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A bold new vision for optimizing our health now and in the future

What if depression, anxiety, infertility, insomnia, heart disease, erectile dysfunction, type 2 diabetes, Alzheimer’s, dementia, cancer and many other health conditions that torture and shorten our lives actually have the same root cause?
    Our ability to prevent and reverse these conditions - and feel incredible today -  is under our control and simpler than we think. The key is our metabolic function - the most important and least understood factor in our overall health. As Dr. Casey Means explains in this groundbreaking book, nearly every health problem we face can be explained by how well the cells in our body create and use energy. To live free from frustrating symptoms and life-threatening disease, we need our cells to be optimally powered so that they can create “good energy,” the essential fuel that impacts every aspect of our physical and mental wellbeing.
   If you are battling minor signals of “bad energy” inside your body, it is often a warning sign that more life-threatening illness may emerge later in life. But here’s the good news: for the first time ever, we can monitor our metabolic health in great detail and learn how to improve it ourselves.
    Weaving together cutting-edge research and personal stories, as well as groundbreaking data from the health technology company Dr. Means founded, Good Energy offers an essential four-week plan and explains:

The five biomarkers that determine your risk for a deadly disease.How to use inexpensive tools and technology to “see inside your body” and take action.Why dietary philosophies are designed to confuse us, and six lifelong food principles you can implement whether you’re carnivore or vegan.The crucial links between sleep, circadian rhythm, and metabolismA new framework for exercise focused on building simple movement into everyday activitiesHow cold and heat exposure helps build our body’s resilienceSteps to navigate the medical system to get what you need for optimal health
   Good Energy offers a new, cutting-edge understanding of the true cause of illness that until now has remained hidden.  It will help you optimize your ability to live well and stay well at every age.

From the Publisher

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Avery (May 14, 2024)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0593712641
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593712641
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.4 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.22 x 1.37 x 9.27 inches
Reviewer: Tui
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: So much actionable info! Easy to follow. This doc will change the world.
Review: This book is amazing. The author is extremely clear with what she believes and why, with all of it being backed by data. It has an entire chapter dedicated to actionable steps you can take to improve your health, and a chapter of recipes. Most books like this are not as clear cut about starting a "plan" or taking steps to change but she really believes everybody can take these steps and start somewhere which is why she wanted it to be so actionable while reading. This is such a steal for $20!!! She and her brother are going to change the medical game.

Reviewer: JMN
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Important Information
Review: I am still reading this and really learning a lot from this book. It addresses how important good food is to maintain good health. I'd much rather adjust my eating than to pop pills for certain ailments. Good read, easy to understand, and knowledge everyone should have.

Reviewer: Debs Stuff
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Best book ever! So much information and so easy to read!
Review: I am so enjoying this book! Sent the audio version to my daughter, she is loving it too! I bought the hard copy and the kindle version.This is a must read!I am 70 and have watched fads come and go for decades. I noticed in my 50s doctors started saying “at your age… bla bla bla, maybe this prescription is a good idea..” just about every year a new suggested prescription. Hormones, statins, then fosomax and last year prolia for osteoporosis. I have been on a supplement for a year and my dexa scan is showing improvement.Now with this book I feel validated for not wanting to be on prescription meds for the rest of my life.My daughter is taking it to heart as she has had gut issues for years. It is altering her diet and that of her child, my sweet granddaughter!I have hope for other family members whit autoimmune diseases.What a blessing!

Reviewer: Patti
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Very Informative
Review: I'm about half way through the book and it's been very interesting and enlightening. It also has reinforced many of my own thoughts, although I didn't have scientific backing, now I do. Great book and I would recommend it to anyone wanting to get health(ier).

