A physician notes on his journey into running. He answers questions new people would naturally ask and backs it up with research. He could save you a few dollars perhaps because some things we were told didn't pan out in the research even though they sounded good. He answers the question of why the Kenyans are so fast. (I always wondered that too.) He talks about carbs, but not insulin. I was a little surprised about that. All in all a good listen. I would almost always rather hear the author read their own words, but the narrator was clear. Enunciated well. This is written in journaling form so it has mundane parts, but that's pretty realistic too. Although slow at times I did learn new things.

Format: audiobook
Author: Brodie Ramin, MD ~ Title: The Perfect Medicine ~ Narrator: Nathan Agin
Content: 3.5 stars ~ Narration: 4.5 stars

The Perfect Medicine reads like a memoir. The author is a devoted runner, but also a medical doctor. We learn a lot about his personal experiences, history, and scientifically based facts about running.

I would say that those who didn’t start yet and would like to run will benefit the most from this audiobook. It contains a lot of information on how running improves health and how sometimes it can be a substitute for medication. Narrator Nathan Agin did an excellent job. It feels like the author himself is reading the book.

Thanks to the OrangeSky Audio for the ARC and the opportunity to listen to this! All opinions are my own.

I'm a firm believer that any runner who wants to improve needs to read and study the art of running, not just practice it. The Perfect Medicine lays out why you should keep running along with the multitude of benefits of running.

I could have done without the first chapter on the "evolution", and think that you'd get more readers without that section as that's not what they are reading the book for, and there are many like myself who are creationists and don't believe the theory.

The best part of the book to me is that Brodie is a runner himself and gives a great account of his training for some races and how it has changed him for the better over the years. Its also very interesting to think of the countries that push running and exercise over pills. We'd all be better off following the advice in this book!

I'd definitely recommend this book to a friend.

This was great fun to read -- very motivating and informative.


Review copy provided by publisher.