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The Disease Delusion: Conquering the Causes of Chronic Illness for a Healthier, Longer, and Happier Life Paperback – March 3, 2015

by Jeffrey S. Bland (Author), Mark Hyman (Foreword)
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For decades, Dr. Jeffrey Bland has been on the cutting edge of Functional Medicine, which seeks to pinpoint and prevent the cause of illness, rather than treat its symptoms. Managing chronic diseases accounts for three quarters of our total healthcare costs, because we’re masking these illnesses with pills and temporary treatments, rather than addressing their underlying causes, he argues. Worse, only treating symptoms leads us down the path of further illness.

In The Disease Delusion, Dr. Bland explains what Functional Medicine is and what it can do for you. While advances in modern science have nearly doubled our lifespans in only four generations, our quality of life has not reached its full potential. Outlining the reasons why we suffer chronic diseases from asthma and diabetes to obesity, arthritis and cancer to a host of other ailments, Dr. Bland offers achievable, science-based solutions that can alleviate these common conditions and offers a roadmap for a lifetime of wellness.

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“The godfather of functional medicine elegantly explains the core tools to overcome the chronic ailments of modern society.” — Mehmet Oz, M.D.

“Dr. Bland’s book should be a textbook in medical schools all over the world. I wish I had found it while I was in medical school myself.” — Alejandro Junger, MD, Founder of the Clean Program

“What the personal computer revolution did for old-fashioned mainframe computing―empowering us all―is what functional medicine is doing for healthcare; and if there is a Steve Jobs of functional medicine, it is Jeffrey Bland―visionary, innovative, and perennially two steps ahead.” — Dale E. Bredesen, MD, Augustus Rose Professor, Director, Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research, Director, Neurodegenerative Disease Research David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA

“Filled with solid science, fascinating medical detective stories, and practical tips, this powerful book can save your life.” — Daniel G. Amen, MD, Founder, Amen Clinics and New York Times bestselling author

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Treatment of chronic diseases—diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, dementia, and many others—is responsible for 78 percent of total health-care costs in the United States. Yet instead of identifying, preventing, and addressing their underlying causes, we're managing symptoms of these illnesses with pills and temporary remedies. In The Disease Delusion, we learn how we can fundamentally change how we perceive illness and approach a cure.

Dr. Jeffrey Bland leverages a lifetime on the cutting edge of research and practice to create a road map to good health by helping us understand our bodies' fundamental processes and the root causes of chronic illness.

Complete with self-evaluation questionnaires and sample meal plans, and supported by the most recent advances in health science, Dr. Bland's book is indispensable for anyone determined to live long and well.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper Paperbacks; Reprint edition (March 3, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0062290746
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    Dr. Jeffrey S. Bland is known as the "father of functional medicine," a medical approach that focuses on the personalized prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. Over the past thirty-five years Dr. Bland has traveled more than six million miles, teaching more than a hundred thousand health-care practitioners in the United States, Canada, and more than forty other countries about functional medicine. He has been a university biochemistry professor, a research director at the Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine, the cofounder of the Institute for Functional Medicine in 1991, and the founder/president of the Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Institute. He has authored more than one hundred scientific publications and ten books for health professionals and consumers. He lives in Seattle, Washington, with his wife, Susan, and near his three sons and their families while pursuing his hobbies of boating, surfing, and scuba diving, as well as a lifelong passion for learning.

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Kat
5.0 out of 5 stars This book is very informative.
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2023
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I heard about this book from another book I was reading~Rebuild by Dr. Z. Two of the best books I’ve read in a long time. A lot of information on how to be and stay healthy. Definitely recommend.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The best of its kind
Reviewed in the United States on June 16, 2014
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Dr. Bland has written a comprehensive, yet easy to understand introduction to functional medicine. He describes the various components that contribute to health based on a functional medicine approach. But then he goes a step further and weaves them together so that the reader gets a sense of how all these things are related and impact each other and thus overall health. As a scientist and health care practitioner, I have spent decades trying to explain these principles to my family and friends and keep giving them various books to read. But Dr. Bland's version of the functional medicine story is easier to understand, more complete, and more persuasive than anything I have come up with. He helps the reader to understand that the majority of the principles are based in biomedical science and a deeper understanding of the interrelationships of human physiology. Thus, he removes the stigma (and lack of credibility) that often accompanies alternative medicine writings. Is it the last word on the subject? Absolutely not. Does it have the details which a scientist or physician might want?--mostly not. But that is not the point: it is an essential first step --providing a roadmap for anyone who understands that they need to take responsibility for their own health. If we are ever going to tackle and try to solve the burgeoning U.S. chronic health problems, this book should be mandatory reading for all high schoolers and their parents.
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4.0 out of 5 stars I recommend this book to everyone who wants to understand how ...
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2015
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A well thought out discussion of how our organs work together and an argument for considering the body as a whole and not as individual diseases of specific organs. I know the truth of this. Drugs given me to treat a reflux problem, which I was told to take forever, leached my body of calcium and magnesium, causing countless other problems. Dr. Bland's explanation, based on research, of why it is important to always consider how our organs work together should be read not only by patients, but by doctors, many of whom tend to be myopic--that is, they can' see beyond their own specialty, and treat a problem as though the only organ affected by the problem is the one they are treating. I recommend this book to everyone who wants to understand how their body, and the medication we are given works. My only issue with the book is that Dr. Bland, in an effort to give the reader everything, became, in places, overly technical and inadvertently buried some of the information in too much detail.
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Jeff & Mindi
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Information
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My husband had some pretty serious health issues come up about 5 years ago. The doctors were all but useless. They prescribed medications that didn't help and had horrible side effects. They don't have any real answers, but insist my husband will just have to learn to live with his life now.

