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Minimally Invasive Information

Reviewed: 04-20-25

First off, it would be nice if they could have hired a narrator who could pronounce atherosclerosis and cholesterol properly. Other than that, the information presented was ok nothing earth shaking. Certainly not the level of insight I had expected from Dr. Barrett from reading his substack. Perhaps he is better in short form than long form. There are better books on this topic.

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Bias on Display

Reviewed: 03-02-23

Mr. Harford warns about bias and yet he displays it with his hatred to Donald Trump and Climate "Denialism". He may be too blinkered to realize how incendiary the term "denialism" is. Personally equating a difference in interpretation of data in the same breath as denying the Holocaust is disgusting. What he perhaps doesn't realize is "deniers" like Bjorn Lomborg may actually agree that the climate is warming to some degree and manmade activities affect this to some degree but it is clearly unknown what the overall effects will be 100 years from now. It is possible warmer temperatures will increase crop yields. Furthermore, the solution to what to do about is also not cut and dried. Funny how all the climate activists seem to think big government and higher taxes is the answer. One thing Mr. Harford could answer is why were temperatures around the globe much higher in the 1930s than the 1970s? Could it be that climate cycles can override human produced climate change?

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Thoroughly Enjoyable

Reviewed: 12-07-22

Klevan at the top of his craft. Some truly great characters. Liked this one better than the first which was excellent as well.

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Very Well Done and fair Arab Perspective

Reviewed: 01-08-22

I assume this was meant as an even handed treatment as it had the imprimatur of the wonderful narration of Harry Reasoner. However, the pro-Arab, anti-Israel bias is obvious. As someone who is pro Israel, I have to admit that I did learn some things that I will research to see if they were true and in proper context. So overall a relatively fair treatment from the Arab perspective. I also was stunned by the Roosevelt quote as to why he did not want to take in Jews during WWII. This is what a true racist looks like. Now we know the internment of the Japanese was not Roosevelt's only racist act during WWII. This one resulted in 300,000 dead Jews who could have been saved. Shame.

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SO FAR SO GOOD

Reviewed: 04-26-21

Very interesting and informative so far My main quibble is the narrator although very good doesn't the proper pronunciation of Jerry Grote and Felix Millan. Come on man!

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A Classic

Reviewed: 01-03-20

A must listen to not only for the philosophy but for the proof of the philosophy in Frankl's story.

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WELL WORTH THE TIME

Reviewed: 01-02-20

The length is its strength. Very well written book - goes into the personalities behind the basic story. I enjoyed every minute of this book. It was very informative and obviously well researched and comprehensive account of the history of the Atomic Bomb.

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VERY INTERESTING BOOK

Reviewed: 01-02-20

Although there are better books on the topic (by Satchin Panda and Michael Breus), this book was short and to the point and a very good read, especially if you are a fan of the author.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Reviewed: 01-02-20

Regardless of your health issue, Dr. Cole makes a persuasive case, that you can benefit from reducing your inflammation. Dr. Cole gives simple (but not easy) directions to conduct an elimination diet to determine what foods may and may not be right for you.

He touches on lifestyle issues such as exercise, stress and sleep but is not prescriptive in these areas. To me this does not detract from this book. Dr. Cole focuses on the main source of inflammation in the West and that is diet.

I normally like hearing from the author. While Dr. Cole's read was not terrible, you could tell he was uncomfortable and a bit stilted. I had to listen to it at 1.5 speed just so it would annoy me less. I would not let you deter this from getting the audio book. However, if Dr. Cole happens to read this - please get a professional for your next book. I would rather hear from the author if the author can pull it off, this was not the case here.

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Very Thorough

Reviewed: 12-27-19

Very well written - flowed well throughout and did not drag despite the large size. Well worth the read. My one nitpick is that Mukherjee totally passes on the Progressive Margaret Sanger (Planned Parenthood) and her racist reasons for wanting minority abortions. Mukherjee wasn't hesitant to be critical (albeit mildly) of George W. Bush for his restriction of embryonic stem cell research. Overall a great book not infused with left wing ideology other than previously mentioned. Well worth the read.

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