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"Food, Health, and Medicine For anyone interesting in digging deeper into the forces that shape how we look at medicine, food, and health in this country, here are some books that may forever change the way you see natural medicine, health advice, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, drug safety, and the business of drug (and food) marketing. Read them in the spirit of "information is power." Warning: Don't even dabble in these excellent books unless you're willing to have some cherished myths and beliefs about health and medicine challenged. The Republican War on Science by Chris Mooney." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.) "The problem isn't that there's an absence of research—it's that a great deal of this research flies under the radar screen of those whom we turn to for health advice (more on this later). But the research exists. I've found it, you can find it, and your doctor can find it. You just have to be open to looking at it. You'll find dozens and dozens of references to published studies throughout the text of this book. Now let me be fully frank—I wish the research were more definitive." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"Besides, health advice seems not to be welcomed. We have stopped going to socials centered on sugary desserts. Most of my SAD friends left; I really cannot blame them. Most social life is centered on food. Most of my friends are on Internet chat groups or from raw support potlucks, although on occasion, I do attend raw food social gatherings. It takes enormous power to reverse social tides. At first, I resolved to make waves, to erode ignorance. But I soon learned that it takes too much energy, and the majority do not want to leave the "herd." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Official health advice, for example, included not having sex with Americans, so little was known about it. And ambulance men could be seen wearing full 'spacesuit' protection when dealing with patients suspected of carrying the mystery plague. Stewart had been living with AIDS for some years and just moved into a brand new and unusually bright basement flat in Hammersmith. He was a skinny guy in his 20s with a toothy smile and a face covered in the purple blotches characteristic of Kaposi's sarcoma, a skin cancer common in AIDS patients." - Jacky Law, Big Pharma: Exposing the Global Healthcare Agenda (Get the book.)

"Those critics are fools, and anyone who listens to the health advice of an unhealthy Doctors tend to be great technicians and lousy healers. - Deepak Chopra A teacher of health must first demonstrate credibility through personal health levels Health Measurement Recommended Ranges Mike Adams' Score Body Fat American Council on Exercise for Male Athletes: 6-13% 10." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.) "Maybe it's time we all stopped listening to diseased doctors and started getting our health advice from people who are healthy. So, those are my answers to the common criticisms that will be leveled against this book. There will be other critics who will no doubt come up with new ones, and I'm sure there are a few mistakes in this book, as there are in any book. But I assure you, they are unintentional, and the sole purpose of this book is to educate, inform, and help empower people with a sense of health freedom so that they can enhance their lives through the application of useful knowledge." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"CHAPTER 9 Fish and Seafood Given how confusing and contradictory health advice from the "experts" can frequently be, it's refreshing to find a principle upon which absolutely everyone agrees. One such principle is to eat more vegetables and fruit. Another is that seafood is one of the healthiest foods on the planet. Fish in general is a high-protein, low-calorie food that provides a range of health benefits, but some fish are real superstars." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth About What You Should Eat and Why (Get the book.)

"What does a medical consumer do when new scientific research contradicts long-standing health advice? In previous years, we've confronted this problem as new major studies called into question the use of aspirin, sunscreen and vitamin E. Doctors were left scrambling, and consumers felt utterly confused. Because I advocate on behalf of medical consumers in all health matters, I followed up on these issues by reviewing the studies and consulting leading experts. Myfindings... •Aspirin." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"Just bear in mind that this isn't health advice.) Basic Supplementation: ¦ A high-quality, professional-grade multivitamin and mineral without iron (unless recommended by your doctor). To Aid in Alleviating Sugar Cravings: ¦ Chromium (in amino acid chelate form)—200 micrograms with breakfast, lunch, and dinner. High-quality, clean, professional-grade fish oil (from anchovy, sardine, mackerel, or cod)—one gram or one teaspoon per meal at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. L-glutamine powder—1 teaspoon (about two to three grams) morning, midday, and evening, mixed in a small amount of water." - Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D., Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track (Get the book.)

"Public health advice is so mired in confusion and political vested interests that we, as consumers, never know whether eating eggs is good or bad—or even if we are eating a high-quality egg. Yes, there are many factors in our day-to-day lives beyond our personal control—factors that cause significant distress to our metabolism and contribute directly to poor health and obesity. The general public, sitting in the middle of PR campaigns from competing interests, is confused, to say the least. What is real food? How do you extract energy and health from real food?" - Byron J. Richards, The Leptin Diet: How Fit Is Your Fat? (Get the book.)

"Be wary of these popular myths It bombards you every day from your newspapers, magazines, and neighbors - the latest, greatest health advice. But many times, following it may actually put you more at risk for health problems, including kidney stones. Myth 1: A high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet is a healthy way to lose weight. "This type of diet increases the propensity to develop kidney stones," says Dr. Chia-Ying Wang, a professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. " - The Editors of FC&A, Unleash the Inner Healing Power of Foods (Get the book.)

