While we live in a world of amazing scientific advances, our bodily systems have evolved to handle the conditions of the Stone Age--that million-year-long period when we were still huddling around campfires and hunting for our meals. The medical world has only begun to understand the implications of this chasm, as researchers in the burgeoning field of evolutionary medicine look back in time to better understand a wide array of health conditions and the ways in which our bodies have evolved to combat them.
In this practical and eye-opening guide, Dr. William Meller offers fascinating, and in many cases counterintuitive, insights into diet and exercise, aging, disease, germs and infection, allergies, sports medicine, mental health, and more--based not on modern medicine, but on how our distant ancestors lived.
Evolution Rxpresents a new paradigm for vibrant health--including simple strategies for hearing and heeding what our bodies are telling us in order to prevent illness, slow the aging process, and harness our innate capacity to heal.
About the Author
William Meller, MD, is a board-certified internist who runs a successful medical practice and clinic in Santa Barbara, CA, where he coordinates three busy medical centers. He has been published in The Journal of the American Medical Association and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, among other publications.
