SuperLife: The 5 Simple Fixes That Will Make You Healthy, Fit, and Eternally Awesome
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SuperLife: The 5 Simple Fixes That Will Make You Healthy, Fit, and Eternally Awesome

Paperback – January 3, 2017

Price
$11.49
Format
Paperback
Pages
320
Publisher
Harper Wave
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0062297198
Dimensions
0.9 x 5.3 x 7.9 inches
Weight
8.6 ounces

Description

Review “Darin has a sincere passion for health, and has proven that by creating this easy to follow manual for achieving our greatest life possible. He doesn’t just write about eating, moving and feeling great―he lives it with every breath, and it shows.” — Laird Hamilton, world-renowned Waterman, and New York Times bestselling author of Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul, and, of Course, Surfing “Darin has dedicated his life to finding the answers and the best possible science available. I respect great information, but I appreciate it even more when someone delivers it in a way I can understand and use. This book is a great guide.” — Gabrielle Reece, author of Big Girl in the Middle and My Foot Is Too Big for the Glass Slipper “Eternal awesomeness! Who wouldn’t want that? All you need to do is focus on the Five Life Forces and your body will do the rest. Darin shows you exactly what to do, step by step, so that you can live big, laugh more, and maximize your potential.” — Tony Horton, creator of P90X and author of The Big Picture From the Back Cover We all know what it means to live well. We try to eat well, exercise, meditate, and add just the right amount of kale to our green juice. And it can start to feel complicated. But all too often, we forget that our bodies already know how to do this . Nutritionist and superfoods expert Darin Olien reminds us that we can maximize our body’s natural potential by focusing on the five simple forces—Quality Nutrition, Hydration, Detoxification, Oxygenation, and Alkalization—that determine whether we will be healthy, fit, and free of illness. Olien has traveled the world, exploring the health properties of foods that have sustained indigenous cultures for centuries. Putting his research into practice, he explains how to maintain healthy weight, prevent even the most serious of diseases, and feel great—all without restrictive, gimmicky, or complicated diet plans that never work in the long term. Full of simple fixes, easy-to-follow to-do lists, grocery lists, indispensable guides to supplementing, and more, SuperLife is your kick start to eternal awesomeness. With a comprehensive, holistic, and unique approach to wellness, Olien teaches you how to harness the superpowers of food, water, oxygen, and pH balance to live your best life today, tomorrow, and on into the future. About the Author Darin Olien is co-host of the Emmy™ Award Winning, #1 Netflix docu-series, Down to Earth with Zac Efron. He has spent nearly 20 years exploring the planet to discover new and underutilized exotic foods and medicinal plants as a Superfood hunter and developed, Shakeology, which as grossed over $4 Billion in sales since 2008 for Beachbody. Darin also created a plant-based Ultimate Reset 21-day detoxification program for the company. From his years of experience within the health space, he wrote the New York Times best-selling book, SuperLife: The Five Fixes That Will Keep You Healthy, Fit and Eternally Awesome . As host of the widely popular podcast The Darin Olien Show, Darin explores solutions to life’s “Fatal Conveniences” – a segment of the show uncovering modern-day flaws and challenges that may be undermining our health and our environment. Darin is also the founder of Barukas™, the most nutrient-dense nut in the world coming from the Savannah “Cerrado” of Brazil. Through sustainable business practices, the company is committed to supporting this important biome by planting 20 million Baruzeita trees while getting out the most delicious nut on the planet. Read more

Features & Highlights

  • In this groundbreaking health and lifestyle guide, Darin Olien—superfoods expert, nutritionist, creator of Shakeology, and co-host of the Netflix docuseries
  • Down to Earth with Zac Efron—
  • provides the key to understanding and utilizing five life forces, the sole factors that determine whether or not we will be healthy, fit, and free of illness.
  • In
  • Superlife
  • , Darin Olien provides us with an entirely new way of thinking about health and wellbeing by identifying what he calls the life forces: Quality Nutrition, Hydration, Detoxification, Oxygenation, and Alkalization. Olien demonstrates in great detail how to maintain these processes, thereby allowing our bodies to do the rest. He tells us how we can maintain healthy weight, prevent even the most serious of diseases, and feel great. He explains that all of this is possible without any of the restrictive or gimmicky diet plans that never work in the long term.
  • Olien has traveled the world, exploring the health properties of foods that have sustained indigenous cultures for centuries. Putting his research into practice, he has created a unique and proven formula for maximizing our bodies’ potential. He also includes a “How-to-eat” user’s guide with a shopping list, advice on “what to throw away,” a guide to creating a healthy, balanced diet plan, and advice on how to use supplements effectively.
  • Written in Olien’s engaging conversational style,
  • Superlife
  • is a one-of-a-kind comprehensive look at dieting and nutrition, a timeless and essential guide to maintaining the human body and maximizing its potential.