For 3 years I researched alternative solutions. Through various small supplements (liquid magnesium, copper, and CBD) we have been able to help him a good bit. However, nothing has come close to restoring his quality of life.

I gave this book a chance as just one more piece of research to add to my eternal quest. And I was shocked. This book has pointed us in directions that nothing else had even considered. Because of the various self tests, we discovered that an ankle injury from 2011 might be impacting these health problems. It didn't seem logical, but we were desperate and a little bit of physical therapy wasn't such a big ask. We also adjusted our diet and added a supplement the book recommended based on his answers to the questionnaires.

The book says to give 12 full weeks for results to appear. We've been following the program for 6 weeks and are seeing tangible improvements. I have even been able to drastically improve some of my own stomach upsets that I have lived with for most of my life.

An inexpensive book, an investment of some of our time, and implementing very reasonable lifestyle changes has actually affected our health more than I could have ever imagined. I encourage anyone interested in feeling good to read this book.
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M.C.K.
5.0 out of 5 stars It includes questionnaires so you can evaluate your own situation and begin to take steps toward better health. I've been giving
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2016
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A fascinating explanation of the functioning of the human body in a way that integrates all the parts, rather than viewing them as separate systems. It's well-written and quite interesting to read, but dense with information - case histories make it relevant, though. Dr. Bland explores many medical traditions and offers insight into genes/genetics, public health, history of medicine (how/why we got to the current state of affairs). The book is so hopeful and so well researched that I think it would be persuasive even to skeptical traditionalists. It includes questionnaires so you can evaluate your own situation and begin to take steps toward better health. I've been giving it to family and friends, and probably will need to read it a second time. A fantastic value.
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Abel Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars Great resource for understanding the human body and health as a continuous spectrum
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2015
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There is so much good information in this book. I feel like most folks reading this book are older (I don't really know what the reader age demographic is). Although, the earlier a person can read this book the better. Don't wait until you're 50 or 60. Read the book now take charge of your health at an early age. I am in my 30's but took many of the ideas in this book to heart (no pun) and have made conscious efforts to get appropriate levels of phytonutrients etc. I honestly a lot feel better. This book has really changed the way I think about health and aging. I have given this book to a few friends and family members and they have all come back with similar stories. Outstanding book!
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suman saurabh
5.0 out of 5 stars Must read book, if you want to improve deeper knowledge about lifestyle and disease.
Reviewed in India on March 3, 2024
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Sally Stevenson
5.0 out of 5 stars This is my new health bible
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 23, 2023
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Excellent book , well written and extremely informative. I bought it as an audio book , then bought 2 further hard back copies , for myself and a friend. I have also recommended it to several other people
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Caroline
5.0 out of 5 stars La bible qui devrait se trouver dans chaque foyer. Très bon.
Reviewed in France on June 27, 2020
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Super livre! Je recommande vivement pour comprendre les bases de la santé et le (bon) fonctionnement du corps. J‘ai lu et relu ce livre et je l’avais pris en version audio, mais je l’ai quand même racheté en version papier pour m’y référer.
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Gloria
5.0 out of 5 stars A PREVENTATIVE APPROACH TO MANY DISEASES
Reviewed in Canada on April 24, 2016
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I haven't finished the book yet, but so far I find it is excellent -- very informative. It is written in layman terminology which is very nice for us non-medical professionals. I find the author is 'bang-on' with his opinions. I think it is time that we all educate ourselves about diseases and their causes and take a preventative approach to many of them.
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harry bodde
5.0 out of 5 stars Pflichtlektüre für Ärzte
Reviewed in Germany on August 9, 2014
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Schon die Seminare des Altmeisters der "Functional Medicine" waren immer ein besonderes Erlebnis. Das neue Buch von Jeffrey Bland ist eine ausgezeichnete Einführung in diese intelligente Art der Medizin, die zeigt wie chronische Erkrankungen durch Störungen der für die Gesundheit grundlegenden Funktionen erkannt und behoben werden können. Als langjährig tätiger Allgemeinarzt kann ich sagen dass wir Ärzte sehr viel wissen über Erkrankungen, aber sehr wenig über genannte Funktionen. Das Buch geht in die Tiefe und verlangt schon Sachkenntnisse oder ein grosses Interesse an der Materie, aber dann ist es ein überragendes Werk, dass eigentlich Pflichtlektüre sein sollte für jeden praktisch tätigen Arzt oder Therapeut. Nur der Titel gefällt mir nicht: Krankheit ist keine Wahnidee, sondern besteht natürlich wirklich, kommt jedoch nicht vom Himmel fallen, sondern entsteht auf durchaus verständliche Weise aus Fehlleistungen von biologischen Systemen. Dr. Bland hat hier eine spannende und für die Praxis unverzichtliche Grundlage beschrieben für eine längst überfällige Erneuerung der Medizin.
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