Cured – by Dr. Jeffrey Rediger

Our body (for most of us, at least), has a powerful immune system to not only keep pathogens at bay, but also deal with things that are often “inside-job” threats, such as cancer.

Of course, it can only do that if it is kept in good form, which includes nourishing it well and other such lifestyle factors. These Dr. Rediger discusses chapter-by-chapter in the first part of the book.

The second part of the book is given over to more psychological matters, and specifically, psychosomatic matters. Now, in popular parlance, “psychosomatic” is often used to mean “you’re imagining it”, but in medicine/science that’s not what it means at all; rather it is about how psychological factors affect physiological (and thus: somatic) processes.

Assuming you already know about lifestyle medicine, in which case the first part of the book may be superfluous for you, more of the practical value will come from the second part of the book, with explanations of how to improve one’s own regenerative abilities from the brain down.

The style is very old-school pop-science for such a relatively recent book (published 2021); from the style alone we could be forgiven for thinking it was from the 70s–90s, but the content reveals a more modern perspective than that. Dr. Rediger likes telling stories, and as such there are many lengthy anecdotes about patients with various conditions and how their healing journeys went. This is informative and illustrative, but case studies will always feel cherry-picked, so we generally prefer more robust science. On which note, there is a bibliography at the back, so it’s not all anecdotal, of course.

Bottom line: if you like minimal hard science and a lot of illustrative stories, this book will be one you’ll enjoy curling up with.

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