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Summary: Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
Review: Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers written by Robert M. Sapolsky is a book about stress cause and effect, stress-related diseases and coping. Now that was a mouthful, but the book is meant, I believe for medical professionals to understand what really happens to people when daily life closes in and takes hold of your life. Saying this, I do NOT want to scare away potential lay readers in that if you read this book not only will you recognize stress, but you'll know why stress is there and the mechanisms that cause and control stress.What happens, physiologically, to people over time as stress builds-up is delt with in this book, as first-rate science shows ways to reduce stress. I found the book to contain a lot of information about hormones that affect you brain and deals with depression and emotional termoil; giving the reader tools to effectively manage stress. The lay reading public might find that this book to be a little over their head with medical terms, but the skills for management of stress and the causal effect are easily understood by everyone. The author has studied patterns of stress-related physiology and diseases among wild baboons in Kenya and has brought this knowledge to effective correlation in this book. As you read this book, you will have the unusual opportunity to learn how to manage stress effectively in your life... thus living longer and more healthy. The author's writing style is easily read and not overbearing, as you understand more about stress in your life. The book can be rather stimulating, as science books go for the nonscientist, but also, you'll find that it conveys an excitement, making the subject matter interesting and accesible. A love for science is not needed for reading this book, but it helps.
Rating:
Summary: Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers
Review: Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers written by Robert M. Sapolsky is a book about stress cause and effect, stress-related diseases and coping. Now that was a mouthful, but the book is meant, I believe for medical professionals to understand what really happens to people when daily life closes in and takes hold of your life. Saying this, I do NOT want to scare away potential lay readers in that if you read this book not only will you recognize stress, but you'll know why stress is there and the mechanisms that cause and control stress. What happens, physiologically, to people over time as stress builds-up is delt with in this book, as first-rate science shows ways to reduce stress. I found the book to contain a lot of information about hormones that affect you brain and deals with depression and emotional termoil; giving the reader tools to effectively manage stress. The lay reading public might find that this book to be a little over their head with medical terms, but the skills for management of stress and the causal effect are easily understood by everyone. The author has studied patterns of stress-related physiology and diseases among wild baboons in Kenya and has brought this knowledge to effective correlation in this book. As you read this book, you will have the unusual opportunity to learn how to manage stress effectively in your life... thus living longer and more healthy. The author's writing style is easily read and not overbearing, as you understand more about stress in your life. The book can be rather stimulating, as science books go for the nonscientist, but also, you'll find that it conveys an excitement, making the subject matter interesting and accesible. A love for science is not needed for reading this book, but it helps.
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