Go Wild: Free Your Body and Mind from the Afflictions of Civilization

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In this conversation-starting book, a Harvard Medical School professor and a journalist explain how getting back to our Paleo roots can be the best way to stabilize our lives and cure our ills. Dr. John Ratey don't want you to pretend to be cave-dwellers, but they do argue that living according to our genes can help us to connect to habits and rhythms that predate civilization. Go Wild might sound wild, but it contains some sound science, including strategies on exercise, diet, sleep, nature, mindfulness, and other topics that none of us can ignore. Editor's recommendation.

Publishers Weekly

From the Publisher

"Bravo! An extremely important book. What Kenneth Cooper did decades ago for exercise and the heart, Ratey does in Spark for exercise and the brain." -Edward Hallowell, MD, The Hallowell Centers

"If your goal is to live a long and healhy life to the fullest, then Spark should be required reading." -Kenneth H. Cooper, MD, MPH, "The Father of Aerobics"

"Ratey has culled the latest science and found that a regular workout can help build a better, faster brain." --USA TODAY

"Spark is mercifully short on Ivy League med-school-speak. And it may just spell the end of all dumb-jock jokes." --Abe Streep, Outside

"At last a book that explains to me why I feel so much better if I run in the morning!"--Dr. Susan M. Love, Dr. Susan Love's Menopause and Hormone Book

"A real turning point that explains something I've been trying to figure out for years, having experienced symptoms of both ADHD and mild depression. Exercise is not simply necessary; as Dr. Ratey clearly shows, it's medicine."-- Greg LeMond, three-time winner of the Tour de France

"SPARK is just what we need--a thoughtful, interesting, scientific treatise on the powerful and positive impact of exercise on the brain. In mental health, exercise is a growth stock and Ratey is our best broker."--Ken Duckworth, MD, Medical Director for the National Alliance on Mental Illness

From the Publisher

"The mission accomplished by this wonderfully empowering book is nothing short of revolutionary."—from the foreword by David Perlmutter, MD, author of Grain Brain

"Essential reading for anyone interested in unleashing the true power of human nature."—Tyler Graham, author of The Happiness Diet

"An exciting read! A fascinating investigation into the power of evolutionary forces in our lives. Illuminating, penetrating, and immensely practical."—Jim Loehr, cofounder of Human Performance Institute and coauthor of The Power of Full Engagement

"A clear, sustained, fast-paced, utterly persuasive argument that much of our current distress and disease is the product of how the activities of regimented modern life estrange us from our biological needs, literally making us ill. It's also about how to live to avoid this distress. Filled with fascinating details, and the palpable joy of the authors who have found a way to break free from these restrictions, it's also inspiring and will influence many to change the way they live for the better."—Norman Doidge, MD, author of The Brain That Changes Itself

PRAISE FOR SPARK

"A real turning point that explains something I've been trying to figure out for years, having experienced symptoms of both ADHD and mild depression. Exercise is not simply necessary; as Dr. Ratey clearly shows, it's medicine."—Greg LeMond, three-time winner of the Tour de France

"SPARK is just what we need—a thoughtful, interesting, scientific treatise on the powerful and positive impact of exercise on the brain. In mental health, exercise is a growth stock and Ratey is our best broker."—Ken Duckworth, MD, Medical Director for the National Alliance on Mental Illness

"If your goal is to live a long and healhy life to the fullest, then Spark should be required reading."—Kenneth H. Cooper, MD, MPH, "The Father of Aerobics"

"Spark is mercifully short on Ivy League med-school-speak. And it may just spell the end of all dumb-jock jokes." —Abe Streep, Outside

"Ratey has culled the latest science and found that a regular workout can help build a better, faster brain."—USA TODAY"At last a book that explains to me why I feel so much better if I run in the morning!"—Dr. Susan M. Love, Dr. Susan Love's Menopause and Hormone Book