice.
He regularly features on BBC news channels and has given an inspirational TED talk on making diseases disappear. He writes for The Huffington Post, Mind Body Green and has a monthly column on lifestyle medicine in Top Santé.
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May 4, 2021
For years, my mother has been at me to significantly change my diet. I’ve been very resistant, not least because I don’t actually think I have such a terrible diet. Over a decade ago, I talked her into getting the internet. You see, both of us are Irish, and we remain Irish despite having lived most of our lives in Australia (she’s much more Irish than I am, of course, even if we both were born there) and so our being bloody-minded just goes with the territory. You know, there are very, very good reasons why the Troubles lasted 30 years…
When I finally got her onto the internet, and just as I told her it would, it opened up a whole new world to her. I learnt at the time that it is insanely difficult to explain to someone ‘in theory’ why they will like the internet. She would ask me what I did on the internet and when I would tell her, she would basically just yawn.
‘Ma, no one’s asking you to do the stuff I do on the internet – there’s so much more… you can…you can’ and then I would go on and on, giving an endless list of things she could do. None of which interested her in the least.
Anyway, my parents eventually got a computer and an internet connection and their own iPads. Life changed. Then it wasn’t me telling her what she could do on the internet – suddenly she was the expert. And her expertise suddenly had expanded to keto diets and life without sugar sites and the kinds of sites that tell you that you can get the same benefit from 20 seconds of high intensity exercise a month as you do from going to the gym every day. Sites that had the ring of utter bullshit about them.
A lot of our conversations after my mum discovered the internet would begin, “Nigh, Trevor, have you seen Dr So-and-So site? He’s a doctor, are you sure you don’t know about him. He was getting sick of cutting off the legs of people with type-two diabetes and so he developed his diet – it’s called the eat fat and drink water diet – in just two weeks people who were about to have their legs cut off became supermodels, I know, I know, it’s almost impossible to believe…”
Yes, I would say. Yes – in that non-committal way that leaves the possibility open that I might just be saying yes to the ‘yes, it’s really is almost impossible to believe’ bit of the sentence.
All of which was fine – I don’t really mind the idea that mum was reading this stuff – as long as she wasn’t only eating fat and drinking water. And she wasn’t, as much as she raved about the benefits of such a diet. The problem was she would say to me I should do it. “but mum – you don’t do that, why would it be a good idea for me to?” Which was taken as proof of my wilfulness and bloody-mindedness.
So, when mum told me I had to read this book I can’t say I was particularly delighted with the prospect. I figured it was yet another doctor out to save the world and to change the diets of recalcitrant people like me.
Food has become our preferred source of sin/guilt and our new food religion is full of evangelicals carrying extensive lists of ‘thou shalt nots’. As a sufferer of IBS – and so being denied so many things I love (apples, pears, onions, hummus, lentils, barley) the idea of willingly putting more foods onto the denied list was really a bridge too far.
This is by way of background to why I started reading this book with, well, trepidation. I’m delighted to tell you that there is no need to worry. This guy is well worth listening to. He really won’t suggest you only eat on Thursdays or that you should spend a month eating nothing but bananas.
Now, at about the same time I was trying to convince my mother to get onto the internet, I was reading lots of books that could be broadly described as belonging to the category of ‘behavioural economics’. These books had titles like ‘Predictably Irrational’ or ‘Mistakes Were Made, But Not by Me’. I really enjoyed these books – but it also seemed pretty clear that bad people (let’s call them marketers to save time) would also read these books and then use this knowledge against us. That is, after all, the point of marketing – to use the flaws in our character against us so as to make the world a much worse place. Behavioural economics is essentially the bringing together of psychology, economics and marketing – well, what possible good could ever come out of cross-species paring? A rough beast slouches towards the Chicago School to be born.
This book shows that behavioural economics doesn’t have to be the spawn of Satan. It shows that it can be used for good as well as evil.
What I like most about this book is that it says that if you want to change your life – and I guess we all do want to do exactly that – that you have to start by creating new habits. The problem is that new habits need to out-compete old habits, and old habits tend to be both comfortable and bad. Bad old habits have been around for so long that they are damn hard to dislodge. Also, one of the least attractive things about us humans is we believe we have ‘natural dispositions’, and these dispositions almost always mean we are doomed to continue in our bad habits because we were born bad.
A key lesson from this book, then is his saying we really need to be kinder to ourselves. Kinder in the sense of not beating ourselves up just because we might stuff up now and again.
The other thing he says is that if you are going to start a new habit, you need to make it a habit. A habit is something you do effectively without thinking. Most of us brush our teeth twice a day. We do this first thing in the morning and last thing at night. We just do it. It is part of a routine associated with the ritual of getting into or out of bed. The point is that if we don’t do it one night, things feel wrong. We don’t feel liberated from our teeth brushing habit, we feel strange and uncomfortable. His point is that creating habits might not be easy, but once they are established, they build their own momentum.
He also says that to establish a habit, all that is necessary is to set aside five minutes a day – he says this because no one is too busy to not be able to find five minutes. Many of the things he advises people to do to change their lives involve self-care – like, exercise, for example, or just being kind to yourself. To establish yourself as someone who exercises, he gives a series of simple things you can do in five minutes that, if you have been doing no other exercise at all for years, will improve your strength. He suggests linking this five minutes to some other habit you already have – like waiting for the kettle to boil. As soon as you put on the kettle, you start some stretching exercises, for example. The point is to make a start. And his point about making a start is that doing one thing is likely to then snowball into other things – and so five minutes of light stretching, might encourage you to fit a walk into the day too, or it might make you think twice about eating a second biscuit. We are complex creatures, but one change in our lives can rippling in ways we can’t anticipate.
The thing I really liked about this book (other than it seeming quite simple and even, at times, obvious) was the fact that none of it costs anything. He really isn’t asking you to go to the gym or buy a red sports car or take up sky-diving. None of what he suggests will cost you a cent. But just about any of the advice he provides will empower you, helping you to see that change comes gently, one step at a time.
I’m really glad my mum got me to read this. Look, admittedly, I’m still one up on her, because, well, I got her onto the internet, but this was still a damn good shot at paying me back in kind.
When I finally got her onto the internet, and just as I told her it would, it opened up a whole new world to her. I learnt at the time that it is insanely difficult to explain to someone ‘in theory’ why they will like the internet. She would ask me what I did on the internet and when I would tell her, she would basically just yawn.
