50 Books like An Epidemic of Absence

An Elegant Defense

by Matt Richtel • 2019

The immune system is a mediator, not an army. Its balance governs cancer, allergies, and longevity.

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🦠 Immunology 🦠 Microbiome 🔥 Autoimmunity 🎗️ Cancer Immunotherapy 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

An Elegant Defense 96%

The immune system is a mediator, not an army. Its balance governs cancer, allergies, and longevity.

by Matt Richtel 2019

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6k+ ratings

🦠 Immunology 🦠 Microbiome 🔥 Autoimmunity 🎗️ Cancer Immunotherapy 🧠 Mind-Body Connection

Clean

by James Hamblin • 2020

Your skin hosts trillions of microbes. Overwashing can destroy the ones that protect you.

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🦠 Microbiome 🤧 Hygiene Hypothesis 💄 Skincare Industry 🧖 Skin Health 🛁 History Of Hygiene

Clean 95%

Your skin hosts trillions of microbes. Overwashing can destroy the ones that protect you.

by James Hamblin 2020

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5k+ ratings

🦠 Microbiome 🤧 Hygiene Hypothesis 💄 Skincare Industry 🧖 Skin Health 🛁 History Of Hygiene

Crooked

by Forrest Maready • 2018

Metals in vaccines may be damaging nerves from birth. The evidence is in our faces.

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178

🌿 Alternative Medicine 📜 Medical History 💉 Vaccine Skepticism ☠️ Environmental Toxins 🦠 Stealth Infections

Crooked 95%

Metals in vaccines may be damaging nerves from birth. The evidence is in our faces.

by Forrest Maready 2018

4.38

178 ratings

🌿 Alternative Medicine 📜 Medical History 💉 Vaccine Skepticism ☠️ Environmental Toxins 🦠 Stealth Infections

A Silent Fire

by Shilpa Ravella • 2022

Chronic inflammation links heart disease, cancer, and dementia. Your next meal turns it up or down.

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749

🔥 Chronic Inflammation 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🧬 Immune System 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧓 Healthy Aging

A Silent Fire 95%

Chronic inflammation links heart disease, cancer, and dementia. Your next meal turns it up or down.

by Shilpa Ravella 2022

3.96

749 ratings

🔥 Chronic Inflammation 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet 🧬 Immune System 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧓 Healthy Aging

Food Without Fear

by Ruchi Gupta MD MPH • 2021

Food allergies are not what you think. The surprising science that could end the epidemic.

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🥜 Food Allergies 🛡️ Immune Health 🦠 Microbiome Health 🔥 Chronic Inflammation 👶 Infant Feeding

Food Without Fear 95%

Food allergies are not what you think. The surprising science that could end the epidemic.

by Ruchi Gupta MD MPH 2021

3.72

101 ratings

🥜 Food Allergies 🛡️ Immune Health 🦠 Microbiome Health 🔥 Chronic Inflammation 👶 Infant Feeding

The Microbiome Solution

by Robynne Chutkan MD • 2015

A five-day antibiotic course kills a third of your gut bacteria. The recovery plan.

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🩺 Gut Health 🦠 Microbiome 🥦 Plant-Based Eating 🏞️ Hygiene Hypothesis 🔬 Functional Medicine

The Microbiome Solution 94%

A five-day antibiotic course kills a third of your gut bacteria. The recovery plan.

by Robynne Chutkan MD 2015

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1k+ ratings

🩺 Gut Health 🦠 Microbiome 🥦 Plant-Based Eating 🏞️ Hygiene Hypothesis 🔬 Functional Medicine

I Contain Multitudes

by Ed Yong • 2016

Not a self, but an ecosystem. Microbes built your organs and may direct your brain.

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🔬 Microbiome 🤝 Symbiosis 🦠 Gut Health 🌿 Ecological Thinking 🔄 Coevolution

I Contain Multitudes 94%

Not a self, but an ecosystem. Microbes built your organs and may direct your brain.

by Ed Yong 2016

4.17

32k+ ratings

🔬 Microbiome 🤝 Symbiosis 🦠 Gut Health 🌿 Ecological Thinking 🔄 Coevolution

Adaptable

by Herman Pontzer • 2025

Your hunter-gatherer body struggles with modern life, and chronic disease is the result.

