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Summary of Jonathan Safran Foer's Eating Animals is a non-fiction work that explores the ethics of modern omnivorism and examines the treatment of animals in industrial agrarian systems. Novelist Jonathan Safran Foer, who became a vegetarian after his son was born, informs readers of the environmentally unsound and inhumane practices common to factory farms...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Mark Schatzker's The End of Craving
Mark Schatzker's The End of Craving (2021) offers an unexpected answer to the question we've almost all asked ourselves at one point or another – why can't I lose weight? Based on an extensive list of studies, Schatzker argues that the main culprit in the obesity pandemic is the way humans have altered their food. This has thrown our brains for a loop as they struggle to...
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Summary of Lundy Bancroft's Why Does He Do That? is a non-fiction book for those who have experienced or are experiencing intimate partner violence and abuse. Why Does He Do That? outlines types of abuse, including physical, emotional, financial, verbal, and sexual abuse, and provides insight to shed light on the underlying reasons for abusive behaviors...
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Summary of Jason Fung's The Obesity Code addresses the history, causes, and treatments of obesity and today's rising obesity rates. By understanding it through scientific and social study, obesity becomes less of a blanket term for metabolic complications and a more tangible problem with real, though not widely practiced, solutions…
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Summary of Edward M. Hallowell & John J. Ratey's Driven to Distraction is a detailed study of attention deficit disorder (ADD) first published in 1994. The authors define the disorder, describe its subtypes, explain how it's diagnosed, outline its effects on the lives of people with the condition, and enumerate its forms of treatment…
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Summary of Marco Borges's The 22-Day Revolution outlines a plant-based diet plan for weight loss and disease prevention. Plant-based, vegan and vegetarian diets are one of the healthiest, most popular, and historical diets in the world. Plant-based diets benefit the environment because they require less land to feed an individual and produce fewer greenhouse emissions. A plant-based diet is accessible and beneficial to everyone. And, contrary to popular...
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Summary of Mark Hyman M.D.'s Eat Fat, Get Thin is a science-driven nutrition and diet book that addresses dietary fat and how it impacts the body. By debunking long-held beliefs about fat, the book explains why fats are a crucial part of weight loss and any healthy diet. It offers readers a roadmap to incorporate more healthy fats into their daily routines.
Over the past century, a number of scientists have promoted research that supposedly proved...
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Summary of James Doty MD's Into the Magic Shop, Dr. James R. Doty describes how simple meditative techniques have had a profound effect on both his personal and professional paths. His account traces his evolution from troubled child to struggling student to distinguished neurosurgeon, including his tenure as the CEO of a billion-dollar company.
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Summary of Aubrey Marcus's Own the Day, Own Your Life is a self-help book that features diet, exercise, mindfulness, and productivity tips designed to help people tweak their health and performance. By walking through a hypothetical perfect day from morning till night, Marcus shares a wealth of knowledge shaped by his professional experience and informed by medical science...
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Summary of Christopher McDougall's Born to Run is a book about the natural virtues of running, based on Christopher McDougall's own experiences, research, and training. It is centered on the Tarahumara, an indigenous Mexican tribe known for their feats of long-distance running.
McDougall, a journalist, is a low-key hobbyist runner himself, but he experiences numerous injuries which threaten to force him to stop. Given the high injury rate among runners,...
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Summary of Haylie Pomroy with Eve Adamson's The Fast Metabolism Diet is an instructional overview of the diet plan Pomroy developed in her work as a dietician for a range of athletes and celebrities. The diet's objective is to repair dysfunctional metabolic processes to make the body more likely to burn food as fuel rather than storing it as fat…
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Sanjay Gupta's World War C
In World War C (2021), neurosurgeon and renowned medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta explores the Covid-19 pandemic from every angle, including the mental and physical repercussions the virus has left on people of all ages.
As a frontliner who directly dealt with the crisis, Gupta provides key solutions to cope with Covid-19, given that the virus is likely to persist in the environment...
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Summary of Julia Ross's The Mood Cure offers a nutritional cure for an array of psychological problems including depression, anxiety, and stress. Ross's plan suggests targeted use of amino acids, along with supplements and a healthy diet, to boost brain function and restore emotional balance...
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Buy now to get the main key ideas from Gin Stephens's Fast. Feast. Repeat.
If you want to lose weight, ditch all of the temporary diets. There is a lifestyle choice you can make that will not only help you lose weight, but will benefit your health and livelihood for years to come.
As Gin Stephens explains in Fast. Feast. Repeat. (2020), the answer is intermittent fasting. The key to intermittent fasting is lowering your insulin levels. By doing so,...
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Summary of David Perlmutter's Grain Brain is an urgent appeal for people everywhere to reconsider their beliefs regarding the cause of increasingly common brain diseases such as Alzheimer's, dementia, and other neurodegenerative disorders. Author David Perlmutter issues a call for his readers to recognize that human fate does not decree that each of us reach the end of life in a fog of dementia as the brain naturally declines with age…
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Summary of Dale Bredesen's The End of Alzheimer's is an introduction to the ReCODE protocol, a set of treatments and lifestyle adjustments that are strongly correlated to improved mental state in Alzheimer's disease patients.
Alzheimer's disease presents as gradual decline in mental capabilities, usually starting in older adults and marked by the loss of memory, awareness, and response agility.
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