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Author : Sharon Moalem
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 36,13 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0007224400
Through a fresh and engaging examination of evolutionary history, Dr. Moalem reveals how many of the conditions that are considered diseases today actually gave our ancestors a leg up in the survival sweepstakes.
Author : Dr. Sharon Moalem
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 28,94 MB
Release : 2007-05-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0061232963
Was diabetes evolution's response to the last Ice Age? Did a deadly genetic disease help our ancestors survive the bubonic plagues of Europe? Will a visit to the tanning salon help lower your cholesterol? Why do we age? Why are some people immune to HIV? Can your genes be turned on—or off? Survival of the Sickest is fi lled with fascinating insights and cutting-edge research, presented in a way that is both accessible and utterly absorbing. This is a book about the interconnectedness of all life on earth—and especially what that means for us. Read it. You're already living it.
Author : Sharon Moalem
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 35,52 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Disease susceptibility
ISBN : 0061177644
Author : Sharon Moalem
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 28,53 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Science
ISBN : 0007236107
Sharon Moalem proposes that common diseases came into existence for very good reasons - for example, how diabetes may be a by-product of a mechanism that helped humans survive the Ice Age, and why Asians can't drink as much alcohol as Europeans. She also looks at how the modern world influences disease.
Author : Sharon Moalem
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 32,33 MB
Release : 2009-04-28
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 0061479659
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Author : Noel T. Boaz
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 23,24 MB
Release : 2002-10-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0471212997
Human illnesses can be understood as damage to those adaptations that we took on at various stages in our evolution from pre-life molecules to modern Homo sapiens. Preventing these illnesses entails avoiding what causes the damage — which too frequently are the everyday hazards of twenty-first-century life, as the chart below shows: Level of Evolution / Cause of adaptive failure / resulting disease or problem Pre-life / Environmental poisons / Certain birth defects Single cell (bacteria and amoeba-like) / Viral infection / Colds/flu/HIV Morula (sponge-like) / Cellular stress / Cancer Chordate / Physical stress / Back pain Fish / Excess dietary salt / Hypertension/heart disease Amphibian / Tobacco smoke / Lung cancer/emphysema Lower primate / Excess dietary sugar / Diabetes mellitus Higher primate / Vitamin C deficiency / Scurvy Ape / Excess dietary protein / Gout Homo sapiens / Reduced dietary variety / Nutritionaldiseases/food allergies
Author : Peter Kreeft
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 10,3 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0898709156
An author and professor presents the objective logical arguments against abortion; the subjective, personal motives of the pro-life position; and how these two factors influence the dialog between the two sides of the abortion issue.
Author : Sandra Ingerman
Publisher : Harmony
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 20,53 MB
Release : 2010-05-05
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 0307557839
From cross-cultural legends recounting shamanic cures to the biblical accounts of the parting of the Red Sea and Jesus multiplying the loaves and fishes, many spiritual traditions are rich in stories about seemingly inexplicable transformations of the natural world. The ancient healing art of transmutation, in which toxic substances are transformed into "safe" substances, is mentioned in all the world's great spiritual traditions, including Hinduism and Taoism. And while many have tapped this body of work to heal the self, it has yet to be used to heal our environment. For twenty years, Sandra Ingerman has studied alternative ways to reverse environmental pollution. In this book, Ingerman takes us on a remarkable journey through the history of transmutation, teaching us how we can use this forgotten technique to change ourselves and our environment. She provides us with creative visualizations, ceremonies, rituals, and chants derived from ancient healing practices that produce miraculous, scientifically proven results. In one dramatic illustration of what can be accomplished when consciousness and awareness fuel our actions, Ingerman describes her own success in transforming the nature of chemically polluted water.
Author : Bill Sullivan
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 44,31 MB
Release : 2019-08-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 1426220561
Why are you attracted to a certain "type?" Why are you a morning person? Why do you vote the way you do? From a witty new voice in popular science comes a clever, life-changing look at what makes you you. "I can't believe I just said that." "What possessed me to do that?" "What's wrong with me?" We're constantly seeking answers to these fundamental human questions, and now, science has the answers. The foods we enjoy, the people we love, the emotions we feel, and the beliefs we hold can all be traced back to our DNA, germs, and environment. This witty, colloquial book is popular science at its best, describing in everyday language how genetics, epigenetics, microbiology, and psychology work together to influence our personality and actions. Mixing cutting-edge research and relatable humor, Pleased to Meet Me is filled with fascinating insights that shine a light on who we really are--and how we might become our best selves.
Author : Emilie Richards
Publisher : MIRA
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 35,95 MB
Release : 2010-06-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1426856032
Meet four women who think they share nothing but a spit of land called Happiness Key. With her husband in prison, pampered Tracy Deloche is left with five ramshackle beach houses and no idea how to start over. Janya Kapur left her close-knit Indian family for an arranged marriage to a man she barely knows. Wanda Gray takes a job guaranteed to destroy her already failing marriage—if her husband cares enough to notice. Widow Alice Brooks has grown forgetful and confused. Her family comes to stay with her, but Alice isn't sure she's grateful. When the only other resident of Happiness Key dies alone in his cottage, the four women warily join forces to find his family. Together they discover difficult truths about their own lives and the men they love—and uncover the treasure of an unlikely friendship.