A doctor of Chinese medicine who studied the lives and eating habits of centenarians explains in his new book that vegetarians (and even semi-vegetarians) had fewer degenerative diseases and cancers than those who ate meat every day.
The book has hundreds of other tips divided into 6 chapters: What you eat, How you heal, Where you are, What you do, Who you are, and Bringing it all together. It’s an interesting look at the similarities in lifestyle and eating habits between people who live to be a hundred.
Secrets of Longevity: Hundreds of ways to live to be 100, by Maoshing Ni
Books
Kids’ Books
I still reread my favorite kids’ books from time to time, and I still have some of the original copies from when I was a kid. My favorites:
- The Phantom Tollbooth, by Norton Juster
- A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
- The Dunkard, by George Selden
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C. S. Lewis
- Tikki Tikki Tembo, by Arlene Mosel and Blair Lent
- Pretty much everything by Roald Dahl
What are your favorite kids’ books?
Harry Potter
I’m a voracious reader, though not for what some might call “good” literature, meaning the classics or anything intellectual. Don’t get me wrong – I don’t think there’s anything bad about reading light, fluffy fiction that does nothing more than entertain and pass the time, but I’ve been told that I’m mistaken. 😉
Anyway, I love science fiction, and I adore Harry Potter. While waiting for the 7th and final installation in the Harry Potter series, I’ve been spending a lot of time visiting sites and forums, and buying books that analyze the Harry Potter universe. The best site, by far, is of course J.K.Rowling’s site, which not only has all kinds of good info about the ooks and the author herself, but also makes a game of it, with clues and different kinds of hidden treasures scattered around. Great fun!