New Delhi: Dr Shriram Nene has launched his book, 21 Days to Good Health: A Surgeon’s Evidence-Based Program to Reset Your Body, Calm Your Mind, and Add Years to Your Life. The book’s opening eight pages feature endorsements from several prominent Indian personalities from different sectors.
The long list includes businesswoman and philanthropist Nita Ambani, actor Madhuri Dixit, former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, RPG Enterprises chairman Harsh Goenka, Paytm founder and CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma, and former NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant.
Ambani describes the book as more than a passing trend, calling it “a wake-up call”. She says Nene distils a lifetime of experience in the operating room into one crucial insight: “most illnesses take decades to build and decades to prevent.” She describes the book as a “calm, disciplined road to better health”.
Dixit, Nene’s wife, says he brings together “science, experience, and compassion in a way that is simple, practical, and deeply encouraging”. The book, she adds, does not demand perfection.
“It simply helps you begin, and then keep going,” the actor writes.
Kant has also praised the book, describing it as a thoughtful and practical guide to better health, grounded in science and informed by Nene’s experience.
“What gives it particular force is its Indian context, especially its attention to South Asian metabolic risk, vegetarian nutrition and the realities of Indian daily life. It is sensible, humane and easy to act on,” he said.
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‘Built for Indian kitchens and family life’
For Michelin-starred chef Vikas Khanna, the book is a reminder of a fundamental truth about health that is often overlooked: “health is not built in hospitals, it is built in the small choices made every single day.”
Sharma, meanwhile, emphasises the importance of consistency and perseverance, offering a simple message to readers: “Start small, stay committed and keep moving forward. Lage raho!”
Nene dedicates this book to Dixit and his sons, Arin and Ryan, who taught him that health is not a private project.
“It is the most generous thing we do for the people we love. And, for every patient who arrived at the operating table years after a problem could have been prevented. This book is what I wish I could have handed you on a quiet morning, long before you needed me,” Nene wrote in the book.
Spanning five parts and over 13 chapters, 21 Days to Good Health is a practical evidence-based program built around five pillars—nutrition, movement, sleep, mindset and connection—that determine how well and how long we live.
Claiming that the book’s “refusal to be generic” style sets it apart, Nene said, “Its meal plans, movement routines, and daily rhythms are built for Indian kitchens, climates and family life.”
(Edited by Saptak Datta)