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Summary: Aluminum and Modern Dental Practice
Review: Again, we have authors who directly contradict the knowledgeable staff at the FDA and the American Dental Association (ADA). This book is so annoyingly repetitive I could not even finish it. I become angry at this kind of writing because it is edited so poorly. I was really hoping to find something like an objective, unbaised dissertation in the third person, but instead this book comes off with condescending and scolding overtones. I apologize if that seems unhelpful, but if the authors were right I would agree with them. I do not blame the author so much as the editor. "EDTA chelation" is used so many times it is practically beyond counting. It's repulsive. The alleged link to Alzheimer's disease, spontaneous anger and "killing sprees" are so terribly overused it appears that the author's emotions were overpowering his professed knowledge of English.
We are told at the beginning how knowledgeable our authors are about their subjects and "writing abilities," but specific references are missing. When a conclusion is made in the book, for instance, to "EDTA chelation" based on "many reports," the "many reports" are not cited, which then nullifies their allegations. We are only given a list of sources without needed links that allow us to follow in the authors' footsteps. This book attempts to do nothing more than scare the public--as if we were actually going to build a life around its instructions. Regarding the dangers of silver fillings alleged in the book, I spoke with both my dentist and his assistant, together who have sixty years of practical knowledge of amalgams. They told me that there is absolutely no danger of an individual receiving mercury poisoning from silver amalgams because of the way they are spun at high speeds before installation, and thus the silver and mercury form an inseparable, "unleakable" bond. (This is exactly why silver fillings last four to five times longer than composites). There is absolutely no proof from any CREDIBLE sources such as the FDA, the American Dental Association, the American Medical Association and others that the authors' theories are correct in this regard. In fact, my dentists and the ADA are basically saying you can safely disregard the authors' baseless accusations. Do the authors really know how preposterous it is to actually have a silver filling removed? How painful? How expensive? Forget it! Tell you what, when I'm 80 or 90, or even 100, I'll nullify theories like those in this book merely by my existence. I'll say that I kept my silver fillings and still lived a prosperous, fulfilling life. All it takes is one person to reach a ripe old age to prove the authors' work merely conjecture.
It appears that all the authors really wanted from this "work" were recognition and reward. We already know that lead is bad for the body. We already know about the damage that liquid mercury can cause, perhaps by contaminated drinking water or soil near industrial areas. We don't need another book to tell us, because enough has been written about it. Fearmongering amongst an already paranoid society has no place in the trusted realm of nonfiction. It's no wonder why the quality of books is declining these days, with the availability of self-publishing software. We need a committee to screen these publications before they are released. Today, we, as educated readers, are often smarter than authors such as those here. Unless the federal government and other CREDIBLE sources step forward and second these published opinions, which is all this book is, we as a super-informed public need to employ extra scrutiny when separating known facts from published hyperbole. If these authors have a shred of professionalism left, they will instantly take this text in their word processor, rewrite it without slanting, without bias, and let knowledgeable members of the dental community and the FDA have a say in it. If not, then they're just afraid that they'll be proven wrong. After a thorough rewrite and scanning by professionals who know what they're talking about, we can then approach the author's material from a scientific, intelligent viewpoint, and not just on theory and conjecture. We can then adequately determine if a change of lifestyle or the environment are indeed required, or we can simply ignore these allegations and move on with our lives. If I am in error or 'off base,' then why is this book selling for a mere fraction of it's original price? Why has it not been endorsed by the very agencies that it challenges?
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Summary: Pages and pages of nothing but pages and pages
Review: Again, we have some authors against the government and professionals that are able to tell both sides of an argument. This book is despicable because it appears to have been rushed to print without a lookover by the FDA and the American Dental Association. 'Hurry, hurry, this book has to get out before someone proves us wrong,' the authors thought.
