The Disease Delusion by Jeffrey S. Bland

Bland is known as the 'father of functional medicine,' and over the past thirty-five years has taught more than 100,000 health-care practitioners around the globe. 'Filled with solid science, fascinating medical detective stories, and practical tips, this powerful book can save your life.'ĭr.

'What the personal computer revolution did for old-fashioned mainframe computing-empowering us all-is what functional medicine is doing for healthcare and if there is a Steve Jobs of functional medicine, it is Jeffrey Bland-visionary, innovative, and perennially two steps ahead.' I wish I had found it while I was in medical school myself.' Bland's book should be a textbook in medical schools all over the world. 'The godfather of functional medicine elegantly explains the core tools to overcome the chronic ailments of modern society.' Bland offers achievable, science-based solutions that can alleviate these common conditions and offers a roadmap for a lifetime of wellness. Outlining the reasons why we suffer chronic diseases from asthma and diabetes to obesity, arthritis and cancer to a host of other ailments, Dr. While advances in modern science have nearly doubled our lifespans in only four generations, our quality of life has not reached its full potential. Bland explains what Functional Medicine is and what it can do for you. Worse, only treating symptoms leads us down the path of further illness. Managing chronic diseases accounts for three quarters of our total healthcare costs, because we're masking these illnesses with pills and temporary treatments, rather than addressing their underlying causes, he argues. Jeffrey Bland has been on the cutting edge of Functional Medicine, which seeks to pinpoint and prevent the cause of illness, rather than treat its symptoms. Bland's book is indispensable for anyone determined to live long and well.įor decades, Dr. Jeffrey Bland leverages a lifetime on the cutting edge of research and practice to create a road map to good health by helping us understand our bodies' fundamental processes and the root causes of chronic illness.Ĭomplete with self-evaluation questionnaires and sample meal plans, and supported by the most recent advances in health science, Dr.

In The Disease Delusion, we learn how we can fundamentally change how we perceive illness and approach a cure.ĭr. Yet instead of identifying, preventing, and addressing their underlying causes, we're managing symptoms of these illnesses with pills and temporary remedies. Treatment of chronic diseases-diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, dementia, and many others-is responsible for 78 percent of total health-care costs in the United States.

The Disease Delusion by Jeffrey S. Bland