3.96

221

🧬 Human Biology 🩺 Evolutionary Medicine 🍽️ Diet And Metabolism 🌍 Race And Genetics 🏕️ Ancestral Health

Adaptable 94%

Your hunter-gatherer body struggles with modern life, and chronic disease is the result.

by Herman Pontzer 2025

3.96

221 ratings

🧬 Human Biology 🩺 Evolutionary Medicine 🍽️ Diet And Metabolism 🌍 Race And Genetics 🏕️ Ancestral Health

Patient Zero

by Lydia Kang • 2021

The hunt for patient zero almost always finds a scapegoat, not a cause.

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🏥 Medical History 🌍 Disease Ecology 🔍 Outbreak Investigation 🦠 Germ Theory 🏛️ Disease And Society

Patient Zero 94%

The hunt for patient zero almost always finds a scapegoat, not a cause.

by Lydia Kang 2021

4.13

3k+ ratings

🏥 Medical History 🌍 Disease Ecology 🔍 Outbreak Investigation 🦠 Germ Theory 🏛️ Disease And Society

Buddhism

by Damien Keown • 1996

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

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📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

Buddhism 94%

Buddhism has no god, no bible, no pope. What holds its many traditions together?

by Damien Keown 1996

3.74

3k+ ratings

📖 Introductory Buddhism ☸️ Buddhist Philosophy 🛕 Theravada Buddhism 🪷 Mahayana Buddhism 🧘 Meditation Practice

The Story of the Human Body

by Daniel E. Lieberman • 2013

Our bodies evolved for a vanished world, and the mismatch now drives modern chronic disease.

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🦴 Human Evolution 🏥 Evolutionary Medicine 🥩 Ancestral Health 🍽️ Diet And Evolution 🏛️ Cultural Evolution

The Story of the Human Body 94%

Our bodies evolved for a vanished world, and the mismatch now drives modern chronic disease.

by Daniel E. Lieberman 2013

4.27

9k+ ratings

🦴 Human Evolution 🏥 Evolutionary Medicine 🥩 Ancestral Health 🍽️ Diet And Evolution 🏛️ Cultural Evolution

Your Personal Paleo Code

by Chris Kresser • 2013

Thirty days of elimination, then a personal food map built one reintroduction at a time.

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🏛️ Ancestral Health 🥩 Paleo Diet 🦠 Gut Health 🚫 Elimination Diets 🧈 Traditional Fats

Your Personal Paleo Code 94%

Thirty days of elimination, then a personal food map built one reintroduction at a time.

by Chris Kresser 2013

4.04

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Ancestral Health 🥩 Paleo Diet 🦠 Gut Health 🚫 Elimination Diets 🧈 Traditional Fats

The Germ Code

by Jason Tetro • 2013

We declared war on germs and lost. The microbes we tried to kill run our health.

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142

🦠 Human Microbiome 🧫 Infectious Disease 🏥 Public Health 🌍 Pandemic History 💊 Antibiotic Resistance

The Germ Code 94%

We declared war on germs and lost. The microbes we tried to kill run our health.

by Jason Tetro 2013

3.76

142 ratings

🦠 Human Microbiome 🧫 Infectious Disease 🏥 Public Health 🌍 Pandemic History 💊 Antibiotic Resistance

Deep Nutrition

by Catherine Shanahan • 2008

Your genes evolved expecting bone broth and organ meats. They're getting vegetable oil instead.

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🦴 Ancestral Eating 🧬 Epigenetics 🍲 Traditional Diets 🦎 Evolutionary Biology 🔥 Anti-Inflammatory Diet

Deep Nutrition 94%

Your genes evolved expecting bone broth and organ meats. They're getting vegetable oil instead.

by Catherine Shanahan 2008

4.20

6k+ ratings

🦴 Ancestral Eating 🧬 Epigenetics 🍲 Traditional Diets 🦎 Evolutionary Biology 🔥 Anti-Inflammatory Diet

10% Human

by Alanna Collen • 2015

Just one cell in ten in your body is human. The microbes in charge are being decimated.

