Author:Mike Stroud
Discover the secrets of how to perform at your best in 2019
In this fascinating book based soundly in medical science, Mike Stroud - of BBC Television's The Challenge and SAS: Are You Tough Enough? - sets out the genetics, diet and exercise that enable humans to perform at their peak. Dr Stroud - polar explorer, practising hospital physician, and a former adviser to the Ministry of Defence - analyses individual feats of survival and athletic prowess that illustrate the way the body functions at its best. He dissects his own challenging experiences of crossing Antarctica with Ranulph Fiennes, running marathons in the Sahara and participating in gruelling cross-country endurance races in the United States and gives some tips on how to stay fit for life for those of us who find walking the dog an endurance challenge...
This revised edition includes the story of Dr Stroud and Sir Ranulph Fiennes' incredible 2003 global marathon challenge - seven marathons on seven continents in seven days - in aid of the British Heart Foundation.
'The ultimate sporting diet documented in mouth-watering detail' The Times
Illuminating... Mike Stroud, an Arctic explorer, medic and marathon-runner, explains how modern life-styles and diet have made us prone to a new array of diseases unknown until the industrial revolution. Demonstrating why it is essential for us to exercise, he also provides useful guidelines for changing our culturally-moulded bad habits'
—— Mail on SundayThe ultimate sporting diet documented in mouth-watering detail
—— The TimesA warm-hearted and convincing parenting manual
—— Telegraph WeekendIt's about living life to the full. It's full of everyday observations that are about real life, not just reel life.
—— Clive Owen , Daily MailCompulsive
—— GuardianZita offers a unique service to couples who are preparing for pregnancy. Her fully integrated approach encourages couples to optimise their reproductive health through nutrition and acupuncture while ensuring that they get the best medical care at the same time
—— Sheryl Homa, clinical embryologist and scientistZita, the baby dream maker
—— Sunday MirrorI can't imagine how I would have coped without Zita. Not only did she give me sound rational advice, but invaluable emotional support and guidance along the way
—— Jemma Kiddthis candid account.. raises questions from a world more shocked by 'chastity' than 'pole dancing'
—— Emma Hagestadt , IndependentThis honest account is a real eye opener
—— Star MagazineHeart-warming memoir which will strike a chord with women everywhere from the first page. If your love life is jaded and you want to turn things around, this will inspire you
—— The SunA bedroom confessional for the thinking girl, written with novelistic flair and offering that unbeatable diary-peeking thrill. Every woman will find herself here.
—— Stephanie Cross , Daily Mail[A] beautifully written memoir
—— Financial TimesA gifted storyteller with a mastery of Western literature, Nafisi knows how to use language both to settle scores and to seduce. Her family secrets pour forth in a flood of revelations of anger, humiliation and deceit
—— The New York TimesAn utterly memorable book
—— Guardian WeeklyAll readers should read it
—— Margaret AtwoodEnthralled
—— Susan SontagThis is a remarkable insight into a fascinating period of history, and a touching portrait of astonishing tenacity and integrity in the face of adversity that few in the Western world could imagine
—— Good Book GuideA balanced, lucid narrative; a rich, complex account of this crucial part of Iranian history
—— ObserverA powerful memoir of Nafisi's Iranian childhood, her mother and a homeland shattered by political revolution
—— The Times
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