Read it. 
You're already living it.
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?
Joining the ranks of modern myth busters, Dr. Sharon Moalem turns our current understanding of illness on its head and challenges us to fundamentally change the way we think about our bodies, our health, and our relationship to just about every other living thing on earth, from plants and animals to insects and bacteria.
Through a fresh and engaging examination of our evolutionary history, Dr. Moalem reveals how many of the conditions that are diseases today actually gave our ancestors a leg up in the survival sweepstakes. When the option is a long life with a disease or a short one without it, evolution opts for disease almost every time.
Everything from the climate our ancestors lived in to the crops they planted and ate to their beverage of choice can be seen in our genetic inheritance. But Survival of the Sickest doesn't stop there. It goes on to demonstrate just how little modern medicine really understands about human health, and offers a new way of thinking that can help all of us live longer, healthier lives.
Survival of the Sickest is filled 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.

Survival of the Sickest: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease

Moalem, Dr. Sharon

Prince, Jonathan

Reference

William Morrow

What Stiff did for death, what Freakonomics did for economics, this iconoclastic book now does for medicine and our understanding of the human body In this revolutionary book, Sharon Moalem turns modern medicine’s understanding of disease on it’s head. “It is not,” he argues, “that dark country to which we’re exiled when we’re not ‘healthy.’ The truth, I intend to show you, is much more interesting and encouraging.” Moalem reveals how, instead of dreading common diseases, we should view them as complicated blessings that have helped homo sapiens to evolve.
 So why does disease exist? Moalem proposes that most common ailments―diabetes, hemochromatosis, cystic fibrosis, sickle cell anemia―came into existence for very good reasons. At some point they helped our ancestors survive some grand challenge to their existence. Examining the evolution of man, Moalem reveals the role genetic and cultural differences have played in the health and well-being of various races, including their susceptibility to disease.
 With mesmerizing insight, Moalem offers groundbreaking insight into :
• How diabetes may be a biproduct of a mechanism that helped humans survive the Ice Age
• Why African Americans living in the north might suffer from vitamin D deficiencies, 
• Why Asians can’t drink as much alcohol as Europeans
 Revelatory, utterly engaging, and timely―Moalem ponders H5N1, the emerging Avian Flu virus―Why Redheads Feel More Pain and Asians Can’t Drink will irrevocably change the way we think about our bodies and ourselves.

Survival of the Sickest: The Surprising Connections Between Disease and Longevity (P.S.)

Harper-perennial

How did a deadly genetic disease help our ancestors survive the bubonic plagues of Europe? Was diabetes evolution's response to the last Ice Age? Will a visit to the tanning salon help bring down 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 reveals the answers to these and many other questions as it unravels the amazing connections between evolution, disease, and human health today.
Joining the ranks of modern myth busters, Dr. Sharon Moalem turns our current understanding of illness on its head and challenges us to fundamentally change the way we think about our bodies, our health, and our relationship to just about every other living thing on earth, from plants and animals to insects and bacteria.
Survival of the Sickest is filled 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.
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Survival of the Sickest CD: A Medical Maverick Discovers Why We Need Disease

Health, Fitness & Dieting

HarperAudio

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.

Survival of the Sickest

William Morrow Large Print

“Read this book and discover sex again, but from a scientific perspective, and see why it evolved. It’s almost as much fun, and needs less energy.” — Peter Macinnis, author of 100 Discoveries: The Greatest Breakthroughs in History 
"How Sex Works manages to inject science writing with the prurient thrill of a gossip rag." —O magazine 
Medical maverick and New York Times bestselling author of Survival of the Sickest Dr. Sharon Moalem presents an insightful and engaging voyage through the surprising history and evolution of sexual reproduction. Fans of Freakonomics, Blink, You: The Owner’s Manual, and Why Do Men Have Nipples will find many engaging insights in How Sex Works.

How Sex Works: Why We Look, Smell, Taste, Feel and Act the Way We Do

Self-Help

Harpercollins

How Sex Works: Why We Look, Smell, Taste, Feel, and Act the Way We Do

Inheritance: How Our Genes Change Our Lives, and Our Lives Change Our Genes

Sceptre

The DNA Restart walks you through revolutionary steps to a diet and lifestyle perfect for your individual genetic makeup. The DNA Restart plan utilizes decades of in-depth scientific research to explain the pivotal role genes play in the journey to ideal weight and health status. Dr. Moalem's unique twenty-eight-day plan shows you how to upgrade sleep, sensory awareness, and exercise; conduct easy genetic self-tests that allow you to individualize your carbohydrate intake levels, determine your genetically optimized level of carbohydrate and alcohol intake; and genetically thrive by incorporating umami-rich recipes and oolong into your diet.

The DNA Restart: Unlock Your Personal Genetic Code to Eat for Your Genes, Lose Weight, and Reverse Aging

Diets & Weight Loss

Blackstone Audiobooks

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