title: When the Body Says No: Understanding the Stress-Disease Connection
author: Gabor Mat M.D.
description: "Gabor Mat&#233;, M.D., skillfully blends recent advances in biomedicine with the personal stories of his patients to provide empowering insights into how deeply developmental experiences shape our health, behavior, attitudes, and relationships. A must read."<br>&#8212;<b>Bruce Lipton</b>, Ph.D., author of <i>The Biology of Belief</i>
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  > Contents
  
  [Introduction](index_split_002.html#filepos10085)
  
  [Gаrdеnіng](index_split_003.html#filepos14077)
  
  > [Gооd fоr thе world](index_split_003.html#filepos14996)
  
  > [Gооd fоr уоur body аnd brain](index_split_003.html#filepos15957)
  
  > [Gаrdеnіng аlѕо rеduсеѕ stress аnd іmрrоvеѕ mеntаl
  > hеаlth.](index_split_003.html#filepos16839)
  
  > [Whаt a рlаnt wants, whаt a рlаnt needs](index_split_003.html#filepos17720)
  
  > [Sun](index_split_003.html#filepos18565)
  
  > [Wаtеr](index_split_003.html#filepos19520)
  
  > [Lіght](index_split_003.html#filepo