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Born With a Junk Food Deficiency: How Flaks, Quacks, and Hacks Pimp the Public Health Hardcover – Illustrated, April 24, 2012
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- Print length367 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherPrometheus
- Publication dateApril 24, 2012
- Dimensions6.22 x 1.21 x 9.26 inches
- ISBN-101616145935
- ISBN-13978-1616145934
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-David Healy, Author of Pharmageddon and Let Them Eat Prozac
"A savage indictment of the Pharmaceutical-Industrial Complex. . . . More ruthless than any drug cartel, the prescription drug industry has corrupted our political institutions, infiltrated our regulatory agencies, and bribed the medical establishment to act as dispensers of its high-priced dope, all in the obscene pursuit of mega-profits, consequences be damned. This urgent book should serve as a warning label [on] an industry that poses a grave threat to the public health."
-Jeffrey St. Clair, Author of Born under a Bad Sky and coeditor of CounterPunch
"There’s a story in this book about a pig that is so delectable, it can’t be eaten all at once. While this book may make you question eating any pig ever again, it, too, is so rich that it can’t be digested in one gulp. We all know about junk food, but what’s in Born with a Junk Food Deficiency is bound to surprise you. A wonderful weapon in the arsenal against eating muck disguised as food."
-Ingrid Newkirk, President of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)
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- Publisher : Prometheus; Illustrated edition (April 24, 2012)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 367 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1616145935
- ISBN-13 : 978-1616145934
- Item Weight : 1.19 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.22 x 1.21 x 9.26 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,370,474 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #888 in Health Policy (Books)
- #1,250 in Sociological Study of Medicine
- #2,404 in Food Science (Books)
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About the author

MARTHA ROSENBERG (Evanston, IL) is a freelance writer and editorial cartoonist. She has been a frequent contributor to the San Francisco Chronicle, the Providence Journal, and the Chicago Tribune. She has also contributed to the Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, Arizona Republic, the New Orleans Times-Picayune, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and Consumers Digest. In addition, she is a regular health columnist on the Huffington Post, AlterNet, CounterPunch, BuzzFlash, Foodconsumer, NewsBlaze, YubaNet, Scoop, and the Epoch Times.
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Few commentators understand what is going on between medical care, pharma, and the FDA. Martha is one, and as a bonus she explains the big food corporations too. Between the three, it is s sad, corrupt scene, far worse than the press realizes. The doctors are completely clueless with a few exceptions. Martha did a years research for this book, and still writes 4 blogs a week. You need this information to manage your own approach to your health, and understanding these interactions is necessary to get the story.
Also recommended are books by Peter Gotzsche, David Healy and Nortin Hadler. There are others.
Bob Wilbur
May,2015
