The Healthiest People on Earth: Your Guide to Living 10 Years Longer with Adventist Family Secrets and Plant-Based Recipes

252 Pages·2018·2.03 MB·English

by  John Howard Weeks

Praise for The Healthiest People on Earth
“A fascinating and important book that I hope will inspire many more people to
embrace optimal nutrition and improve their quality of life. ”
—T. COLIN CAMPBELL, PHD , coauthor of international bestseller The China
Study and the New York Times bestseller Whole
“With humor and a rich family history, John Howard Weeks brings the basics of
Blue Zone living into the new millennium—and right into your own kitchen. By
showing how to take the steps to plant-sourced eating and healthy living with
ease, along with a fresh ‘Happy Home Remedy’ punctuating every chapter,
Weeks lays the groundwork for creating your own thriving Blue Zone—easily,
and anywhere in the world.”
—LANI MUELRATH, author of The Mindful Vegan, The Plant-Based Journey,
and Fit Quickies
“A joyful romp through John Howard Weeks’s life and discovery that to live
energetically and healthily he needed to change what he chose. Choosing to live
a vibrant life, he chose a plant-based diet. Choice is key. He demonstrates how
anyone can do the same. In his lively conversational tone, Weeks tells how he
fell from health and how he returned. Offering practical tips, remedies, and
recipes, he also shines light into North America’s only Blue Zone in which
people live on average ten years longer than others.”
—JEFF STANFORD, coauthor of Dining at The Ravens
“John Howard Weeks has written a book for people like me—who love life and
want to live as long as possible. It’s an accessible, practical guide for how to
adopt optimal habits and enjoy the process. Easy to read, and easy to do!”
—PAMELA A. POPPER, PHD, ND, president of Wellness Forum Health
“I believe that everyone should want to live as healthy as possible for as long as
possible. In a compassionate, honest, and articulate manner . . . sprinkled in with
brilliant humor and candor . . . author John Howard Weeks presents in The
Healthiest People on Earth a whole life lesson for us that will serve as a
blueprint for reaching that goal.”
—NICHOLAS R. CATALDO, author, educator, and San Bernardino County
historian
“If you want to learn how to live a healthier lifestyle and perhaps live a little
longer, this book will show you how. Thankfully, Weeks’s gentle humor makes
the whole prospect very easy to digest.”
—JOHN PLESSEL, columnist for the Southern California News Group and food
blogger for Dine 909
“There are many books talking about healthy eating but reading The Healthiest
People on Earth really gives you convincing data that following a vegetarian
diet really is better for you. John Howard Weeks has the uncanny ability to make
the reading easy and engaging. I guess it’s time for me to alter my diet! I
encourage everyone to read this life enhancing book.”
—ALLAN BORGEN, food critic and host of the PBS television and radio show
Let’s Dine Out
“John Howard Weeks’s latest book, The Healthiest People on Earth, is more
than packed with information to create your own ‘Blue Heaven on Earth’ (a Blue
Zone). It is a fascinating, easy, and fun read!”
—BILLIE J. RUBEN, natural health activist and 18-year cancer survivor without
surgery or chemotherapy
“Weeks nails it! This important work is the latest in a growing body of evidence
that a plant-based diet is the path to longevity and quality of life. A must-read for
all who want fewer doctor visits and lower medical bills.”
—ROBERT S. PETERSON, MPH, former director of Public Health Education at
Castle Medical Center in Kailua, Hawaii
“This is an informative yet really enjoyable and honest book about living your
life to the fullest. People who know me know I used to love to eat meat. But I
became a 95% vegetarian over a year ago because I finally read The China
Study, which John talks about in The Healthiest People on Earth. I wish that I
had known the facts about eating well when I was growing up. I would have
never eaten meat. This book shows how anyone can change.”
—PHIL YEH, graphic artist, author, and creator of The Winged Tiger
“I have to admit that I’m not a big reader of diet instruction. However, having
started in on this book I realized it was very different from the normal type.
Firstly, Weeks’s sense of humor soon spills over into what is, after all, a
somewhat dry subject. Secondly, although it follows the dietary precepts of
Seventh-day Adventists, there’s not a trace of religion in it. For that I was glad
as I’ve always been suspicious of congregations who believe the Deity is
concerned with our food selections. No, The Healthiest People on Earth is
simply a guide to how we can benefit from a diet that is almost certain to not
only prolong our lives but to help us keep out of the doctor’s office. Throughout
the book, I kept feeling that this all made absolute sense and in fact, it is the right
thing to do. What is also helpful, however, is a complete chapter on cheating, if
you fall off the rails from time to time.”
—Trevor Summons, columnist and author of Trevor’s Travels, Requital,
Transposition, McConnells, and A Charmed Life
The Healthiest People on Earth
The Healthiest People on Earth
Your Guide to Living 10 Years Longer with
Adventist Family Secrets and Plant-Based
Recipes
JOHN HOWARD WEEKS
The Great-Great-Grandson of Seventh-day Adventist
Founder Ellen G. White
BenBella Books, Inc.
Dallas, TX
This book is not a substitute for hands-on professional health care. Any changes in your diet, fitness, and
health regimen should be discussed with your physician.
Copyright © 2018 by John Howard Weeks
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without
written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.
All photos are courtesy of the author’s personal collection.
BenBella Books, Inc.
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First E-Book Edition: April 2018
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Weeks, John Howard, 1949-author.
Title: The healthiest people on earth : your guide to living 10 years longer with Adventist family secrets and
plant-based recipes / John Howard Weeks, the great-great-grandson of Seventh-day Adventist founder
Ellen G. White.
Description: Dallas, TX : BenBella Books, Inc., [2018] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017047920 (print) | LCCN 2017048798 (ebook) | ISBN 9781946885227 (electronic) |
ISBN 9781944648862 (paperback : alk. paper) Subjects: LCSH: Longevity—Nutritional aspects. |
Health—Religious Aspects—Seventh-day Adventists. | Medicine—Religious Aspects—Seventh-day
Adventists. | Vegetarianism—Recipes.
Classification: LCC RA776.75 (ebook) | LCC RA776.75 .W444 2018 (print) | DDC 613.2—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017047920
Editing by Scott Calamar
Copyediting by Karen Levy
Proofreading by James Fraleigh and Jenny Bridges Indexing by Debra Bowman
Text design and composition by Silver Feather Design Front cover by Oceana Garceau
Full cover by Sarah Avinger