“A revolutionary new paradigm for better health, and a brilliant practical remedy for our current epidemics of stress, fatigue, and poor health” (Dr. Ranjan Chatterjee, bestselling author of How to Make Disease Disappear). From the New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Whole30 and It Starts With Food comes a groundbreaking model for living in sync with the natural world. By making small but … for living in sync with the natural world. By making small but meaningful changes to the four keys of wellness–how you sleep, eat, move, and connect–over the course of the year, you will reclaim your health, regain your vitality, and let go of excess weight. But it doesn’t take 365 days to feel results–better sleep, more energy, and a brighter outlook come within just a few days of living seasonally.
It is time to reconnect with the natural rhythms that make our bodies healthy. At once a bold new philosophy and an accessible plan to live well all year long, The 4 Season Solution is “the answer to our stressful, unbalanced lives” (Robb Wolf, New York Times bestselling author) and a new health paradigm for an increasingly unhealthy world.
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‘With his runaway bestsellers It Starts with Food and The Whole30, health trailblazer Dallas Hartwig has helped millions of people improve their lives by changing how they eat. In this groundbreaking new book, he reveals the antidote to today’s epidemics of burnout, weight gain, disease, and fatigue. Rooted in ancestral health, yet designed for our busy, modern lives, The 4 Season Solution is a blueprint for not just eating better, but living better.
Not long ago, our ancestors lived according to the changing seasons, adjusting how they slept, ate, moved, and even socialized throughout the year. But today, we are more disconnected from the natural world than ever. We wake before the sun rises and go to bed long after it sets. We eat tropical fruits in the dead of winter. We exercise in climate-controlled environments. We connect virtually instead of emotionally. Our lives are frenetic, stressful, and exhausting. In other words, we are living in a chronic summer, and it’s killing us.
Packed with crucial research and clear-eyed writing, The 4 Season Solution provides a new, sustainable model for living in sync with the natural world. By making small but meaningful changes to the four keys of wellness—how you sleep, eat, move, and connect—over the course of the year, you will reclaim your health, regain your energy, and let go of excess weight. At once a bold new philosophy and an accessible plan to live well all year long, The 4 Season Solution is a new health paradigm for an increasingly unhealthy world.’
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This book makes so many great points about our modern life that we don’t really think about in our day-to-day lives. For most people, we get up before the sun rises and go to bed long after it sets and we do this throughout the year. We have constant access to light and the outside world, which continues to stretch out our days. I was really interested in this book in regards to how technology impacts our lives, but it was also interesting how spending our days in climate-controlled environments and eating fruits and vegetables out of season contributes to throwing out bodies out of balance.
I wasn’t sure what to expect from this book, I was worried that it might be dry but there was actually a pretty good flow that kept me reading. That’s not to say that I didn’t need to take a few breaks though and then go back to it, as it does start to feel a bit repetitive. And although I think many of the ideas he puts forth could be quite difficult to implement into out modern world, Hartwig is very motivational and there are several ideas of his that I took note of to try working into my daily life in the future.
If you’re looking for a more natural, seasonal way of living and a way to take a bit of a step back from modern life, this is a great book to read. Likely not everything will be feesible or easy to incorporate into your lifestyle, but I’m sure you’ll get at least a few good ideas to try from the reading.
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Many thanks to NetGalley and Atria Books for sharing an eARC with me for reviewing purposes. This is my honest review.