Pg. xxvi Introduction by Ray Kurzweil "I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. The conventional treatment made it worse (causing me to gain weight, which exacerbated the diabetes), so I decided the time had come to bring these personal health issues to the top of my to-do list. I immersed myself in the health and medical literature, came up with my own approach involving nutrition, lifestyle, and supplements, and ultimately eliminated any indication of my diabetes by 1988. I wrote a bestselling health book about the experience, The 10% Solution for a Health Life.
Pg. xxvii "Decoding the first genome cost more than $2.7 billion dollars. Today it costs less than $600."
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Pg. xxvii "Decoding the first genome cost more than $2.7 billion dollars. Today it costs less than $600."
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"A healthy person has a thousand wishes, but a sick person on has one." --Indian proverb
Pg. 6 "Every single day, eighty-two years' worth of new video is uploaded to YouTube, including entire courses from nearly every university in the world."
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"Do not judge me by my successes, judge me by how many times I fell down and got back up again." --Nelson Mandela
Pg. 9 "If you want to succeed at anything--whether it's building a hugely profitable business, constructing a stormproof investment portfolio, or creating a healthy lifestyle that fills you with boundless energy--you need to study people who have already achieved the result you're after. In other words, success leaves clues. If a person has sustained success in any long-term ambition--whether it was losing weight, growing a business, sustaining an extraordinary relationship--then luck has nothing to do with it. They're doing something different than you are. So you need to understand exactly what they are doing differently, and precisely how they've mastered the skills you'll need to replicate their success."
Pg. 11 "...we need to search for those answers with an open and inquiring mind, never accepting without question that the 'experts' must be right. Sure, there are times when the traditional 'standard of care' might be the best approach. But we all have to think for ourselves and do our own due diligence. We can't outsource the oversight of our health to anyone else, no matter how many diplomas are nailed to their office wall. We can't take it on faith that they have all the right solutions. Likewise, we can't blindly follow the average person's example. Why would you, given that the average person isn't particularly healthy?"
Pg. 13 "Our thigh bones are stronger than concrete. Your brain contains an estimated 100 billion neurons, the same number of stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. Red blood cells can race through our entire body in less than 20 seconds."
Pg. 19 "But there is a price to pay for certainty when you're trying to get it from outside yourself. And I was now beginning to understand that the only true power of certainty lies within ourselves. I had to make a decision. If I was feeling no ill effects in my life, why live in fear? Ultimately, your health comes down to making smart decisions, developing great habits, and having a strong mindset. And remember, emotions can rule the physical body. One study showed that one five-minute angry outburst can impair your immune system for up to five hours."
"Dealing with a brain tumor reinforced my bedrock belief that you and I just take full responsibility for the most important decisions in our lives. One of the central principles underpinning this book is that you need to function as the CEO of your own health. We can't let anyone else determine our destiny, no matter how knowledgeable or caring they may be. Experts should be our coaches, but not our commanders. When it comes to your family, your faith, your finances, or your health, only you can make the critical decisions. Because in the end, you must live with the results that your decisions create."
Pg. 21 "In 2017, Harvard Medical School reported that the half-life of medical knowledge was 18 to 24 months--and predicted it was headed for 73 days by the time you're reading this! What does that mean? It means that over half of all a doctor learned in medical school is no longer valid within 18-24 months."
Pg. 25 "We need to be especially careful before taking extreme measures, whether it's a drug with potentially dire side effects or a high-risk operation. In some cases, it's worth considering less aggressive or less invasive options. As you'll soon see, one virtue of regenerative medicine is that it's fundamentally different from the blunt-force conventional therapies most people rely on. Regenerative medicine doesn't just treat your symptoms. Its goal is to reverse or cure the underlying problem."
Pg. 35 "Statistics show that less than 10 percent of people ever read past the first chapter of most books."
Pg. 39 "What's the secret to enriching the quality of your life? Though physical wellness is priceless, nothing matters more than our mindset and the power of our mind and emotions to heal every facet of our being."
Pg. 11 "...we need to search for those answers with an open and inquiring mind, never accepting without question that the 'experts' must be right. Sure, there are times when the traditional 'standard of care' might be the best approach. But we all have to think for ourselves and do our own due diligence. We can't outsource the oversight of our health to anyone else, no matter how many diplomas are nailed to their office wall. We can't take it on faith that they have all the right solutions. Likewise, we can't blindly follow the average person's example. Why would you, given that the average person isn't particularly healthy?"
Pg. 13 "Our thigh bones are stronger than concrete. Your brain contains an estimated 100 billion neurons, the same number of stars in the Milky Way Galaxy. Red blood cells can race through our entire body in less than 20 seconds."
Pg. 19 "But there is a price to pay for certainty when you're trying to get it from outside yourself. And I was now beginning to understand that the only true power of certainty lies within ourselves. I had to make a decision. If I was feeling no ill effects in my life, why live in fear? Ultimately, your health comes down to making smart decisions, developing great habits, and having a strong mindset. And remember, emotions can rule the physical body. One study showed that one five-minute angry outburst can impair your immune system for up to five hours."
"Dealing with a brain tumor reinforced my bedrock belief that you and I just take full responsibility for the most important decisions in our lives. One of the central principles underpinning this book is that you need to function as the CEO of your own health. We can't let anyone else determine our destiny, no matter how knowledgeable or caring they may be. Experts should be our coaches, but not our commanders. When it comes to your family, your faith, your finances, or your health, only you can make the critical decisions. Because in the end, you must live with the results that your decisions create."
Pg. 21 "In 2017, Harvard Medical School reported that the half-life of medical knowledge was 18 to 24 months--and predicted it was headed for 73 days by the time you're reading this! What does that mean? It means that over half of all a doctor learned in medical school is no longer valid within 18-24 months."
Pg. 25 "We need to be especially careful before taking extreme measures, whether it's a drug with potentially dire side effects or a high-risk operation. In some cases, it's worth considering less aggressive or less invasive options. As you'll soon see, one virtue of regenerative medicine is that it's fundamentally different from the blunt-force conventional therapies most people rely on. Regenerative medicine doesn't just treat your symptoms. Its goal is to reverse or cure the underlying problem."
Pg. 35 "Statistics show that less than 10 percent of people ever read past the first chapter of most books."
Pg. 39 "What's the secret to enriching the quality of your life? Though physical wellness is priceless, nothing matters more than our mindset and the power of our mind and emotions to heal every facet of our being."