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Thrive State: Your Blueprint for Optimal Health, Longevity, and Peak Performance
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Published February 22, 2021
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About the author
Kien Vuu
4 booksKien Vuu, MD— popularly known as Doctor V—is an assistant professor of Health Sciences at UCLA, speaker, media expert, and founder of VuuMD Performance and Longevity. Dr. V has been practicing medicine for over 14 years, and combines his knowledge as a doctor with his personal experiences overcoming chronic disease.
Dr. V has survived remarkable odds to be here today. As an infant refugee, he survived dysentery, living on a boat for eight months when his penniless parents traveled to America. As an adult, he struggled with diabetes and high blood pressure, until an encounter with a patient changed his life and set him on a new course.
Dr. V was first trained in Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology, and became an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of disease using state-of-the-art medical imaging and non-invasive surgery. Dissatisfied with the disease-based model of modern medicine, Dr V sought out additional training with world experts in nutrition, personal development, spirituality, as well as performance and longevity medicine. He also pursued fellowship training and board certification by the American Board of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine.
Today, Dr. V directs a concierge practice to help his clients optimize their health and rediscover their unique contributions to the world through time-tested, science-driven protocols that combine ancestral wisdom and modern medicine. Dr. V’s clientele includes corporate and professional athletes, physicians, c-suite executives, as well as known celebrities and TV personalities.
When not working with clients, Dr. V is a health media expert and speaker, sharing knowledge to raise health consciousness on various platforms, including ABC News, TEDx, The Doctors, and Access Hollywood.
Dr. V has survived remarkable odds to be here today. As an infant refugee, he survived dysentery, living on a boat for eight months when his penniless parents traveled to America. As an adult, he struggled with diabetes and high blood pressure, until an encounter with a patient changed his life and set him on a new course.
Dr. V was first trained in Interventional and Diagnostic Radiology, and became an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of disease using state-of-the-art medical imaging and non-invasive surgery. Dissatisfied with the disease-based model of modern medicine, Dr V sought out additional training with world experts in nutrition, personal development, spirituality, as well as performance and longevity medicine. He also pursued fellowship training and board certification by the American Board of Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine.
Today, Dr. V directs a concierge practice to help his clients optimize their health and rediscover their unique contributions to the world through time-tested, science-driven protocols that combine ancestral wisdom and modern medicine. Dr. V’s clientele includes corporate and professional athletes, physicians, c-suite executives, as well as known celebrities and TV personalities.
When not working with clients, Dr. V is a health media expert and speaker, sharing knowledge to raise health consciousness on various platforms, including ABC News, TEDx, The Doctors, and Access Hollywood.
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May 22, 2021
“Stop looking so hard to find your purpose. Your purpose is YOU. Rediscover what brings you joy and happiness. That’s your gift. Then, give It away to others” Kien Vuu, MD @kienvuumd
This was a different kind of health and wellness book in that it also included quite a bit about mental health!
Yes, Dr. V talks about the importance of sleep, nutrition, and movement, but he also talks a lot about managing stress, mindset, relationships, and purpose.
Dr. V provides a lot of research proven data and tangible steps one can immediately incorporate into their lives to get out of the Stress State and move into Thrive State.
Because he does cover so much information about a variety of topics in one book, he isn't able to really go deep into one particular thing. He does provide a lot of references so if you do want to dig deeper, you'll know where to go.
This book is a GREAT place to start if you are wanting to start taking tiny steps that eventually will lead to big changes in your life.
I was gifted this book by @bookpublicityservices with the request of an honest review.
This was a different kind of health and wellness book in that it also included quite a bit about mental health!
Yes, Dr. V talks about the importance of sleep, nutrition, and movement, but he also talks a lot about managing stress, mindset, relationships, and purpose.
Dr. V provides a lot of research proven data and tangible steps one can immediately incorporate into their lives to get out of the Stress State and move into Thrive State.
Because he does cover so much information about a variety of topics in one book, he isn't able to really go deep into one particular thing. He does provide a lot of references so if you do want to dig deeper, you'll know where to go.
This book is a GREAT place to start if you are wanting to start taking tiny steps that eventually will lead to big changes in your life.
I was gifted this book by @bookpublicityservices with the request of an honest review.
September 19, 2021
Lots of very good advice here. The only part I disagree with is the diet advice, which is based upon Mark Hyman’s ‘Pegan’ diet- a combination of Paleo and vegan eating. I think this is far too faddy and particular for the average person to adhere to, even for the average person who is interested in achieving optimum health. It is possible to adopt some of the recommendations, but I do think that having a bit of wholemeal bread or a potato now and again isn’t going to shorten my life significantly. However, if I have to live on lentils, kale and sweet potatoes, I might just die of boredom.
Otherwise, I would recommend this book, as it takes a holistic approach and has some good tips for incorporating healthy habits into your daily routine. Basically, we all know what we should be doing: exercise vigorously most days, don’t sit on your @ss too much, eat healthily, don’t drink too much alcohol, drink more water, be optimistic and helpful to others and try to mitigate stress.
Otherwise, I would recommend this book, as it takes a holistic approach and has some good tips for incorporating healthy habits into your daily routine. Basically, we all know what we should be doing: exercise vigorously most days, don’t sit on your @ss too much, eat healthily, don’t drink too much alcohol, drink more water, be optimistic and helpful to others and try to mitigate stress.
February 26, 2021
An incredibly easy to digest technical read that provides implementable solutions to a healthier lifestyle. Dr. V is the living embodiment of a healthy lifestyle for men and shares his incredible experience and studies through this novel. A great read for men of all ages who want to live longer and better lives!
May 10, 2021
As a certified personal trainer, I highly recommend this book to others. Kien provides a wealth of information and there are some very actionable suggestions that will allow one to sustain a healthy lifestyle for the long term. It's very reader friendly and covers a variety of topics pertaining to health and wellness.
December 28, 2021
This is a book full of fantastic and helpful information. It explains what we need to do to reach what he calls our "thrive state." I always use post it notes to save points I find helpful and will want to refer to again, and I have to say after reading this book it is FULL of post it notes. I would highly recommend this book to anyone looking to reach their best health potential.
December 14, 2021
Love!!!
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