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In other words, wheat—along with rye and barley, which share the same gliadin protein structure—are potent appetite stimulants with other mind-altering effects. But, if you've read anything by Kay, you know that even when the subject matter is horrific or sad, he is very, very funny. The humour is often on the raunchy side here, but there are also moments of raw honesty. He puts it this way: "I've never thought of those two theatre masks as comedy and tragedy, more as how I present myself on stage versus how I actually feel." The structure of the book makes it very easy and even addictive to read. And, like in his children's books, there are some fun running gags: his made-up metaphor "like a wolf on a panini," and faking an anglicisation "replace-all"-gone-wrong to turn participants into "particitrousers." Ben did the most spectacular job, he’s a national treasure. He can dance between comedy and drama and brings huge warmth to a character who is deliberately written as not always behaving the best under the circumstances he is in. If you were casting yourself, why wouldn’t you choose someone as handsome as Ben Whishaw? But if it wasn’t Ben, I suspect the answer I’m supposed to give is … Jonathan Ross.

At the end of the book, reflecting on it, I enjoyed it more than I did actually reading it. That's the second time in a row I've had that experience - yesterday it was with Sorry For Your Loss: What Working with the Dead Taught Me About Life so I can't tell if it's the books or me! If you enjoyed This is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor you might enjoy this one. It's quite different, a whole lot more introspective, and much less episodic. Enjoyable, without a doubt. As someone who has suffered more from modern medicine than the illnesses it was used to treat, this is a must-read for everyone in the USA. Fructose follows a different set of rules. Ingested as, say, the high-fructose corn syrup in a soft drink or ketchup, it provokes the glycation reaction even without raising blood sugar, a stealth reaction that is difficult to detect. Even without the immediate rise in blood sugar, fructation—glycation by fructose—is eight- to tenfold worse than glycation by glucose. 32 And as with glucose-induced glycation, it is also irreversible.

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It’s a major roll of the dice asking for medical advice, I’ve been out of the game a long time. All you would get are half-remembered semi-facts. And people are always disappointed when they ask about Ben Whishaw because he’s such a lovely man I can’t offer anything approaching a juicy anecdote. I was super excited to dive into this book because This Is Going to Hurt remains one of my favourite non fiction books of all time. While I still really liked this one, it definitely wasn’t what I was expecting. The Health Care Cost Institute launched guroo.com , which lists prices charged by hospitals, allowing people to shop for better prices. The Healthcare Bluebook ( healthcarebluebook.com ) has launched a similar effort. Emboldened by findings such as those from the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, policy efforts to control healthcare expenditures while improving outcomes are likely to emerge. You’re made health secretary tomorrow. Truss won’t give you any more money. What’s the very first thing you will do? I work cleaning on hospital wards and see doctors who are so young. Should they go later into the profession after doing different jobs? I feel they’re unapproachable because being a doctor is all they’ve done.

He points out multiple times that the value of his advice comes from taking all of it at once, and not in some hodgepodge fashion. All or nothing, he says, because the positive outcomes are a result of the synergy of all the suggestions taken together, not in any one or two singly applied. Diabetes and much of heart disease are caused by a poor diet, yet we spend the rest of our lives on an expensive medication.This isn't the first book that discusses the unholy alliance between many in the medical community and the pharmaceutical industry. While I don't agree that no carbs are the way to go I do believe that the standard Western diet is responsible for the abominable state oh health in this country. Four stars because the content was good, but the style was not as professional as I would like. I already believe in the power of grain-free living, ketogenic diets, zero sugar, etc. I want others to discover this material and try it for themselves, and I am always looking for great beginner-friendly books to share with others if they ask for recommendations. I want to recommend this book but I have reservations due to the hyperbole and over-the-top convictions Dr. Davis shares. Too much conviction comes across as biased, and this book loses credibility in my eyes by being so focused on grains being the cause of every problem every known. He’s a proper national treasure. There are millions of people who now presumably think that I look like Ben Whishaw too, and I’m absolutely happy with that!’ he laughs.