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Summary: THIS IS A MUST HAVE!
Review: Having an earlier 1974 version, I find this new update absolutely fascinating. Rita Bingham continues her mother Esther Dickey's legacy by providing us with the most current information to help us learn provident living. Not only does Ms. Bingham tell us what to do, but how, and where to go for additional information. She tells us how to use that information, and her recipes are wonderful. This is one of only two books that I recommend to my friends who want to be more self-sufficient, the other being "Making The Best Of Basics" by James Talmadge Stevens. This duo is a must have base for anyone wanting to learn more about taking care of themselves.
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Summary: Fantastic Update
Review: Having an earlier 1974 version, I find this new update absolutely fascinating. Rita Bingham continues her mother Esther Dickey's legacy by providing us with the most current information to help us learn provident living. Not only does Ms. Bingham tell us what to do, but how, and where to go for additional information. She tells us how to use that information, and her recipes are wonderful. This is one of only two books that I recommend to my friends who want to be more self-sufficient, the other being "Making The Best Of Basics" by James Talmadge Stevens. This duo is a must have base for anyone wanting to learn more about taking care of themselves.
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Summary: THIS IS A MUST HAVE!
Review: If you want to eat healthy, on good tasing foods, and do it cheap this is the book you MUST HAVE. The side benefit is that you will create a more sulf reliant life style that is great for the entire family. This is the book everyone will be getting for gifts this year.
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Summary: A good general introduction marred by new-age hokum.
Review: Not the last word by any means, the book offers a broad, easy to digest introduction to disaster planning in the context of an extended personal or civil emergency rather than an end of the world scenario. In that vein, it offers much to those who haven't considered the problems they may face when the electricity goes out and the grocery store shelves are empty. For truly comprehensive advice, however, you need to look elsewhere - this is no bible on the subject.The most glaring flaw of the book is its new-age style food and health advice. It perpetuates junk-science claims about the alleged superiority of "live" foods, toxic effects of meat protein, suppression of the immune system by sugar, benefits of enzyme supplements, etc., etc. And she really flogs the unsubstantiated claims regarding the antimicrobial effects of grapefruit seed extract and the efficacy of homeopathic remedies. Overall, I would award the book four stars for those who have never before considered disaster preparedness planning; and for those who have, just one star because it would add nothing to your knowledge. Two and one half stars is the average, knocked back to two stars for not sticking to proven fact. An emergency is no time to start experimenting with unproven, unsubstantiated "contemporary wisdom" regarding nutrition and health matters.
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