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Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
- The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping - Now Revised and Updated
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 17 hrs and 16 mins
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Summary
Now in a third edition, Robert M. Sapolsky's acclaimed and successful Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers features new chapters on how stress affects sleep and addiction, as well as new insights into anxiety and personality disorder and the impact of spirituality on managing stress.
As Sapolsky explains, most of us do not lie awake at night worrying about whether we have leprosy or malaria. Instead, the diseases we fear - and the ones that plague us now - are illnesses brought on by the slow accumulation of damage, such as heart disease and cancer. When we worry or experience stress, our body turns on the same physiological responses that an animal's does, but we do not resolve conflict in the same way - through fighting or fleeing. Over time, this activation of a stress response makes us literally sick. Combining cutting-edge research with a healthy dose of good humor and practical advice, Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers explains how prolonged stress causes or intensifies a range of physical and mental afflictions, including depression, ulcers, colitis, heart disease, and more. It also provides essential guidance to controlling our stress responses. This new edition promises to be the most comprehensive and engaging one yet.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
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- T R
- 31-05-15
Loads of info
Well narrated, funny in places with loads of good info. I'll summarise for you; relax, don't sweat the small stuff, make friends, make love, exercised regularly and don't eat crap.
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- stewhw
- 19-06-17
very informative
highly entertaining, jargon free and potentially a life changer.. I would recommend this book to anyone!
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- Anonymous User
- 23-01-23
Hard to listen to
Due to the lector who decided to lower the volume to 20% towards the end of most sentences, listening to this in a car was challenging at best. It drove me nuts that I had to up the volume significantly to have most of the content roaring and some to be barely catchable. Annoying. Great book tho, very informative
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- Helena
- 18-06-17
Absolutely Brilliant!
Brilliant book! Accurate, scientific, balanced. Very interesting, educational and insightful! Well read too, the person narrating the book is channeling Sapolsky really well.
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- Amazon Customer
- 09-06-17
Awesome
A great audiobook full facts drawn from interesting studies and delivered in a captivating style.
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- Paul McCullough
- 31-08-16
Amazing book. highly scientific.
Sapolsky is a fantastic teacher, in this book he gives an excellent map of a stress territory, it explains many aspects of our daily life in how to cope with it.
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- Jane
- 05-01-15
Interesting Stuff
Wow, interesting if a little depressing at points. But I'm now definitely better informed about glucocorticoids! Didn't enjoy the narration.
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- Nicole
- 12-02-24
Mind blowing.
Extremely interesting and informative book. With an engaging narrator. There’s so much going on that I’ll have to re listen a few times to really appreciate it all.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-01-24
entertaining and illuminating
terrific content, great narration make for easy to follow and engage with book. Great
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- Anonymous User
- 07-01-24
Too long for no good reason
At least 60% is fluff. Information that's not actionable or insightful. Could have been much shorter.
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