Starving to Heal in Siberia: My Radical Recovery from Late-Stage Lyme Disease and How It Could Help Others

Written by Michelle B. Slater, PhD

Narrated by Carol Jacobanis

There is hope for recovery from Lyme disease and other chronic illnesses

In Starving to Heal in Siberia, Dr. Michelle Slater takes us on her journey from her bed, where she was sidelined much of the time, to Siberia, where she was cured of the debilitating effects of advanced Lyme disease. After a years-long struggle with extreme chronic fatigue, brain fog, joint pain, and other mysterious symptoms that ultimately prevented her from teaching and doing simple tasks like reading and driving, Michelle began considering assisted suicide. She had tried every known treatment, from aggressive allopathic methods to holistic remedies, without success. In a last-ditch effort to save her life, she found a radical alternative treatment offered by the world’s leading expert on dry fasting and traveled to Siberia to give it a chance.
Starving to Heal in Siberia is both a moving and insightful memoir of recovery from devastating chronic illness and a practical guide to the science and psychology behind safely dry fasting. If you are curious about intermittent fasting and the research on dry fasting, this book offers compelling and useful information. If you are a doctor who has had to tell your patients to adjust to the chronic symptoms of an autoimmune disorder that didn’t dissipate under your best care, this book offers new hope. And if you struggle with chronic illness or love someone who does, this book is an antidote to despair. Michelle’s thoughtful account of her wellness journey provides similarly afflicted readers with the tools and encouragement to begin their own.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group
• Release date: Sep 13, 2022
• ISBN: 9781626349889

Reviews for Starving to Heal in Siberia

[Star Gater · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

Thank you NetGalley and Greenleaf Audiobooks, Greenleaf Book Group Press for accepting my request to audibly read and review Starving to Heal in Siberia.

Author: Michelle B. Slater
Published: 09/13/22
Narrator: Carol Jaconanis
Genre: Health, Mind, & Body

This is not a warm and fuzzy feel good book. There is a lot of science; too much science in my opinion.

The author suffered from Lyme Disease and was able through connections of her husband to enter a program in Russia. The program is fasting from food and water for days. While the book does relay some facts and directions, I am uncomfortable recommending any part of the book.

The book itself reads like an infomercial.