Health & Nutrition

Listen to Your Body

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How to speak the language of and live in sync with your body
By The Blinkist Curators

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Our bodies are complex machines, and scientists still have a lot to discover about how they work. This collection delves into the curious—and researched—ways the body works, how it can heal itself, and the effects of stress on its upkeep. You'll also learn how to boost your body's defenses to live a longer and healthier life.

Listen to Your Body

How to speak the language of and live in sync with your body
The Body Keeps the Score
The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk
Mind, Brain and the Body in the Transformation of Trauma
18 min
4.4
When the Body Says No
When the Body Says No
Gabor Maté
The Cost of Hidden Stress
26 min
4.6
The Body
The Body
Bill Bryson
A Guide for Occupants
29 min
4.4
Clean
Clean
Alejandro Junger and Amely Greeven
The Revolutionary Program to Restore the Body’s Natural Ability to Heal Itself
16 min
3.7
Gut
Gut
Giulia Enders
The Inside Story of Our Body’s Most Underrated Organ
21 min
4.3
The Story of the Human Body
The Story of the Human Body
Daniel Lieberman
Evolution, Health, and Disease
31 min
4.6
30 Ways to Reboot Your Body
30 Ways to Reboot Your Body
Ben Greenfield
A Complete User Manual for Getting the Most Out of the Human Body
10 min
3.5
Super Immunity
Super Immunity
Joel Fuhrman
The Essential Nutrition Guide for Boosting Your Body’s Defenses to Live Longer, Stronger and Disease Free
16 min
3.9
My Grandmother's Hands
My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem
Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
25 min
4.5
Eat to Beat Cancer
Eat to Beat Cancer
Can changes to diet and lifestyle help prevent cancer? In this episode, Dr. Rupy sits down with cancer doctor Ailsa Lumsden to consider the potential link between sugar and cancer, and looks at how reducing inflammation may be impactful in cancer prevention. You’ll also hear about the role of vitamin D, how the Mediterranean diet can help ward off certain cancers, and Dr. Lumsden's own personal medical journey which came to inform her work.
14 min
4.1
Eat to Beat Disease
Eat to Beat Disease
William W. Li
The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself
19 min
4.5
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