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The Pleasure Trap: Mastering the Hidden Force that Undermines Health & Happiness Paperback – April 1, 2006

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A wake-up call to even the most health conscious Americans, this book challenges conventional wisdom about sickness and unhappiness in today's contemporary culture and offers ground-breaking solutions for achieving change.
Inspired by stunning original research, comprehensive clinical studies, and their successes with thousands of patients, the authors construct a new paradigm for the psychology of health that offers fresh hope for anyone stuck in a self-destructive cycle. Learn unique insights into the factors that make us susceptible to dietary and lifestyle excesses; then discover how to restore the biological processes designed by nature to keep us running at maximum efficiency and vitality.
This book can change your life.

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"Lisle and Goldhamer make a major contribution to our understanding of why we do things not in our long term, best interest. It is a MUST read for anyone interested in making healthier choices." --T. Colin Campbell, author of The China Study

"The Pleasure Trap is a bold, fresh look at the collisions between our culture and our health that take so many victims. I recommend this book to anyone seeking a clearly written and innovative guide to the very best of health." --Neal D. Barnard, M.D., President, Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

"This is a must-read for scholars of nutrition, physicians, students, health care personnel, and anyone who is caught in or wants to avoid the pleasure trap." --Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., MD, Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease

Paperback: 225 pages
Publisher: Healthy Living Publications; 1 edition (April 1, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9781570671975
ISBN-13: 978-1570671975
ASIN: 1570671974
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.8 x 8.8 inches
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Average Customer Review: 275 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,967 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #154 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Nutrition
- #213 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Diets & Weight Loss > Other Diets
- #240 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Alternative Medicine

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live2dream

Amazing book! Healed myself!

January 16, 2017

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At first, it was kind of hard to get into. I read half of it and then put it down and didn't read it again until I became really ill with allergic reactions to more and more things. I was getting hives and psoriasis to the point of my body feeling like it was burning on fire. I went to several different doctors, including naturopaths and functional medicine doctors. But all seemed to want to ADD this or ADD that. Take this to suppress it or that to heal your gut or this for more nutrition. Well, what I needed was to REMOVE all of that. This book gave me the push I needed to go on a fast to heal myself. I was stubborn about it for over a year, but I just couldn't stand suffering anymore and having tried EVERYTHING. I followed Dr Klaper's online protocol for doing a fast and elimination diet. I made it 65 hours on a water fast at home, but was so weak I didn't want to go further without medical help (you should never fast more than 3 days unless you are at somewhere like True North where they can monitor yo. Well that's all it took for me anyway. So I ate some watermelon and started a strict elimination diet. My hives were gone. All my inflammation healed! And now it's been over a year and still doing good- I eat a gluten free vegan diet. I know what to do if I feel inflammation. Cut out the processed food, drink water, do a fast for a day and give the body a break. It does wonders.

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Rick In Texas

Great overview of how humans eat. And how western diets have become harbingers of disease. And how to break free.

February 21, 2018

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Wow. This book gives us an overview of human diets and how we have gotten here. I feel like a curtain has been pulled away. I read this book after seeing it in a doc What The Health. The book talks about water fasting, which I haven't tried bc that's a huge comittment. But the information in this book will help you see how western diets are killing us. If you are questioning what eating meats, cheese, eggs, oils, salts, sugars, and chemicals is doing to your health, this is an easy read that will spell it out of you. and give you the big picture. and tools for change.

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BETTY65

Love this book and very helpful for people who are ...

September 6, 2017

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Love this book and very helpful for people who are having trouble losing weight on a plant based diet. It gives answers as to what you need to do. It has help me to start losing weight. As I was not losing on a plant based diet. I am one of those who genes and body acts differently then most. I love plant based eating and Forks Over Knives 365 day meals cook book. I have all the plant based books from all the doctors and authors and this one was the one that make the difference for me. I would recommend everyone read it.

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David Peterson

Fascinating concept

May 10, 2016

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Although the author is very heavily enamored with the theory of macro evolution, the evidence presented for the process of escaping the pleasure trap is quite convincing, and both scientifically and physically sound. The concept of water-only fasting as a cure for many modern diseases of excess is fascinating, and as a student holistic nutritionist, I am compelled to investigate this further, as I personally have very high "total cholesterol", even while eating a plant-based, whole foods diet. Fasting may, I hope, solve this and a couple of other pre-problematic concerns. Thanks for the research, & the excellent presentation.

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lauren

EXCELLENT. An eye opener to some of my own ...

September 30, 2015

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EXCELLENT. An eye opener to some of my own instinctual behaviors. Looking at toxic foods as an addiction helped me to purge oil, refined food, and animal products from my diet. It is a little redundant, but very clear so I think anyone can understand it and benefit from it. If you need another tool to fight to change your lifestyle change this should be the book to turn to!

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SunnyN199

Untrap your Addictions........

May 10, 2017

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I am glad that I bought this book and find that it has been quite helpful for me in dealing with desire to eat heart healthy. There are certain foods that call out my name and this insightful reading was so helpful! I did not realize how addictive certain foods can be and this helped me to understand and attain my goals much more readily. I highly recommend this book to those wanting to understand why we eat the way we do.

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Atticus Finch

Reading a 2nd time. The theory may be simple, but the implications are profound.

June 17, 2014

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I found this book quite readable and interesting, so much so that I'm now reading it a second time two years later. Although the basic concepts are indeed quite simple, the explored implications for modern human life are not. I am surprised how much insight I am now getting into the effect of behavior beyond just diet (especially passive entertainment, like TV, internet surfing, etc.), I am realizing new ways to increase my happiness.

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Preston

Truly amazing

April 14, 2018

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What an incredible book! This book is all you need to know about how to get started on a Whole Food Plant Based lifestyle. If you’re wondering what’s next after watching Forks Over Knives, or What The Health, and you still want more hard science. Than, this book is the one for you. It’s a very easy read, and it’s not packed with science language that you need a Ph. D to read. Ok, that’s long enough. Go buy this book. I wish I had learned this years ago!!!!
Written by a guy who wanted to change his health.

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