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PRAISE for
The Body Clock Guide
to Better Health
by Michael Smolensky, Ph.D.,
and Lynne Lamberg
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"Knowledge
about our biologic time structure can help us lead a healthy life. When we are ill, it may
help our physicians to diagnose and treat us. This book summarizes for the first time for
the general public the most important findings on biological rhythms and health, and tells
clearly how to apply these findings to everyday life."
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ERHARD HAUS, M.D., Ph.D.,
Director of Pathology, Regions Hospital, Minneapolis; President, American Association for
Medical Chronobiology and Chronotherapeutics |
"This text is an astonishingly comprehensive description of the interactions of the
body's clock system and health and disease. Combining a readable style with accurate and
contemporary information, this work has valuable information for just about anyone. The
first half of the book provides a solid overview of a dozen broad areas where timing
serves a critical function; the last half gives an encyclopedic amount of information
organized alphabetically. The material is clearly written at a level accessible to a broad
readership. In addition to its readability, this is a scholarly work, with full
bibliographic documentation of the facts, providing the reader with primary sources of
information."
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MARY CARSKADON, Ph.D.,
President, Sleep Research Society;
Director, Sleep and Chronobiology Research Laboratory, Brown University |
"This is the book of choice for the general
public. A clear and practical explanation of the role of the body clock in wellness and
illness. I highly recommend it."
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WILLIAM DEMENT, M.D., Ph.D.,
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director, Stanford University Sleep
Disorders Center; co-author of The Promise of Sleep. |
"An extremely well written and authoritative guide, which will be essential reading
to all who are concerned with how the biological clock affects our health and daily life.
The authors have managed to make the field of human chronobiology very approachable,
without trivializing any of the underlying science."
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TIMOTHY MONK, D.Sc.,
Professor of Psychiatry; Director, Human Chronobiology Research Program, University of
Pittsburgh |
As accurate as the papers I read in scientific
journals, but with one big difference: this book really makes the topic come to life.
Reading it will be an enjoyable way to learn more about circadian rhythms and how they
impact our health and well-being."
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CHARMANE EASTMAN, Ph.D.,
Director, Biological Rhythms Research Laboratory, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical
Center, Chicago |
"Palpable benefits of chronobiology for
health optimization, disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment are available now, not
someday, dimly foreseen. This book shows you how to think about and act in concert with
your biological rhythms. It demonstrates how to maximize health and performance, minimize
necessary drugs, and diminish the damaging side effects of medicines while enhancing the
desired therapeutic benefits of essential medications. It is simply a matter of timing,
and we all know timing is everything."
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WILLIAM J.M. HRUSHESKY, M.D., Professor, University of South Carolina Cancer Center; Director of
Research, Dorn Veterans Administration Medical Center, Columbia, South Carolina |
"The Body Clock Guide to Better Health is an important read for both patients
and physicians, with its in-depth look at new therapeutic interventions called
chronotherapies that improve disease management. Easy to use charts help readers track
body rhythms in health and disease, while "Timewise Tips" offer a wealth of
practical self-care advice."
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RICHARD MARTIN, M.D.,
Head, Pulmonary Division; Vice Chair, Department of Medicine, National Jewish Medical and
Research Center, Denver |
"This book is an up-to-date, comprehensive review full of excellent advice and
information based on research facts, yet it is written in a way that is easy to read and
understand. It is a must for anyone interested in improving sleep, whether for themselves
or their family."
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SONIA ANCOLI-ISRAEL, Ph.D.,
Professor, University of California at San Diego; author of All I Want Is A Good
Night's Sleep |
"This remarkable book is jammed with helpful scientific facts, disease-by-disease
medical information, and anecdotes."
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SUE BINKLEY, Ph.D.,
Author of Biological Clocks: Your Owner's Manual and The Clockwork Sparrow |
"Here is your guide to the galaxy of body rhythms: chronomedicine is the new
frontier!"
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ANNA WIRZ-JUSTICE, Ph.D.,
Professor, Centre of Chronobiology, University of Basel, Switzerland |
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