‘Ma, no one’s asking you to do the stuff I do on the internet – there’s so much more… you can…you can’ and then I would go on and on, giving an endless list of things she could do. None of which interested her in the least.
Anyway, my parents eventually got a computer and an internet connection and their own iPads. Life changed. Then it wasn’t me telling her what she could do on the internet – suddenly she was the expert. And her expertise suddenly had expanded to keto diets and life without sugar sites and the kinds of sites that tell you that you can get the same benefit from 20 seconds of high intensity exercise a month as you do from going to the gym every day. Sites that had the ring of utter bullshit about them.
A lot of our conversations after my mum discovered the internet would begin, “Nigh, Trevor, have you seen Dr So-and-So site? He’s a doctor, are you sure you don’t know about him. He was getting sick of cutting off the legs of people with type-two diabetes and so he developed his diet – it’s called the eat fat and drink water diet – in just two weeks people who were about to have their legs cut off became supermodels, I know, I know, it’s almost impossible to believe…”
Yes, I would say. Yes – in that non-committal way that leaves the possibility open that I might just be saying yes to the ‘yes, it’s really is almost impossible to believe’ bit of the sentence.
All of which was fine – I don’t really mind the idea that mum was reading this stuff – as long as she wasn’t only eating fat and drinking water. And she wasn’t, as much as she raved about the benefits of such a diet. The problem was she would say to me I should do it. “but mum – you don’t do that, why would it be a good idea for me to?” Which was taken as proof of my wilfulness and bloody-mindedness.
So, when mum told me I had to read this book I can’t say I was particularly delighted with the prospect. I figured it was yet another doctor out to save the world and to change the diets of recalcitrant people like me.
Food has become our preferred source of sin/guilt and our new food religion is full of evangelicals carrying extensive lists of ‘thou shalt nots’. As a sufferer of IBS – and so being denied so many things I love (apples, pears, onions, hummus, lentils, barley) the idea of willingly putting more foods onto the denied list was really a bridge too far.
This is by way of background to why I started reading this book with, well, trepidation. I’m delighted to tell you that there is no need to worry. This guy is well worth listening to. He really won’t suggest you only eat on Thursdays or that you should spend a month eating nothing but bananas.
Now, at about the same time I was trying to convince my mother to get onto the internet, I was reading lots of books that could be broadly described as belonging to the category of ‘behavioural economics’. These books had titles like ‘Predictably Irrational’ or ‘Mistakes Were Made, But Not by Me’. I really enjoyed these books – but it also seemed pretty clear that bad people (let’s call them marketers to save time) would also read these books and then use this knowledge against us. That is, after all, the point of marketing – to use the flaws in our character against us so as to make the world a much worse place. Behavioural economics is essentially the bringing together of psychology, economics and marketing – well, what possible good could ever come out of cross-species paring? A rough beast slouches towards the Chicago School to be born.
This book shows that behavioural economics doesn’t have to be the spawn of Satan. It shows that it can be used for good as well as evil.
What I like most about this book is that it says that if you want to change your life – and I guess we all do want to do exactly that – that you have to start by creating new habits. The problem is that new habits need to out-compete old habits, and old habits tend to be both comfortable and bad. Bad old habits have been around for so long that they are damn hard to dislodge. Also, one of the least attractive things about us humans is we believe we have ‘natural dispositions’, and these dispositions almost always mean we are doomed to continue in our bad habits because we were born bad.
A key lesson from this book, then is his saying we really need to be kinder to ourselves. Kinder in the sense of not beating ourselves up just because we might stuff up now and again.
The other thing he says is that if you are going to start a new habit, you need to make it a habit. A habit is something you do effectively without thinking. Most of us brush our teeth twice a day. We do this first thing in the morning and last thing at night. We just do it. It is part of a routine associated with the ritual of getting into or out of bed. The point is that if we don’t do it one night, things feel wrong. We don’t feel liberated from our teeth brushing habit, we feel strange and uncomfortable. His point is that creating habits might not be easy, but once they are established, they build their own momentum.
He also says that to establish a habit, all that is necessary is to set aside five minutes a day – he says this because no one is too busy to not be able to find five minutes. Many of the things he advises people to do to change their lives involve self-care – like, exercise, for example, or just being kind to yourself. To establish yourself as someone who exercises, he gives a series of simple things you can do in five minutes that, if you have been doing no other exercise at all for years, will improve your strength. He suggests linking this five minutes to some other habit you already have – like waiting for the kettle to boil. As soon as you put on the kettle, you start some stretching exercises, for example. The point is to make a start. And his point about making a start is that doing one thing is likely to then snowball into other things – and so five minutes of light stretching, might encourage you to fit a walk into the day too, or it might make you think twice about eating a second biscuit. We are complex creatures, but one change in our lives can rippling in ways we can’t anticipate.
The thing I really liked about this book (other than it seeming quite simple and even, at times, obvious) was the fact that none of it costs anything. He really isn’t asking you to go to the gym or buy a red sports car or take up sky-diving. None of what he suggests will cost you a cent. But just about any of the advice he provides will empower you, helping you to see that change comes gently, one step at a time.
I’m really glad my mum got me to read this. Look, admittedly, I’m still one up on her, because, well, I got her onto the internet, but this was still a damn good shot at paying me back in kind.
January 4, 2020
I've been following Dr Rangan Chatterjee on his Instagram and via his podcast, he has lots of good advice, so I decided to buy his new book. Based on the idea of three five minute 'health snacks' a day this is a straightforward, quickly and personalised solution.
Broken down into three areas - mind, body and heart, each of which includes different health snacks taking approximately five minutes each. You can either choose three of your own or pick a group of three chosen by Dr Chatterjee for help with specific issues, such as depression, backache, anxiety etc. Each health snack has a page or more explaining how to do it and how it works to help you decide whether it's for you. There is also advice about to how make them habits, including picking ones you want to do, doing them at a set time of day, tacking them onto an existing habit (like brushing teeth or making a morning cup of tea) and creating the right environment for new, positive habits.
I found this an accessible and encouraging read, with genuinely practical, and well-informed, advice. For now I have chosen the following three health snacks and am fitting them into my day as follows:
💫 Mind: The Brain Tap - writing down whatever comes into my mind for 5 minutes a day (I plan to use my Positive Planner). I'll do this before bed.
💫 Body: The Classic 5 - 5 body strengthening moves (lunges, reverse fly, squats, press-ups and glute bridges) that can be done at home without equipment. This should compliment the Couchto5k, I'll do this when I wake up.
