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The Secret of Our Success
How Culture Is Driving Human Evolution, Domesticating Our Species, and Making Us Smarter
Humans are a puzzling species. On the one hand, we struggle to survive on our own in the wild, often unable to solve basic problems, like obtaining food, building shelters, or avoiding predators. On the other hand, human groups have produced innovative technologies, sophisticated languages, and complex institutions that have permitted us to success...
Stephan Guyenet, PhD
2022-01-01T00:35:23.000ZDr. John E. Sarno's groundbreaking research on TMS (Tension Myoneural Syndrome) reveals how stress and other psychological factors can cause back pain-and how you can be pain free without drugs, exercise, or surgery.Dr. Sarno's program has helped thousands of patients find relief from chronic back conditions. In this New York Times bestseller, Dr. ...
Stephan Guyenet, PhD
2021-10-01T14:49:45.000Z
The Way Out
A Revolutionary, Scientifically Proven Approach to Healing Chronic Pain
The scientifically-proven step-by-step solution to ending chronic painFrom back pain to migraines, arthritis and sciatica, over 1.2 billion people worldwide suffer from chronic pain. It’s a global epidemic that regularly resists treatment and can totally derail people’s lives. But it doesn’t have to be this way.This is the revolutionary message fro...
Stephan Guyenet, PhD
2021-09-29T20:12:13.000ZAlso recommended by
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The Nature of Nutrition
A Unifying Framework from Animal Adaptation to Human Obesity
Nutrition has long been considered more the domain of medicine and agriculture than of the biological sciences, yet it touches and shapes all aspects of the natural world. The need for nutrients determines whether wild animals thrive, how populations evolve and decline, and how ecological communities are structured. The Nature of Nutrition is the f...
Stephan Guyenet, PhD
2021-06-12T23:09:01.000Z
Western Diseases, Their Emergence And Prevention
Their Emergence and Prevention
In this major synthesis of cross-cultural research, 34 distinguished scientists study 25 common metabolic and degenerative diseases characteristic of all advanced Western nations and then examine their incidence in developing countries, among both hunter-gatherers and peasant agriculturalists. Thus the authors provide a unique opportunity to compar...
Stephan Guyenet, PhD
2021-06-07T20:03:27.000Z