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For several years, Filippo has been a widely read and highly regarded author. His numerous books have helped countless people change their lifestyle and improve their lives.

Many of his books have been true bestsellers and long sellers, entering the official sales charts and reaching hundreds of thousands of readers.

Horizon Press - January 2026

The Awareness Code (English, eBook)

 

In this book, you will find the code to transform yourself inside and out, based on a scientific approach and the experience as a doctor, the data collected in the field, and Filippo Ongaroʼs current coaching activities.

Each of us can have an extraordinary life if we develop the right mindset and learn to enhance our internal resources. This means living at high performance, a condition that doesnʼt only apply to athletes, astronauts, or top managers, but to all of us. Itʼs as if Filippo were by your side with his advice on nutrition, nutraceuticals, physical activity, and inner work, structured in an 8-week program. But more importantly, with exclusive mental strategies that promote and facilitate change and consolidate it over time.

The goal is to create a positive impact on body and mind, improve personal fulfillment, and strengthen emotional bonds. A unique scientific approach, tested on thousands of people, capable of impacting your happiness in a 360-degree way.

Vallardi - September 2025

The Longevity Mindset (Italian)

 

We are obsessed with the desire to beat our biological clock. Yet we forget that aspiring to longevity is not just about wanting to live long, but also about living well: with energy, fulfillment, and meaning.

A physician and pioneer in the field of preventive medicine and aging, Filippo Ongaro offers a revolutionary approach that integrates neuroscience, philosophy, and spirituality to address the aging process with the mind before the body.

Through scientific data, reflections, and true stories, Ongaro reveals how the key to authentic longevity lies not only in nutrition, exercise, and quality sleep, but also and above all in building a new awareness, learning to accept what cannot be changed, and having the courage to change what can be changed.

Sperling & Kupfer - March 2023

Missione Longevità (Italian)

 

“Mission Longevity” aims to provide a comprehensive and scientific overview of what can be done to cultivate and optimize healthy longevity.

The real issue today is not striving to live a few moments longer, but living every moment to the fullest in terms of health and mental and physical well-being.

Not longevity based on fear of illness and death, but on the joy of living!

In this book, Ongaro offers his readers an exclusive and integrated approach, identifying eight practical paths that focus on cell protection, weight loss, muscle mass maintenance, physical and mental enhancement, memory, and resilience, with concrete answers used by thousands of people to preserve their health and prolong their quality of life.

Sperling & Kupfer - September 2021

Choices and Challenges (Italian)

 

How to face every stage of life and give your best.

From childhood to old age, life is often confusing, a succession of sometimes ill-informed choices and enlightening insights. Challenges that we face with passion or that we abandon out of fear.

This book is a sort of guide to the different stages of life, a guide made up of questions but also reflections and key messages to take with you.

The new book by the Coach who applies scientific knowledge to better deal with life's problems and find calm in the inner storm.

Sperling & Kupfer - September 2020

Strong as Water (Italian)

 

Sometimes we feel that something is holding us back in our lives, but we don't know what it is.

Through six steps, this book allows everyone to develop their unique and special potential, to free themselves from conditioning and limitations, to raise their heads in difficult moments, and to take back control of their lives with the momentum of new ideas, conviction, and love.

As flexible and unstoppable as water, we can circumvent obstacles and barriers, discovering the strength that lies within each of us.

Sperling & Kupfer - September 2019

The Metodo Ongaro (Italian)

 

- English Version available in Kindle "The Awareness Code" - see on top of this page -

The code to transform yourself inside and out, based on a scientific method and Filippo Ongaro's previous experience as a doctor, data collected in the field, and his current coaching activities. Each of us can have an extraordinary life if we develop the right mindset and learn to enhance our internal resources.

This means living at a high level of performance, a condition that does not only apply to athletes, astronauts, or top managers, but to all of us.

With this book, it will be as if Filippo were by your side with his suggestions on nutrition, nutraceuticals, physical activity, and inner work, structured in an 8-week program.

Roi Edizioni - June 2017

Living Life to the Fullest (Italian)

 

We all know that broccoli is better for us than French fries and that exercising is healthier than watching television. Yet very few of us actually manage to change our habits.
We are living longer, but we are getting sick earlier, and in many cases our lives are neither happy nor full of energy: they are just longer.

A comprehensive system of tools, reflections, and practices to enhance health and achieve a higher degree of personal satisfaction, well-being, and psychophysical performance.

An approach that Filippo Ongaro has been using for some time, combining the personal change strategies typical of strategic coaching with the latest scientific knowledge in neuroscience and behavioral psychology.

