Drop Dead Healthy, by A.J. JacobsI have a bit of a thing for "one-year experiment" books! For example:
Julie & Julia
Living Oprah
Not Buying It
Eat My Globe
The Unlikely Disciple
The Year of Living Biblically
A.J. Jacobs pioneered the idea of one-year experiments, beginning with deciding he would read the entire Encylopedia Brittanica in 18 months (okay, more than a year) (The Know-It-All). The other book of Jacobs' I've read is The Year of Living Biblically, when he tried to follow many of the Old Testament's laws for another interesting year. (His poor wife!)
For Drop Dead Healthy, Jacobs decided to get healthy and slim down by exploring and experimenting with every health or fitness fad he came across.
In his classic, funny, self-effacing way, Jacobs takes the reader on a journey toward health, finding a few snake oil salespeople along the way!
Here he is talking about the book:
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