Quotes by David Agus

Much in the way Olympic athletes optimize their game by paying an enormous - borderline maniacal - amount of attention to things like diet, exercise, sleep, and of course the essential R&R, we all would do well to pay more attention to those key aspects of our lives that comprise our overall health equation.

I believe we can prevent or delay most disease until the 9th or 10th decade. The goal is to prevent anything that can affect your quality of life prior to those years! By the time many of us get to the 9th or 10th decade, who knows where the new medical and science will take us? I am an optimist!

Im a big believer in whats called personalized medicine, which refers to customizing your health care to your specific needs based on your physiology, genetics, value system and unique conditions.

We are finally entering an exciting time in medicine where we have the technology to custom-tailor treatment and preventive protocols just as wed custom-tailor a suit or designer gown to ones individual body. But it all begins with you. You have to know yourself in a manner that youve probably never done before.

If your DNA profile puts you at a higher risk of developing obesity, that doesnt mean its your fate. You can take control of the environmental side of the equation and reduce your overall lifetime risk by a lot.