A beautiful memoir of her struggles with Lyme disease and her battle to overcome it, “Starving to Heal in Siberia” by Michelle B. Slater was at times poetic and poignant. However, it is a bit of a junk read for the paucity of actual facts. Anecdotal accounts do nothing but give me the impression of a “mind over matter” placebo effect induced “healing” that the author is primed to chalk up to the miraculous dry fast by her savvy Siberian “doctor” and his family of assistants insist is the world’s best kept secure that she MuST share with others. Accounts of weeks of meditation and mindful eating between nature treks sounds great, but is far removed from the average person’s realm of possibility. Author has a great narrative voice and story flow, which bolstered my rating, but on information alone, I’d rate it 1.5 out of 5 *s.

I loved this book as it has given a lot of scientific support for a lot of things that I have suspected. It is my belief that we weren't built to sit and vegetate.

Thank you NetGalley and Greenleaf Audiobooks, Greenleaf Book Group Press for accepting my request to audibly read and review Starving to Heal in Siberia.

Author: Michelle B. Slater
Published: 09/13/22
Narrator: Carol Jaconanis
Genre: Health, Mind, & Body

This is not a warm and fuzzy feel good book. There is a lot of science; too much science in my opinion.

The author suffered from Lyme Disease and was able through connections of her husband to enter a program in Russia. The program is fasting from food and water for days. While the book does relay some facts and directions, I am uncomfortable recommending any part of the book.

The book itself reads like an infomercial.

Thank you NetGalley, Greenleaf Audiobooks, and Greenleaf Book Group Press for the opportunity to listen to this advanced audiobook. This is Michelle Slaters story of her personal journey of full recovery from Lyme Disease. I found this story so intriguing.

"Starving to Heal in Siberia" written by Michelle B. Slater 📚 5 🌟

I found this book groundbreaking. I have always been passionate about gut health and how to restore our health without the help of pharma. We all have heard of term fasting but have you heard of dry fasting? I was so intrigued by this book and found it ever so helpful.

Michelle Slater shares her personal journey of full recovery from Lyme disease. She was bed bound, suffering and battling for so many years and had plans for assisted suicide.

Michelle found a radical alternative treatment of compkete cellular rejuvenation by the world's leading expert on dry fasting. Needless to say she didn't miss this opportunity and flew to Siberia to give it a chance.

Acording to Michelle Slater dry fasting has the ability to heal any disease of the human body. I would recommend everyone to read or listen to this book and keep an open mind that our bodies can be healed.

Massive thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC audio opportunity!