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It is a scam! Please take the information very carefully!

I bought this book at my local bookstore, hoping to learn about 'superfoods" around the world. I wanted to see if there were any amazing fruits or vegetables that I could try. Just for the fun of experimenting new flavors. I am a graduate student in biology, and come from a megadiverse country, where we have ancient knowledge on certain foods that are beneficial for human consumption.

This book is the classic example of how people, who unfortunately have a very influential position, use science incorrectly to prove their point no matter what. I started reading this book and got upset pretty fast, within the first pages. I continued reading, just to give it the benefit of the doubt. BUT!! It just keeps giving erroneous information, discrediting science by using controversial experiments, that generate debates within the scientific community.

The first major mistake I found was suggesting people to consume distilled water... For those of you who are not familiar with what distilled water is, very briefly is water with a high purity. This means that the normal minerals, that water contains, get removed by several different processes. If we consume this type of water it can remove all of our essential salts and minerals, due to the concentration gradient. That is why Darin says that he mixes it with Himalayan salt, and some other stuff. Please avoid consuming distilled water because it can be perjudicial for you health.

Then he goes on and talks about alkalinization, with different foods (there is a list towards the back of the book). Please just google the pH of the fruis he includes there. Just as a major lie, he mentions tangerine (which is from the citric family). By doing a quick search we can find that Tangerine is the most acidic fruit from that family (has a pH lower than 7, which is neutral). This was the point when I decided to just throw away this book.

Also, the body has a very precise and fine pH regulation, that keeps us functioning properly. It goes from 7.35 - 7.45 (slightly alkaline). This means that no matter what we eat or drink, we cannot modify our internal pH, and if we do so, we would need medical attention.

I do not know what else is hiding inside this book, but I do not recommend it at all!
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Propaganda full of false information

If you’re interested in reading vegan propaganda filled with cherry picked “science” to further the argument, this book is for you.

For background, I have a degree in biochemistry, and a doctorate degree in pharmacology. So, when I saw a book about superfoods (I believe in healthy eating) that’s supposedly researched and science-based, I was intrigued. To my disappointment I found this to be a complete misguided scam.

First off, the book is so wordy and poorly written it’s hard to read. The author repeats his same points and phrases over and over, frequently in back to back paragraphs. It’s obvious that the author doesn’t have enough concrete information to share, so he utilized a TON of filler to complete the book. This can be cut to quarter of the size to get all the points across.

Let’s get to the best part, junk science, and plain old incorrect scientific statements. In order to try to appear credible, this author tries to cite various “studies” throughout the book to prove his point. Without dissecting all of them I will just say that a lot of his “studies” rely on anecdotal evidence, and of course he cherry picked the ones that further his agenda. However, he didn’t stop there. He offered plain old wrong information in multiple places. Here are a few examples:
1) He recommends to drink distilled water. Are you kidding me?? Distilled water has all the dissolved solids (which includes ions and minerals crucial to our survival) removed completely. If you drink distilled water only, this can lead to disruption of electrolyte balance (since you’re not replacing what you lost in sweat), fluid imbalance and throw off your blood pH due to lack of salts. This might be the most idiotic, not to mention medically unsafe, advice I ever heard.
2) In one section of the book where he goes off about never eating grains again he mentions that “gluten consumption has been proven to cause celiac disease”. Huh?!?! Celiac disease is a genetic auto immune disorder!! Gluten consumption triggers symptoms of the disease, it doesn’t cause it.

Aside from blatant fallacies the author is simply pushing vegan propaganda and is not even attempting to be balanced in his approach. Every step of the way he paints meat as evil and disease causing and plants as the answer. If the book is about veganism it would be ethical to disclose that in the title or on the cover. This failure to disclose up front is an offensive manipulation of consumers to purchase a product (book) that’s essentially mislabeled. But then again, if he actually had good or accurate medical facts, maybe he wouldn’t have a fear of being honest on the cover.
172 people found this helpful
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Informative!!

