The Disease Delusion Review

I just finished reading The Disease Delusion by Dr. Jeffrey Bland. And boy, when I picked it up, I was super-excited. Dr. Jeffrey Bland has a stellar reputation in the natural medicine community, so I had very high expectations when I picked up the book. I have to say that I was slightly disappointed.

Original source: here.

It was a good book, but it didn\’t meet my expectations. Why?

• There\’s very little actual how-to information.
• The first part was very \”fluffy\”. By that, I mean it had a lot of information, but nothing that you can really act upon. It talks about the current picture of chronic disease, a chronology of medicine, an explanation that your genetics aren\’t destiny. That\’s all fine, but it could have all been said in 2-5 pages. Not 70.
• The action steps to correcting your unique imbalances are too vague to have practical value.

The Disease Delusion, however did have some redeeming points:

• For the lay person with no background in physiology, it\’s a good introduction.
• Dr. Jeffrey Bland breaks down and explains the physiology of what can go wrong in a clear way.
• Although he uses technical terms here and there, it\’s a fairly conversational tone.