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🦠 Microbiome Science 🩺 Gut Health 🌾 Dietary Fiber 🔥 Chronic Inflammation 🩹 Leaky Gut

10% Human 93%

Just one cell in ten in your body is human. The microbes in charge are being decimated.

by Alanna Collen 2015

4.36

4k+ ratings

🦠 Microbiome Science 🩺 Gut Health 🌾 Dietary Fiber 🔥 Chronic Inflammation 🩹 Leaky Gut

Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them

by Mark Jerome Walters • 2003

Epidemics do not strike randomly. They follow the roads we built and the forests we cut.

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178

🦠 Disease Ecology 🌍 Environmental Health 🐒 Zoonotic Diseases 💊 Antibiotic Resistance 🌿 Biodiversity Loss

Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them Summary

Six Modern Plagues and How We Are Causing Them 93%

Epidemics do not strike randomly. They follow the roads we built and the forests we cut.

by Mark Jerome Walters 2003

3.71

178 ratings

🦠 Disease Ecology 🌍 Environmental Health 🐒 Zoonotic Diseases 💊 Antibiotic Resistance 🌿 Biodiversity Loss

The Lyme Solution

by Darin Ingels • 2018

Antibiotics failed your Lyme. Recovery starts in the gut, with a five-part immune reset.

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119

🏥 Chronic Illness 🔄 Integrative Medicine 🛡️ Autoimmune Disorders 🦠 Gut Health 🌿 Herbal Medicine

The Lyme Solution 93%

Antibiotics failed your Lyme. Recovery starts in the gut, with a five-part immune reset.

by Darin Ingels 2018

4.14

119 ratings

🏥 Chronic Illness 🔄 Integrative Medicine 🛡️ Autoimmune Disorders 🦠 Gut Health 🌿 Herbal Medicine

Super Genes

by Deepak Chopra • 2015

Your genes are not stone. The levers, from diet to meditation, that rewire your biology.

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🧬 Epigenetics 🦠 Microbiome 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 🌿 Holistic Health 🍎 Lifestyle Medicine

Super Genes 93%

Your genes are not stone. The levers, from diet to meditation, that rewire your biology.

by Deepak Chopra 2015

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1k+ ratings

🧬 Epigenetics 🦠 Microbiome 🧘 Mind-Body Connection 🌿 Holistic Health 🍎 Lifestyle Medicine

Follow Your Gut

by Rob Knight • 2015

100 trillion microbes live on you, shaping your weight, mood, and mind more than your genes.

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🧫 Human Microbiome 🧠 Gut Brain Connection 🥗 Diet And Gut Health 💊 Antibiotic Overuse 👶 Birth And Microbiome

Follow Your Gut 93%

100 trillion microbes live on you, shaping your weight, mood, and mind more than your genes.

by Rob Knight 2015

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1k+ ratings

🧫 Human Microbiome 🧠 Gut Brain Connection 🥗 Diet And Gut Health 💊 Antibiotic Overuse 👶 Birth And Microbiome

COVID-19

by Michael Mosley • 2020

Why this virus spreads before symptoms, and the science-backed ways to strengthen your defenses.

3.91

224

🦠 Virology 🏥 Public Health 🩺 Infectious Disease 🛡️ Immune Health 📜 Pandemic History

COVID-19 93%

Why this virus spreads before symptoms, and the science-backed ways to strengthen your defenses.

by Michael Mosley 2020

3.91

224 ratings

🦠 Virology 🏥 Public Health 🩺 Infectious Disease 🛡️ Immune Health 📜 Pandemic History

The Good Gut

by Justin Sonnenburg • 2015

You're missing a third of your gut microbes, and your health is paying the price.

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🦠 Gut Microbiome 🥗 Digestive Health 🌾 Dietary Fiber 🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 💊 Antibiotics

The Good Gut 93%

You're missing a third of your gut microbes, and your health is paying the price.

by Justin Sonnenburg 2015

3.85

4k+ ratings

🦠 Gut Microbiome 🥗 Digestive Health 🌾 Dietary Fiber 🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 💊 Antibiotics

The Body

by Bill Bryson • 2019

Your body's raw elements cost pocket change, but no scientist can assemble them into life.

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🫀 Human Anatomy 🔬 Popular Science 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦠 Microbiome 📜 Medical History

The Body 93%

Your body's raw elements cost pocket change, but no scientist can assemble them into life.

by Bill Bryson 2019

4.31

101k+ ratings

🫀 Human Anatomy 🔬 Popular Science 🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦠 Microbiome 📜 Medical History

The TIGER Protocol

by Akil Palanisamy • 2023

The root-cause protocol for autoimmunity: heal the gut, clear toxins, rebalance immunity.