💫 Heart: Daily Pleasure - 5 minutes of 'me-time', which will almost definitely be reading and help my bookstagram account. I'll do this at lunchtime at work if I can, or if not before bed.
Should I find I need a different health snack at a particular time I can always add one in or swap one out. I would recommend this for anyone who wants to encourage better habits for healthier living in easy, bite-sized chunks.
Broken down into three areas - mind, body and heart, each of which includes different health snacks taking approximately five minutes each. You can either choose three of your own or pick a group of three chosen by Dr Chatterjee for help with specific issues, such as depression, backache, anxiety etc. Each health snack has a page or more explaining how to do it and how it works to help you decide whether it's for you. There is also advice about to how make them habits, including picking ones you want to do, doing them at a set time of day, tacking them onto an existing habit (like brushing teeth or making a morning cup of tea) and creating the right environment for new, positive habits.
I found this an accessible and encouraging read, with genuinely practical, and well-informed, advice. For now I have chosen the following three health snacks and am fitting them into my day as follows:
💫 Mind: The Brain Tap - writing down whatever comes into my mind for 5 minutes a day (I plan to use my Positive Planner). I'll do this before bed.
💫 Body: The Classic 5 - 5 body strengthening moves (lunges, reverse fly, squats, press-ups and glute bridges) that can be done at home without equipment. This should compliment the Couchto5k, I'll do this when I wake up.
💫 Heart: Daily Pleasure - 5 minutes of 'me-time', which will almost definitely be reading and help my bookstagram account. I'll do this at lunchtime at work if I can, or if not before bed.
Should I find I need a different health snack at a particular time I can always add one in or swap one out. I would recommend this for anyone who wants to encourage better habits for healthier living in easy, bite-sized chunks.
April 23, 2020
Dr Chatterjee is back! After loving his first book (4 Pillar Plan) and feeling lukewarm about his second (The Stress Solution), I was hoping for a return to form with Feel Better in 5.
This is a pick n mix guide to little five minute habits or ‘health snacks’ you can incorporate into your life. Most of them are hardly new ideas but I guess I wouldn’t expect them to be, and there are some examples of fun things that can be beneficial too. Exercises are included – there are step by step photos but I do think I’d find them hard to follow – video is plainly a better way of doing this. The idea is that you choose a ‘health snack ‘ from each section – mind, body and heart – each day. The final category, heart, refers to the love-heart rather than the physical organ and incorporates things such as kindness and forgiveness – this wasn’t really to my taste (not that I’m not kind or forgiving, of course!). A lot of the theory here is the same as in BJ Fogg’s ‘Tiny Habits’ which I read earlier this year and Chatterjee does credit Fogg in the book.
For me, the takeaway from FBiF is that it’s worth doing something, even if only for five minutes, because lots of five minute chunks build up to a substantial change.
This is a pick n mix guide to little five minute habits or ‘health snacks’ you can incorporate into your life. Most of them are hardly new ideas but I guess I wouldn’t expect them to be, and there are some examples of fun things that can be beneficial too. Exercises are included – there are step by step photos but I do think I’d find them hard to follow – video is plainly a better way of doing this. The idea is that you choose a ‘health snack ‘ from each section – mind, body and heart – each day. The final category, heart, refers to the love-heart rather than the physical organ and incorporates things such as kindness and forgiveness – this wasn’t really to my taste (not that I’m not kind or forgiving, of course!). A lot of the theory here is the same as in BJ Fogg’s ‘Tiny Habits’ which I read earlier this year and Chatterjee does credit Fogg in the book.
For me, the takeaway from FBiF is that it’s worth doing something, even if only for five minutes, because lots of five minute chunks build up to a substantial change.
September 12, 2020
What an effective book with easy changes to improve mind, body and emotions.
Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, a pioneer in progressive medicine and star of BBC's Doctor in the House, offers a program based on the newest scientific research that makes lasting health achievable in just three 5-minute periods per day, five days a week.
Features 30+ health tips including:
. Yoga for agility
. Breathwork for calm
. Snacks for gut health
. Portable workout for strength
I can’t wait to try it!
5 of 5 Stars
Pub Date 01 Sep 2020
Thanks to the author, BenBella Books and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are fully mine.
#FeelBetterin5 #NetGalley
Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, a pioneer in progressive medicine and star of BBC's Doctor in the House, offers a program based on the newest scientific research that makes lasting health achievable in just three 5-minute periods per day, five days a week.
Features 30+ health tips including:
. Yoga for agility
. Breathwork for calm
. Snacks for gut health
. Portable workout for strength
I can’t wait to try it!
5 of 5 Stars
Pub Date 01 Sep 2020
Thanks to the author, BenBella Books and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are fully mine.
#FeelBetterin5 #NetGalley
February 4, 2020
Let me save you a bit of time.
Eat right
Meditate
Go outside
Make lists
Do yoga
There you go, you’ve finished the book.
Eat right
Meditate
Go outside
Make lists
Do yoga
There you go, you’ve finished the book.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 12, 2020
What an effective book with easy changes to improve mind, body and emotions.
Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, a pioneer in progressive medicine and star of BBC's Doctor in the House, offers a program based on the newest scientific research that makes lasting health achievable in just three 5-minute periods per day, five days a week.
Features 30+ health tips including:
. Yoga for agility
. Breathwork for calm
. Snacks for gut health
. Portable workout for strength
I can’t wait to try it!
5 of 5 Stars
Pub Date 01 Sep 2020
Thanks to the author, BenBella Books and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are fully mine.
#FeelBetterin5 #NetGalley
Dr. Rangan Chatterjee, a pioneer in progressive medicine and star of BBC's Doctor in the House, offers a program based on the newest scientific research that makes lasting health achievable in just three 5-minute periods per day, five days a week.
Features 30+ health tips including:
. Yoga for agility
. Breathwork for calm
. Snacks for gut health
. Portable workout for strength
I can’t wait to try it!
5 of 5 Stars
Pub Date 01 Sep 2020
Thanks to the author, BenBella Books and NetGalley for the review copy. Opinions are fully mine.
#FeelBetterin5 #NetGalley
October 29, 2020
I usually roll my eyes at this kind of titles even though I'm aware they're catchy and people like doing as little as possible (quilty!) and get the most/best results.
Anyway, I'm a subscriber to Dr Chatterjee's newsletter so when I saw it on the library shelf I just grabbed it, after all, I need inspiration and a kick in the behind to be mindful, exercise, eat healthily and all the other good things that we all know are good for us.