"James Anderson, who achieved profound results with many patients by prescribing a near-vegetarian diet, is not immune to habitual health advice. He writes, "Ideally diets providing 70% of calories as carbohydrate and up to 70 gm fiber daily offer the greatest health benefits for individuals with diabetes. However, these diets allow only one to two ounces of meat daily and are impractical for home use for many individuals."20 Why does Professor Anderson, a very fine researcher, say that such a diet is "impractical" and thereby prejudice his listeners before they even consider the evidence?" - T. Colin Campbell, Ph.D. and Thomas M. Campbell II, The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health (Get the book.)

"It just doesn't make sense to seek health advice from a so-called authority who can't, themselves, demonstrates a high degree of health. Would you take your car to a car mechanic who had to get a ride to work because his own car wouldn't start? Would you get your haircut from a person whose own hair looked like a ragged mop? Would you hire a web site designer whose own site looked awful? If you said no to these examples, then why on earth would you seek health advice from a person whose own health is anything other than stellar? You see, a piece of paper on the wall that says "M. D." - Mike Adams, Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases (Get the book.)

"Smokers somehow felt conned. health advice to avoid smoking didn't cause smokers to back away from their habit, x-ray pictures of scarred lungs didn't frighten them away from their habit, nor did the testimony of the "Marlboro man" who developed lung cancer, but only when smokers realized they were being lied to, did many throw away their stash of tobacco. Not only do smokers vastly underestimate their risk for developing lung cancer, but surveys indicate more than half of smokers falsely believe exercise undoes most of the adverse effects of smoking." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

"Thus, the fact that approximately one-third of Americans actually listen to the health advice of their doctors is quite alarming. However, it is comforting to realize that more than 40 percent of Americans attempt to treat themselves first, through nutrition, lifestyle changes and self-education, before visiting doctors for health concerns. Doctors, as it turns out, offer shockingly bad advice to patients. They tell patients to get on prescription drugs, they propagate myths ?such as the myth that you can get all the nutrition you need by eating three balanced meals a day ?" - Mike Adams, Spam Filters for Your Brain (Get the book.)

"Don't listen to the health advice that Jim, Sally or your parents or your friends give you, unless they are a fantastic picture of health. You wouldn't trust your finances to an impoverished accountant, why would you do any less for your body? I've seen a bunch of overweight nutritionists and trainers in my time. This is a sure sign they're not the best people to listen to. This doesn't mean their information is wrong, it just means that they might give you advice that will send you further off track. Stay away!" - Kevin Gianni and Annmarie Colameo, The Busy Person's Fitness Solution (Get the book.)

"In summary, it can be said that the possibilities of treatment with herbal drugs are limited for a number of reasons: for a range of diseases such as severe cardiac insufficiency, tumors, infectious diseases, diabetes, and others, herbal drugs are not adequate remedies, even though such assertions are made in some "health advice" brochures and magazine articles. In a range of further cases, they only find use as a supportive therapy for the actual medical treatment, for which they are, however, of value." - Josef A. Brinckmann and Michael P. Lindenmaier, Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals: A Handbook for Practice on a Scientific Basis (Get the book.)

"Kelly Hayford has the ability and insight — borne of her own personal victory over ill-health — to reconnect us with our natural state. Her health advice is built upon common sense and the power of nature and real foods to heal, prevent illness and perpetuate vitality. Kelly Hayford bestows upon us, in complete candor, the invaluable paradigm of the Natural Healthcare Revolution: To overcome our health problems, we must embrace a lifestyle change, not a treatment method. Natural healthcare resonates with our biological, emotional, mental and spiritual needs." - Kelly Harford, M.C., C.N.C., If It's Not Food, Don't Eat It! The No-nonsense Guide to an Eating-for-Health Lifestyle (Get the book.)

"Only You, Not Your Physician, Must Take Full Responsibility Do not expect to receive valuable health advice from your typical doctor. Physicians usually do not help; they rush through their patient appointments, especially in the current HMO climate, because they are paid so poorly for each visit and are pressured to see as many patients as possible each day. Your physician is likely doing just as poorly as you are and eating just as unhealthfully or worse. After reading this book, you could improve his health and reduce his risk of premature death more than he could help yours." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss (Get the book.) "There's a lesson to be learned here: Don't get your health advice from the media. I am bringing up this issue so you realize not to jump to conclusions on the basis of one study or one news report. You can see how research information is often (mis)reported in the news. I have reviewed more than two thousand nutritional research papers in preparation for this book and many more in prior years, and there is not much conflicting evidence. As in a trial, the evidence has become overwhelming and irrefutable ?" - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss (Get the book.)

"If you said no to these examples, then why on earth would you seek health advice from a person whose own health is anything other than stellar? You see, a piece of paper on the wall that says "M. D." can't give a person the knowledge and wisdom to be healthy. The healthiest healers I know have no such credentials, and they don't need them. Walk into any Chinese herbalist shop in any city anywhere in the world, and you're likely to find people who are in a high state of health. You won't see some obese Chinese doctor behind the counter, hawking the latest prescription drug." - Mike Adams, Grocery Warning: How to recognize and avoid the groceries that cause cancer, diabetes, heart disease, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and other common diseases (Get the book.)

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