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The Urologist’s Guide to Urinary, Sexual & Whole-Body Health

From urinary symptoms and prostate questions to kidney stones, sexual health, tests, and treatment decisions: 51 chapters help you organize the conversation with your clinician.

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The War That Wasn’t About Food

You’ve been fighting a war for years — maybe most of your life. A war against your body. Against your hunger. Against your reflection. Against that voice in your head that says, “You should know better.”

You’ve counted the calories, tracked the macros, made the lists. You’ve sworn off sugar, carbs, meals after 7 PM, and your own cravings. You’ve told yourself, “This time it will be different,” more times than you can count.

Whatever brought you here, it wasn’t just about weight. It was about the realization that you couldn’t live like this anymore. You couldn’t keep negotiating with your body like it was an enemy to subdue. You couldn’t keep shrinking your life around a shrinking plate.

So you started asking better questions. Not “How do I lose weight?” but “What am I really hungry for?” Not “How do I suppress this craving?” but “Why do I keep returning to food for comfort, control, or calm?” Not “How do I get thin and stay there?” but “How do I get free — and stay free?”

This book is about those questions. It’s not a plan. It’s not a prescription. It’s a guide for what comes after the diets fail — and what finally works when you stop trying to fix your body and start trying to understand it.

You don’t have to be perfect. You don’t have to get it right every day. You just have to stop fighting, and start listening. This is the beginning of that. Let’s begin.

From Chapter 1 · You’re Not Broken — You’re Wired This Way

The “See-Food” Reflex

You walk into the break room and see a box of donuts. You didn’t come in hungry. You didn’t even think about food until that moment. But now you’re staring. Your mind is scanning: Which one would I pick? Should I have one? Maybe just half?

That’s the “see-food” reflex in action — the moment when sight becomes desire. And unless you know what’s happening, that desire can feel unstoppable. It’s not a personal weakness. It’s neuroscience.

Unlike hunger, which starts in the gut, cravings often start in your eyes. When you see a burger, cookie, or slice of pizza, your brain’s reward system lights up — even before you smell it, even before you think you want it. And it happens even when you’re full. That’s not a craving born from need. It’s a craving born from exposure. In a world where food is everywhere, your brain is under siege.

When people say, “I have no willpower,” what they’re often describing is an unbroken chain of conditioned responses to food cues. And those cues are designed — literally engineered — to be hard to resist.

So what do you do? The old reflex says: “Eat now.” The Non-Seefood Method teaches a new one: Delay. Disrupt. Decide. Let the urge crest like a wave. Break the loop. Then make a conscious choice.

Every time you see food and don’t eat it, you’re teaching your brain a new pattern: food is not an emergency. Food is a choice. You’re becoming someone who can see food… and not eat it. That’s not willpower. That’s freedom.

From Chapter 1 · You’re Not Broken — You’re Wired This Way

Introducing the Non-Seefood Mindset

You’ve spent years reacting to food. You’ve followed cravings, eaten in secret, finished plates you didn’t want, and blamed yourself afterward. You’ve tried rules. You’ve tried guilt. You’ve tried “just being stronger.” And maybe, for a little while, it worked. Until it didn’t.

Now you’re here, standing at the edge of something different. This isn’t another diet. This isn’t another “reset.” This is a mindset — a new identity — built not on rules, but on clarity. Not on fear, but on awareness. This is the Non-Seefood Mindset: when you see food, you don’t automatically eat it. You pause. You check in. You ask yourself, “Is this hunger or habit?” And then, you decide.

It rests on three core principles: observation over reaction — you notice the desire as a data point, not a command; awareness over willpower — willpower fades, but awareness can be cultivated, practiced, strengthened; and consistency over perfection — what matters is the trend, not the moment.

Here’s the magic: the moment you see food — and do nothing — you are rewiring your brain. You are teaching it that food is not urgent. That you are not in danger if you don’t eat this right now. That is a radical act in a world built to exploit your impulses.

You are not a bad person. You are not broken. You were simply untrained. Now, you’re getting the training.

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Dr. David Shusterman is a board-certified urologist in New York City, founder and medical director of NY Urology (Midtown Manhattan and Forest Hills), and founder of the UroLongevity men’s health and longevity platform. Trained as Chief Resident in Urology at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, he has spent 25 years pioneering minimally invasive treatments — from prostatic artery embolization and in-office bladder Botox to shockwave therapy for ED, with over 1,000 procedures performed.

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