https://padlet.com/jtmcgarity/lwu3f490d9b2 Requirements: Title Abstract summary (8 sentence min) 1 relevant pictures or video media (not of the book ) Personal opinion: Either recommend this book to a peer and explain why it is worthy OR discount this book and explain why it is NOT worthy (5 sentence min.) en-us 2018-01-12 02:11:11 UTC 2023-02-28 12:30:31 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/jtmcgarity/lwu3f490d9b2/wish/221003010 This book talks about how the foods you eat affect you chances for diseases. Dr. Greger focuses on how meat-based diets have an increased risk for developing diseases like cancer, heart disease and even mental afflictions. He states in several accounts that plant based foods are better for you. He backs all of this up with evidence, and a lot of it. He talks about why this knowledge is not well known. He talks about several problems with several food industries that cause these diseases, such as how cows are forced into cannibalism. This book makes you want to be a vegan, and it's not even talking about the actual processes in the food industry. This book is great. I would indeed recommend it to another person. This book is full of haunting info. It really opens your eyes to what's going on in your body and the world. I don't want to eat meat after this, but sadly don't have much control over what I eat with family. This should be something more people read.]]> 2018-01-12 15:27:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jtmcgarity/lwu3f490d9b2/wish/221003010 https://padlet.com/jtmcgarity/lwu3f490d9b2/wish/221003121 This book tells the reader how they can take charge of their own destiny by rejecting the view that their life is set in stone based on their genes. Dr. Lipton gives example are example of how your environment and how you react with it shapes you as a person, and how genes are just a starting pointing. Dr. Lipton wants the read to understand how much of an influence you have on not only yourself by placing yourself in the right environment but also those around you. One example of how the environment has molded the life of an individual is Tiger Woods, who´s father would send to golf practice and camps constantly, shaping his career. I would recommend this book to anyone who feels as though they are confined to the genetic hand they have been dealt, Dr. Lipton truly expresses how life is in your own hands even to the microscopic level, explaining how even the nucleolus of a cell, which holds all of its genetic information is not the one interacting with and being molded by the environment but rather the  cell´s membrane which is constantly exposed to it.]]> 2018-01-12 15:27:25 UTC https://padlet.com/jtmcgarity/lwu3f490d9b2/wish/221003121 https://padlet.com/jtmcgarity/lwu3f490d9b2/wish/221004414 This book has a major focus on how simply having a healthy lifestyle  can lower you risk of numerous diseases.  This healthy lifestyle involves better eating and physical activity.  The book makes a primary statement of eating plant based foods.  Having a plant based diet is involved in each chapter throughout the book.  Greger depicts the harm animal based food products contain.  Choosing a healthy lifestyle is never too late.  Eating plant foods can prevent, reduce, and even reverse your risk of disease.  This book continues to tell of how certain foods can improve certain stimulus in your body. Learn how to reduce your risks and lengthen your lifespan just through eating]]> 2018-01-12 15:30:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jtmcgarity/lwu3f490d9b2/wish/221004414 https://padlet.com/jtmcgarity/lwu3f490d9b2/wish/221008412 This is a weird book, not saying it's bad or good. It includes several topics that includes current research and anecdotal experiences to make it more relatable . The author also makes sure to explain anything he talks that may be remotely confusing until it becomes easy to understand and read. He does this by comparing the topic to something else that has been heard before.  Research is also backed up by citations and you may find his own research in the text. You can also tell the author really cared about the topic he is covering through the introduction and life he had. The flow of the book is good. It doesn't seem to leave a lot of times of how I got here, because he interconnect what he talks about. In my opinion, I think this is a book worth reading. This is a book that challenges your beliefs and that can be great even if your beliefs aren't changed, because you still experienced the argument. This book explains the other side of the argument with actual research. It can help you see what you never thought was there. This book covers topic such as cell, biology, medicine, etc.]]> 2018-01-12 15:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/jtmcgarity/lwu3f490d9b2/wish/221008412 https://padlet.com/jtmcgarity/lwu3f490d9b2/wish/221011271 I would recommend reading this book no matter your eating habits. "How Not to Die" is an eye opening book that shows all of the risks you undertake daily without even knowing it. Learn how to help yourself by simply eating healthier. Find out what foods are good for you that you had no idea had any affect on your health. You will also read what foods are said to be healthy but end up harming you and increasing your risk of disease.]]> 2018-01-12 15:43:36 UTC https://padlet.com/jtmcgarity/lwu3f490d9b2/wish/221011271 https://padlet.com/jtmcgarity/lwu3f490d9b2/wish/221011674 This book is very informative however if you are not very interested in science this may be a hard read. There are very interesting things in this book but you have to search through all the difficult science talk in some points. At some points you will sit there and ask "who is he to make such claims" however I can assure you he is backed up by evidence and he is well qualified. I would recommend this book to someone who is like me and not very big on scientific journals and discoveries however I would recommend you start as early as possible. If you are interested in finding ways to change your eating habits this book is for you !]]> 2018-01-12 15:44:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jtmcgarity/lwu3f490d9b2/wish/221011674 https://padlet.com/jtmcgarity/lwu3f490d9b2/wish/221012970

]]> 2018-01-12 15:46:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jtmcgarity/lwu3f490d9b2/wish/221012970 https://padlet.com/jtmcgarity/lwu3f490d9b2/wish/221013177 2018-01-12 15:47:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jtmcgarity/lwu3f490d9b2/wish/221013177 https://padlet.com/jtmcgarity/lwu3f490d9b2/wish/221016636 This book is a comprehensive analysis on the diets of modern humans and how it truly effects your health. Although we have been told for years that things like meat, milk, and poultry are healthy, it is exactly the opposite. The book repeatedly showed how meat and dairy does affect you negatively, and even how plants can reverse that. This is amazing because I previously thought meat was good for you.

]]> 2018-01-12 15:55:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jtmcgarity/lwu3f490d9b2/wish/221016636 https://padlet.com/jtmcgarity/lwu3f490d9b2/wish/221023930 This book is concise and interesting. It discuss the the smart cells and why and how they can teach us so much about our own minds and bodies. It talked about how the environment influences the behavior of cells without changing the genetic code. It also talked about the conscious parenting. Parents need to understand the role they play in programming their children's lives. This also analyze and states the main points that form the ideas of biology.]]> 2018-01-12 16:11:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jtmcgarity/lwu3f490d9b2/wish/221023930