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  • Mastering the Hidden Force That Undermines Health & Happiness
  • By: Douglas J. Lisle, Alan Goldhamer
  • Narrated by: Chef AJ
  • Length: 9 hrs
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (52 ratings)

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The Pleasure Trap

By: Douglas J. Lisle,Alan Goldhamer
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The authors offer unique insights into the factors that make us susceptible to dietary and lifestyle excesses and present ways to restore the biological processes designed by nature to keep us running at maximum efficiency and vitality.

©2003 Douglas J. Lisle and Alan Goldhamer (P)2018 Douglas J. Lisle and Alan Goldhamer

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Disappointed

I had heard rave reviews but basically the solution to heal yourself is to water fast. Not helpful for long term freedom from the pleasure trap. Excellent ideas but no practical advice on how to live day to day and it clearly states that to achieve freedom is almost impossible like giving up drugs. Only a small few can actually achieve it. Not helpful.

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A life changing book

The information in this book is the answer to so many of my Healthwise and weight loss problems

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Misinformation

Terrible information on diet. Conflicting information, terribly Bias and clearly so. I wonder about conflicts of interest. The book is very manipulative in its nature.

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Loved this book

Great information and well narrated. Definitely would recommend to anyone wanting to change their life for the better.

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loved this book

so informative. I have been on this path for a while so wasn't sure if I would learn much from it but I did. I recommend it to everyone.

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Life changing information we all need to know.

Life changing information we all need to know to regain our health. Following in the footsteps of Arnold Ehret's inspirational 1927 book The Mucusless Diet.

Learn how The Motivational Triad has led us down a path of poor choices. 😍😁🙏🖖

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  • KM
  • 09-08-2022

90% fluff & filler

While I appreciate & agree with the ideas and philosophy in the book, it’s extremely scant on how-to’s, and way way too full of historical anecdotes and side-tracked stories. For example the authors go on & on about Elvis, starting even from before his birth talking about his parents’ early beginnings, right through to his death - all just to make point about overindulgence. If I wanted a an Elvis biography, I would have bought that instead! Similar with the evolution of technology and how it’s contributed to our current collective state of health… I assume most readers would be acutely aware of this & it’s probably a reason they purchased the book, so it felt extremely redundant.
The few small pieces of practical advice offered are pretty sound, I just really expected a lot more of them to justify the cost of the book!!

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  • Marathon
  • 30-07-2018

Very interesting information

This book contains information we all can learn from. It was interesting to listen to once. The problem is that I would like to review all the points within the book, but do not want to listen to the whole book again. All the stories are interesting but I am not interested in hearing them again. I think it would help the audio reader if there was a summary at the end where it would be possible to go back and reveiw all the points

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  • Erin Greener
  • 11-07-2018

The single best read on healthy living

Thank you Dr Alan Goldhamer and Dr. Doug Lisle for this amazing document, you have captured essence of human nature so eloquently when it comes to the struggle of healthy lifestyle decision making and made it understandable and achievable for all of us. Thank you Chef AJ for pushing for the audiable version and doing such a lovely job narrating this incredible body of work, you should be in the Veganism Hall of Fame, oh wait, you are! All of you please keep creating new content, we adore you guys and find it so motivational. J. Greener

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  • Holly G. Stone
  • 10-05-2019

Painful to listen to and dogmatic

There is very little information here and it is simply repeated over and over. At least through the first half of the book. I couldn't get through the whole thing. The narrator is difficult and stiff to listen to and the content is so simplified with little basis in fact that you keep waiting for it to reveal the "secret". But it never does, or at least nothing that I have not heard before nor anything surprising. The constant harping on how animals automatically control their weight with no issues and "never" have weight problems is dogmatic and stupid. I see plenty of overweight pets who have succumbed to the evils of "fake" food via their humans feeding it to them. And lots of them have our modern illnesses too. Overall, there are a few simple concepts here and an underlying bias for a plant based diet/low fat diet. That's all fine if that's what helps you.

The "satiation" theories are not backed up by science, at least not that I can see. The idea that our bodies can count calories is pretty silly. There is no proof of that.

I would not recommend this book to anyone who has done any research into the modern diet and it's pitfalls. There is nothing new for you here.

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  • clandestine
  • 23-12-2018

By far the BEST health & nutrition I've read

I am truly amazed at how comprehensive this nutrition book is. I plan to listen to it again from an entertainment perspective alone. The authors go through in detail how we humans went from gathering food to eating highly processed food. It covers science, medicine, biology, the animal kingdom, our microbiomes, nutrition, fitness, sleep, drugs (including caffeine), societal pressures, socio-economic factors, making the transition, handling unsupportive friends and loved ones, debunking myths. They talk about addictions and how food addiction is a very real thing as well. And just like how most addicts need complete abstinence from the drug of choice in order to be completely free of the effects, they recommend a complete and immediate overhaul in eating habits and to abstain from unhealthy eating as well. Yes, they do recommend a way of eating, that of a Whole Food, Plant Based diet, which is one I support and do with reasonable success, even after trying other meat diets like paleo and keto. But this book is much, much bigger than the way you eat. The authors explore many philosophical and theoretical examples to support their claims, as well as hard facts and raw science. I will definitely recommend this book to others.

