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Supporting the body with nourishment that reduces strain and strengthens health.
The life-changing science of spontaneous healing
Cured
What remarkable recoveries can teach us about health, identity, and hope.
A physician and researcher investigates people who recovered from illnesses considered incurable—and asks what their experiences reveal about the conditions that support healing.
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“His humility and humanity make this book the masterpiece that it is.”John Robbins · Author and President, Food Revolution Network
A science of remarkable recovery
What if healing against the odds is not simply a fluke?
Medicine often treats spontaneous recovery as an unexplained exception. Jeff Rediger spent more than fifteen years examining these cases with scientific tools, traveling from leading American hospitals to healing centers around the world.
Cured looks for recurring patterns in those recoveries and considers how the body, mind, environment, and sense of self may help create the conditions in which healing becomes possible.
The physical and mental foundations
Four areas that can change the environment for healing.
Immune system
Understanding and caring for the biological systems that protect and repair us.
Stress response
Changing the patterns of chronic threat that shape both emotional and physical life.
Identity
Reconsidering the beliefs, relationships, and inner stories that influence wellbeing.
A larger view of what is possible
Healing the body can also mean healing how we understand ourselves.
Cured explores how perception and identity shape lived experience, including the body’s response to illness and stress. It offers a grounded framework for understanding extraordinary recoveries without abandoning scientific rigor.
Miracles may only contradict what we currently understand about nature.
A first-of-its-kind guide to healing and prevention
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Praise for Cured
Recognized by leading voices in medicine, psychology, and healing.
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A deeply inspiring examination of recovery and the body’s regenerative capacity.
David R. Hamilton, PhDAuthor of How Your Mind Can Heal Your Body
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Practical wisdom, humility, and humanity brought together in a deeply personal book.
John RobbinsAuthor and President, Food Revolution Network
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Groundbreaking science and real-life cases connect trauma, resilience, and physical health.
Bessel van der Kolk, MDPresident, Trauma Research Foundation
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Clear science and illuminating case histories expand the possibilities for transforming illness into health.
Gabor Maté, MDAuthor of When the Body Says No
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Insights from remarkable recoveries invite readers to take charge of health and mindset.
Martha Stark, MDFaculty, Harvard Medical School
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A rare investigation of spontaneous remission and the body’s own healing systems.
Mark Hyman, MDDirector, Cleveland Clinic Center for Functional Medicine
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A meaningful new paradigm offering hope and insight to people facing medical crisis.
Jill Bolte Taylor, PhDNeuroanatomist and author of My Stroke of Insight
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A compelling challenge to assumptions about how much influence we may have over health.
Ellen Langer, PhDProfessor of Psychology, Harvard University
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A life-changing pathway toward a needed science of health, hope, and wellness from within.
Daniel Friedland, MDFormer Chair, Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine
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An accessible guide to self-regulation, homeostasis, and the reversal of chronic illness.
Deepak ChopraAuthor of Metahuman