The book, titled What Really Makes You Ill?: Why Everything You Thought You Knew About Disease Is Wrong, explains what causes illness and why all your previous beliefs about disease are probably false.

Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of which they know less, in human beings of whom they know nothing.

— Voltaire

It's not germ theory

Germ theory, the mainstream pillar of modern medicine, pushes the idea that tiny invaders like bacteria and viruses alone spark disease, leading to endless drugs and vaccines.

But dig deeper, for example, into Antoine Béchamp's work and you'll find that illness stems from imbalances in the body's internal environment, like poor nutrition, toxins, or stress.

This angle empowers individuals to heal through lifestyle shifts rather than pills, which explains why it's sidelined—it makes far less sense for Big Pharma's bottom line, as true prevention cuts into their lucrative symptom-chasing empire.

🎙️ Podcast episode

The book's authors, Dawn Lester and David Parker, joined me to chat about what really makes you ill.