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Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal
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bookshelves: to-read, biology, medicine, humor, non-fiction, purchased-paper-book
Jul 10, 2013
bookshelves: to-read, biology, medicine, humor, non-fiction, purchased-paper-book
If your body features a digestive tract, consider this book a must-read.
However, here are some caveats:
1) I strongly advise you not to read this book within 1 hour before or 2 hours after eating.
2) I strongly advise you not to read this book in any room used for cooking or eating (such as your kitchen or dining room). Instead—even though this might not be acceptable by some etiquette books—I strongly advise you to keep this book in the bathroom and read it while sitting on the john. (Your bathroom, more precisely, any room that contains a toilet, is not only the most appropriate place to read this book, it will also prove convenient in case your stomach should react to any contents of this book.)
3) I strongly advise you not to read this book while you have any stomach upset unless you have eaten something bad which you might wish your stomach to give up.
Provided that you adhere to the above heartfelt advice, I can only say, “Enjoy!� or rather “Bon appetite!�
After reading this book, I am confident that I am now more educated about the human alimentary canal than the average general health care provider. Mary Roach let me gain a lot of (literal!) insights. And last but not least, I am now happy to announce that my digestive tract is probably the best part of my body.
For a more profound and also illustrated take of this book, please read Will Byrnes review. Here is the link:
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However, here are some caveats:
1) I strongly advise you not to read this book within 1 hour before or 2 hours after eating.
2) I strongly advise you not to read this book in any room used for cooking or eating (such as your kitchen or dining room). Instead—even though this might not be acceptable by some etiquette books—I strongly advise you to keep this book in the bathroom and read it while sitting on the john. (Your bathroom, more precisely, any room that contains a toilet, is not only the most appropriate place to read this book, it will also prove convenient in case your stomach should react to any contents of this book.)
3) I strongly advise you not to read this book while you have any stomach upset unless you have eaten something bad which you might wish your stomach to give up.
Provided that you adhere to the above heartfelt advice, I can only say, “Enjoy!� or rather “Bon appetite!�
After reading this book, I am confident that I am now more educated about the human alimentary canal than the average general health care provider. Mary Roach let me gain a lot of (literal!) insights. And last but not least, I am now happy to announce that my digestive tract is probably the best part of my body.
For a more profound and also illustrated take of this book, please read Will Byrnes review. Here is the link:
/review/show...
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Jun 29, 2016 06:06PM
Excellent advice on the best places in which to read this amazing book. Thanks for the linking.
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Will wrote: "Excellent advice on the best places in which to read this amazing book. Thanks for the linking."You are most welcome, Will.
Any suggestions for the best places in which to read any of the other books written by Mary Roach?
I haven't read it, but I would expect one should read Bonk in bed, Packing for Mars before signing up for Astronaut training, cause when you are in that centrifuge, it is way too tough to keep both hands on the book, Spook in an abandoned house, late at night, by flashlight, Grunt in coach during the hours before your plane (Oceanic flight 815?) plunges into shark-infested waters, and Stiff before leaving one's hospital bed for the last time.
Great review Lilo! Loved this too :)
I think this book is too much for me, but I really liked your review.
Ivonne wrote: "I think this book is too much for me, but I really liked your review."Thank you, Ivonne. I agree, this book may be too much for "the faint at heart" or rather for "the weak at stomach". :-)
On second thoughts: Should you happen to wish to lose weight, this book might be the way to go. :-)
Will wrote: "I haven't read it, but I would expect one should read Bonk in bed, Packing for Mars before signing up for Astronaut training, cause when you are in that centrifuge, it is way too tough to keep both..."Thank you for your marvelous advice, Will. Will do. Yet I think I'll skip "Stiff" for several reasons.
P.S. I probably will skip "Grunt", too. I think I'd rather die in bed than plunging into shark-infested waters with some ill-maintained plane.
Debbie "DJ" wrote: "Great review Lilo! Loved this too :)"Thank you, Debbie.
