
The Secret Language of Cells
What Biological Conversations Tell Us About the Brain-Body Connection, the Future of Medicine, and Life Itself
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Jon Lieff MD
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Your cells are talking about you.
Right now, both your inner and outer worlds are abuzz with chatter among living cells of every possible kind - from those in your body and brain to those in the environment around you. From electrical alerts to chemical codes, the greatest secret of modern biology, hiding in plain sight, is that all of life’s activity boils down to one thing: conversation.
While cells are commonly considered the building block of living things, it is actually the communication between cells that brings us to life, controlling our bodies and brains, determining whether we are healthy or sick, and directly influencing how we think, feel, and behave.
In The Secret Language of Cells, doctor and neuroscientist Jon Lieff lets us listen in on these conversations, and reveals their significance for everything from mental health to cancer. He explains the surprising science of how very different cells - bacteria and brain cells, blood cells and viruses - all speak the same language. This overarching principle has been long overlooked because scientific journals use impenetrable jargon that makes it hard to be understood across disciplines, much less by the general public.
Lieff presents a fascinating and accessible look into cellular communication science - a groundbreaking and comprehensive exploration of this biological phenomenon. In these pages, discover the intriguing lives of cells as they ask questions, get answers, give feedback, gather information, call for each other, and make complex decisions. During infections, immune T-cells tell brain cells that we should “feel sick” and lie down. Cancer cells warn their community about immune and microbe attacks. Gut cells talk with microbes to determine which are friends and which are enemies, and microbes talk with each other and with much more complicated human cells in ways that determine which medicines work and which will fail.
With applications for immunity, chronic pain, weight loss, depression, cancer treatment, and virtually every aspect of health and biology, cellular communication is revolutionizing our understanding not just of disease, but of life itself. The Secret Language of Cells is required listening for anyone interested in following the conversation.
©2020 Jon Lieff. Published by arrangement with BenBella Books. (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.Listeners also enjoyed...
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Great Scientific Writing/ Wrong Narrator
- By Richard on 11-24-15
By: John Parrington
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Vitamin K2 and the Calcium Paradox
- How a Little-Known Vitamin Could Save Your Life
- By: Kate Rhéaume-Bleue BSc ND
- Narrated by: Virginia Wolf
- Length: 7 hrs and 12 mins
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Are you taking calcium or vitamin D? This book could save your life! Learn the secret to avoiding osteoporosis and heart disease. Millions of people take calcium and Vitamin D supplements thinking they're helping their bones. The truth is, without the addition of Vitamin K2, such a health regimen could prove dangerous. Without Vitamin K2, the body cannot direct calcium to the bones where it's needed; instead, the calcium resides in soft tissue, like the arteries, leading to a combination of osteoporosis and atherosclerosis, or the dreaded "calcium paradox".
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I CANNOT APPLAUD THIS BOOK ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!
- By @THEROOTMATTERS on 03-22-19
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What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause
- By: Dr. John R. Lee, Virginia Hopkins
- Narrated by: Christina Moore
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
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What Your Doctor May Not Tell You About Menopause covers the benefits of natural progesterone, the history and politics of the medical and drug establishment, the biochemistry and dynamics of hormones and how they get out of balance, and how to prevent hormone imbalance and stay healthy. Lee empowers you to ask hard questions of your doctor.
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MUST READ!!! AMAZING….
- By katie on 10-25-21
By: Dr. John R. Lee, and others
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EMF*D
- 5G, Wi-Fi & Cell Phones: Hidden Harms and How to Protect Yourself
- By: Dr. Joseph Mercola
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
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The hazards of electronic pollution may once have been the stuff of science fiction, but now we know they're all too real. And with the advent of 5G ultra-wideband technology, the danger is greater than ever. Dr. Joseph Mercola, one of the world's foremost authorities on alternative health, has mined the scientific literature to offer a radical new understanding of how electromagnetic fields impact your body and mind.
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Top 10 best books ever
- By Priscilla Ferguson on 04-02-20
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Evolving Ourselves
- How Unnatural Selection and Nonrandom Mutation are Changing Life on Earth
- By: Juan Enriquez, Steve Gullans
- Narrated by: Rob Shapiro
- Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
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Why are conditions like autism, asthma, obesity, and allergies exploding at unprecedented rates? Why are we living longer, getting smarter, having far fewer kids? If Darwin were alive today, how would he explain this new world?
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fascinating ideas and science
- By Joel on 07-04-15
By: Juan Enriquez, and others
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Why Can't I Get Better?
