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Yetiv has produced a valuable reference for both health professionals and laymen interested in evaluating pop diets, health plans featured on the bestseller lists and "alternative" therapies such as homeopathy and herbal medicine. The author is strictly conservative about nutritional efficacyit takes controlled, double-blind studies to convince himand thus much of the book strikes a cautionary note. Indeed, after explaining scientific method and frequently citing medical research, his arguments become convincing. Among his targets: laetrile, starch-blockers, many fad diets and health-store remedies. Some are harmless, he writes, but some are deadly. For self-prescribers, this last note should make what is otherwise a dry read compelling.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Yetiv has produced a valuable reference for both health professionals and laymen interested in evaluating pop diets, health plans featured on the bestseller lists and "alternative" therapies such as homeopathy and herbal medicine. The author is strictly conservative about nutritional efficacyit takes controlled, double-blind studies to convince himand thus much of the book strikes a cautionary note. Indeed, after explaining scientific method and frequently citing medical research, his arguments become convincing. Among his targets: laetrile, starch-blockers, many fad diets and health-store remedies. Some are harmless, he writes, but some are deadly. For self-prescribers, this last note should make what is otherwise a dry read compelling.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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- A Consumers Guide to Alternative Medicine: A Close Look at Homeopathy, Acupuncture, Faith-Healing, and Other Unconventional Treatments by Kurt Butler on page 62, and Back Matter
- Pseudoscience and the Paranormal: A Critical Examination of the Evidence by Terence Hines in Back Matter
- Don't Get Duped : A Consumer's Guide to Health and Fitness by Larry M. Forness in Back Matter
- Pseudoscience and the Paranormal by Terence Hines in Back Matter
- Introduction to Clinical Nutrition, Revised and Expanded by Vishwanath Sardesai on page 479
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