Read others by Roach. Gulp is on my list
Mary Roach is a great writer and source for obscure info. Entertains and informative. Packing for Mars convinced me that packing for Mars was a dream deferred that might not be a reality very soon. So much minutiae that is important and the endurance of humans for this type of travel is questionable. The movie The Martian was wishful thinking (although both book and film were excellent). Roach is a must read writer. I do love her.
Chloe wrote: "Mary Roach is a great writer and source for obscure info. Entertains and informative. Packing for Mars convinced me that packing for Mars was a dream deferred that might not be a reality very soon...."I will read more books by Mary Roach. I think the next on my list will be "Packing for MArs".
Excellent review--I really liked the series of "Surgeon General's" warning on when and where to read it and I agree entirely! :-) Back to "Gulp" Mary Roach goes from strength. She writes about science in ways that one can understand but that aren't really dumbed-down and engages issues that most people are concerned with: eating, sex, death, afterlife. "Grunt: The Curious Science of Humans at War" just came out. I bought a copy for my brother, a career non-com in the Army--he loved it.
Ed wrote: "Excellent review--I really liked the series of "Surgeon General's" warning on when and where to read it and I agree entirely! :-) Back to "Gulp" Mary Roach goes from strength. She writes about sc..."
Thank you, Ed.--I am glad you liked my review and my caveats. :-)
As I said before, I want to read more books written by Mary Roach. Next will be "Packing for Mars" and "Grunt". I am just afraid my hair will stand up straight reading about the bureaucracy and stupidity in connection with "Humans at War". It would be probably be funny if it didn't cost lives.
Packing for Mars is the big reveal. You will not think about space travel the same way - ever. I read, a few years back� an article by an internist about space travel from a medical viewpoint. Not a very encouraging picture. And I now realize how valiant are those who spend a year in the space stations floating around. I can only wonder what coming back to earth must feel like. Mary Roach is the best!!!
Chloe wrote: "Packing for Mars is the big reveal. You will not think about space travel the same way - ever. I read, a few years back� an article by an internist about space travel from a medical viewpoint. Not ..."So "Packing for Mars" will be the next.
Love this book. All of Mary Roach's books in fact. Great review, Lilo!
Fran wrote: "Love this book. All of Mary Roach's books in fact. Great review, Lilo!"Thank you, Fran. I also love all of Mary Roach's books. I have, meanwhile, read 3 of them. But I won't read that book about human remains. It gives me the shivers just to think of it.
Lilo, I absolutely love your caveats. Much funnier than anything written in the book itself.
Stephie wrote: "Lilo, I absolutely love your caveats. Much funnier than anything written in the book itself."Thank you for the "flowers", Stephie. Glad you enjoyed my review.
I like Mary Roach's snarky science approach to non fiction. I enjoyed "Stiff" and I have got "Packing for Mars" on the TBR list. Thanks for clueing me in to this one. 👅
Debbie wrote: "Love your review, Lilo!"Thank you, Debbie!
Ian wrote: "I like Mary Roach's snarky science approach to non fiction. I enjoyed "Stiff" and I have got "Packing for Mars" on the TBR list. Thanks for clueing me in to this one. 👅"So do I. I also loved "Packing for Mars" and "Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex". I don't think I could stomach "Stiff".
One reviewer called stiff "surprisingly lively." I think that sums it up well, it's not really morbid or gross. It just describes how science and society used/is using cadavers. Thanks to your inspiration I'm now reading Roach's latest 'Grunt'. Thanks, again.
Ian wrote: "One reviewer called stiff "surprisingly lively." I think that sums it up well, it's not really morbid or gross. It just describes how science and society used/is using cadavers. Thanks to your insp..."Thanks for the info. Yet I still shy away from it. Let me know when you review "Grunt". (I am not much on GR these days, as I am drowning in work. Thus, I don't usually check Notifications.)
Hi lilo, hope you're doing well. I really enjoyed this review of yours
