India, Sept. 7 -- Most people have something that they pursue with an almost obsessive passion: For me it is basketball. While I loved the game and played as often as I could, I relied on my ability to 'power through' rather than on my skills to continue playing.

With age, I noticed that the 'powering through' was getting decreasingly intense. As 2025 rolled in, I decided to finally work on getting fitter off the court so that I could do better on it.

As I embarked upon this journey, the sheer volume of information (and contradictions) available from various sources left me clueless about where the starting point even should be. To cut a long story short, I anchored myself (on a friend's recommendation) to this book on health and longev...