Disease-Proof
The Remarkable Truth About What Keeps Us Well

My doctor is a cranky old Frenchman (aren't they all?) who asks every fifty year old the same question: Do you want to get healthy or do you want to do drugs? His point is both cultural and personal: your health is your responsibility yet in America we mostly ignore lifestyle and start popping pills......more

Many reviewers criticised the book for not offering anything new. They may have a point, but this book stands as a beacon of scientific truth in an ocean of unscientific misinformation on nutrition (much of it based on various belief systems) . True science isn't afraid to deal with controversial fi......more

This was a book I thought I was going to love, so the 3 star rating could be in part due to the disappointment of high expectations, but honestly the book was a let-down. Disease Proof had been sitting on my wishlist since I heard about it being an evidenced based health advice book and a viable alt......more

Even though "Disease Proof" doesn't reveal new knowledge, at least not as far as the importance of good nutrition and exercise, it does reinforce this importance in an authoritative way, with Dr. David Katz, M.D. as author. Katz is a specialist in preventive medicine and founding director of Yale Uni......more

I got this book as a Christmas gift. The giver had heard the author on a radio program and thought I might like it. I did and got some interesting ideas from it. I think that it could have been an article, rather than a book. Some good tips, but a little dragged out.......more