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🩺 Autoimmune Disease 💊 Functional Medicine 🦠 Gut Health 🥗 Elimination Diets 🌿 Detoxification

The TIGER Protocol 93%

The root-cause protocol for autoimmunity: heal the gut, clear toxins, rebalance immunity.

by Akil Palanisamy 2023

4.14

100 ratings

🩺 Autoimmune Disease 💊 Functional Medicine 🦠 Gut Health 🥗 Elimination Diets 🌿 Detoxification

The Immune System Recovery Plan

by Susan Blum • 2013

Autoimmune diseases reverse when you fix the gut, food, stress, and hidden toxins.

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🧬 Autoimmune Disease 🔬 Functional Medicine 🦠 Gut Health 🥗 Food As Medicine 🚫 Elimination Diets

The Immune System Recovery Plan 93%

Autoimmune diseases reverse when you fix the gut, food, stress, and hidden toxins.

by Susan Blum 2013

4.02

1k+ ratings

🧬 Autoimmune Disease 🔬 Functional Medicine 🦠 Gut Health 🥗 Food As Medicine 🚫 Elimination Diets

The Baby and the Biome

by Meenal Lele • 2022

Half of children develop immune disease. Their microbiome can prevent and reverse it from birth.

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🛡️ Childhood Immune Health 🦠 Infant Microbiome 🥜 Allergy Prevention 🌿 Holistic Parenting 🥗 Food As Medicine

The Baby and the Biome 93%

Half of children develop immune disease. Their microbiome can prevent and reverse it from birth.

by Meenal Lele 2022

3.88

49 ratings

🛡️ Childhood Immune Health 🦠 Infant Microbiome 🥜 Allergy Prevention 🌿 Holistic Parenting 🥗 Food As Medicine

Earthing

by Clinton Ober • 2010

Bare skin on ground transfers electrons that neutralize inflammation. Modern shoes stopped the flow.

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⚡ Energy Medicine 🦴 Ancestral Health 🔥 Inflammation Reduction 😴 Sleep Optimization 💊 Pain Management

Earthing 93%

Bare skin on ground transfers electrons that neutralize inflammation. Modern shoes stopped the flow.

by Clinton Ober 2010

3.97

2k+ ratings

⚡ Energy Medicine 🦴 Ancestral Health 🔥 Inflammation Reduction 😴 Sleep Optimization 💊 Pain Management

Healthy Gut, Healthy You

by Michael Ruscio • 2018

Fatigue, brain fog, skin issues: they often start in the gut. A step-by-step plan to reverse them.

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🦠 Gut Health 🧬 Microbiome Science 🥗 Elimination Diets 🧩 Personalized Medicine 🥑 Anti-Inflammatory Nutrition

Healthy Gut, Healthy You 93%

Fatigue, brain fog, skin issues: they often start in the gut. A step-by-step plan to reverse them.

by Michael Ruscio 2018

4.12

809 ratings

🦠 Gut Health 🧬 Microbiome Science 🥗 Elimination Diets 🧩 Personalized Medicine 🥑 Anti-Inflammatory Nutrition

Farmacology

by Daphne Miller • 2013

How farms taught a physician to rethink health, from the soil up.

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🌱 Soil Health 🚜 Food Systems 🦠 Microbiome Health 🌿 Holistic Medicine 🔄 Systems Thinking

Farmacology 93%

How farms taught a physician to rethink health, from the soil up.

by Daphne Miller 2013

4.28

1k+ ratings

🌱 Soil Health 🚜 Food Systems 🦠 Microbiome Health 🌿 Holistic Medicine 🔄 Systems Thinking

The Autoimmune Solution

by Amy Myers • 2015

Autoimmune disease can be reversed, not just managed. A 30-day protocol that begins in the gut.