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  • 31-07-2018

Now I know it’s not my fault

All my life I thought I was weak willed and morally flawed. Thanks to this book I understand that I’ve got a body beautifully programmed to survive a famine but I’m in an environment of abundant crap food. It’s a relief.

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  • Sarah Boone
  • 18-09-2018

Best book I've ever had the pleasure of reading!

Oh my God! Where do I start! Such a mind blowing read! But confirms what has been in the back of my mind all along! Whole foods plant based diet is how we were meant to eat. I've read Dr. Joel Fuhrman's Eat to Live Book and Super Immunity, and read his Fasting and Eating For Health book as well. This book goes hand in hand with what Dr. Fuhrman teaches. I highly recommend this book. It's non bias, scientic approach is greatly appreciated! If you're someone who is worried about your health, struggle with binge eating, counting calories, depression, anxiety, this book is for you! I strongly believe that it will be the turning point in helping to give you a strong foundation and motivation to start on this new healthy lifestyle journey. You won't be able to stop listening this book! It talks about the life saving benefits of water only fasting as a powerful way to help cure the pleasure trap. Don't hesitate, just read it as soon as possible!

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  • kerrin
  • 28-02-2020

Annoying narration! OMG!

Chef AJ is NOT a narrator! So terrible! Over-enunciation, slow, just weird. Awful!

The content should have been 1 hours worth! The rest is stuff and bother! “My editor said I had to beef up here, and here, and here...”

We aren’t idiots! Don’t bang us over the head with a cast iron frying pan! Just get on with it! And hire a real narrator!

If evolutionary, man came from apes, BS is your bag, then this book is for you. Otherwise, go to YouTube for fast, concise, and tolerable explanations of this information are easy found.

Save yourself the money AND the pain!

Now, I need to go heal my bleeding ears.

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  • Anonymous User
  • 25-09-2018

A book worth multiple reads.

Very informative. Easy to listen to and follow the points. Contains many life changing inspirations. A book worth listening to / reading multiple times.

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  • JLS
  • 28-08-2018

Great life altering content. Highly recommend!

The content is rich with evidence backed information. This can save your life in profound ways. The reader was a pleasure to listen to.

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  • JOSEPH A. LYNCH
  • 28-11-2018

Facebook is worthless unless you want to learn abo

this book is worthless unless you want to read about the theory of evolution. it does not go into how to fast what to do the proper way.

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  • Joe Doyle
  • 07-08-2018

Boring !!!!

Was looking to read this book for many months. Had listened to 10 chapters of 20 on Audible and was so bored but hoped the book would improve, it didn't. I'm now on chapter 16 and have just about given up, just hoping for a couple of gems of wisdom. Probably the most boring and useless book I've ever read.

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  • Julius
  • 13-10-2020

Random and confusing

How to get out of pleasure trap? Wait....wait....wait for it....almost there.... The End
That’s my feelings about this book. I don’t understand where all these great reviews came from....

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  • Trace Smith-mcquillan
  • 15-04-2020

Inspiring

Great book had bought it but never got reading it so downloaded it on audible which was easier as I littered around. I’m vegan anyway and try to eat healthily but still overweight and in pain. Well worth reading if you are on a journey to health x

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  • 10-01-2020

Great book

very educating inspiring book. easy to read. would love to listen more from books of the author.

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  • Delectable
  • 04-04-2019

Top Marks All Round!

No fluff! Excellently written! Easy to finish! The passion of the narrator Chef AJ is palpable! It seemed like she was narrating facts, truths, science and philosophies she absolutely believes in not simply reading a book. Everyone needs to hear this!

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  • Anonymous User
  • 25-02-2021

A very interesting and important read

I had resistance at first to reading this book but am glad I listened to it. I will listen again. I learnt a lot and am inspired to change my diet. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to improve their health.

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 27-12-2020

Food for thought

Thoroughly enjoyed this listen. Time well spent. Investing in health is an investment that shouldn't be taken lightly.

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  • Oliver
  • 05-12-2020

Great book. The real deal.

Great truths.
Thanks a lot for writing it!
A must for everyone. Love is full of pleasure traps.
Thanks.

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  • K8
  • 24-05-2020

Life changing

Amazing. Going to listen again right now. So much information that makes perfect sense

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  • Amazon Kunde
  • 23-04-2020

Utterly fundamental and life changing

This book is about the probably most fundamental insights of my life. Can't recommend it enough. Has opened my eyes after years of struggle with food and enabled me tofinally eat how I rationally know is in my best interest. Again, utterly fundamental for absolutely everyone.

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