A Short Guide To A Long Life

[kayumochi]

It’s 6:30 on a Monday morning and already David Agus is doing an admirable job of sticking to the rules. Dressed in the no-nonsense uniform that one of his patients, the late Steve Jobs, encouraged him to adopt and wear daily—gray slacks and a black sweater over a white dress shirt—the pioneering biomedical researcher and oncologist meets me outside his hotel on West 56th Street in Manhattan with a large Starbucks coffee1 in his hand and a big smile2 on his face. Already he’s gone for a brief morning run3, and his activity levels are being monitored by the black Nike Fuelband4on his left wrist. The previous evening he dined on king salmon5 at Café Boulud, finishing it off with a fine Cabernet6, and, as he always does, he took a statin7 and a baby aspirin8 before falling asleep. Though he hasn’t eaten breakfast,9 he looks freshly scrubbed10 and is wearing comfortable shoes11. In his new book, A Short Guide to a Long Life, he prescribes 65 rules we should follow to achieve better health; in the past 18 hours he’s accomplished a solid 10.

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[kayumochi]

Some of his "rules" are ***t but at least he advocates aspirin ...

 

[raypeatclips]

Of the handful of his rules posted at the side of the article I was reasonably impressed by a mainstream 'health guru' they werent as dumb as I expected.

 

[dannibo]

It’s 6:30 on a Monday morning and already David Agus is doing an admirable job of sticking to the rules. Dressed in the no-nonsense uniform that one of his patients, the late Steve Jobs, encouraged him to adopt and wear daily—gray slacks and a black sweater over a white dress shirt—the pioneering biomedical researcher and oncologist meets me outside his hotel on West 56th Street in Manhattan with a large Starbucks coffee1 in his hand and a big smile2 on his face. Already he’s gone for a brief morning run3, and his activity levels are being monitored by the black Nike Fuelband4on his left wrist. The previous evening he dined on king salmon5 at Café Boulud, finishing it off with a fine Cabernet6, and, as he always does, he took a statin7 and a baby aspirin8 before falling asleep. Though he hasn’t eaten breakfast,9 he looks freshly scrubbed10 and is wearing comfortable shoes11. In his new book, A Short Guide to a Long Life, he prescribes 65 rules we should follow to achieve better health; in the past 18 hours he’s accomplished a solid 10.

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I don't think I would publicise being Steve Jobs doctor. He takes statins so he's immediately lost all credibility as anything other than a quack.

 

[Hugh Johnson]

one of his patients, the late Steve Jobs

 

[kayumochi]

There another side to the story of Steve Job's pancreatic cancer: https://blogs.webmd.com/breaking-news/2011/10/steve-jobs-pancreatic-cancer.html

My father died of the same cancer this year. Not much can be done and the standard treatment is ugly. If I am diagnosed with it I will be doing a whole plant cannabis extract with the very highest THC content.

 

[Capt Nirvana]

It’s 6:30 on a Monday morning and already David Agus is doing an admirable job of sticking to the rules. Dressed in the no-nonsense uniform that one of his patients, the late Steve Jobs, encouraged him to adopt and wear daily—gray slacks and a black sweater over a white dress shirt—the pioneering biomedical researcher and oncologist meets me outside his hotel on West 56th Street in Manhattan with a large Starbucks coffee1 in his hand and a big smile2 on his face. Already he’s gone for a brief morning run3, and his activity levels are being monitored by the black Nike Fuelband4on his left wrist. The previous evening he dined on king salmon5 at Café Boulud, finishing it off with a fine Cabernet6, and, as he always does, he took a statin7 and a baby aspirin8 before falling asleep. Though he hasn’t eaten breakfast,9 he looks freshly scrubbed10 and is wearing comfortable shoes11. In his new book, A Short Guide to a Long Life, he prescribes 65 rules we should follow to achieve better health; in the past 18 hours he’s accomplished a solid 10.

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Why are so many longevity experts in their 40s and 50s? And why do so many of them die in their 60s and 70s?