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Eat, Drink, & Be Merry

America's Doctor Tells You Why the Health Experts Are Wrong

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1 of 1 copy available

""Help me, Dr. Dean! I want to be healthy, but I just don't know where to turn for advice.""

No wonder. How often have you felt whipsawed by the experts, confused by conflicting advice, or torn with guilt over what you eat, drink, think? Prepare yourself for a shock: You can relax, enjoy life, and still be healthy.

Renowned for candid straight talk on radio and television, Dr. Dean Edell applies his unique common-sense perspective to America's growing obsession with health. Frank and iconoclastic, Dr. Edell walks readers through a lifetime of experience from deep inside the twin worlds of media and medicine. As one of the first media doctors, he knows better than anyone the dangers of distorted medical reporting. With colorful detail, he shows how medical consumers are made neurotic at a time when people are healthier than ever before. Dr. Edell sorts through the morass of research, distinguishing fact from panic-inducing fiction. With trademark humor, grace, and style, he shares with us the essential reassuring facts about our health: you can be fatter than you think; too much exercise might kill you; and yes, sex will add years to your life!

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    • AudioFile Magazine
      Honey, I've got a headache is an excuse that won't cut it anymore after you hear Dr. Dean Edell's latest audiobook on healthy living. Full of helpful--and surprising--tidbits on living well, Dr. Edell keeps listeners engaged with sound medical advice and a friendly approach. Many listeners will recognize him from his numerous television and radio features. With his authoritative yet approachable manner of speaking, it's not hard to see why his advice is embraced by over twenty million Americans. R.A.P. (c) AudioFile 2001, Portland, Maine
    • Publisher's Weekly

      May 3, 1999
      Can this book possibly live up to its subtitle? After all, Edell hosts a national health-related radio talk show and is himself an acknowledged "health expert." Edell does not shatter conventional medical wisdom, but his engaging style and common sense make this an excellent overview of the keys to healthy living. Some of his recommendations--that fad diets don't work or that communication is the key to good sex--won't come as revelations. But he covers an impressive number of bases, including nutrition, fitness, food safety, drugs, alternative medicine, even the quest for happiness. Edell backs up his recommendations with university studies and his personal experiences as a physician. Most chapters include summaries and checklists of the most important information. The result is a book that is both authoritative and user-friendly, mixed with a good dose of humor (the chapter on why sex is good for your health is called "There is a Santa Claus"). In the end, Edell may not prove all the health experts wrong, but he does deliver what he promises in his introduction: "common sense choices and options... always based on science."

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