Health Myths Exposed 2nd Edition [Paperback]

M.Sc. Shane Ellison (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2006

Reintroducing education, therapeutic nutrition, and choice to health care, Health Myths Exposed has liberated thousands of courageous and forward-thinking individuals. The general public as well as health-care leaders have used Health Myths Exposed to resist the current of greed that strives to push them toward prescription drug servitude. The end result has been health freedom – a vibrantly healthy life independent of prescription drugs. Health Myths Exposed is more than a book. With surging momentum it has become a movement ? a movement away from FDA approved drug addiction and away from medical doctors who dictate that one-drug-fits-all. Most important, it’s a movement away from complex, obscure health ideas and toward common sense which asserts that, except for emergency medicine, very few prescription drugs have value and those which do can usually be replaced with safer, less expensive natural medicine.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Are you one of the brainwashed who believe high cholesterol is dangerous to your heart? Read Shane´s elegant debunking." --Uffe Ravnskov M.D. Ph.D, Member of New York Academy of Sciences

“You must read this book." --Ed Griffin , Author A World Without Cancer: The Story of Vitamin B17

"Presented in a concise, coherent and persuasive manner, Shane’s attention to research makes it impossible to dismiss as hearsay." --Dan Murphy D.C. Vice President International Chiropractors Association

About the Author

Shane holds a Master's degree in organic chemistry and has first hand experience in drug design. Abandoning his career as a medicinal chemist, he is dedicated to stopping prescription drug hype in its tracks. He is an internationally recognized authority on therapeutic nutrition and author of Health Myths Exposed and The Hidden Truth about Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs. With his keen ability to sift through scientific literature and weed out fact from fiction, Shane has empowered thousands to assert their health freedom by saying "no" to prescription drugs. He is lead scientist for HealthFX Nutraceuticals, developer of the SafeTaste Certification (TM) seal, has appeared in the award- winning documentary by Gary Null and Associates entitled Prescription for Disaster and is a member of The International Network of Cholesterol Skeptics. Shane is a proud husband and father of two children.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Health Myths Exposed, LLC (June 1, 2006)
• ISBN-10: 0977207927
• ISBN-13: 978-0977207923
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #450,736 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Take This Book to the Doctor With You, March 31, 2007

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C.C. Hoffman "Older and Wiser" (Bethlehem, PA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Health Myths Exposed 2nd Edition (Paperback)

After I had read the first edition of this book, which was loaned to me by a friend, I bought the second edition. It is a quick read, and I was glad I had read it. Shane organizes his chapters around the specific myths like "FDA-Approved Drugs are Safe and Effective" and "Drug Approval is Based On Science" or "Cholesterol is Bad for You." From there he brings in information in a very concise way that illustrates why these statements are myths. There have been whole books written on just one of these topics, and they have their place, in a more detailed investigation of the subject. But the beauty of this book "Health Myths Exposed" is the concise presentation of the essential arguments showing that so much of what official medicine teaches and preaches is simply not true or not helpful.

Every time I go anywhere near a doctor it seems they are pushing another drug. Rcently, I have had to refuse Lipitor about a dozen times. A decade ago they were trying to get me to accept hormones. One doctor did everything except hold me down and pour them down my throat. A decade later, we read all the articles about how those hormones were maybe not such a good idea after all, and for all the reasons I initially refused them. Sadly, many people are less cranky than I am, and do not contradict their doctors, but just swallow whatever is being touted.

My health is not the best, I am already taking seven different drugs, and I do not see how another like Lipitor can do anything positive for me. The doctor says heart disease is the major cause of death, but I say being alive is the major cause of death. In any case, there is no proof that Lipitor can prevent heart attack in a woman who has not had one. I strongly suspect that my troubles began as the result of drugs I took years ago, combined with a diet I thought was healthful, but was not. For the past 8 or 10 years, while I was having to fight off prescriptions for hormones and then Lipitor, not one single doctor ever did a two hour glucose test to determine that I had type 2 diabetes. If I could have known that, way back when it must have started, and changed my eating habits and begun helpful supplements, the problems I have now with my heart and neuropathy might never have develped. Every doctor kept telling me I had "idiopathic" neuropathy, instead of actually doing the simple blood test, while they were trying to get me to take Neurontin off-label and antidepressants and hormones and Lipitor!

The problem for us patients is the dissonance between what the authority of the doctors tells us, and what someone who ought to know like Shane tells us. One thing that upsets me is the use of the term "side effect." That is my only criticism of Shane's book. He uses that term. Drugs are toxic chemicals which interfere in a profound way with the normal functioning of our bodies. When we swallow them, they have effects on us. None of the effects are "side" effects, all are plain and simple effects. Use of that term is kind of like sleight of hand, meant to distract us into not looking closely at what is happening. Even though Shane uses that term, he also gives us the insight to help us recognize how and why drugs are developed, which is not necessarily for our best interest, but rather to make a business successful and lucrative, or, at best, simply to squash symptoms, not restore us to health. The information he gives us in this book is also very revealing about the whole cholesterol issue, and his discussion of ephedra is very revealing, illustrating how, in FDA/AMA land, the natural substance is rendered into a chemical, which is dangerous, but the discussion then becomes muddied, and the safe natural substance is banned.

For me, one reason Shane's book is so valuable is that it is a tool the consumer can use to gain some perspective. Many people who would not wade through a long book delving into all the research regardng the cholesterol theory could and would pick up this book, and get some essential information to counteract all the pressure that big medicine and big pharma and big advertising direct at all of us all day long.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Time to question the drug company's, March 30, 2007

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eddyreddy (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Health Myths Exposed 2nd Edition (Paperback)

This is a great way to get more inside information on how drugs really work in our bodys. I have owned this book ever since Shane had it printed. Some of the people I showed this book to, they have so much faith in the doctors and do not question the drugs they are given. Now they question the doctor. I know the drug company's are padding the doctors pockets to promote their drugs. Since reading this, and changing his diet, my boyfriend is completely off high blood pressure medication. Shane has been a great source of imformation for years for me and my family.

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EYE OPENING!!!, March 31, 2007

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Richard A. Bove (Staten Island NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Health Myths Exposed 2nd Edition (Paperback)

Want to experience TRUE HEALTH? Read this book. You will be amazed at what it reveals. Research is manipulated to benefit the drug companies manufacturing these toxins for one purpose, financial gain. Ever wonder why nutritional supplements are never touted as being beneficial? They cannot be patented and horded for profit. Instead, synthetic derivatives (drugs) are manufactured and touted as "Life Saving". Revealing what the media knows, but is afraid to tell, is why Shane's book is "OVER THE TOP". Look around you, listen to what people talk about. When the topic of conversation turns to "What drugs are you on?" we are in trouble. This is not health, it's a testament to our ignorance of health and our delegation of it to our M.D.'s. Stand up, take control, be responsible for your own health, LIVE 10 EXTRA YEARS!! Read this book twice, look at the research, research that research, be skeptical, learn how to regain your health and you'll soon see the deceptive ways of "BIG PHARMA". I have seen patients lives transformed in a matter of weeks,(by stopping statin use) now they believe. They've taken control, educated themselves on the drugs efects, feel great and are LIVING again. Best of all NOW THEY QUESTION THEIR M.D.'s decisions regarding drug scripts. They are happy, I am happy, you will be too. Well worth your time and money! You can't put a price on your health. JUST DO IT!!
Richard A. Bove, D.C.