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Chapter 4: Ditch Goji Berries
Why many diet and exercise interventions matter

less than you think

The Roseto Effect

Social integration lowers mortality

by 65%

Arctic explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson -- described a phenomenon known across the arctic as the “rabbit starvation” — an illness caused by eating too much protein

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Pacific islands plant called kava.

Roseto Presbyterian Church, Garibaldi St, Roseto PA

  • What's better for your longevity: organic foods or social connections?

  • Can vitamin pills shorten your life?

  • Why can wearing a fitness tracker make you ... less healthy?

  • Why is turmeric misleading some scientists?

  • Can some miracle foods be dangerous?

  • Answers to these questions (and much more!) in the book

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