As expected, this didn't provide me with any new information, but it was structured in easy to read chapters, so it's useful for anyone who doesn't know who's lost, doesn't know where to start for anyone who finds the idea of exercise daunting and so on. I guess as long as one does something more than before based on the inspiration, information garnered from this book, it's accomplished its purpose.
Anyway, I'm a subscriber to Dr Chatterjee's newsletter so when I saw it on the library shelf I just grabbed it, after all, I need inspiration and a kick in the behind to be mindful, exercise, eat healthily and all the other good things that we all know are good for us.
As expected, this didn't provide me with any new information, but it was structured in easy to read chapters, so it's useful for anyone who doesn't know who's lost, doesn't know where to start for anyone who finds the idea of exercise daunting and so on. I guess as long as one does something more than before based on the inspiration, information garnered from this book, it's accomplished its purpose.
March 30, 2020
A lot of the information in this book wasn't particularly new to me, and definitely not mind-blowing in its originality, but I really liked the suggested approach that Dr Chatterjee puts forward here. Coupled with a once again gorgeous looking physical copy, this is a welcome addition to the other books by him that I already own. Whether or not his health snack strategy works for me in the future remains to be seen. But it is absolutely doable, and I'm looking forward to seeing what techniques I can implement, especially during self-isolation/social-distancing during the current COVID19 pandemic.
March 8, 2020
This is one of the most insightful books I’ve read regarding health and well-being. It encourages us to take only 15 minutes out of our day to create daily habits that will benefit us for the rest of our lives.
It’s easy to push aside exercise or wellbeing activities saying “I don’t have time”, but this book proves that you don’t need hours to make a change.
It has reminded me that I have the power to change things I once felt hopeless over and I’m really excited to start trying some of the activities mentioned in the book, such as the morning wake up flow, reframing the moment, and 5 minutes in nature.
I think this was the perfect book to start off my 2020 and I encourage anyone who wants to make changes in their lives to pick this up too 😊 you have more power than you think.
You can view more of my book reviews on my personal blog: https://mymindspeaksaloud.wordpress.c...
It’s easy to push aside exercise or wellbeing activities saying “I don’t have time”, but this book proves that you don’t need hours to make a change.
It has reminded me that I have the power to change things I once felt hopeless over and I’m really excited to start trying some of the activities mentioned in the book, such as the morning wake up flow, reframing the moment, and 5 minutes in nature.
I think this was the perfect book to start off my 2020 and I encourage anyone who wants to make changes in their lives to pick this up too 😊 you have more power than you think.
You can view more of my book reviews on my personal blog: https://mymindspeaksaloud.wordpress.c...
November 14, 2020
*thank you to Netgalley, Dr. Rangan Chatterjee and BenBella Books for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review*
4.5 stars
I highly approve this book. Not only is it informative, it's easy to understand and follow and it just makes so much sense.
So many people think they are to blame if they find losing weight so hard. Which I get. It takes a massive amount of mental energy and focus and by the end of the day you are usually so drained that it feels not worth it. But it shouldn't be this hard and this book can help with that.
It's easy to dismiss how important and helpful a teeny tiny baby step of a change can help. But this book explains how much it can. Weight loss isn't about going full force or even 50% full force. That's simply too much. Dr. Rangan Chatterjee knows this. He's a GP and has had alot of experience with clients trying and failing to lose weight. He knows what he's talking about and I am so glad for this book.
Not only does this book include information on his experiences with clients, but also so many helpful tips covering a wide range of areas including exercise suggestions. Now I know that for alot of people, the very suggestion of exercise comes with a groan and not surprising because most people think that they need to set an exercise goal to be meet each day or every however often, per week goal ASWELL as tackling and setting up too many food rules. No wonder it overwhelms and drains people so fast. It's simply too much. But if you take Dr. Rangan Chatterjee approach and take things very slowly and in very small amounts, it is possible to change something that seems like a task to becoming a habit that you don't think twice about doing.
I can definitely see this book helping alot of people. I also really liked the photos in here. There was something so calming about them. Maybe it was the objects themselves in the photos or it was the colouring, I don't know. But they were definitely a nice welcomed touch to this book.
I highly recommend.
4.5 stars
I highly approve this book. Not only is it informative, it's easy to understand and follow and it just makes so much sense.
So many people think they are to blame if they find losing weight so hard. Which I get. It takes a massive amount of mental energy and focus and by the end of the day you are usually so drained that it feels not worth it. But it shouldn't be this hard and this book can help with that.
It's easy to dismiss how important and helpful a teeny tiny baby step of a change can help. But this book explains how much it can. Weight loss isn't about going full force or even 50% full force. That's simply too much. Dr. Rangan Chatterjee knows this. He's a GP and has had alot of experience with clients trying and failing to lose weight. He knows what he's talking about and I am so glad for this book.
Not only does this book include information on his experiences with clients, but also so many helpful tips covering a wide range of areas including exercise suggestions. Now I know that for alot of people, the very suggestion of exercise comes with a groan and not surprising because most people think that they need to set an exercise goal to be meet each day or every however often, per week goal ASWELL as tackling and setting up too many food rules. No wonder it overwhelms and drains people so fast. It's simply too much. But if you take Dr. Rangan Chatterjee approach and take things very slowly and in very small amounts, it is possible to change something that seems like a task to becoming a habit that you don't think twice about doing.
I can definitely see this book helping alot of people. I also really liked the photos in here. There was something so calming about them. Maybe it was the objects themselves in the photos or it was the colouring, I don't know. But they were definitely a nice welcomed touch to this book.
I highly recommend.
did-not-finish
January 11, 2022I read about half of this, picked up some tips, then put it down and never could manage to pick it back up again, despite checking it out many times.
I seem to remember some fat shaming.
I seem to remember some fat shaming.
May 17, 2023
The premise of the book is that you pick a 5-minute health snacks from each of 3 different categories mind, body and heart and do them 5 days a week. Repeatedly doing these activities for even a short will help improve your overall wellbeing. A lot of the health snacks sounded interesting and easy to follow. I think the hard part is to pick only 3. Haven’t picked mine yet, but have a short list.
October 7, 2020
This was a very easy to read prescription for a better life. With 'self-help' books such as this one I would usually just go to a section I think will be useful. In the case of this book however I read it from beginning to end and quite relished the experience. Dr Chatterjee's writing has an encouraging, participatory bent and although many of the 'health snacks' he suggests you do each day seem overly simple, they are obviously the result of extensive research and testing on the Dr's part and eminently doable.
