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  • The Disease Delusion

  • Conquering the Causes of Chronic Illness for a Healthier, Longer, and Happier Life
  • By: Dr. Jeffrey S. Bland
  • Narrated by: Brett Barry
  • Length: 11 hrs and 56 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (65 ratings)

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The Disease Delusion

By: Dr. Jeffrey S. Bland
Narrated by: Brett Barry
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Summary

Disease care vs health care: Which would you choose?

Contrary to conventional wisdom, chronic disease is not genetically predetermined but results from a mismatch between our genes and environment and lifestyle. What we call a "disease" is the outcome of an imbalance in one or more of the seven core physiological processes. Leveraging a lifetime on the cutting edge of research and practice, Dr. Jeffrey S. Bland lays out a road map for good health by helping us understand these processes and the root causes of chronic illness. As Bland teaches us, no two people have the identical form of any disease, so with the right personalized program, we can safely and effectively manage and ultimately cure what ails us.

In the twenty-first century, medicine is undergoing a paradigm shift comparable to the advances in infectious disease in the late nineteenth century. While these strides have nearly doubled life expectancies in only four generations, quality of life has yet to rise to its full potential. Treatment of chronic diseases - diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, dementia, and many others - is responsible for 78 percent of total health care costs in the United States, yet we're managing the symptoms of these illnesses with pills and temporary remedies instead of identifying, preventing, and addressing their underlying causes. In The Disease Delusion, we learn how we may fundamentally change our perceptions of illness and approach a cure.

Dr. Bland has greatly influenced many of the biggest names in medicine today, but until now we have not had access to the larger framework in which to understand chronic illness or ways to foster lifelong health. Complete with self-evaluation questionnaires and sample meal plans, and supported by the most recent advances in health science, The Disease Delusion is indispensable to anyone determined to live long and well.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.

©2014 Jeffrey S. Bland (P)2014 HarperCollins Publishers
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Super knowledge

Excellent book. Though a bit cheeky with 15 chapters/ 10 hours of listening.

Learnt an awful lot about mitochondria, autoimmune response and other huge bodily processes.

Well worth the time!

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Best " our there" listening

Lots of interesting depth to each & every subject covered.. For me personally, it covered my interests in lifestyle & repairing immune system from 2 separate Brest Cancers, unraveling lots of answers to questions I've looked for in 10years.. The only negative aspect was the speed of narrator was far to fast for scientific information, I spent a lot of time running back over things that were galloped out to fast..

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Amazing !!!!

Couldn't turn it off ! Common sense and confirms we are what we east. Thankyou it all seems very c leasrnow. Years of being told I'm okay when clearly I am not. I will be now.

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Eye opening!

A real well explained alternative perspective to health and the occurrence of disease. Hopefully functional medicine is the future!

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excellent

all you need to know about keeping healthy. very good listen.
about time to leave war time medicine.

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very Good

Very good book with lots of valuble infomation. I would have liked treatment sections to be a little more in depth.

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Fantastic detail

I highly recommend this book to health professionals from all walks of life. A really credible account of research and experience from a top MD and functional medicine practitioner. Well narrated also.

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Thought provoking

Some really interesting new and thought provoking ways of looking at how we treat diseases. Good possible explanations as to why there are so many chronic diseases for which there still are no cures and possibles answers as to how to avoid those. No magic bullets just simple real foods and good lifestyle.

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fascinating and very informative

really injured this book fascinating read/listen. As a medical practitioner it even taught me new ideas and alternative treatments. I will be using this information to improve my own health.

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Superb. A MUST READ for everyone

This book is one I wold class as essential reading for anyone who is frustrated by the limitations of our current healthcare systems. Dr Bland is a master visionary in his approach to the new paradigm of treating chronic disease effectively.

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