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The Oldest Cure in the World
- Adventures in the Art and Science of Fasting
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 17 hrs and 44 mins
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Summary
A journalist takes listeners into the science and history of intermittent fasting, an ancient practice in the middle of a red-hot resurgence, exploring the body's power to heal itself.
One in ten American adults tried intermittent fasting last year, and they may be on to something. The latest research shows that fasting repairs cellular damage, improves the outcomes for chemotherapy patients, and helps with keeping a healthy weight, leading to a resurgence in recent years.
Journalist Steve Hendricks’s The Oldest Cure in the World tells the history of fasting—from the ancient world (Jesus treated an epileptic with fasting) to its rediscovery centuries later, thanks in part to a heartbroken doctor who resolved to starve himself to death only to find renewed vigor—and become a media celebrity in the process. Hendricks introduces us to the people who are reviving this long-lost remedy, including open-minded doctors who have explored and practiced fasting despite the medical establishment's resistance over the centuries and everyday people eager for a cure to what ails them.
The Oldest Cure in the World is a smart narrative look at a very hot topic, offering a fascinating look at the science behind the counterintuitive concept of going without food for our health, and chronicling the author’s own illuminating and entertaining forays into fasting.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-02-24
Sensible, considered, well researched !
Absolutely excellent a thorough examination of fasting, I have found it extremely useful as I explore what increasingly appears to be a common sense way of life
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- Kindle Customer
- 02-12-23
fast-inating (sorry)
very interesting subject with a great writer. Had me sniggering a lot for a non fiction book.
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- F Dee
- 19-07-23
Absolutely Gripping!
I loved this. I have read other books about fasting, but this brings them all together. Fascinating history. Well researched and well written.
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- Bose
- 22-02-24
Very biased towards plant based
He said that animal meats and fats causes diabetes. Strange that I have lived that way for the last 3 years and put my t2 diabetes into remission along with thousands of other people.🤔. I feel not a complete credible book. Some interesting points and humorous in parts.
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