I was fortunate to come upon the book at my local library but would like to have my own copy to revist and share with others.
I was fortunate to come upon the book at my local library but would like to have my own copy to revist and share with others.
January 5, 2020
This book speaks lots of common sense. In fact so much common sense that we shouldn’t really need to buy it, but yet we fall into the same traps over and over again. This is a great January read as it’s the month of good intentions and epic failures. If that sounds like you then read this book!!
Rather than make big sweeping lifestyle changes this book just asks for 15 minutes of your day 5 days a week. This 15 minutes is divided into 5 minute snacks. No not eating but 5 minutes of exercise, 5 minutes of meditation and 5 minutes of reflection. Really easy to read, I started today, so I’ll have to get back to you as to whether it made a change to my life!!
Rather than make big sweeping lifestyle changes this book just asks for 15 minutes of your day 5 days a week. This 15 minutes is divided into 5 minute snacks. No not eating but 5 minutes of exercise, 5 minutes of meditation and 5 minutes of reflection. Really easy to read, I started today, so I’ll have to get back to you as to whether it made a change to my life!!
January 31, 2023
Een verandering in leefstijl doorvoeren en vooral volhouden puur op wilskracht is bijna niet te doen. Dit boek helpt je om kleine veranderingen te koppelen aan routines die je toch al hebt. Als iets een gewoonte wordt, dan denk je er niet meer over na en doe je het gewoon. Een voorbeeld: ik zet elke ochtend koffie. Ja echt, elke ochtend begin ik daarmee. En nu doe ik terwijl de koffie pruttelt een oefening. Dat gaat bijna vanzelf en dat is het fijne van deze methode. Aanrader voor wie iets wil veranderen en dat vol wil houden.
April 10, 2020
It’s a great book. Great for reference and to dip in and out of. I really rate Dr Chatterjee for functional health and well-being advise. He is my go to.
September 27, 2020
An interesting concept for a BuzzFeed article, a dull dull book
January 31, 2024
Found this interesting. Have heard a lot about Dr Chatterjee and he is really interesting and accessible. Appreciated thinking of health as it relates to all life and all the suggested brief and possible changes or additions to daily life he suggested.
Particularly interesting to see how some of his suggestions relate to practices common to the Christian life
Particularly interesting to see how some of his suggestions relate to practices common to the Christian life
August 1, 2020
I much appreciated Dr Chatterjee’s previous two books but I now realize that this one is actually the best, though I didn’t think so at first.
I didn’t like it so much at first because there isn’t much text and it thus isn’t like the other books. But the great thing about it is that it helps us all to really get started on doing things to improve our life (or find new ways to do so).
The basic idea is that though most of us cannot spend much time every day on various pursuits (exercises), we can all spend five minutes, three times a day, five days a week on such things.
We will feel better within days and our initiative will lead to “meaningful and long-lasting” change.
His plan is easy to follow and requires only “the smallest amount of willpower”.
He calls the various things we can do “health snacks”, some of which are for our mind and reduce stress and anxiety, some for our body to get us to move more, and some for our heart to “strengthen our essential connections”.
We should do one of each kind a day. I understand this completely as an optimal solution, but my suggestion is that we could begin by doing the ones we feel for, no matter which category they fall into.
Dr C tells us that the important thing is to get into the habit of doing our three health snacks a day. These will have biological effects on our body just like medicine (but will be much more positive – my comment). They will change our system and rewire us.
When you do some of his Body health snacks, you can “change the expression of your genes, wind back the ageing process and increase levels of the brain hormone, BDNF, which helps you make new nerve connections and may improve your mood”.
He has six tips for making changes that stick:
1) Start easy.
2) Connect each snack to an existing habit.
3) Respect your rhythm.
4) Design your environment (e.g. Leave a dumbbell by the kettle that you can work out with whenever you’re waiting for the kettle to boil, go through your cupboards and remove all the sugary snacks, and consider removing the TV from your bedroom.)
5) Use positive self-talk
6) Celebrate your success.
An example of a mind health snack is “the brain tap” – “Transfer those whirring thoughts out of your head and on to a fresh piece of paper”.
Another is “Spend five minutes each day enjoying nature, whether through sight, sound or smell”.
Being in nature lowers stress levels, lessens depression, improves mental focus, boosts the immune system, increases endurance, reduces tiredness, reduces chance of disease.
As regards Dr C’s breathing exercises, which are placed in the Mind section for some reason, these are “Simple Breathing” and “Breath counting”. They are all well and good but I’m somewhat disappointed that he doesn’t include some of the good breathing exercises he presented in one of his previous books, which I much preferred, since I don’t own those books.
The part of the book I am most enamoured of is the Body section which deals with physical exercises.
Unfortunately, most of these I am unable to do without the aid of one of my physiotherapists, who have both gone on holiday for the next three weeks. I can’t do them by myself because I can’t do an exercise and look at the book at the same time, and am unable to remember exercises in my head without having done them hundreds of times.
Some of the exercises I just can’t do with or without help, e.g. one called “wall cogs”, whatever that means. This exercise requires that one’s bottom, upper back and back of one’s head always have contact with the wall; but it is impossible for my bottom and the back of my head to have contact with the wall at the same time, presumably because my back is not straight.
I can sort of do Jogging on the Spot and Jumping Jacks, and can do Sumo Squats, and do these each day while my physios have abandoned me.
I can’t do each of these exercises for five minutes but I can do a minute or two of each one, the one after the other.
There are loads of exercises, all illustrated by photos, though personally I also need verbal explanations for these.
And, as regards photos, though the good doctor is a personable man, as I mentioned in a review of one of his previous books, I really feel we could do with fewer photos of him, and perhaps instead photos of his wife.
The heart snacks have the intention of improving the quality of our connection with friends, family and partners.
One example is the “Tea Ritual”- “Stop what you are doing and sit attentively with a friend or partner”.
Another is “Perform a five-minute act of kindness”.
A third is “Do something you love for five minutes each day”. (I presume this has to do with one’s connection to oneself.) That’s easy for me. I love reading and writing book reviews. So I do things I love for a couple of hours every day, more or less.
It’s important that we choose the health snacks we really want to do.
We are told that the “Ripple Effect” occurs, by which Dr Chatterjee means that tiny changes in routine can trigger new, positive changes in other areas of our life.
Since I’ve learnt much about optimal nutrition from the Medical Medium, Anthony William, I would like to comment on Dr C’s brain-nourishing smoothie.
