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Go Wild

  • 277 pages · about 5 hours
  • First published 2014

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1 About this book

In GO WILD, Harvard Medical School Professor John Ratey, MD, and journalist Richard Manning reveal that although civilization has rapidly evolved, our bodies have not kept pace. This mismatch affects every area of our lives, from our general physical health to our emotional wellbeing.

Investigating the power of living according to our genes in the areas of diet, exercise, sleep, nature, mindfulness and more, GO WILD examines how tapping into our core DNA combats modern disease and psychological afflictions, from autism and depression to diabetes and heart disease. By focusing on the ways of the past, it is possible to secure a healthier and happier future, and GO WILD will show you how.

Good for readers who want: popular science and self-improvement.

  • Well-being
  • Popular science
  • Mind and body
  • Health behavior
  • Conduct of life
  • Self-help
  • Civilization, modern

2 About John J. Ratey

Born 1948

John Joseph Ratey (born April 7, 1948) is an American physician who is associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is the coauthor, with Edward Hallowell of the books Driven to Distraction, Answers to Distraction, and Delivered from Distraction. Like Hallowell, Ratey believes that he has ADHD but has never been clinically diagnosed.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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