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by Gabor Mat?

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By the acclaimed author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts, a groundbreaking investigation into the causes of illness, a bracing critique of how our society breeds disease, and a pathway to health and healing.In this revolutionary book, renowned physician Gabor Mat? eloquently dissects how in Western countries that pride themselves on their healthcare systems, chronic illness and general ill health are on the rise. Nearly 70 percent of Americans are on at least one prescription drug; more than half take two. In Canada, every fifth person has high blood pressure. In Europe, hypertension is diagnosed in more than 30 percent of the population. And everywhere, adolescent mental illness is on the rise. So what is really ?normal? when it comes to health?Over four decades of clinical experience, Mat? has come to recognize the prevailing understanding of ?normal? as false, neglecting the roles that trauma and stress, and the pressures of modern-day living, exert on our bodies and our minds at

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