I've been drinking Shakeology since 2014 and love the way it makes me feel. I finally bought this book since Darin is the creator of Shakeology. This book is probably the best and most informative book I have read regarding our health and nutrition! Definitely a must to keep on hand and I'll most likely be reading it again.
88 people found this helpful
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One Star

Couldn't get past the first chapter, drink only distilled water...
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Could be written in an article

This book could be written in article, or maybe a paragraph. Eat a whole foods, plant based diet, go outside and exercise, breathe deeply, avoid all processed sugar/carbs. That's almost all of the main content of this book, in my opinion.
24 people found this helpful
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Nonsensical waste of time

Couple of good (but obvious) suggestions like eat raw vegetables and have a varied diet but a lot of this book is drivel. Suggestions like don't drink tap water, etc. are vacuous nonsense. He quotes a known quack, Fereydoon Batmanghelidj who claimed water provides energy for the body and brain by splitting into hydrogen and oxygen. The book cited is quackery.

If your body fluids become 'sludgy' then you are seriously dehydrated. Not just the relatively small level of dehydration, but adrift at sea for months level of dehydration, so what's the relevance here? He also thinks that "sunlight infuses" water "with healthy energy." So now water can photosynthesize? That's news.

He also thinks he saw a Komodo dragon in Australia, which is a surprise considering they are only found in a few locations in Australia. Maybe a tourist? It seems minor but this mistake follows the general theme of lack of proper research and b*****t that is so prevalent in this book. He similarly thinks pollution starves the ocean of oxygen, causing "the seas become more acidic." Actually acidic seas are linked to an increase of CO2 in the atmosphere. Eutrophication and the reduction of O2 in the ocean is a different process. He thinks the liver creates ammonia and the kidney produces urea Actually the liver converts ammonia to urea and the kidney filters urea out of the blood. You have to wonder about someone who writes about maintaining a healthy body and doesn't know the basics of how it functions.

Nothing annoys me more than poor science. Well, I guess a few things but poor science is up there.

His talk about 'fairtrade' is pretty suspect as well. Having local communities produce cash crops is a complex process. You have to ensure they don't have issues with subsistence farming so that if (or when) the cash crop goes out of fashion, the farmers aren't kept high and dry. All this is glossed over so I don't think he's thought about it.

This book is a nonsensical waste of time.
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Great for new readers of the topic

Superlife by Darin Olien is an interesting read. If you are interested in reading about nutrition and how to better your diet for a healthier you, there are many books out there to consider. Superlife is just one of them. And granted, it is a very easy read. Read it, and focus on the "Simple To-Do List" at the end of every section which are very basic. If you are new to reading such books, Superlife is a great starting point, especially with topics and the "reference" section at the end of the book. However, there are several points that I would take with a grain of salt, only because it may not work for your body. Nutrition as a whole can be very generic, but individually, one needs to target what works for them. And that's why Superlife may not be anything new for a seasoned peruser of nutritional and diet books.

Disclaimer: I received a copy of this book from the author/publisher. I was not required to write a positive review, and have not been compensated for this. This is my honest opinion.
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A Superlife Can Be Achieved

I got tuned in to Darin thru the NETFLIX show 'Down to Earth'. I love his podcast and generally his all-around style of parting information. His knowledge is deep, and to question that is simply ridiculous. However, I will say this: if you are just mow beginning your journey into a plant based world, exercise, knowledge, and hydration then this book is ABSOLUTELY for you. It is what I will refer to in the future as the ;must read' primer for anyone ready to step on the journey to great health. unfortunately, I have been on this ride for a little while, so some of this was a little repetitive for me (not that re-emphasizing the basics isn't important; because it is). I found myself skipping around a little bit to seek out information I had not already learned on my own through independent research or trial and error. The end of the book was better suited for me as I had wonderful information about various foods, recipes, and a menu. Here is why I will recommend this book to anyone interested. I think Darin really cares about the subject and the folks he shares it with. Are we not all ready for some positive energy and good healthy suggestions on living a healthier life? A 'kick-ass' life? It's a good read and worth the time. Be safe and be well.
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Simply thank you Darin Olien!

I know all the information given in this book already and practicing almost all of it many years. But there is a gap in between times by not doing it constantly because of doing the same thing over and over again becomes boring unfortunately! Choosing these rules as a life style in our society is very hard to follow! But writer puts his awesome style of writing in it with a big heart and love, it is a constant reminder to all of us that we must choose to live and teach others the way how our body works and what it needs. Excellent book, easy to read for everyone to understand and follow. I will read this book again and again to never forget how correctly I must take care of my body. Thank you
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Life changing book!!

Must read!!! This book made me re-think the way I live, eat, drink and breathe! In a good way
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