- Solving the Mystery of Lyme and Chronic Disease
- By: Richard I. Horowitz
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 19 hrs and 11 mins
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You may not know that you have Lyme. It can mimic every disease process, including Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Fibromyalgia, autoimmune conditions like MS, psychiatric conditions like depression and anxiety, and cause significant memory and concentration problems, mimicking early dementia. It is called the "Great Imitator," and inaccurate testing - combined with a fierce, ongoing debate that questions chronic infection - makes it difficult for sufferers to find effective care.
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Fantastic and insightful
- By MM on 07-29-14
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Missing Microbes
- How the Overuse of Antibiotics Is Fueling Our Modern Plagues
- By: Martin J. Blaser
- Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
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In Missing Microbes, Dr. Martin J. Blaser invites us into the wilds of the human microbiome, where for hundreds of thousands of years bacterial and human cells have existed in a peaceful symbiosis that is responsible for the health and equilibrium of our body. Now this invisible eden is being irrevocably damaged by some of our most revered medical advances-antibiotics-threatening the extinction of our irreplaceable microbes with terrible health consequences.
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Very enlightening and information well supported
- By James on 05-03-15
By: Martin J. Blaser
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Reverse Heart Disease Now: Stop Deadly Cardiovascular Plaque Before It's Too Late
- By: Stephen Sinatra
- Narrated by: Kevin Pierce
- Length: 8 hrs and 58 mins
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While most books focus solely on the role of cholesterol in heart disease, Reverse Heart Disease Now draws on new research that points to the surprising other causes. Two leading cardiologists draw on their collective 50 years of clinical cardiology research to show you how to combine the benefits of modern medicine, over-the-counter vitamins and supplements, and simple lifestyle changes to have a healthy heart.
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I "Had" high blood pressure!
- By terryloher on 01-18-18
By: Stephen Sinatra
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The Fat Switch
- By: Richard J. Johnson MD
- Narrated by: Brian Holsopple
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
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If you've ever struggled with losing weight and keeping it off, I don't have to tell you it's a challenge. You already know. What if losing weight could be as easy as flipping a switch? I know that sounds incredible. But now there's an abundance of research telling us that may be possible. In his new book, The Fat Switch, Dr. Richard J. Johnson, presents news-breaking, science-based studies that will reverse current thinking on both the cause and treatment of obesity.
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Want to understand weight gain?
- By Programming Dragon on 02-01-16
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An Epidemic of Absence
- A New Way of Understanding Allergies and Autoimmune Diseases
- By: Moises Velasquez-Manoff
- Narrated by: Chris Sorensen
- Length: 17 hrs and 6 mins
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An Epidemic of Absence asks what will happen in developing countries, which, as they become more affluent, have already seen an uptick in allergic disease: Will India end up more allergic than Europe? Velasquez-Manoff also details a controversial underground movement that has coalesced around the treatment of immune-mediated disorders with parasites. Against much of his better judgment, he joins these do-it-yourselfers and reports his surprising results.
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The point of view from a Veterinarian immunologist
- By rtgymnast on 11-03-17
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KetoFast
- Rejuvenate Your Health with a Step-by-Step Guide to Timing Your Ketogenic Meals
- By: Dr. Joseph Mercola
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 5 hrs and 32 mins
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In this in-depth yet accessible guide, Dr. Joseph Mercola explores the profound health benefits that result when ketogenic living and well-planned fasting are combined.
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BUY THE HARDCOPY - not the Audio
- By KAWAM on 05-05-19
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The Story of the Human Body
- Evolution, Health, and Disease
- By: Daniel E. Lieberman
- Narrated by: Sean Runnette
- Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
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In this landmark book of popular science, Daniel E. Lieberman - chair of the department of human evolutionary biology at Harvard University and a leader in the field - gives us a lucid and engaging account of how the human body evolved over millions of years, even as it shows how the increasing disparity between the jumble of adaptations in our Stone Age bodies and advancements in the modern world is occasioning this paradox: greater longevity but increased chronic disease.
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Could Have Been Good, but...
- By Trebla on 04-08-18
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Life Time
- Your Body Clock and Its Essential Roles in Good Health and Sleep
- By: Russell Foster
- Narrated by: Russell Foster
- Length: 11 hrs and 34 mins
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The routines of our modern lives-home working, night shifts, technolog—are playing havoc with our body clocks, sleep patterns, and health. Packed with cutting-edge science, this book by award-winning scientist Russell Foster takes the listener on a journey through our days and nights, and explains how we can get back into rhythm and live healthier, sharper lives.
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Fascinating insight
- By DDC on 05-20-23
By: Russell Foster
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