The Disease Delusion by Jeffrey S. Bland

But I couldn't get any real details about the product he was selling, only the pseudo-inspiring stories about the awesome people who had benefitted from it all.īad news is you have to be your own physician. Smarmy stories about people using their first names and how great their lives are now that they have this great new and improved product. I was left with the feeling that someone was trying to sell me something but didn't want to get into the details for fear of what I might think or misinterpret. There was some vague cancer statistics thrown out and a study or two mentioned and how great the study was and how respected the researcher was, but no actual facts. The narrator spoke for an hour and a half and still hadn't said anything substantial as the author was obviously trying to inspire instead of inform. Complete with self-evaluation questionnaires and sample meal plans, and supported by the most recent advances in health science, The Disease Delusion is indispensable to anyone determined to live long and well.Ī quick scan of the reviews that I've done will show that I'm not one to slam a book just for the sake of it, even if I don't like a book, I try to give it the due it deserves. Bland has greatly influenced many of the biggest names in medicine today, but until now we have not had access to the larger framework in which to understand chronic illness or ways to foster lifelong health. In The Disease Delusion, we learn how we may fundamentally change our perceptions of illness and approach a cure.ĭr. Treatment of chronic diseases - diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, dementia, and many others - is responsible for 78 percent of total health care costs in the United States, yet we're managing the symptoms of these illnesses with pills and temporary remedies instead of identifying, preventing, and addressing their underlying causes. While these strides have nearly doubled life expectancies in only four generations, quality of life has yet to rise to its full potential.

In the twenty-first century, medicine is undergoing a paradigm shift comparable to the advances in infectious disease in the late nineteenth century.

As Bland teaches us, no two people have the identical form of any disease, so with the right personalized program, we can safely and effectively manage and ultimately cure what ails us. Bland lays out a road map for good health by helping us understand these processes and the root causes of chronic illness. Leveraging a lifetime on the cutting edge of research and practice, Dr. What we call a 'disease' is the outcome of an imbalance in one or more of the seven core physiological processes. Disease care vs health care: Which would you choose?Ĭontrary to conventional wisdom, chronic disease is not genetically predetermined but results from a mismatch between our genes and environment and lifestyle.

The Disease Delusion by Jeffrey S. Bland