Ponte delle Grazie - May 2016

Up to a hundred years (Italian)

 

Unlike traditional medicine, which only intervenes once a disease has already developed, anti-aging medicine prefers to slow down the aging process by focusing on prevention, thus delaying the decline of the human body. The goal is not longevity itself, but quality of life. This challenge requires great effort and sacrifice, and involves the whole person: from the most strictly biological aspects, such as nutrition and physical activity, to the inner and spiritual ones.

We could therefore define it as a holistic approach, but one that has nothing to do with alternative medicine or new age practices: the most advanced scientific results show that aging is not in itself synonymous with decline and suffering. On the contrary, by “training” ourselves to take care of ourselves, we will reach the age of 100, living a full and complete life to the best of our ability.

Ponte delle Grazie - June 2014

Diet or no diet (Italian)

 

The authors of this book, edited by Giorgio Nardone and Elisa Valteroni, propose an innovative vision that replaces “miracle” diets and calorie obsession with a diet and, above all, a lifestyle that respects our metabolism and psychological balance.

Although they take different approaches, the contributions of nutritionists, psychologists, and therapists collected here share a holistic view of the human being, focusing on the very close relationship between mind and body [...].

Among the various contributors to this book is Dr. Ongaro, who contributed to the first chapter entitled “The role of food in human evolution: from deficiency to excess. Impact on health and future prospects.”

Piemme - May 2014

Star Bene Davvero (Italian)

 

Pursuing the illusion of intense but fleeting gratification, we end up considering our well-being as just another accessory to add to our wardrobe, only to forget about it later.

Instead, feeling good and feeling good in the world is both the reason and the purpose of our existence.

This is an important book that does not stop at the symptoms but investigates in detail the root causes of an imbalance that is mental and emotional long before it is physical, offering readers a complete guide to living a healthy, rich, and fulfilling life. Not just nutrition, not just supplements and beauty, not just exercise and relaxation, but a compendium that brings all of this together in a practical and effective program that becomes the cornerstone of our existence.

Piemme - April 2013

Eating makes beautiful (Italian)

 

Alongside the many foods we already know for their beneficial properties, there are superfoods and supplements that can have a surprisingly effective impact on our bodies, restoring our shape, beauty, and health.

Based on real cases, this book offers strategies for successfully tackling the most common obstacles to our beauty, clearly explaining the causes of imperfections, what measures we can take immediately on our own, which superfoods are most helpful, and what we should ask our doctor.

For each problem, a specially designed menu with simple and tasty recipes is the first step in moving from theory to practice.

Piemme - September 2012

The healthy shopping list (Italian)

 

Pursuing the illusion of intense but fleeting gratification, we end up treating our well-being as just another accessory to add to our wardrobe, only to forget about it later.

But feeling good, and feeling good in the world, is both the reason and the purpose of our existence.

This is an important book that does not stop at symptoms but investigates in detail the root causes of an imbalance that is mental and emotional long before it is physical, offering readers a comprehensive guide to living a healthy, rich, and fulfilling life. Not just nutrition, not just supplements and beauty, not just exercise and relaxation, but a compendium that brings all of this together in a practical and effective program that becomes the cornerstone of our existence.

Piemme - April 2012

Eat to Lose Weight (Italian)

 

Amidst the swamp of vague and confusing information, there is only one certainty: we continue to gain weight.

We need to get our facts straight. Because things are much more complex than we are led to believe. The truth is uncomfortable, but it is urgent to face it: something has broken in the delicate balance that links our metabolism to the environment around us, and the origin of this fracture can be found in the food we eat: hyper-processed, hyper-caloric, and hypo-nutritious. Only a scientific approach can help us rediscover that lost balance and lose weight so we don't gain it back. This book—accompanied by a practical weekly healthy menu, tasty recipes, and lots of practical advice—helps us discover how choosing to lose weight is not only a matter of being slimmer and more attractive, but also it is an absolute priority for our health, an insurance policy on our lives.

Piemme - April 2011

Eat and get better (Italian)

 

The new frontiers of genomics teach us that food is not just fuel, but plays a much more important role: it “dialogues” with our body, sending messages of health or illness. On a scientific level, in recent decades, not only have the harmful effects of modern diets become clear, but also the preventive and even therapeutic effects of natural foods.

It has been discovered that the substances contained in food are able to interact with our genes, even modulating cellular responses. This is the field of nutrigenomics, a discipline that is revolutionizing the way we think about food and providing us with the knowledge to use nutrients to “repair” our biological terrain, preventing disease from taking root and promoting flourishing health.