Why Doctors Skip Breakfast – by Dr. Gregory Charlop

This book is what it claims to be in the subtitle: “[a collection of] wellness tips to reverse aging, treat depression, and get a good night’s sleep”. It’s not delivered quite like that though—one might expect this to be a page-a-day reader with one tip per page, for example, and it isn’t.

Instead, Dr. Charlop oscillates between telling stories (of the anecdotal variety, though they do come across as illustrative fictions rather than actual case studies with names changed) and sharing his thoughts on various topics, much as one might if talking to a friend or other small social audience in a casual manner.

As such, it’s very easy-reading, while at the same time not being necessarily conducive to skimming, as then one may miss the information buried in the text.

The knowledge itself is probably not anything that regular readers of 10almonds won’t have read before, but it can be good to have a reminder in any case; it’s easy to let things slip, get distracted from a good habit and then not reprise it, that sort of thing, so books like this can function as a timely prompt to make use of various wellness tools and techniques.

As for practicality, some things can be done quickly and easily (such as the intermittent fasting alluded to by the title, for example) whereas others will require investing more time and/or money, but all are at least worthy of consideration.

The style is, as we say, casual—but there is a bibliography and list of further references, so that’s a point in its favor, especially as the book itself is not very long or information-dense.

Bottom line: while there is nothing groundbreaking here, this book will provide a refresher on what for 10almonds readers might be considered the basics, plus some pet interests of the author’s (such as red light therapy and ketamine, which while they have their place, cannot be described as “the basics” of good health; the former is a very nice extra, and the latter has its pros and cons).

Click here to check out Why Doctors Skip Breakfast, and see how your health habits measure up!