He extols the values of blueberries but fails to mention the vastly superior qualities of wild blueberries, which thus would be an even better ingredient for his smoothie.
And in his “Happy Brain Smoothie”, Dr C recommends using cow’s, goat’s or unsweetened plant milk, whereas I would suggest that cow’s milk is not to be recommended.
Otherwise, his suggestions for Smoothie ingredients, such as raspberries, cinnamon, turmeric and ginger, are of course mostly excellent. (It was in fact the neuroscientist Miguel Toribio Mateas who created the smoothie.)
The book also comprises case stories so we can hear how doing the various exercises has helped Dr C’s patients.
I feel that the print could have been larger so as to take into consideration us older readers or others whose sight may not be perfect.
But, all in all, I feel this latest book of his provides an excellent help for us time-constricted and stressed denizens of the modern world. If this book can’t help us to improve our life and ourselves, what can?
I didn’t like it so much at first because there isn’t much text and it thus isn’t like the other books. But the great thing about it is that it helps us all to really get started on doing things to improve our life (or find new ways to do so).
The basic idea is that though most of us cannot spend much time every day on various pursuits (exercises), we can all spend five minutes, three times a day, five days a week on such things.
We will feel better within days and our initiative will lead to “meaningful and long-lasting” change.
His plan is easy to follow and requires only “the smallest amount of willpower”.
He calls the various things we can do “health snacks”, some of which are for our mind and reduce stress and anxiety, some for our body to get us to move more, and some for our heart to “strengthen our essential connections”.
We should do one of each kind a day. I understand this completely as an optimal solution, but my suggestion is that we could begin by doing the ones we feel for, no matter which category they fall into.
Dr C tells us that the important thing is to get into the habit of doing our three health snacks a day. These will have biological effects on our body just like medicine (but will be much more positive – my comment). They will change our system and rewire us.
When you do some of his Body health snacks, you can “change the expression of your genes, wind back the ageing process and increase levels of the brain hormone, BDNF, which helps you make new nerve connections and may improve your mood”.
He has six tips for making changes that stick:
1) Start easy.
2) Connect each snack to an existing habit.
3) Respect your rhythm.
4) Design your environment (e.g. Leave a dumbbell by the kettle that you can work out with whenever you’re waiting for the kettle to boil, go through your cupboards and remove all the sugary snacks, and consider removing the TV from your bedroom.)
5) Use positive self-talk
6) Celebrate your success.
An example of a mind health snack is “the brain tap” – “Transfer those whirring thoughts out of your head and on to a fresh piece of paper”.
Another is “Spend five minutes each day enjoying nature, whether through sight, sound or smell”.
Being in nature lowers stress levels, lessens depression, improves mental focus, boosts the immune system, increases endurance, reduces tiredness, reduces chance of disease.
As regards Dr C’s breathing exercises, which are placed in the Mind section for some reason, these are “Simple Breathing” and “Breath counting”. They are all well and good but I’m somewhat disappointed that he doesn’t include some of the good breathing exercises he presented in one of his previous books, which I much preferred, since I don’t own those books.
The part of the book I am most enamoured of is the Body section which deals with physical exercises.
Unfortunately, most of these I am unable to do without the aid of one of my physiotherapists, who have both gone on holiday for the next three weeks. I can’t do them by myself because I can’t do an exercise and look at the book at the same time, and am unable to remember exercises in my head without having done them hundreds of times.
Some of the exercises I just can’t do with or without help, e.g. one called “wall cogs”, whatever that means. This exercise requires that one’s bottom, upper back and back of one’s head always have contact with the wall; but it is impossible for my bottom and the back of my head to have contact with the wall at the same time, presumably because my back is not straight.
I can sort of do Jogging on the Spot and Jumping Jacks, and can do Sumo Squats, and do these each day while my physios have abandoned me.
I can’t do each of these exercises for five minutes but I can do a minute or two of each one, the one after the other.
There are loads of exercises, all illustrated by photos, though personally I also need verbal explanations for these.
And, as regards photos, though the good doctor is a personable man, as I mentioned in a review of one of his previous books, I really feel we could do with fewer photos of him, and perhaps instead photos of his wife.
The heart snacks have the intention of improving the quality of our connection with friends, family and partners.
One example is the “Tea Ritual”- “Stop what you are doing and sit attentively with a friend or partner”.
Another is “Perform a five-minute act of kindness”.
A third is “Do something you love for five minutes each day”. (I presume this has to do with one’s connection to oneself.) That’s easy for me. I love reading and writing book reviews. So I do things I love for a couple of hours every day, more or less.
It’s important that we choose the health snacks we really want to do.
We are told that the “Ripple Effect” occurs, by which Dr Chatterjee means that tiny changes in routine can trigger new, positive changes in other areas of our life.
Since I’ve learnt much about optimal nutrition from the Medical Medium, Anthony William, I would like to comment on Dr C’s brain-nourishing smoothie.
He extols the values of blueberries but fails to mention the vastly superior qualities of wild blueberries, which thus would be an even better ingredient for his smoothie.
And in his “Happy Brain Smoothie”, Dr C recommends using cow’s, goat’s or unsweetened plant milk, whereas I would suggest that cow’s milk is not to be recommended.
Otherwise, his suggestions for Smoothie ingredients, such as raspberries, cinnamon, turmeric and ginger, are of course mostly excellent. (It was in fact the neuroscientist Miguel Toribio Mateas who created the smoothie.)
The book also comprises case stories so we can hear how doing the various exercises has helped Dr C’s patients.
I feel that the print could have been larger so as to take into consideration us older readers or others whose sight may not be perfect.
But, all in all, I feel this latest book of his provides an excellent help for us time-constricted and stressed denizens of the modern world. If this book can’t help us to improve our life and ourselves, what can?
January 26, 2024
Van Uitgeverij Rainbow kreeg ik de kans dit veelbelovende en leuke boek van Rangan Chatterjee te lezen en te recenseren. Dank je wel. Ik heb hoge en goede verwachtingen en nu, met de start van 2024 en alle goede voornemens, een boek waar ik nu echt van kan genieten. Ik hoop met het enthousiasme, de kennis en tips van Rangan Chatterjee me nog fitter en vitaler te gaan voelen.
