Living Longer and Healthier?

I recently found a longlost self help book called "Superman" by a Robert Heller from the late 1970's.

He had applied his speciality of business management analysis to consolidate a lot of the recognised texts and studies of the period into a simple to read presentation of the best practices to improve mind and body.

It influenced me when I first read it, especially with regards to the ongoing benefits of exercise and a good diet, and I have to say that on re-reading it stands up fairly well to accepted modern recommendations.

However, I discovered a subsequent disconcerting revelation:

There is an entry in the book about his father and how he had a formidable constitution undermined in later life by a crank diet which is inferred to have lead to his death at the age of 81.

When I googled Robert Heller I found that as well as being a prolific author of 280 publications, he died in 2012 at the age of 80 after a long illness.

I now have a "what went wrong" feeling similar to what I experienced when I learnt of Michael Mosely's premature death.

Edited 7 March, 20251 yr by Gerrycan