HEALTHY HEDONISM: Why feeling good Is for you!

What if pleasure wasn't indulgent - but intelligent?In Healthy Hedonism, integrative physician Dr. Erica Oberg challenges the cultural narrative that health requires sacrifice. Drawing on decades of clinical experience, public health research, and longevity science, she reveals a radical truth:Pleasure is biological.From hormones and mitochondria to the nervous system and immune resilience, the body responds powerfully to joy, touch, beauty, purpose, novelty, and connection. When these are absent, physiology suffers - no matter how "clean" your diet or optimized your supplements.Blending cutting-edge science with stories of vibrant lives, Dr. Oberg offers a roadmap for people who want more than disease prevention. They want vitality.This is not a call to excess. It is a prescription for intelligent pleasure.Because feeling good is not the reward for good health - it is one of its most powerful drivers.

Pagina's: 236, Paperback, Naturae Press