Our top 10 book tips

Want to boost your health, performance, and mindset? Then these are the 10 books you absolutely must read. From nutrition and sleep to breathing and dopamine—these books will give you valuable insights to take your life to the next level. Let's get ready!

1. Work Like an Athlete – Joep Rovers

This one, of course, has to be number one. Our founder Joep's book: Work Like an Athlete . Optimize your work performance by living like a top athlete. Joep shows how rhythm, recovery, and nutrition can increase your productivity and energy. By applying principles from sports, you'll work smarter and get more out of your day. The book covers topics like sleep, breathing, nutrition, and stress management. Joep emphasizes that consistent habits are the key to long-term performance and well-being. He provides practical tools to improve your focus and reduce stress, so you're at your best physically and mentally.

2. Nutrition & Physical Degeneration – Weston A. Price

Weston A. Price investigated how traditional diets impact our health. He discovered that natural, unprocessed foods are crucial for strong bones, healthy teeth, and a robust immune system. This book is an eye-opener on the impact of processed foods. Price traveled the world studying indigenous peoples and discovered that modern diets lead to dental problems, degenerative diseases, and weak bone structures. This book offers an in-depth look at how nutrition influences our genetic expression and shows how we can radically improve our health with the right dietary choices. The key takeaways? Avoid white flour, seed oil, and sugar for optimal health and ensure you get enough fat-soluble vitamins (ADEK), which are found in animal products.

3. Control Your Cycle – Lara Briden

Lara Briden explains how to naturally manage hormonal issues like PCOS and PMS. This book helps women understand their cycle and restore hormonal balance without medication. Briden shows how hormonal health reflects your overall well-being and how nutrition, exercise, and stress management play a crucial role. The book also provides insight into how the pill and other hormonal contraceptives disrupt the natural cycle and how women can support their hormones naturally.

4. Jaws: A Hidden Epidemic – Sandra Kahn & Paul Ehrlich

Modern eating habits and breathing patterns have deteriorated our jaw development. This book shows how underdeveloped jaws lead to crooked teeth, sleep apnea, and other health problems—and what you can do about them. The authors demonstrate that a lack of chewing due to processed foods and poor breathing techniques contribute to this epidemic. They advocate for early intervention in children and offer practical advice, such as jaw training and improved breathing, to prevent future problems.

5. Why We Sleep – Matthew Walker

Sleep is the superpower that dramatically improves your performance and health. Matthew Walker explains why sleep is essential and how to optimize sleep habits for maximum energy and focus. He reveals the scientific mechanisms behind sleep and why sleep deprivation is linked to diseases like obesity, diabetes, and depression. This book offers valuable strategies for improving the quality and duration of your sleep, from sleep hygiene to avoiding caffeine and screens before bed. With this insight, you can dramatically boost your productivity, health, and mental well-being.

6. The New Breath – James Nestor

Breathing has a huge impact on your health. James Nestor reveals how poor breathing contributes to stress, fatigue, and health problems, and offers practical techniques to improve your breathing. He explores how ancient breathing techniques like the Buteyko Method and the Wim Hof ​​Technique influence our nervous system, immune system, and performance. By making small adjustments to how you breathe, you can improve your oxygen intake, reduce stress, and even enhance athletic performance. This book offers an in-depth look at how mindful breathing techniques can transform your health.

7. Guts and Physiology Syndrome – Natasha Campbell-McBride

Gut health affects much more than just your digestion. Natasha Campbell-McBride links an unhealthy gut to neurological, hormonal, and immune issues. A must-read for anyone looking to improve their overall health. She discusses how leaky gut and imbalanced gut flora can contribute to conditions like autoimmune diseases, depression, and chronic inflammation. The book offers in-depth insights into how diet and lifestyle can support gut health and how you can heal your body through the GAPS diet.

8. Dopamine Nation – Anna Lembke

We live in a world full of constant dopamine stimuli: social media, junk food, and screen time. This book helps you understand how addiction mechanisms work and how to balance dopamine to experience more control and happiness. Lembke explains why our brain struggles with moderation and how we can deal with pleasure stimuli more consciously. She offers practical strategies to reset your dopamine sensitivity, so you can get more satisfaction out of life without relying on external stimuli.

9. The Molecule of More – Daniel Z. Lieberman & Michael E. Long

Dopamine drives our drive for ambition and success, but it can also keep us in an endless pursuit of "more." This book shows how dopamine influences your behavior and how you can find a healthy balance between striving and pleasure. The authors discuss how dopamine affects not only motivation but also relationships, politics, and technology. They explain how an excess of dopamine can lead to obsessions and addictions and how you can manage this powerful neurotransmitter more consciously.

10. Sacred Cow – Diana Rodgers & Robb Wolf

Is eating meat really bad for the environment? This book debunks myths surrounding meat consumption and advocates for regenerative agriculture as a sustainable solution. It's an indispensable guide for anyone wanting to understand the role of animal foods in a healthy diet. Rodgers and Wolf demonstrate how well-managed livestock actually contributes to soil health and biodiversity. They discuss the nutritional value of animal products and why a balanced diet with responsible meat can be essential for optimal health.

We hope you can check off a few more from this list. Which book will you read first?