Farmacist Desk Reference [Hardcover]

Don Tolman (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2007

The Farmacist Desk Reference is a definitive compendium of humanities relationship to life and vitality using plant whole foods as preventative and remissive medicine. The FDR is a deluxe, high-gloss, hardbound 2 volume boxed set. The FDR contains 1600 pages of some of the most stirring graphics and life impacting information that you can imagine. From ancient Egyptian to classical Roman times thru the Renaissance and into colonial America. It's a must have.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Don Tolman is an author, public speaker, trainer, imaginist, entertainer and experimental nutritional-eating researcher. He has written multiple books on a variety of skill-specific mental functions and self-improvement topics. He has been a coach and mentor for key personnel with Xerox, General Motors, and Pitney Bowes corporations. Don has spoken to more than 1,000 audiences in all 50 states and in 7 foreign countries. His media credits include more than 50 radio and TV talk show appearance per year. He has been a return guest on the Donahue Show, Entertainment Tonight, ABC Talk Radio, and he's a regular guest on The Aware Show in Los Angeles, CA, as well as many newspapers & magazines

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1500 pages
• Publisher: Benacquista Publishing; 2nd edition (January 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970393113
• ISBN-13: 978-0970393111
• Product Dimensions: 12.8 x 10.2 x 4.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #947,130 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant information with passion, July 26, 2007

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Mark Twain "Passionate in health" (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Farmacist Desk Reference (Hardcover)

This reference guide is more than what you may think. It is a guide to understanding health and the current climate in the world as to why we are getting sicker and sicker. The solution; whole foods as our medicine.
I highly recomend this book to help guide you through the misinformation and propoganda put out there by the Pharmaceuticals industry and other corporate bodies who are not intersested in our health but more intersted in massive profits!
Don Tolman presents some amazing wisdom with passion and enthusiasm.
There is also some alarming information presented that you must understand not only for your sake but for the sake of all of our children and future generations.
A great investment.

29 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting but overpriced, May 16, 2008

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Maree K (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Farmacist Desk Reference (Hardcover)

Don Tolman's Farmacist Desk Reference (FDR) is, in some ways, a fascinating book. It incorporates nutrition, history and conspiracy theories in a sometimes bizarre but usually interesting way.

If you're looking for a book on nutritional values of food, there are much cheaper alternatives than the FDR. Although the book does contain some very good nutritional information about almost any fruit, vegetable, nut, grain and seed you can think of, it's simply not worth buying for that information alone.

Another major failing of the book is that clearly no editor or proof reader has been within a hundred miles of it. Misspellings, typos and grammar errors abound and unfortunately these often confuse the meaning of the text. The author also uses different coloured writing and fonts throughout the book, which although may fit in with his various theories, simply make the book hard to read.

A few other items ring alarm bells. For example, there is reference to a Australian man who, Don tells us, is regarded as a 'national treasure' in Australia: I'm Australian & I've never heard of the guy. And some of the photos in the book are, I'm sure, taken from some 1950s horror movie.

Don's theories have some sound basis to them. A lot of what he says is common sense. But he also engages in some scaremongering.

Nevertheless, he's clearly a passionate man and the bulk of his message - eat healthily, exercise, avoid toxic relationships etc - is good stuff. I just think, for what it is, the FDR is way overpriced and needs a professional edit, both to fix up the mistakes and to present the information in a more user-friendly way (there's no index and it can be difficult to find information). At $150, if you're looking for nutritional information, can handle bad spelling, grammar and typos and have a soft spot for conspiracy theories and polemic, then go for it.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Old World Knowledge Uncovered, October 2, 2009

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Chris Pal (Sydney) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Farmacist Desk Reference (Hardcover)

Modern doctors are excellent at hardware and putting people together again and thank God for that! However, it is painfully obvious that they are not so good in the software department. Eg, cancer, MS etc - they have been using the same methods for over 50 years to treat cancer with very questionable results. Hey, why don't we use cancer causing stuff like chemo and radiation to fight cancer (great thinking guys).

If you want to learn old world methods of healing the body (naturally) - this book is for you.

The books simplicity is deceiving, but you will instinctively know that it sounds right. Just ask you doctor how long he or she studied nutrition. They simply do NOT know the correlation between food and its interaction with our body + how the body uses food to heal.

The father of modern medicine said - Let your food be your medicine and your medicine be your food." - Hippocrates (460-377 B.C.)

A must have book - in my humble opinion.