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🩺 Functional Medicine 🦠 Autoimmune Disease 🧫 Gut Health 🥗 Elimination Diets 🥑 Anti-Inflammatory Diet

The Autoimmune Solution 93%

Autoimmune disease can be reversed, not just managed. A 30-day protocol that begins in the gut.

by Amy Myers 2015

3.82

3k+ ratings

🩺 Functional Medicine 🦠 Autoimmune Disease 🧫 Gut Health 🥗 Elimination Diets 🥑 Anti-Inflammatory Diet

Booster Shots

by Adam Ratner • 2025

Measles erases immune memory. It also erases societal memory, and that amnesia is more dangerous.

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577

🏥 Public Health 🦠 Infectious Disease 📊 Epidemiology 📜 Medical History 💉 Vaccines

Booster Shots 93%

Measles erases immune memory. It also erases societal memory, and that amnesia is more dangerous.

by Adam Ratner 2025

4.33

577 ratings

🏥 Public Health 🦠 Infectious Disease 📊 Epidemiology 📜 Medical History 💉 Vaccines

The Plant Paradox

by Steven R. Gundry • 2017

The lectin deception: why your 'healthy' whole grains, beans, and tomatoes may be causing disease.

3.53

14k+

🦠 Gut Health 🚫 Elimination Diets 🔓 Leaky Gut ⚠️ Food Sensitivity 🛡️ Autoimmune Health

The Plant Paradox 93%

The lectin deception: why your 'healthy' whole grains, beans, and tomatoes may be causing disease.

by Steven R. Gundry 2017

3.53

14k+ ratings

🦠 Gut Health 🚫 Elimination Diets 🔓 Leaky Gut ⚠️ Food Sensitivity 🛡️ Autoimmune Health

The Longevity Paradox

by Steven R. Gundry • 2019

Aging is not written in your genes. It is written in your gut.

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🦠 Gut Microbiome 🔬 Longevity Science ⏳ Intermittent Fasting ⚡ Metabolic Health 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diets

The Longevity Paradox 93%

Aging is not written in your genes. It is written in your gut.

by Steven R. Gundry 2019

3.73

3k+ ratings

🦠 Gut Microbiome 🔬 Longevity Science ⏳ Intermittent Fasting ⚡ Metabolic Health 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diets

Burn

by Herman Pontzer • 2021

Your body has a fixed daily calorie cap. The weight loss answer is evolutionary, not dietary.

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🏥 Evolutionary Medicine ⚡ Metabolic Adaptation 🍽️ Dietary Anthropology ⚖️ Weight Loss Myths 🏃 Exercise Science

Burn 93%

Your body has a fixed daily calorie cap. The weight loss answer is evolutionary, not dietary.

by Herman Pontzer 2021

4.12

4k+ ratings

🏥 Evolutionary Medicine ⚡ Metabolic Adaptation 🍽️ Dietary Anthropology ⚖️ Weight Loss Myths 🏃 Exercise Science

Bugs, Bowels, and Behavior

by Teri Arranga • 2012

In autism, the gut drives the brain. Fix the first, and the second often follows.

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🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🩺 Autism And Health 🦠 Gut Microbiota 🥗 Dietary Interventions 🥜 Food Allergies

Bugs, Bowels, and Behavior 93%

In autism, the gut drives the brain. Fix the first, and the second often follows.

by Teri Arranga 2012

3.23

81 ratings

🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🩺 Autism And Health 🦠 Gut Microbiota 🥗 Dietary Interventions 🥜 Food Allergies

Beat Autoimmune

by Palmer Kippola • 2017

Six reversible root causes of autoimmunity, from a woman who beat MS after 26 years.

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481

🩺 Autoimmune Disorders 🔍 Functional Medicine 🌱 Root Cause Healing 🦠 Gut Health 🥗 Elimination Diets

Beat Autoimmune 93%

Six reversible root causes of autoimmunity, from a woman who beat MS after 26 years.

by Palmer Kippola 2017

4.00

481 ratings

🩺 Autoimmune Disorders 🔍 Functional Medicine 🌱 Root Cause Healing 🦠 Gut Health 🥗 Elimination Diets

The Keystone Approach

by Rebecca Fett • 2017

Arthritis and psoriasis start in the gut: starve the inflammation by restoring the microbiome.

