Too much of a good thing : how four key survival traits are now killing us Cover Image

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Too much of a good thing : how four key survival traits are now killing us / Lee Goldman, MD.

Goldman, Lee (Physician), (author.).

Record details

ISBN: 9780316236812
ISBN: 0316236810
Physical Description: viii, 344 pages ; 25 cm.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2015.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-329) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Part I: The Pros and Cons of Four Key Human Survival Traits -- 1. How Our Bodies Became What They Are -- 2. Hunger, Food, and the Modern Epidemics of Obesity and Diabetes -- 3. Water, Salt, and the Modern Epidemic of High Blood Pressure -- 4. Danger, Memory, Fear, and the Modern Epidemics of Anxiety and Depression -- 5. Bleeding, Clotting, and the Modern Epidemics of Heart Disease and Stroke -- Part II: Protecting Our Bodies In The Modern World -- 6. Can Our Genes Evolve Fast Enough to Solve Our Problems? -- 7. Changing Our Behavior -- 8. Changing Our Biology -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.