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Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping
Robert M. Sapolsky
4.05 AVERAGE
288 reviews for:
Why Zebras Don't Get Ulcers: The Acclaimed Guide to Stress, Stress-Related Diseases, and Coping
Robert M. Sapolsky
4.05 AVERAGE
There were a few weird Woody Allen quotes, but overall this book was a comprehensive and accessible look at the pathophysiology of stress related illness.
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The author is nice and funny. He explains the biology and anatomy very well. Too well. I had to stop because I was creating stressors by learning too much. Stopped reading and will stick to ignorance is bliss for this aspect of my life! :)
I looooove Robert Sapolsky. He is my hero. I really can’t understand how he can be so incredibly smart and charismatic at the same time. This book actually picks up quite a complex topic and Robert sapolsky manages to convey it in an incredibly interesting and even funny way. He goes in depth with a lot of biological functions but also chews it up for simple people not from the field to understand and to even want to know more.
Love Dr. Sapolsky's lectures, so, getting a 450 page book version was just awesome. Had quite a paradigm shift on my views of how dangerous chronic stress is as a result of reading this book. Should be required reading for anyone over 25.
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Published in '98 this book spends a good amount of time dedicated to explaining how stress causes diseases - well written examples and explanations you might still enjoy reading. I would like to see more pages like the last chapter that deal with how to reduce the stress; but still enough material here to get you thinking even after 22 years.
There's some really interesting stuff in here about the studies that have been done on stress and its effect on health. At times it was too technical for me and I found myself a little lost in the unfamiliar jargon. Also laughed out loud at the "it's all farming's fault" argument that showed up at the end. In college I took a class on population health which focused a lot on stress, which is summarized in [b:Population Health in America|49570678|Population Health in America|Robert A. Hummer|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1563393119l/49570678._SX50_SY75_.jpg|72169506] (by the professor) so I felt that that section was a little incomplete, but I really enjoyed the individual level descriptions here.
3.5 stars, rounding up. This was a fairly easy book to follow. The author was engaging and had interesting stories to tell. A lot of what I got in this book wasn't news to me, but it didn't bother me because it was still framed in ways that were interesting and talked about the specifics of studies that backed the claims. Some of the language used was strange and US-centric and seemed unaware of this problem. There were also a few things, like referring to our current "post-9/11" world that aged it. Overall, though, it's a very interesting look at the neuroscience behind stress and mental health.