Reviewer: Fudge13
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Some really valuable info and practical guide to improving your health
Review: After hearing several recorded interviews with Casey & Calley Means, I was excited to order this book. While many of us have long thought the medical/pharmaceutical industries, along with the legacy media and the US educational system, were corrupt and far more concerned about making a buck than about the health of Americans, it's nice to see a respected medical doctor sounding the alarm and bringing attention to one of the most serious crises in our lifetimes. For that, I give them 5 stars. Also, the information on how the nutrients in food react to and are utilized by our bodies and the importance of sleep and exercise is great information, and the practical guide to avoiding bad foods and consuming heathier foods is great, as is the guide to interpreting your own blood test results. Where I think they failed miserably (besides the whole concepts of "good energy" and "bad energy," which seem a little woo-woo to me; nothing scientific about those) was in the latter part of the book. "Fearless: The Highest Level of Good Energy." Dr. Means, who clearly does not believe in God, man having a soul, or life after death, gives 15 strategies for "healing trauma, developing unconditional self-love, feeling limitless, and making peace with death." Among those are forming a relationship with a mental health therapist, practicing mindful meditation, aromatherapy, being less busy, and even considering LSD therapy. Not included is any mention or suggestion of participating in organized religion, which has been shown to increase feelings of well-being, community, and to help people overcome the fear of death, nor was there any suggestion to focus more attention on others. The book ends with a typical humanist perspective of love yourself, put yourself first, because that's all there is, and when you die you can look forward to breaking down and becoming food for the generations that follow. Overall, it was a good book, and I'm glad they are bringing attention to the state of chronic illness in our country. Hopefully people will take note and things will change for the better.

Reviewer: Renata Santana
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: " Excellent book "

Reviewer: slim one
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Good Energy written by Casey Means offers a deep dive on the deteriorating of health of North Americans.Means paints a picture of horrible health outcomes noting statistics like, “six out of ten adults are living with a chronic illness” and “Seventy-four percent of adults are overweight or have obesity.” Means notes that “preventable lifestyle conditions are responsible for 80 percent of modern human deaths.”To Means what ails us isn’t a complicated mystery but a clear byproduct of lifestyle. Our choices have consequences. She notes that many of the health problems share a common element: metabolic dysfunction. Healthy metabolic function or what Means considers Good Energy is the goal for happy health. Means defines metabolism as “the set of cellular mechanisms that transform food into energy that can power every single cell in the body.”Over the past 100 years, the types of foods we consume, quantities, and our living environments have changed dramatically, not for the better. Means points out that “we are consuming astronomically more sugar (i.e., up to 3,000 percent more liquid fructose), working in more sedentary jobs, and sleeping 25 percent less. We’re also exposed to over eighty thousand synthetic chemicals in our food, water, and air.” There are consequences to these exposures. Our metabolic markers are reflective of our health. “93 percent of Americans are in the danger zone on at least one key metabolic marker.” Means points out, “No animals in the wild suffer from widespread metabolic conditions, nor did humans as little as seventy-five years ago.”We’re consuming 20 percent more calories and eating too many processed foods. The average adult now eats 70% of their calories from processed food. We’re missing numerous necessary nutrients and our metabolic function is compromised as a result. Coupled with increased calorie intake is our decreased activity. We eat more and do less. We get fatter and sicker as a result. Additionally, our lifestyles are also more stressful. This has hormonal impact which impacts our health.The costs of making catastrophic choices is calamitous. Means notes, “more than 75 percent of deaths and 80 percent of costs are driven by obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and other preventable and reversible metabolic conditions we have today.”Means takes her readers on a detailed description of each of these areas highlighting what the consequences are to the body of negative choices.Unfortunately, virtually all aspects of healthcare are incented to manage disease as opposed to promote health. Money is made by treating ailments not in having a healthy population. From medical schools to hospitals to insurance companies and pharmaceutical businesses, all benefit from managing disease as opposed to preventing it. Means writes, “Every institution that impacts your health makes more money when you are sick and less when you are healthy.”Means suggests the solution lies in owning responsibility for our health. Know this NOCLYS: No One Cares Like You Should. Your health is yours. Don’t leave it to the hands of experts or professionals. Care enough to care about your own healthcare. Medical intervention is great for acute emergencies like broken bones. However, we can take greater ownership of “regular” healthcare. Means writes, “You are the primary person in charge of understanding your body.” This is easier now with technology. We can get real time information about what’s going on inside.Means presents five accessible bio-markers we can seek to have tested by our doctors: blood sugar, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, blood pressure, and waist circumference. She provides values or targets for these bio-markers that are much “stricter” than what the medical industry considers normal.Means writes of the importance of nutrition to our health. “What we put into our bodies is the most critical decision for our health and happiness.” Food is what drives everything inside of us. All of our bodily functions require energy. That energy comes from the nutrients we consume. Unfortunately, what most of us are consuming is not ideal. Our choices as to what to consume are compromising our health.“Refined added sugar causes astronomically more deaths and disability per year than COVID-19 and fentanyl overdoses combined. We need to see refined added sugar for what it is: an addictive, dangerous drug that has been included in 74 percent of foods in the U.S. food system and for which the body needs zero grams in a lifetime.”Amidst the backdrop of deteriorating health of the average person, Means offers an optimistic path forward. She suggests technology and knowledge is available to help us help ourselves. Seek to have the bio-markers she suggests measured by your physician and work to improve these to target levels Means sets out. Then patiently work to integrate more of her suggestions into your daily life. Means suggests monitoring food intake by keeping a food journal, setting nutritional goals like consuming 50 grams of fiber daily, adding fiber to each meal, eating more of daily calories earlier in the day, seeking to narrow the number of hours a day in which food is consumed down to a goal of ten, and to aim for a fifteen-minute walk after eating. She suggests three “rules” of nutrition: avoid refined sugars, refined grains, and seed oils. This narrows down food choices away from processed to natural foods.Sleep, too, becomes a key factor supporting our health. Our sleep quantity and quality has been impaired over the years. We should be aiming to get seven to eight hours a night of quality sleep. Keeping our bedrooms dark, phones far away, and controlling temperature are all factors to assist the quantity and quality of sleep we enjoy.Sleeping and eating better will provide a boost to our energy which can be further enhanced by making movement a part of our day. We’re moving much less than past generations. Means suggests more frequent bouts of exercise throughout the day are more valuable than one vigorous session. We don’t have to go full out to get benefits. Moderate activity works wonders. Moving for a minute or two here and five minutes there several times during the day adds up to material health. There is no right way to exercise. Anything that you’ll do regularly is ideal.Beyond eating, sleeping, and exercising, avoiding chemicals becomes a goal. Chemicals from air, water, packaging, cosmetics, and other hygiene products can all contain things which we either know little about or are developing evidence that exposure over time leads to negative health consequences.Reducing exposure to stress, too, will help our bodies. We become a byproduct of our inputs. The information we absorb has biological impact. Most news is negative and causes cortisol to swim around our bodies resulting in health consequences. Means writes, “A cell living in a body experiencing chronic fear is a cell that cannot fully thrive.” Technology can be addictive which fragments our attention and impacts our bodies as well.Good Energy is a worthwhile read that will give you as much insight as you want to explore related to the threats to our health our modern world offers as well as a detailed and practical approach to taking responsibility for and regaining our personal health.

