The Pleasure Trap or Workouts for Dummies

The Pleasure Trap

Author: Doug Lisl

The authors offer unique insights into the factors that make us susceptible to dietary and lifestyle excesses ad present ways to restore the biological processes designed by nature to keep us running at maximum efficiency and vitaltiy.

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgements	viii
	Foreword	ix
Chapter 1	Telling the Truth: Understanding health and happiness	3
Chapter 2	The Biological Purpose of Life: The motivational triad and the moods of happiness	7
Chapter 3	The Pleasure Trap: The rewards of pleasure; "magic buttons"	17
Chapter 4	The Miracle and Madness of Modern Medicine: The role of pain; the healing goal	25
Chapter 5	The Evolution of Diet: Modern civilization and the "Diseases of Kings"	41
Chapter 6	Looking for Health in All the Wrong Places: Mental biases; health by subtraction	51
Chapter 7	Losing Weight Without Losing Your Mind: The law of satiation; "yowel" circuits, "skinny" genes	63
Chapter 8	Magic Food: The dietary pleasure trap; rate your diet and lifestyle	83
Chapter 9	Getting Along Without Going Along: The Milgram experiment; preparing for integrity	95
Chapter 10	The Path of Least Resistance: Steps to a healthy life	109
Chapter 11	Environmental Revolution: A relentless advance; diet and cancer	119
Chapter 12	Let There Be Light: The need for sleep	143
Chapter 13	Heartbreak Hotel: The happiness strategy	153
Chapter 14	The Myths of Moderation: Breaking free	163
Chapter 15	Fasting Can Save Your Life: Escaping the pleasure trap	173
Chapter 16	"Show Me the Data" Removing the cause	187
Chapter 17	True North: The road home	203
	Appendices
	Sample daily menu	210
	Endnotes	211
	References	218
	Index	224

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Workouts for Dummies

Author: Tamilee Webb

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