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    Too Much of a Good Thing: How Four Key Survival Traits Are Now Killing Us
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    Too Much of a Good Thing: How Four Key Survival Traits Are Now Killing Us

    Written by Lee Goldman

    Narrated by Dan Woren

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    About this audiobook

    Dean of Columbia University's medical school explains why our bodies are out of sync with today's environment and how we can correct this to save our health.

    Over the past 200 years, human life-expectancy has approximately doubled. Yet we face soaring worldwide rates of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, mental illness, heart disease, and stroke. In his fascinating new book, Dr. Lee Goldman presents a radical explanation: The key protective traits that once ensured our species' survival are now the leading global causes of illness and death. Our capacity to store food, for example, lures us into overeating, and a clotting system designed to protect us from bleeding to death now directly contributes to heart attacks and strokes. A deeply compelling narrative that puts a new spin on evolutionary biology, TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING also provides a roadmap for getting back in sync with the modern world.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHachette Audio
    Release dateDec 8, 2015
    ISBN9781478951483
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    • 3/5
      Beyond dull and I'm not sure who the audience is. Full of very obvious points. I recommend "The Wild Life of Our Bodies" by Rob Dunn which covers much of the same territory but is infinitely more lively.
    • 4/5
      Dr. Goldman delves into evolutionary biology and explains how and why key survival strategies that have evolved over the millennia are now the leading global causes of illness and death. He focuses on diabetes, obesity, stroke and heart attack, and mental illness.
    • 3/5
      Beyond dull and I'm not sure who the audience is. Full of very obvious points. I recommend "The Wild Life of Our Bodies" by Rob Dunn which covers much of the same territory but is infinitely more lively.
    • 4/5
      Evolution adapted us to survive in a harsh environment...at least long enough to reproduce. But we don't live in that environment any more. Our world is less violent, food and water are readily available (for most of us), childbirth is far safer, and we're less likely to die prematurely from injury or disease. The genetic adaptations that once helped protect us from starving or bleeding to death are now contributing to obesity, high blood pressure, stroke, heart attack, and (the author argues) anxiety, and depression. In this book, Lee Goldman points out some genetic traits that are now seemingly maladaptive and what we can do to live with them. It's well-written and informative.
    • 5/5
      What an irresistibly interesting contradiction—four traits that evolved in early humans to increase survival are killing modern humans. This book goes heavy on genetics, statistics and medical studies. If you enjoy science books that dig deep into a subject and logically lay out arguments and supporting evidence, you’ll enjoy this. The writing is clear and concise, and there isn’t much obscure terminology, so even if you don’t consider yourself scientifically minded but find your curiosity piqued, you should give it a go. It’s a lot of information to absorb, so it’s not a quick read (took me over a week to finish), but, hey, info laden books aren’t meant to be devoured in only one or two sittings.Goldman’s explanation of how four evolutionary traits couldn’t keep up with the sudden and drastic changes in our environment and society over the past few hundred years and now work “too well” in such a way to be detrimental really made me look at modern diseases and health problems in a whole different light. I think one of the book’s most important takeaways is that some of today’s health problems aren’t a result of people being weak and lazy, but a result of the way our bodies evolved thousands of years ago. That isn’t to say the health problems are solely to blame on genetics, but we should be compassionate with the understanding that our genes make getting certain health problems under control an uphill battle. Although the prognosis seems pretty grim, the book does end on a hopeful note by discussing how we treat diseases and health problems today, and what treatments the future may hold.