Reviewer: Fair Minded Consumer
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This book is very informative and gives you an alternate view of what is impacting our health and how the pharmaceutical companies are not trying to cure you of what is actually the source of your symptoms.

Reviewer: Mariana Cabral
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Me gusto muchísimo ella y todas las explicaciones que da están super bien sustentadas. No me gusto nada que en cada sección se hace hincapié en lo mal que están en USA de salud y todo lo malo del sistema de salud, al final eso me quitó energía al leerlo pero entiendo que el punto es despertar consciencias y esa es una manera de hacerlo.Es algo extrema en sus recomendaciones y en todo éste camino hacia la salud tengo claro que no hay un “one size fits all” y que no está enfocado a quienes ya hacemos muchas de las cosas recomendadas, me gustaría saber que más hay para niveles avanzados…

Reviewer: Grace C.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: I purchased this book after discovering Casey Means on the Huberman Lab podcast. I immediately bought her audio book & absolutely love it! Very eye opening and easy to read or listen to.. goes into great detail but explains concepts in a way that everyone can understand & gives practical advice and steps to move towards changing your life and health for the better. If I could recommend only 1 book for overall health and wellness, it would be this one. Recommended it to all of my friends and family already, read the audio book version and bought the hardcover for my mother the same day I started listening to it. I've read tons of books on health & medicine, this is by far my favorite! I've learned so much new information & really made me take a second look at my "healthy" food/product choices. Thank you Casey Means!!