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nayles's review
4.0
Very informative and useful references
Liked the format and the explanations for the theories backed up with the references.
Was a bit disappointed with the product placement. May detract from the credibility.
Overall a good, informative read.
Liked the format and the explanations for the theories backed up with the references.
Was a bit disappointed with the product placement. May detract from the credibility.
Overall a good, informative read.
tjmcq's review against another edition
4.0
Easy to read and quick read. There are a number of product and company endorsements that may diminish the objectivity. Overall informative and worth the time. 3.5
ddrake's review against another edition
1.0
A potentially good book fatally marred by advertisements sprinkled throughout, and no financial disclosure statements.
There's a lot to like about this book, but I found the advertisements really distasteful. The authors directly call out specific companies and their products when discussing general types of products like nuts, wine, and so on. Are the authors getting paid by these companies? If so, are they telling us to, say, drink red wine because that's their scientific, medical judgement -- or because they're being paid to hawk company X's wine? (Especially for the particular case of wine and alcohol, in light of the study from August 2018 that concluded "the safest level of consumption [of alcohol] is zero".) I came to this book to learn about the science of aging, longevity, and diet, and found what seems more like an infomercial; and while there's a lot of good info, the "mercial" renders the rest untrustworthy.
Moreoever, as other reviewers have noted, some parts of the book come across as little more than lightly edited blog posts or listicles with citations.
So, caveat lector -- there's a lot to like about this book, especially their discussion of protein and mTOR -- but it's also seriously, perhaps fatally, flawed.
There's a lot to like about this book, but I found the advertisements really distasteful. The authors directly call out specific companies and their products when discussing general types of products like nuts, wine, and so on. Are the authors getting paid by these companies? If so, are they telling us to, say, drink red wine because that's their scientific, medical judgement -- or because they're being paid to hawk company X's wine? (Especially for the particular case of wine and alcohol, in light of the study from August 2018 that concluded "the safest level of consumption [of alcohol] is zero".) I came to this book to learn about the science of aging, longevity, and diet, and found what seems more like an infomercial; and while there's a lot of good info, the "mercial" renders the rest untrustworthy.
Moreoever, as other reviewers have noted, some parts of the book come across as little more than lightly edited blog posts or listicles with citations.
So, caveat lector -- there's a lot to like about this book, especially their discussion of protein and mTOR -- but it's also seriously, perhaps fatally, flawed.
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