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208

🦠 Autoimmune Disease 🧫 Gut Health 🧬 Microbiome Diet 🍽️ Elimination Diets 💊 Probiotics

The Keystone Approach 93%

Arthritis and psoriasis start in the gut: starve the inflammation by restoring the microbiome.

by Rebecca Fett 2017

4.24

208 ratings

🦠 Autoimmune Disease 🧫 Gut Health 🧬 Microbiome Diet 🍽️ Elimination Diets 💊 Probiotics

The Clever Guts Diet

by Michael Mosley • 2017

Gut bacteria run your immunity, mood, and weight. The eating plan that feeds your hungry microbes.

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🦠 Gut Health 🫙 Fermented Foods 🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet ⏰ Intermittent Fasting

The Clever Guts Diet 93%

Gut bacteria run your immunity, mood, and weight. The eating plan that feeds your hungry microbes.

by Michael Mosley 2017

3.98

6k+ ratings

🦠 Gut Health 🫙 Fermented Foods 🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🥗 Anti-Inflammatory Diet ⏰ Intermittent Fasting

Plagues and Peoples

by William H. McNeill • 1976

Athens and Rome fell to a force their strategists ignored: disease, not decadence.

3.87

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💡 Big History 🦠 Disease And Civilization 📜 Medical History 🌿 Environmental History 🧬 Coevolution

Plagues and Peoples 93%

Athens and Rome fell to a force their strategists ignored: disease, not decadence.

by William H. McNeill 1976

3.87

5k+ ratings

💡 Big History 🦠 Disease And Civilization 📜 Medical History 🌿 Environmental History 🧬 Coevolution

The Gut-Immune Connection

by Emeran Mayer • 2021

Chronic disease spiked because we stopped feeding our gut microbes. The repair starts with soil.

3.84

468

🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧠 Nutritional Psychiatry 🥗 Plant-Based Nutrition ⏱️ Time-Restricted Eating 🌱 Soil Health

The Gut-Immune Connection 93%

Chronic disease spiked because we stopped feeding our gut microbes. The repair starts with soil.

by Emeran Mayer 2021

3.84

468 ratings

🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧠 Nutritional Psychiatry 🥗 Plant-Based Nutrition ⏱️ Time-Restricted Eating 🌱 Soil Health

Understanding Living Systems

by Raymond Noble • 2023

DNA is not your destiny: the cell rewrites its genome, and organisms direct evolution.

3.84

🔬 Systems Biology 🧠 Systems Thinking 📚 Philosophy Of Biology 🧬 Epigenetics 🤝 Symbiotic Evolution

Understanding Living Systems 93%

DNA is not your destiny: the cell rewrites its genome, and organisms direct evolution.

by Raymond Noble 2023

3.84

56 ratings

🔬 Systems Biology 🧠 Systems Thinking 📚 Philosophy Of Biology 🧬 Epigenetics 🤝 Symbiotic Evolution

Body on Fire

by Monica Aggarwal • 2020

Chronic inflammation underlies most disease. A physician's lifestyle plan to reverse it.

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280

🩺 Lifestyle Medicine 🔥 Chronic Inflammation 🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🚫 Elimination Diets

Body on Fire 93%

Chronic inflammation underlies most disease. A physician's lifestyle plan to reverse it.

by Monica Aggarwal 2020

3.78

280 ratings

🩺 Lifestyle Medicine 🔥 Chronic Inflammation 🥬 Plant-Based Nutrition 🦠 Gut Microbiome 🚫 Elimination Diets

Death by Comfort

by Paul Taylor • 2022

Your body expects a harsh world. Constant comfort breaks it; controlled stress repairs it.

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495

🩺 Preventive Medicine 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🥶 Deliberate Discomfort 🔬 Cellular Health 🦠 Gut Microbiome

Death by Comfort 93%

Your body expects a harsh world. Constant comfort breaks it; controlled stress repairs it.

by Paul Taylor 2022

3.97

495 ratings

🩺 Preventive Medicine 🧬 Evolutionary Mismatch 🥶 Deliberate Discomfort 🔬 Cellular Health 🦠 Gut Microbiome

Dissolving Illusions

by Suzanne Humphries • 2013

Infectious disease death rates fell before vaccines. Credit goes to sanitation, not shots.