5 minuten per dag: het dagelijkse plan van een lang fit leven. Beter slapen, gewichtsverlies en meer bewegen. Wie wil er niet gezonder leven? Toch is het maken van de juiste keuzes knap lastig. Rangan Chatterjee laat zien hoe je dit op eenvoudige wijze kan bereiken. Hij bedacht een stappenplan waardoor je met minimale inspanningen een duurzame en gezonde levensstijl kan ontwikkelen. Het boek staat boordevol leuke en gevarieerde tips en adviezen en wordt ondersteund met persoonlijke ervaringsverhalen.
Het boek is naast de vrolijke, inspirerende en gezellige cover ook aan de binnenzijde met veel liefde en detail vormgegeven. Het boek is ook van binnen rijkelijk geïllustreerd en voorzien van prachtig beeldmateriaal en kleuren die het inspirerende verhaal van Rangan Chatterjee ondersteunen en versterken.
Met een inspirerende inleiding weet Rangan Chatterjee mij enorm enthousiast en nieuwsgierig te maken naar zijn stappenplan en de voordelen (die worden weergegeven met icoontjes) die je met zijn stappenplan kan bereiken. Het is even wennen aan het vrij kleine lettertype waarin het boek is vormgeven, maar zijn verhaal is enorm vlot, helder en op enthousiaste wijze geschreven waardoor ik helemaal de positieve vibe van Rangan Chatterjee te pakken krijg. Daarbij vind ik het enorm ondersteund dat hij ook aandacht besteed aan de moeilijkheid van het veranderen van gewoontjes, tips geeft voor een blijvende verandering, hoe je een goed plan maakt en bekijkt wat de voordelen zijn waarop jij je wilt focussen.
Vervolgens wordt het verhaal opgedeeld in drie delen: Geest, Lichaam en Hart. In deze delen deelt Rangan Chatterjee veel verschillende tips en oefeningen die je in 5 minuten per dag kan doen, ervaringsverhalen van anderen en wat je hiermee qua gezondheidsverbeteringen kan bereiken. Hij weet de tips duidelijk en stapsgewijs uit te leggen en hij deelt ook leuke tips, waaraan ik zelf nog niet gedacht had. Bij alle onderdelen van de tips komen ook de icoontjes van de voordelen weer terug, zodat hij gemakkelijk en overzichtelijk laat zien welke onderdelen voordeel bieden.
Aan het einde volgt nog een leuk schema, waarin je zelf kan bijhouden welke oefeningen je in je dagelijkse 5 minuten plan gedaan hebt en ervoor zorgt dat je iedere dag iets probeert te doen voor je geest, lichaam en hart.
Voel je beter in 5, is een super inspirerend, leuk en leerzaam verhaal van Rangan Chatterjee waarin hij je enthousiast weet te maken en helder en duidelijk uitlegt hoe je in 5 minuten per dag kan werken aan een gezondere levensstijl. Het boek bevat enorm veel tips en oefeningen, waardoor iedereen wel goede tips passend bij zijn of haar leven uit het boek kan halen. Het is erg laagdrempelig, waardoor het stappenplan van Rangan Chatterjee voor iedereen haalbaar is. Voor iedereen met goede voornemens voor een gezonder leven is dit boek echt een aanrader!
5 minuten per dag: het dagelijkse plan van een lang fit leven. Beter slapen, gewichtsverlies en meer bewegen. Wie wil er niet gezonder leven? Toch is het maken van de juiste keuzes knap lastig. Rangan Chatterjee laat zien hoe je dit op eenvoudige wijze kan bereiken. Hij bedacht een stappenplan waardoor je met minimale inspanningen een duurzame en gezonde levensstijl kan ontwikkelen. Het boek staat boordevol leuke en gevarieerde tips en adviezen en wordt ondersteund met persoonlijke ervaringsverhalen.
Het boek is naast de vrolijke, inspirerende en gezellige cover ook aan de binnenzijde met veel liefde en detail vormgegeven. Het boek is ook van binnen rijkelijk geïllustreerd en voorzien van prachtig beeldmateriaal en kleuren die het inspirerende verhaal van Rangan Chatterjee ondersteunen en versterken.
Met een inspirerende inleiding weet Rangan Chatterjee mij enorm enthousiast en nieuwsgierig te maken naar zijn stappenplan en de voordelen (die worden weergegeven met icoontjes) die je met zijn stappenplan kan bereiken. Het is even wennen aan het vrij kleine lettertype waarin het boek is vormgeven, maar zijn verhaal is enorm vlot, helder en op enthousiaste wijze geschreven waardoor ik helemaal de positieve vibe van Rangan Chatterjee te pakken krijg. Daarbij vind ik het enorm ondersteund dat hij ook aandacht besteed aan de moeilijkheid van het veranderen van gewoontjes, tips geeft voor een blijvende verandering, hoe je een goed plan maakt en bekijkt wat de voordelen zijn waarop jij je wilt focussen.
Vervolgens wordt het verhaal opgedeeld in drie delen: Geest, Lichaam en Hart. In deze delen deelt Rangan Chatterjee veel verschillende tips en oefeningen die je in 5 minuten per dag kan doen, ervaringsverhalen van anderen en wat je hiermee qua gezondheidsverbeteringen kan bereiken. Hij weet de tips duidelijk en stapsgewijs uit te leggen en hij deelt ook leuke tips, waaraan ik zelf nog niet gedacht had. Bij alle onderdelen van de tips komen ook de icoontjes van de voordelen weer terug, zodat hij gemakkelijk en overzichtelijk laat zien welke onderdelen voordeel bieden.
Aan het einde volgt nog een leuk schema, waarin je zelf kan bijhouden welke oefeningen je in je dagelijkse 5 minuten plan gedaan hebt en ervoor zorgt dat je iedere dag iets probeert te doen voor je geest, lichaam en hart.
Voel je beter in 5, is een super inspirerend, leuk en leerzaam verhaal van Rangan Chatterjee waarin hij je enthousiast weet te maken en helder en duidelijk uitlegt hoe je in 5 minuten per dag kan werken aan een gezondere levensstijl. Het boek bevat enorm veel tips en oefeningen, waardoor iedereen wel goede tips passend bij zijn of haar leven uit het boek kan halen. Het is erg laagdrempelig, waardoor het stappenplan van Rangan Chatterjee voor iedereen haalbaar is. Voor iedereen met goede voornemens voor een gezonder leven is dit boek echt een aanrader!
July 10, 2023
The key theme in Feel Better in 5 is “bitesize”. Not just in the content but also in the way ideas and tips are presented. Dr. Chatterjee’s philosophy is that if we’re trying to improve our health and wellbeing, we should aim to make small changes (bitesize) but make them regular so they can bring tangible results and are sustainable over time rather than overwhelm us and we give up shortly after starting.
