The Disease Delusion audiobook

When I was touring healthcareland, I came across several doctors who couldn’t explain themselves in a way that I understood. Sometimes, I thought they didn’t fully understand themselves. Or that they didn't care enough or think I was smart enough to help me understand. Always, I thought that is definitely not going to be my doctor.Dr. Jeffrey Bland, however, could be my doctor. Considered the godfather of functional medicine, he understands the complexity of the human condition and doesn't feel it's over his readers' heads. He articulates how the body works in conversational language. In the book, he describes the very specific and deep minutiae of how, for example, phytonutrients bind to cells and alter cellular function, and he paints the big picture of intricate and complex systems working together inside a human body.And Bland explains both the detailed and the wide-angle views and their lessons—tinker with one system, tinker with all of them—in straightforward and easily accessible language.In reading The Disease Delusion, I felt he wrote the book for patients.

Posted First on Blog Critics as Book Review: 'The Disease Delusion' by Dr. Jeffrey S. Bland.With incidents of diseases escalating and chronic illnesses careening out of control, it is time we took back the charge of our own health and lives. Yet with so much at stake and numerous information overloads where can we look for answers? The Disease Delusion by Dr. Jeffrey S. Bland, is a treasure trove of information in looking for the root cause of so many plaguing issues. With precise information on the most common of illnesses he takes you on a journey of possible recovery. Unlocking the secrets and myths behind many of the illnesses that plague us today, we find many directions in which to improve both our health and life. Lessons and suggestions, as well as examples of incredible transformations give you hope and understanding of the dilemmas we face. Can we stave off many of the common issues as suggested? This is a comprehensive look at many of the issues that continue to grow by leaps and bounds, and yet it is also a work of answers to questions you may not have even realized. From the root causes and onward, the solutions and suggestions help you to take charge of many things that were once in our own control. The work and insight is amazingly intricate and interesting, from case studies and fact-finding to zeroing in on the real culprits sabotaging your health. While there are medications for everything from A-Z, here we find that we can do so many things to correct the things that impede our health long before the illnesses begin. Our body is an amazing thing, telling us time after time that something is wrong, yet for some reason we often miss the message. Dr. Bland gives us insight into those messages and how to decipher their meaning and drill down to the very essence in order to get to the real truth. With so much of our health depending on our environment, it is important to listen to the message our bodies are sending, they often know before we do of the toxicity of the surroundings, helping us to move and avoid those thing harmful to us. Dr. Bland also offers insight to using supplements and natural remedies to strengthen our defenses. This was an extremely interesting book, and while you may look at the title and be daunted, you will not be sorry when you chose to read on. The data is amazing and you can relate to so much of the content. As an average citizen this is informative and gives you back some control of your health and as a health professional the cutting edge research and the furthering of integrative medicine is exciting and resourceful. Not necessarily one of those works that would make a reading list, I would still recommend it. The information included would also be great for a discussion group, I know everyone is always interested in bettering their health, and this work is extraordinary. This is a powerful look at taking charge of our own lives. This book was received free from the Authors publisher. All opinions are my own based off my reading and understanding of the material.

Scary read, we are what we eat and will become what our choices dictate. There are some very interesting NEW ideas (new to me) and all the old things you know to be true, but just can't care about as you're eating your tootsie roll are presented in a new way, supported by well tested research. I would recommend reading this if you have any chronic issues. I would also recommend it to everyone that doesn't want to get a chronic issue!

Four stars! It was five as it started out but it went downhill partly by being too repetitive. I have read much of this information before in other books.

EVERY single health/wellness professional across all methods and disciplines should be required to read this book. Hands down. Actually, every single HUMAN should read this book for actual understanding of their own health and body systems.

This book for me was quite the avenue to a great deal of different perspectives on different diseases. As an aspiring biomedical researcher, I found this book really informative in a great way. The structure to the book is completely logical and helps guide the reader through the seven main areas of health and where problems may arise. All in all, it was entertaining enough to keep me interested, partly because of the novelty of such information; what is more is that this book, for anyone suffering from chronic nuisances, is a complete eye-opener and can really help you to gain rein over your health outcomesNaturally was a lot to digest and so if you wish to fully grasp the different teachings this book has to offer, then i feel like dedicating more time to re-reading is necessary (+ taking notes)Thank you Jeffrey S. Bland for a good book, and for all the other work that you do

This is very interesting and has lots of scientific explanations (much of which went over my head) that reinforce the theories. That encourages me to change my eating and exercise more often to try to overcome the dermatomyositis. It contains a health assessment which leads to dietary suggestions for improving symptoms which I found helpful and am hopeful that will make a difference.

Functional medicine and lifestyle change (physical activity, diet, and stress reduction) is IN - > “fixing” chronic illness with pill after pill is OUT. The idea of functional medicine, aka considering the processes underlying chronic illness and recognizing imbalances in such systems, has been arou

This book takes the reader through the evolution of medical diagnosis and treatment of diseases. The author describes the role that genetic medicine plays today in the diagnosis and treatment of chronic diseases. Mostly the book explains that disease and deaths has evolved from contagions to lifestyle, genetics, and toxicity. It explains that the cell communication between those in our body and those both inside and outside determine the structure and function of our body. My one complaint is that the author stresses that one size fits all is not a real goal, but I wish he had given an overall suggested group of foods to include daily. The food plan in the back doesn’t seem to fit the recommendations in the chapters. Still, the recommendations in this book are an invaluable jumping off point. I recommend this book.

I loved this book because I have always thought as the author did. It's more likely to have 1 problem causing several symptoms than to have 3 or more separate disease states going on. He goes back to the gene level and helps you determine what environmental or dietary factors you need to alter to "get back to normal". He believes this were "cure" most chronic diseases since we only treat the symptoms in modern medicine.

I read this book to help me form an action plan to improve my diabetes management. I found a lot of practical, immediately usable ideas in this book. The nice part about this book is that the ideas improve health across the board, not just with diabetes. My blood pressure is lower, and I've lost some weight too.

great book and eye opener. A must read by anyone interested in optimizing their health the new economy going forward and a great perspective on health.

This book covered very important information about health. It was not an easy read due to scientific notes. The recipes look very good.

** spoiler alert ** I must say I enjoyed reading ‘The disease delusion’ by Jeffrey S. Bland. It was a fantastic and eye-opening read! The book is just brilliant! The information Dr Bland shares is so important and so needed in our modern world! In his book, Jeffrey S. Bland talks about functional medicine explaining reasons for occurrence of modern chronic illnesses and ways of their prevention.So many people are suffering from at least one chronic illness in their lifetime! A person does not need to be old to get a chronic illness. We’re more prone to developing chronic health conditions than ever before, with our crazy fast paced stressful lives and poor daily lifestyle choices. Quite often, doctors only prescribe medications but don’t get to the root cause of chronic health conditions. Jeffrey S. Bland explains why this happens in detail in his book. So, eventually people are left to suffer with their health issues which often get worse with time. It is heart breaking how many people suffer and die prematurely because of this!It is important that we take charge of our own health and start working on prevention of chronic health conditions in the first place! ‘The disease delusion’ will help you to understand everything you need to know about how to stay healthy and vibrant throughout the lifetime!This book will explain to you:1. Why modern medicine cannot help people cure chronic health condition and does not promote good eating habits.2. The complexity of our DNA unique makeup and how it affects our health and well-being.3. The real cause of modern chronic health illnesses.4. How to eat healthy to maitain excellent health throughout life.5. How to understand whether you have a health conditions that needs your attention.I recommend this book to everyone who cares about their health and well-being. Information in this book might just save your life and/or help you to significantly improve your life quality!