"Investing a few hours in The Pleasure Trap can be your defense against the temptations of modern life.Regardless of where you have looked for better health and how much trouble you are in now, you can begin to put it behind you by reading The Pleasure Trap . . . and put yourself on a path to enjoy the life you deserve."

John McDougall, M.D.
The McDougall Program

"Lisle and Goldhamer make a major contribution to our understanding of why we do things not in our long term,best interest.We all must reckon with this important idea if we are seriously interested in choosing a healthier diet and lifestyle. It is a MUST read for anyone interested in making healthier choices."

"The Pleasure Trap is truly a landmark book! Never before has anyone put together such an eloquent, thoroughly referenced, comprehensive, and authentically holistic explanation about what allows health and happiness to occur.

Using simple language and rich anecdotes, Drs. Lisle and Goldhamer have done a spectacular job of guiding the reader through a very complex smorgasbord of scientific information.

In their profound work, they have distilled the knowledge of numerous scientific disciplines into an integrated ‘science of health.’ It should be recommended reading for every health professional and every individual seeking optimum well-being.  The theory is empowering—and I know it works because I have successfully used many of these principles in my health promotion medical practice over the past twenty years."

Ronald G. Cridland, MD, CCFP
Diplomate, American Board of Sleep Medicine

"This is an important book—one that for the first time connects all the dots between the essential core of ancient natural healing and solid 21st century science. Natural diet and lifestyle (including periodic water-only fasting) are here explicated in terms of the latest human neurobiology, evolutionary psychology, and solid clinical studies.

To the reader’s great benefit, you tell the truth about drugless healing that is most specifically not what Big Pharmaceuticals wants you to hear and not what Big Foods wants you to hear—that taking commercial foods and drugs out of your regimen is often way better than adding more foods and drugs.

You include an intelligent and sympathetic review of what’s good about medicine without skirting the truth that our ‘health care system’ is enabling a world of pleasure-trapped addicts.  Your strategies for lifestyle change are well presented and likely to be most effective for those prepared to make the effort. Your perspective is broad, evolutionary, and historical. Bravo!"

Scott Anderson, M.D. general practice,
Rohner Park, Cal.