The information in this book is also presented in a very easy and inviting way – it’s not too text-heavy, each section typically takes up 1 page, 2 at most (bitesize). There are lots of photos and artwork that make this book not just visually very pleasant, but also demonstrate the exercises so they are easier to follow and can be done correctly.
There are three main sections dedicated to the three different aspects of health: mind, body and heart and each contains useful tips, exercises and at the end a case study of one of Dr. Chatterjee’s patients who has achieved good results by following his advice. The reader is encouraged to pick just one exercise from each section and then do it for 5 minutes 5 days a week. That means dedicating 15 minutes a day to these exercises and by doing that creating new habits that are beneficial for health and that can be easily maintained as they aren’t too long or strenuous.
The advice given in this book makes sense and makes creating new habits easy and sustainable. The case studies are also interesting as they show that this method really works and has helped people improve their health and wellbeing. It’s the kind of book that one doesn’t just read and put away but comes back to for inspiration and information and I have a feeling I will do too.
The information in this book is also presented in a very easy and inviting way – it’s not too text-heavy, each section typically takes up 1 page, 2 at most (bitesize). There are lots of photos and artwork that make this book not just visually very pleasant, but also demonstrate the exercises so they are easier to follow and can be done correctly.
There are three main sections dedicated to the three different aspects of health: mind, body and heart and each contains useful tips, exercises and at the end a case study of one of Dr. Chatterjee’s patients who has achieved good results by following his advice. The reader is encouraged to pick just one exercise from each section and then do it for 5 minutes 5 days a week. That means dedicating 15 minutes a day to these exercises and by doing that creating new habits that are beneficial for health and that can be easily maintained as they aren’t too long or strenuous.
The advice given in this book makes sense and makes creating new habits easy and sustainable. The case studies are also interesting as they show that this method really works and has helped people improve their health and wellbeing. It’s the kind of book that one doesn’t just read and put away but comes back to for inspiration and information and I have a feeling I will do too.
June 26, 2022
I should probably review this book once I try what he advises because I don't have a life-changing story yet and I felt a bit cynical about hearing how 15 minutes a day significantly helped someone with say, chronic pain, but the claim that the worst outcome is that you'll only feel slightly better rather than much better seems pretty plausible.
I find the idea of serving tips in the categories of mind, body, and heart in the form of a menu of "health snacks" you can choose from quite refreshing. I can't picture exercise movements just from reading a description so it's good the author also has videos with them on Youtube. Smoothie recipes are always a plus, although I rarely follow them.
I'd say this book works quite well for some quick motivation when you don't feel like reading about the science behind healthy habits in depth and you're not feeling up to a big challenge. It was very easy to read (except for the fact that the formatting of the review e-book copy was off at some places) and I flew through it during one day. I might get a physical copy to be able to reference it easily and try out some of the stuff.
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I find the idea of serving tips in the categories of mind, body, and heart in the form of a menu of "health snacks" you can choose from quite refreshing. I can't picture exercise movements just from reading a description so it's good the author also has videos with them on Youtube. Smoothie recipes are always a plus, although I rarely follow them.
I'd say this book works quite well for some quick motivation when you don't feel like reading about the science behind healthy habits in depth and you're not feeling up to a big challenge. It was very easy to read (except for the fact that the formatting of the review e-book copy was off at some places) and I flew through it during one day. I might get a physical copy to be able to reference it easily and try out some of the stuff.
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January 3, 2021
Another fabulous book by Dr Chatterjee. This is the GP we all wish was our local dr. He is motivating, compassionate and driven to listen to patients and provide treatments to heal the body that don’t include an easy prescription. The methods he shows in this book are simple and quick to fit into your daily schedule, you just have to commit to yourself to follow through.
I loved the photographs throughout the book and appreciated the links to his podcast, recommended reading and recommended websites to encourage your journey.
Highly recommended.
I loved the photographs throughout the book and appreciated the links to his podcast, recommended reading and recommended websites to encourage your journey.
Highly recommended.
May 8, 2021
Älskade den här boken. En gång i min ungdom gjorde jag precis som Agneta, svarade på en radannons. Jag var 16 år och sökte jobb på en hästgård. Jag fick jobbet. Tyvärr stoppade mina föräldrar mig från att ta det, eller kanske det var tur, annars hade mitt liv tagit en helt annan vändning.
Tror det var därför som jag tyckte extra mycket om den här boken, Agneta vågade, hon tog verkligen steget.
En underbar bok, härlig humor, starka personporträtt och svår att lägga ifrån sig. Hoppas på en fortsättning av boken.
Rekommenderar den varmt!
Tror det var därför som jag tyckte extra mycket om den här boken, Agneta vågade, hon tog verkligen steget.
En underbar bok, härlig humor, starka personporträtt och svår att lägga ifrån sig. Hoppas på en fortsättning av boken.
Rekommenderar den varmt!
December 31, 2022
I finished this a while ago but wanted to give it time to test out the "feel better in 5" plan before giving a rating. I have deployed "health snacks" for body, mind and heart for 5 minutes per day for the last couple of months and I've noticed a general improvement in the way I'm feeling. Keeping up with 5 minutes a day worked into a routine (15 mins in total) is doable for me. The most tricky part for me was choosing the activities. Definitely worth a go if you're stuck in a rut.
October 8, 2020
Great premise which would work for a lot of people and would have tangible benefits to their health and well-being. The suggestions are well researched and backed up by science which is as expected when written by a doctor.
May 10, 2021
With Peace and Love, this might be my favorite book this year. Read it in one day and never realized how small habits amounts to big changes.
Chatterjee is such an awesome person and his books are almost as good great as himself :D Excited to try more books from him.
Chatterjee is such an awesome person and his books are almost as good great as himself :D Excited to try more books from him.
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November 14, 2021A lot of things that would probably improve a person’s life in 5-minute “snack” form. I feel like any of these snacks would be beneficial, but I don’t see me doing it unless a therapist made me. Would be a good idea book for a therapist.
May 7, 2023
Whilst there was nothing new in here for me, it was absolutely the motivational reminder that with a broken ankle I don't need to make huge changes and do big things, I just need to add these good habits back into my routine. I've got my 5 min plan ready for mind, body and heart and I'm starting now! 💪🏼
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April 24, 2020Great book with great advice. Need to read final chapters and implement in my daily life.
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