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The Resource The oldest cure in the world : adventures in the art and science of fasting, Steve Hendricks

The oldest cure in the world : adventures in the art and science of fasting, Steve Hendricks

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The oldest cure in the world : adventures in the art and science of fasting
Title
The oldest cure in the world
Title remainder
adventures in the art and science of fasting
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Steve Hendricks
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Language
eng
Summary
"When should we eat, and when shouldn't we? The answers to these simple questions are not what you might expect. As Steve Hendricks shows in The Oldest Cure in the World, stop eating long enough, and you'll set in motion cellular repairs that can slow aging and prevent and reverse diseases like diabetes and hypertension. Fasting has improved the lives of people with epilepsy, asthma, and arthritis, and has even protected patients from the worst of chemotherapy's side effects. But for such an elegant and effective treatment, fasting has had a surprisingly long and fraught history. From the earliest days of humanity and the Greek fathers of medicine through Christianity's 'fasting saints' and a nineteenth-century doctor whose stupendous forty-day fast on a New York City stage inaugurated the modern era of therapeutic fasting, Hendricks takes readers on a rich and comprehensive tour. Threaded throughout are Hendricks's own adventures in fasting, including a stay at a luxurious fasting clinic in Germany and in a more spartan one closer to home in Northern California. This is a playful, insightful, and persuasive exploration of our bodies and when we should--and should not--feed them."--
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Hendricks, Steve
Dewey number
613.25
Index
index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
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  • Fasting
  • Fasting
Target audience
adult
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The oldest cure in the world : adventures in the art and science of fasting, Steve Hendricks
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Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-428) and index
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volume
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  • nc
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rdacarrier
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
438 pages
Isbn
9781419748479
Lccn
2022933711
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unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
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  • n
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  • (OCoLC)on1299144636
  • (OCoLC)1299144636
  • 4128899
Label
The oldest cure in the world : adventures in the art and science of fasting, Steve Hendricks
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-428) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
438 pages
Isbn
9781419748479
Lccn
2022933711
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
System control number
  • (OCoLC)on1299144636
  • (OCoLC)1299144636
  • 4128899

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