The Most Important Book Written This Decade

In Western Pennsylvania there is a small town by the name of Roseto. Settled in 1912 by immigrant Italian families coming to the New World it was like a 1,000 other similar towns all over the USA. Except that is, for one striking detail. It was noticed in the early 1960’s that the inhabitants of Roseto had strikingly low levels of heart disease and far lower occurrences of heart attacks than surrounding communities. We all know that not smoking, exercising regularly, drinking in moderation and eating well are amongst the keystones habits to good health, which is what made the findings so puzzling to the scientists pouring over medical records and death certificates. And it was puzzling because the good folk of Roseto fitted none of the above criteria. They worked in dangerous conditions in a local quarry often exposed to toxic gasses. They ate a high fat diet with lard being their primary source of fat and they supplemented their high fat diet with lots of carbohydrates. And all that was washed down with excessive amounts of cheap red wine and high tar unfiltered cigarettes. The Most Important Book Written This Decade As I have said here many times, I hate writing book reviews. As a rule I have really got to believe in a book and want to spread it’s message before I’ll drag myself through the torture of trying to compose a post that distills the authors message whilst remaining coherent. ‘Mind Over Medicine’ by Lissa Rankin is the kind of book that makes me ...
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