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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an excellent book, easy to read and very informative. It takes a controversial proposition - that walking and running barefoot is better for your health than wearing shoes - and supports it with a wide variety of fascinating evidence. Scientific research is referenced in a notes section at the back, along with suggested further reading. Everybody who is more concerned with their health and well-being than conforming to social norms, or pandering to vanity and pursuing a "Sex in the City" lifestyle, should read this book and then follow its advice and ditch their shoes as often as possible!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A barefooter friend recommended this book to me. I had already been inspired by Christopher McDougall's "Born to Run" to start minimalist / barefoot running, and wanted to learn more. Howell is a great ambassador for the unshod lifestyle. If his encouragement to kick off your shoes is driven by an evangelical zeal, it is certainly backed up by (properly cited) research and personal experience. Aimed squarely at the layperson, the book clearly explains what happens when we walk, run and stand, and how shoes interfere with those processes. Should you feel inspired to wear your shoes less, you can find plenty of advice here about the practical and social aspects of going around unshod. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to learn more about barefoot living or adopt a more barefoot lifestyle.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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A fine book that will open the readers eyes to a terrible secret:
Shoes are the cause of all our troubles, not the cure. They cause all sorts problems including bad posture, knee and joint pain, corns, calluses, verrucas, athlete's foot, flat feet, ingrown nails and weak, over-sensitive feet. There is no such thing as a sensible shoe, some just do more damage than others. There is no benefit in just removing your shoes when you are sitting down - you need to use your feet for walking, on all kinds of surfaces, to keep them happy and healthy.
There is an interesting chapter on the mechanics of the human foot, a complex and very well designed machine that does not usually need protection or correction. He also addresses how we feel the world beneath our feet, and which shoes are best if you are forced to wear shoes.
I have not worn shoes for about 14 months, and sometimes find it hard communicate the reasons why - it is such a foreign concept to some people. I recommend this book for lifestyle barefooters to give away to friends and family as it explains all the things we know but can't explain in the nice easy way that Dr. Howell does.
In short, this is the book that every barefooter has drempt of. There should be a copy should be in every home, library, hotel room, ...
Shoes are the cause of all our troubles, not the cure. They cause all sorts problems including bad posture, knee and joint pain, corns, calluses, verrucas, athlete's foot, flat feet, ingrown nails and weak, over-sensitive feet. There is no such thing as a sensible shoe, some just do more damage than others. There is no benefit in just removing your shoes when you are sitting down - you need to use your feet for walking, on all kinds of surfaces, to keep them happy and healthy.
There is an interesting chapter on the mechanics of the human foot, a complex and very well designed machine that does not usually need protection or correction. He also addresses how we feel the world beneath our feet, and which shoes are best if you are forced to wear shoes.
I have not worn shoes for about 14 months, and sometimes find it hard communicate the reasons why - it is such a foreign concept to some people. I recommend this book for lifestyle barefooters to give away to friends and family as it explains all the things we know but can't explain in the nice easy way that Dr. Howell does.
In short, this is the book that every barefooter has drempt of. There should be a copy should be in every home, library, hotel room, ...
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A must read for anyone who likes the idea of natural living
I have to profess to having been a barefoot youth, even wandering around in the snow on occasion. You'd have to suspect a degree of positive bias on my behalf for that reason,... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Dr. Stig A. Walsh
THE barefoot book
All you need to know about barefooting in one book. The only problem I found with this book was the inaccurate discription of minimalist shoes, clearly the author has not tried the... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Glass
Do not bother with this book.
I was hoping this would provide some new information or tips or "how to" or anything that you could not find out simply by typing "barefoot" into a search engine. Read more
Published 18 months ago by K. Bramhill
Great compact book full of important informative facts about our feet.
I was hoping to pick up some useful information on the value of going Barefoot. This book is a great source of information. Read more
Published 21 months ago by stephen Luff
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