Carol's review
Human Health & Homeostasis by Emanuel Cheraskin
No doubt about it - Emanuel Cheraskin (MD, DMD) is a great researcher. In this book (his 24th), he lays out various studies that he has conducted or been involved with, and attempts to explain them to a larger audience. So if you ever wanted to know the 'whys' behind a connection between say, obesity, age, and cancer, you can now see the graphs and the tables from the studies that bring researchers to that conclusion.
It's definitely a technical read (not the kind of thing you pick up right before bed). Personally, it answered the question for me of "should I avoid caffeine or not." The answer is - YES. When you can see how it destabilizes blood sugar over a two hour period, it's not pretty and explains how a morning cuppa can turn into terrible afternoon energy slumps and munchy -fests.
It's definitely a technical read (not the kind of thing you pick up right before bed). Personally, it answered the question for me of "should I avoid caffeine or not." The answer is - YES. When you can see how it destabilizes blood sugar over a two hour period, it's not pretty and explains how a morning cuppa can turn into terrible afternoon energy slumps and munchy -fests.
My last technical-recreational read was The Historical Jesus by John dominic Crossan. It took me two years of bio breaks at WordPerfect, Novell, Captura, and then a concerted sprint--of a month or so--to the end.Thanks for the summary, and the specific example.
I like very much that the books you read are not the books I read--and that you summarize yours for us!
