Timothy Ferriss-- Master of the The "4-Hour" Universe

Timothy Ferriss seems strange to me-- a guy always in overdrive, like he's in an headlong rush to get somewhere, has to get there before everyone else, has to measure everything, brainstorm ad nauseam, chew an idea down to its microscopic essence and then spit it out for even more detailed evaluation. The guy is driven, he loves numbers. Timothy Ferriss wrote 4- Hour Workweek and the one I'm more interested in 4- Hour Body. He's a tango dancer, a martial artist, an entrepreneur, an Ivy Leaguer, a bestselling author, a guinea pig for his own ideas and experiments. Timothy doesn't just do something. He does it to death. He does it beyond it, and by it... I mean everything-- food, diet, exercise, sex to beyond saturation. The man is a true American-- doing to excess, measuring compulsively... I get exhausted just staying the name Timothy Ferriss. He's the self-help guru of the millennials, a generation short of time, by their way of thinking.

I have to admit I almost grew to like Timothy Ferriss as I combed through 4- Hour Body. You kind of have to admire a guy who studies the female orgasm and explores the clitoris with the relentless devotion of a dweeby kid learning a new computer game. 

My favorite Ferriss observation from 4-Hour Body  concerns his study of glucose readings. I check my glucose levels as I was diagnosed as pre-diabetic. I prick my finger a few times a day. Ferries implanted a glucometer beneath his skin! I've learned what kind of eating spikes my glucose, usually it is overeating, too much bread, too much carbs and sugar. And Timothy summed up a good approach in his numbers-driven, scientific approach "For Fastest Fat Loss, Minimize Your Blood Sugar Bumps Above 100 To No more Than Two Per Day." (p. 146)

Ferriss correctly observes that rapid fat loss is facilitated by lower glucose levels. He focuses on the number 100-- calls it "Beautiful Number 100"-- and that is a good glucose number to use as your benchline. Have to admit that I was impressed with how close Ferriss's recommendations correlate to what I have learned from checking my blood glucose for over a year now. If I keep my blood glucose number to near 100, or lower, for the greater part of the day, I lose body fat, and feel better and healthier. Got to hand it to that crazy man, his compulsive approach works on occasion-- and he hits the ball out of the park. And, by the way, he can teach you how to hit a baseball in another chapter of the book.