Meat isn't a cure for anything. It is the cause of many health problems. I find it hard to believe that a book like this is written these days.

I did not like this book

The book provides guidance on meditation from focusing on an object in the room that you’ve seen dozens of times and then sitting for 20 minutes and writing everything negative down and doing it for seven days.It also focuses on loneliness,This book is well written, easy to understand. Doctors often overlook these relationships even though they must have learned these facts in medical school. Very good information that a lot of people could greatly benefit from.

Do you have metabolic syndrome, caused by insulin swings? Feeling depressed, stressed, unable to cope, or overweight? Is your mental and physical health under siege?

Dr. Altshuler wants you to consider a change in diet (to meat and fish only), stress-reducing exercises, and a lifestyle that is continually renewed by nature and healthier thinking. He makes it easy with practical suggestions.

I found this worth reading. I'll try some of the suggestions - and some of them may not be as good a fit. Certainly, it's worth a month of two of experimenting to see if this method will produce awareness of what makes me function well and think positively. You in the same boat? Pick up a copy today.

I literally have no idea where to even start with this short book. At best, it was a complete waste of time. At worst, some of the advice was downright dangerous.

First of all, his recommended diet is ALL MEAT to solve all of his problems. This is terrible advice. High meat/protein diets have been linked to cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's, etc, whereas healthy grains, fruits and veggies and other antioxidant rich foods help to decrease their incidence. This is fairly standard knowledge and the advice to completely eliminate them and eat just meat, is ridiculous and dangerous.

Second, he claims that you have to have a genetic predisposition to "get sick with depression/anxiety"...Seriously. While those with genetic predispositions may be more likely to get depressed or anxious by certain circumstances, I think we can safely say that it is simply not true that some people are completely resistant to depression and anxiety. Moreover, circumstance and upbringing/environment may have a larger affect for many than predisposition. Also, not everyone who is stressed overeats or is overweight, like he indicates.

Third, the writing is awful. Grammar and spelling errors are found throughout while the data is very much that of opinion with no scientific backing.

He claims it is "proven true a billion times." that you will gain weight back if you are just trying to lose weight.

The author has obviously exaggerated here and has no science to back up this happening "a billion times" which really questions how much of the book is ill informed and exaggerated. He also elaborates how nature can hear you and advises to talk to the sun, moon stars, mountains, etc since they will listen to you and give advice back....Seriously, I'm not even making this stuff up. It goes on in a similar manner, but I think that gives a pretty good idea of what is included.

A broken clock is still right twice a day and likewise, his opinion that food affects quality of life does hold true to me, but beyond his believe that sugar is bad (which I can safely agree with), the rest of his diet related opinions seem ludicrous.

Thank you NetGallley and BooksGoSocial for letting me read this for an honest review.

My first time reading Dr Leonid Altshuler MD.

A short read, interesting. I might check his other books on mental health.

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