The Cure for Everything!, Timothy Caulfield
The Cure for Everything!, Timothy Caulfield
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The Cure for Everything!
Untangling The Twisted Messages About Health Fitness And Happiness

Author: Timothy Caulfield

Narrator: Jeremy Arthur

Unabridged: 7 hr 18 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Viking

Published: 04/28/2020

Synopsis

We all want to be healthy. But somehow the good information about how to get healthy keeps getting twisted. In The Cure for Everything! health and law expert Timothy Caulfield sets out to find the truth about what it takes to achieve a healthy lifestyle, even testing out many of the health claims on himself. He signs up for circuit training with a Hollywood trainer. He tackles a diet that really works with the help of his own Food Advisory Team (FAT). He also sends a test tube of warm spit to a genetics laboratory.

About The Author

TIMOTHY CAULFIELD is a Professor in the Faculty of Law and the School of Public Health, and Research Director of the Health Law Institute at the University of Alberta. He has published nearly 400 academic articles on topics like stem cells, genetics, research ethics, the public representations of science, and public health policy and has won numerous academic, science communication, and writing awards. He is a Member of the Order of Canada, a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, and the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Caulfield’s previous books include The Cure for Everything, Is Gwyneth Paltrow Wrong About Everything?, and Relax: A Guide to Everyday Health Decisions with More Facts and Less Worry. He is also the co-founder of the science engagement initiative #ScienceUpFirst and has hosted and produced documentaries, including the award-winning A User’s Guide to Cheating Death.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Lena

Timothy Caulfield is a Canadian health policy academic who took it upon himself to cut through the haze of popular information about wellness to get to the core of what we really do and don't know about our health. In this well researched and readable book, he succeeds providing solid information abo......more

Goodreads review by Gary

I quit reading this one for whatever reason but picked up earlier this week and reread the whole thing. Great read! It confirmed a lot of my previous biases, as many of my reading picks do. I also learned a few things about exercising and eating habits. I realized I don’t exercise hard enough and I e......more

Goodreads review by Rocky

This book did exactly what I thought it would for me. Reinforced my feelings that people see, select and interpret health and fitness information through preconceived beliefs, values, previous outcomes, and fears. As a data freak myself, I place the maximization on my health because in my lifetime I......more

Goodreads review by Desiree

Thank you Timothy Caulfield! You should read this book. It explains everything, like it says. OK, maybe not everything... but this guy is a pretty darn well-respected science/health editor up in Canada, and he's distilled a crap-load of research down into this very nice book, just for you. It will mak......more

Quotes

“Caulfield . . . is no scaremongering skeptic: His cure for the mess we’re in is this lucid and well-researched compendium of the best-available science. . . . Insightful and entertaining. . . . The author is waging a noble battle against a mountain of misinformation. Gently and with humour, Caulfield guides readers through the funhouse world of health sciences with an openness and spirit of inquiry.” —National Post

“Though [Caulfield] may write with the cheerful self-deprecation of the slacker dude, he thinks with an academic’s rigor and precision and knows the health maintenance territory inside out.” —The New York Times

“An entertaining and thought-provoking exposé of many of the beliefs that some of us hold dear. . . . [Caulfield’s] writing is clear and often amusing. . . . A good read that may change the way you view your daily latte or stroll around the track at the gym.”  —Winnipeg Free Press

“A humorous love letter to science. . . . Caulfield’s writing makes science fun. His cure for just about everything that ails us is insightful and . . . it’s entertaining. He offers simple, evidence-based information that’s far, far away from the magical thinking that goes with bogus health claims. . . . For a healthy dose of skepticism concerning the twisted messages, read this book.” —The Gazette (Montreal)

“Insightful.” —Maclean’s

“Entertaining and thought-provoking slam at Big Food, Big Pharma, and our own delusions. . . .  Caulfield’s often hilarious, always fascinating journey unearths a few simple truths.” —Publishers Weekly

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