"Toxic Metal Syndrome" is so annoyingly repetitive that I could not even finish it. I become angry at this kind of writing because it is edited so poorly. I was really hoping to find something more in line with a classical dissertation in the third person, but instead this book comes off with condescending and scolding overtones. I apologize if that seems unhelpful, but if the authors were right I would agree with them. I do not blame the author so much as the editor. "EDTA chelation" is used so many times it is practically beyond counting. It's repulsive. The alleged link to Alzheimer's disease, spontaneous anger and "killing sprees" are so terribly overused it appears that the author's emotions were overpowering his professed knowledge of English. We are told at the beginning how knowledgeable our authors are about their subjects and "writing abilities," but specific references are missing. When a conclusion is made in the book, for instance, to "EDTA chelation" based on "many reports," the "many reports" are not cited, which then nullifies their allegations. We are only given a list of sources without needed links that allow us to follow in the authors' footsteps.
This book is what appears to be on the cuff of another batch of rash and doomsday thinking among authors who lead to false conclusions based on mistaken or erroneous premises. None of their conclusions are irrefutable, nor have any professional organizations agreed with them. Regarding the dangers of silver fillings alleged in the book, I spoke with both my dentist and his assistant, together who have sixty years of practical knowledge of amalgams. They told me that there is absolutely no danger of an individual receiving mercury poisoning from silver amalgams because of the way they are spun at high speeds before installation, and thus the silver and mercury form an inseparable, "unleakable" bond. (This is exactly why silver fillings last four to five times longer than composites). There is absolutely no proof from any CREDIBLE sources such as the FDA, the American Dental Association, the American Medical Association and others that the authors' theories are correct in this regard. In fact, my dentists and the ADA are basically saying you can safely disregard the authors' baseless accusations. Besides, do the authors really know how preposterous it is to actually have a silver filling removed? How painful? How expensive? Forget it!
It appears to me that all the authors really wanted from this "work" were recognition and reward. They wanted to kick back and make money by scaring the public into believing their work so that everyone could say how "smart" they were. We already know that lead is bad for the body. We already know about the damage that liquid mercury can cause, perhaps by contaminated drinking water or soil near industrial areas. We don't need another book to tell us, because enough has been written about it. Fearmongering amongst an already paranoid society has no place in the trusted realm of nonfiction. It's no wonder why the quality of books is declining these days, with the availability of self-publishing software and printer services. We need a committee to screen these publications before they are released. Today, we, as educated readers often smarter than many authors such as these, have to be extra careful about separating fact from hyperbole. We are not taking anything anymore at face value. If these authors have a shred of professionalism left, they will instantly take this text in their word processor, rewrite it without slanting, without bias, and let knowledgeable members of the dental community and the FDA have a say in it. Then, just maybe, with the cloud of emotions blown away, we can approach this material from a scientific and intelligent viewpoint, and not just on theory and conjecture. We'll then determine if a change of lifestyle or the environment is indeed necessary, or if we can safely ignore the allegations and move on with our lives.
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Summary: toxic metal syndrome
Review: this is a very good book that is dealing with the treatment of chelation-therapy in degenerative-neurologic diseases,such as altzheimer,parkinson,dementia,etc....the explanation on the mechanisms of how the toxic metals get absorbed in the brain, and make their damage is very much acurate and interesting.there are healing nutrition recipes, plus suplements and the chelation-therapy,-all explain very clearly,and there are a few real case histories that gives you (the reader) something to think. it is a very interesting and practical book on the subject, and the chapter that dealing with altzheimer is particularly amazing. i recommand that book very much.
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Summary: toxic metal syndrome
Review: this is a very good book that is dealing with the treatment of chelation-therapy in degenerative-neurologic diseases,such as altzheimer,parkinson,dementia,etc....the explanation on the mechanisms of how the toxic metals get absorbed in the brain, and make their damage is very much acurate and interesting.there are healing nutrition recipes, plus suplements and the chelation-therapy,-all explain very clearly,and there are a few real case histories that gives you (the reader) something to think. it is a very interesting and practical book on the subject, and the chapter that dealing with altzheimer is particularly amazing. i recommand that book very much.
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Summary: Aluminum and Modern Dental Practice
Review: Very interesting and thorough material on these two subjects, in particular. Never knew before that aluminum is even in baking powder, among all the other sources of it mentioned. The dental mercury section is very useful information, if not frightening in its still widely prevalent scope within the USA. I never realized before that two European countries have already banned its use!
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