The Rabbit Effect: Live Longer, Happier, and Healthier with the Groundbreaking Science of Kindness
Language: English
Published by Atria Books, 2019
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Discover an eye-opening and provocative new way to look at our health and what makes us human based on the latest, groundbreaking discoveries in the science of compassion, kindness, and human connection. When Columbia University doctor Dr. Kelli Harding entered medical school and began her clinical practice, she never intended to explore the invisible factors behind our health--but then there were the rabbits. In 1978 Dr. Robert Nerem conducted a study to establish the relationship between high blood cholesterol and heart health. He fed a group of rabbits a high-fat diet. Predictably, they gained weight and their cholesterol values spiked dangerously high but when he looked at their arteries under the microscope, only 40 perfect of the rabbits showed visible heart disease. The other 60 percent weren't at risk for heart attack or stroke. Baffled, he repeated the study with a new group of rabbits; the results were identical. The hidden factor wasn't their diet or their genetics: it was their post-doc. The healthy rabbits were being cared for by a post-doctoral student who would pet, cuddle, and talk to the rabbits while she fed them. That kindness was the difference between a heart attack and a healthy heart. As Dr. Harding explores in this fascinating book, the rabbits were just the beginning of a much larger story. The truth is that the vast majority of our health--up to 90 percent of it--depends on social and environmental factors. In other words, the amount of love you have in your life, kindness you encounter and spread, and support you have from your community has a larger impact on your health than what you eat and how you work out. In The Health Paradox, Dr. Harding tells extraordinary stories from her clinical practice, as she explores just how profoundly love affects our health. With clear and accessible writing, she advocates for a new kind of health care, one based on the science of compassion, kindness, and human connection. A provocative and empowering meditation on what it means to be human, this compelling work will forever change the way we think about health, wellness, and how to live.…
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- Title
- The Rabbit Effect: Live Longer, Happier, and Healthier with the Groundbreaking Science of Kindness
- Author
- Kelli Harding
- Publisher
- Atria Books
- Publication year
- 2019
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Hardback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1501184261
- ISBN 13
- 9781501184260
For all of its rigor and science, medicine is full of stories&;mysteries&;that doctors and research cannot explain. Patients who are biologically healthy, but feel ill. Patients who are biologically ill, but feel healthy. What if these health mysteries could teach us something about what really makes us sick&;and how to be healthy?
When Columbia University doctor Kelli Harding began her clinical practice, she never intended to explore the invisible factors behind our health. But then there were the rabbits. In 1978, a seemingly straightforward experiment designed to establish the relationship between high blood cholesterol and heart health in rabbits discovered that kindness&;in the form of a particularly nurturing post-doc who pet and spoke to the lab rabbits as she fed them&;made the difference between a heart attack and a healthy heart.
As Dr. Kelli Harding reveals in this eye-opening book, the rabbits were just the beginning of a much larger story. Groundbreaking new research shows that love, friendship, community, life&;s purpose, and our environment can have a greater impact on our health than anything that happens in the doctor&;s office. For instance, chronic loneliness can be as unhealthy as smoking a pack of cigarettes a day; napping regularly can decrease one&;s risk of heart disease; and people with purpose are less likely to get sick. Through provocative storytelling and compelling research, Harding presents a new model for you to take charge of your health.
At once paradigm-shifting and empowering, The Rabbit Effect shares a radical new way to think about health, wellness, and how we live.
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"A wonderful demonstration of how our physical health is affected by the kindness we receive--and the kindness we give. Beautifully written and based on really hard science."--Lord Richard Layard, professor, London School of Economics, coauthor of The World Happiness Report
"Dr. Harding weaves together compelling clinical vignettes with fascinating medical evidence. This comprehensive, holistic view of health is critical, much needed, and absolutely convincing."--Arthur J. Barsky, MD, professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
"[A] blockbuster book. . . . Dr. Harding shows us that, by being compassionate, giving, and kind human beings, we can win the great rewards of vitality and longevity. Read this book! It will change your life."--Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD, LFAPA, HonAIA, author of Urban Alchemy: Restoring Joy in America's Sorted-Out Cities
"In this brilliant and delightfully practical book, Dr. Kelli Harding unveils the hidden factors that determine our health and well-being. . . . The Rabbit Effect's radical argument is that the most promising remedies for our biomedical problems will come from the social world, not the doctor's office or pharmaceutical lab."--Eric Klinenberg, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Modern Romance and author of Palaces for the People
"An inspiring, evidence-based and beautifully written exploration of the profound impact that love, connection and kindness have on our health. Harding's book should be required reading for all health practitioners and anyone with an interest in a living a longer, healthier and happier life."--Mark Williamson, PhD, director of Action for Happiness
"This book is fascinating because of Dr. Kelli Harding's unique ability to combine stories with a deep understanding of the scientific foundation of the stories. This is an extremely compelling book, which will entertain, educate, and impact the readers."--Moshe Szyf, PhD, GlaxoSmithKline and James McGill Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics, McGill University Medical School
"It's utterly wonderful. Dr. Harding has reviewed the science on why community matters to individuals' physical and mental health in a truly masterful manner, which will reach both scientific and lay audiences. I learned a great deal."--Laurence Guttmacher, MD, professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Clinical Medical Humanities, and Bioethics at the University of Rochester, School of Medicine & Dentistry
"Dr. Harding knows what our mental health needs. More Kindness! This book has a powerful message for us all--backed by ample research--and woven together with the warmth of an expert clinician."--Drew Ramsey, MD, assistant clinical professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University and author of Eat Complete
"[A]n inspiring guide that will appeal to health enthusiasts fed up with the usual '10-step fitness plan or . . . two-week diet.' . . . Harding's book will leave readers with much to ponder and . . . an encouraging rationale for treating others more kindly."--Publishers Weekly
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