Fad-Free Nutrition

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Summary: THIS IS IT! THE ONE, THE ONLY ONE!!
Review: Out of the 750 books I've used in my research on the book I'm currently writing to establish a solid link between foods and moods, this is the only book that boldly and brilliantly sweeps away the surge of fad-ridden, lucky-to-be-alive hype and haranguing books that have flooded bookshelves in the last ten years. Forget all the diet books you've read, just shove them aside. "Fad-Free Nutrition" by doctors Drs. Frederick Stare and Elizabeth Whelan has the razor-sharp, reference dissecting and fraud-exposing power that finally cut through all the lies about dieting we've been force fed. Here's why.

First, the authors are not just doctors--which they are quick to point out some authors with this designation have a certificate from a school with no legitimate accreditation--they are outstanding writers, thoroughly versed in the power of English and how to write a narrative correctly. In this book, they tear apart many popular diet books limb from limb, pulling and shredding the preposterous diet and exercise theories and exposing every weakness of research. Second, we are taught from the beginning to distrust anything which, for example, uses phrases such as "may help," "research indicates," and "may prevent..." All of these are entirely inconclusive, as Stare and Whelan so masterfully indicate, that the other authors fail to indicate exactly which research and studies to which they are referring. It's as if all the latest diet books are smashed down by this brilliant, clear-cut, and perfectly balanced hammer that disintegrates a weak writing style into the frail pieces they are. Many of the target books, for example, tell us to completely eliminate from our diets caffeine, sugar, salt and white flour products, or anything else that tastes good and is nonetheless nutritious, thereby restricting us to a frustrating and unsatisfying regimine of protein shakes and "organic" this and that. EVERYTHING is organic, we are told. Other farces exposed are the fear surrounding irradiated foods, pesticides which have not been linked to a single traceable death, high-this-and-low-that diets and the real, factual truth of how nutrients and some hormones work. No hype, no preachings. Just the FACTS!

There is no question that "Fad-Free Nutrition" is the best book to be had regarding diet and nutrition. It's pathetic that the uneducated are permitted to wrongly summarize this work. What convinced me is that Mr. Stare founded the Dept. of Nutrition at Harvard University School of public health in 1942. He not only knows the latest research, he practically invented it!! He's the filter. Diet and nutrition books pass through, only to be extracted, mostly, to sheer quackery by authors who only want to make a buck at the expense of a generally gullible public. For example, on page 6, they cite a true event of a sign placed in the women's restroom at an unnamed, large health organization that read: NOTICE. THE WATER IN THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN FOUND TO CONTAIN HIGH LEVELS OF HYDROGEN. This at a building that's supposed to be occupied by scientists. As any fifth-grade student knows, two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom comprise a water molecule. Still, for many hours during this experiment, many people at this organization didn't drink the water or even wash their hands. Every single word in this 302-page, 10-chapter masterpiece is nothing short of a pure genius, common sense literary sword that can cut through every deception and every delusion of diets, pills, food additives and weight-control and cause the obvious to resurface. Try to get one thing about food or nutrition past these authors, masters of logic and clear thinking without emotional interjections. Much of what we've already known about food and diets, before the surge of new books, hasn't changed. Merely skimming the pages gets your reading mentality in the perfect cadence to spot a deception upon recognition, and ultimately ask, "Which research are you referring to? Which study? Which reports?" "Fad-Free Nutrition" puts an end to all controversy and does just what it says. The real beauty of its end results is that it won't cost you any more than the modest price of the book. Buy it, read it, live it. Don't think. GET IT TODAY! After 18 months of continuous, laborious research, this is the only one of its kind that made pure sense. Half the fun was just watching the authors work, so I won't spoil the rest for you.

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Summary: Highly recommended
Review: The authors help the reader to develop a more balanced view of eating. Much of the information they present will be familiar to most readers. However, the book will help readers to identify the mainstream views of doctors and nutritionists, to justify those views and to apply them. This removes the confusion resulting from the proliferation of "fringe" diet books.

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Summary: Horrible. Avoid.
Review: The authors of this book have not reviewed the latest research on nutrition. Consequently, their book will not tell you more than you already know. If you know that vegetables are good for you, you don't need this book. That is all you will learn.