The cure for everything untangling twisted messages about health, fitness, and happiness

"With the goal of getting to the truth about our health, this book looks at both what the best available scientific evidences tells us about the role of fitness, diet, genetics and health remedies and the social forces that twist and distort what that evidence actually says"--Provided by publisher.

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Main Author: Caulfield, Timothy A., 1963-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, c2012.
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245 1 4 |a The cure for everything :  |b untangling twisted messages about health, fitness, and happiness /  |c Timothy Caulfield. 
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300 |a xviii, 234 p. ;  |c 24 cm. 
505 0 |a The cookie conundrum -- Fitness : sexy abs and simple solutions -- Diet : miracle foods and magical weight loss -- Genetics : the blueprint to perfect health and happiness -- Remedies : colon cleansers, meridian alignment, and wonder drugs -- Magic : looking for the elixir of life. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-225) and index. 
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