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The Complete Guide to Health Technology was an insightful read.
This book is heavily focused on health with a strong emphasis on evidence.
It organizes perspectives and thoughts on evidence as a premise. The sheer volume of references is overwhelming.
The chapter on food takes up the most pages, which is appreciated since diet is one of the most crucial factors for health.
Regarding food, I found many parts suggesting that it's better to view it in terms of high or low risk rather than simply good or bad for health. There were many useful insights into risk-on and risk-off thinking based on evidence.
The first half also touches on habits, emphasizing that "health is habit," highlighting the importance of habits in health.
To control "habits" (≒ becoming healthy), it's necessary to review decisions and actions. Various methodologies and ideas are discussed, which can be useful even outside the theme of health.
I pride myself on having a relatively high awareness and standard of behavior regarding health, but this book provided insights for further improving my health habits.
The final chapter, "Emotions Create Health," was surprisingly intriguing. After 30 years of life, I finally understand the positive and negative aspects of emotions (their impact on behavior) and have learned to understand and leverage emotions to change my behavior. It's fascinating to see how emotions also affect health.
I initially picked up this book thinking it could serve as a dictionary-like reference, but upon finishing it, I realized that health-related research is constantly being updated, so it's important not to maintain a mindset of blindly accepting everything. (Hence, continuous learning is necessary.)
The title seems appealing to engineers, so it might be a good idea to discreetly place it in the IT section of bookstores. 😄
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