THE BOOK OF LYMPH by Lisa Levitt Gainsley, read by Jean Ann Douglass - audiobook extract

04/28/21 • 5 min

The Book of Lymph will give you quick, easy and therapeutic lymph-optimisation strategies, using the simple healing magic of your own touch. The lymphatic system is the body's first line of defence against illness and is responsible for ridding the body of toxins, waste and other unwanted materials. When it's not functioning well, it's easy to see and feel the bloat, puffiness and general malaise it causes. Lisa Levitt Gainsley combines her 25 years of experience as a lymph specialist with scientific know-how to show us how lymphatic treatment is the missing link to our most common health woes. She shows us how lymphatic drainage can provide us with pain relief, inflammation reduction, weight loss, brighter skin and generally better health. From three-to-five-minute massage sequences to backed-up research into the effectiveness of lymphatic drainage, The Book of Lymph will put you on the path to taking control of how you feel, reducing bloating and puffiness independently. The first book of its kind, The Book of Lymph will help you to live a pain-free life. 'Well-functioning lymphatic drainage is the key to great, clear, glowing skin.' - Vogue 'I am so grateful Lisa is sharing her wisdom and techniques with us. Truly a life-changing and enhancing method.' - Selma Blair, Actress 'Lisa's lymphatic self-massage techniques have changed my life and my body dramatically - specifically by reducing chronic pain symptoms and helping to balance out my hormones.' - Jessica Zanotti 'I am beyond thrilled for the world to get a dose of Lisa's kind and gentle, but powerful and life-changing knowledge and be equipped to try some of it out on their own bodies.' - Freida Pinto, Actress

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METABOLICAL by Robert Lustig, read by Charles Constant - audiobook extract

It's not what you eat that's damaging your health it's how that food is 'made'. The truth behind ultra-processed food that the food industry doesn't want you to know. Did you know that 62 per cent of the food in our supermarkets is not only processed but 'ultra-processed' (ingredients from other foods are combined to make something 'new', often in colours that do not exist in nature) and that data shows that by eating this kind of food over time we are literally slowly poisoning ourselves? In the hard-hitting, ground-breaking tradition of his NY Times best seller Fat Chance, which revealed the dangers of sugar, Dr Robert Lustig persuasively presents a stark exposé of how our addiction to processed foods (aided and abetted by the food industry, big ag, big pharma, institutional medicine and the government) is behind the lethal increase in major non-communicable diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, fatty liver disease, cancer and dementia. We have come to accept that these chronic diseases are simply part of the 'natural ageing process', but Dr Lustig makes the case that this is simply not true. The solution on both a personal and societal level is a return to unprocessed food and Dr Lustig offers a doable plan for us to heal and restore our own health and wellbeing with real food, and in the process boosting our immunity to viruses like Covid-19.