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🏥 Medical History 💉 Vaccine Controversy 🏘️ Public Health 🚰 Sanitation And Health 🦠 Disease And Society

Dissolving Illusions 93%

Infectious disease death rates fell before vaccines. Credit goes to sanitation, not shots.

by Suzanne Humphries 2013

4.62

2k+ ratings

🏥 Medical History 💉 Vaccine Controversy 🏘️ Public Health 🚰 Sanitation And Health 🦠 Disease And Society

The Diet Myth

by Tim Spector • 2015

Your diet fails not because of calories, but because your gut microbes aren't on your side.

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🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧪 Nutritional Science 🌿 Microbial Diversity 🧬 Personalized Nutrition 💭 Dietary Myths

The Diet Myth 93%

Your diet fails not because of calories, but because your gut microbes aren't on your side.

by Tim Spector 2015

4.23

5k+ ratings

🦠 Gut Microbiome 🧪 Nutritional Science 🌿 Microbial Diversity 🧬 Personalized Nutrition 💭 Dietary Myths

The Mind-Gut Connection

by Emeran Mayer • 2015

Your gut and brain are talking. The trillions of microbes between them are running the show.

3.76

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🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🦠 Microbiome Science 🥗 Gut Health 🧘 Embodied Cognition 🔥 Dietary Inflammation

The Mind-Gut Connection 93%

Your gut and brain are talking. The trillions of microbes between them are running the show.

by Emeran Mayer 2015

3.76

10k+ ratings

🧠 Gut-Brain Axis 🦠 Microbiome Science 🥗 Gut Health 🧘 Embodied Cognition 🔥 Dietary Inflammation

Exercised

by Daniel E. Lieberman • 2021

Exercise is a modern invention your body never evolved for. The mismatch changes the rules.

4.17

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🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 💊 Evolutionary Medicine 🏕️ Ancestral Health 🏃 Endurance Sports

Exercised 93%

Exercise is a modern invention your body never evolved for. The mismatch changes the rules.

by Daniel E. Lieberman 2021

4.17

11k+ ratings

🧬 Evolutionary Biology 🦴 Human Evolution 💊 Evolutionary Medicine 🏕️ Ancestral Health 🏃 Endurance Sports

The End of Illness

by David B. Agus • 2011

Stop illness before it starts using your own data: a personalized holistic system from a top doctor.

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🩺 Preventive Medicine 🌿 Lifestyle Medicine ⏰ Circadian Rhythms 🔥 Chronic Inflammation 🥗 Personalized Nutrition

The End of Illness 93%

Stop illness before it starts using your own data: a personalized holistic system from a top doctor.

by David B. Agus 2011

3.48

3k+ ratings

🩺 Preventive Medicine 🌿 Lifestyle Medicine ⏰ Circadian Rhythms 🔥 Chronic Inflammation 🥗 Personalized Nutrition

The Song of the Cell

by Siddhartha Mukherjee • 2022

We are 37 trillion cells in conversation. Learning that language has already cured the incurable.

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🧬 Cell Biology 🔬 History Of Science 🏥 Medical History 🦠 Microbiology 🛡️ Immunology

The Song of the Cell 93%

We are 37 trillion cells in conversation. Learning that language has already cured the incurable.

by Siddhartha Mukherjee 2022

4.29

16k+ ratings

🧬 Cell Biology 🔬 History Of Science 🏥 Medical History 🦠 Microbiology 🛡️ Immunology

This Is Your Brain on Parasites

by Kathleen McAuliffe • 2016

A parasite makes rats run toward cats. It may shape your personality, politics, and disgust.

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🧠 Parasite Manipulation 🧫 Gut-Brain Axis 🤢 Disgust Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🦠 Microbiome Health

This Is Your Brain on Parasites 93%

A parasite makes rats run toward cats. It may shape your personality, politics, and disgust.

by Kathleen McAuliffe 2016

3.98

3k+ ratings

🧠 Parasite Manipulation 🧫 Gut-Brain Axis 🤢 Disgust Psychology 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🦠 Microbiome Health

sex sleep eat drink dream

by Jennifer Ackerman • 2007

A day inside your body: why morning coffee hits differently, and when your brain peaks.

3.60

977

🕰️ Chronobiology 😴 Sleep Science 👃 Sensory Perception 🍽️ Appetite Regulation 🧠 Stress Physiology

sex sleep eat drink dream 92%

A day inside your body: why morning coffee hits differently, and when your brain peaks.

by Jennifer Ackerman 2007

3.60

977 ratings

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