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Summary: You can fool many people a lot of the time.
Review: Mr. Null is a charismatic scientifically sounding individual, but a quack nonetheless. His PhD is a fake. His "studies" and sources are not to be believed, and any of his advice that sounds too good to be true almost certainly is. For a comparison read Real Age if you want a factual account of how to improve your health.
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Summary: The Seminal Work in its Field
Review: My grandmother was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease. This crippling disease was robbing her of her memory and daily life. Now, 2 years after her diagnosis we discovered Gary Null's "Get Healthy Now!" This volume functions as a valuable tool to reverse her condition and take back her life. We have followed Null's natural, healty regimen and have witnessed remarkable results. She no longer struggles with this debilitating condition. We are grateful to Gary Null and his work. My grandmother can now enjoy everyday pleasures as she once did.
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Summary: Remarkable Results
Review: My grandmother was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease. This crippling disease was robbing her of her memory and daily life. Now, 2 years after her diagnosis we discovered Gary Null's "Get Healthy Now!" This volume functions as a valuable tool to reverse her condition and take back her life. We have followed Null's natural, healty regimen and have witnessed remarkable results. She no longer struggles with this debilitating condition. We are grateful to Gary Null and his work. My grandmother can now enjoy everyday pleasures as she once did.
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Summary: Remarkable Results
Review: My grandmother was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease. This crippling disease was robbing her of her memory and daily life. Now, 2 years after her diagnosis we discovered Gary Null's "Get Healthy Now!" This volume functions as a valuable tool to reverse her condition and take back her life. We have followed Null's natural, healty regimen and have witnessed remarkable results. She no longer struggles with this debilitating condition. We are grateful to Gary Null and his work. My grandmother can now enjoy everyday pleasures as she once did.
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Summary: FANATICAL REACTIONS ASIDE
Review: Sorry, I can't agree with pretty much any of the previous reviews. They all seem to be based on ideology or personal feelings. For example, one reader who takes exception to the book refers to the author as "Mr. Null," regardless of his PhD.; she may have reason to dislike him, but the fact is, he IS a doctor.Yes, this book has its problems. Gary Null tends to re-hash stuff from his other books, and clearly, size alone has no bearing an quality: bigger isn't necessarily better. Still, if you like his radio show and do not yet own any of his other books, this may be something you'd like to have in your library. If nothing else, it has an up-to-date guide on alternative health care professionals throughout the country. So forget the reviewers who call each other and Gary names. Forget any claims or accusations that are not followed up by FACTS. Forget, too, the dentist who thinks he knows it all about his profession (after all, 99% of dentists consistently use unnecessary "check-up" X-rays, despite tons of evidence that the cumulative effect of radiation is VERY, VERY bad for us). Instead, get the book from a library or look at it in a store. If this 3-star book has some things you want, come back to Amazon and save a few bucks in buying it. If not, pass it by and chalk it up to the fact that most books (in fact, most human things) are of average quality, and not every author is Tolstoy.
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Summary: The most complete and readable health book I've ever seen
Review: There are many books out there that claim to be comphrehensive - this is one that really is! I like the way it's easy to find subjects. I really like this book!
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Summary: Some good info but requires hard work to find and use it.
Review: There is some great basic information in this book. Through reading part 1, I determined that I've had a Zinc deficiency. I was so relieved to solve this issue that I joined Gary Null's NYC health support group and got on their suggested protocol. It has been very effective for me. Unfortunately, this book does NOT resemble what we've learned in the group. For example, Part 2 of the book begins with Detoxification and soon after suggests eating plans. The plan suggestions contain foods that Null's actual protocol strictly avoids during detox (i.e. wheat and miso, etc.). Even more annoying is that once I found recipes containing ingredients that I COULD eat, the proportions were wrong! For example, the 'Aromatic Indian Sweet Potato Bake' that allegedly serves 2 calls for 3 oz (1/3 of one) sweet potato. The same problem goes for the 'Nutty Butternut Squash'. The opposite problem occurs on most of the breakfasts, huge portions (i.e. 6 oz. dried grains cook upto about 2+ cups) for serving 1? Those recipes, however, were tasty once I adjusted them correctly. That brings me back to my review title: Good info but it requires a lot of work to find and use what applies...
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Summary: well written, well researched, and thorough
Review: This book contains information you won't find just about anywhere else. A lot of the book contains excerpts from Gary's interviews with experts in various fields from his radio show, so you're not just getting one opinion, but many. The beginning of the book contains programs to follow (that many reviewers complain are lacking from his Ultimate Anti-Aging Program) as well as the theoretical basis for why they work. Most of the rest of the book focuses on various diseases and conditions and compares the standard orthodox treatments with a variety of lesser known alternative treatments, many of which you are likely unaware of. The book doen't just tell you what to do, but how to do it, and why it works. Just keep in mind that to read the book you have to take responsibility for your own health (or lack of it) and not think of yourself as a victim. Because, if you think about it, would you rather believe that disease just randomly attacks you and that there is nothing that you can do about it? Or would you rather believe that you are responsible for your own health and by living right that you aren't at the mercy of fate - and don't ever have to get sick.
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Summary: Another Money-Loving, you know what ...
Review: This book is thoroughly disappointing. Nothing real new, lacking concise info, just a re-run of stuff you've heard many times over. Just wants to sound like he has it all. Sorry, I bought it. Save your money for something else. Don't go for the packaging.
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Summary: Shameful Nonsense Masquerading as Science
Review: This book, as well as Null's others on alternative health, are a mixture of truths, partial truths, misleading truths, and falsity. He combines them in an inextricable amalgam that is not only unenlightening but actually dangerous. To give you some idea of this man's professed credentials, you needn't know more than that his Ph.D. is from Union Institute, which offers degrees in what is essentially a mail-order set-up. I know, because about four summers ago, while between jobs and desperate for some cash, I signed up to teach on their faculty (they have satellite "campuses" at various locales). After I attended the orientation meeting and went through an interview, I was offered a position. But after I met with several students to arrange the "tutorials," I decided to quit despite my financial need: It was such a wink-wink bogus arrangement that I just couldn't have lived with my conscience. It was a complete joke. And this is where he gets his degree! My Ph.D. is from Harvard, where we actually had to take classes, conduct experiments, go through rigorous training for years before we could call ourselves "doctor"; but alas, at least our degrees represent intellectual rigor and have substantial meaning. If you decide to read "Dr." Null's book, which I advise against, then at least do so knowing that your expert got his "training" from Union. Surely you have better things to do with your time and money. One other thing. For those of you who lack technical background, Null's reviews of the literature are highly selective "narrative" reviews. Many studies have demonstrated that this kind of review, because of its inherent subjectivity, are far more likely to be biased than are the so-called "meta-analytic" or systemative-quantitative reviews that are regularly published in real science. Covering literatures as large as the ones Null covers, anyone can pick and choose the studies that support your view while ignoring others; and you can do this while neglecting crucial factors such as sample size and other aspects of methodological quality that vary from study to study. In his books, and on his radio show, Null ONLY does the subjective-narrative reviews -- despite the fact that objective meta-analyses have been published on many of the points he addresses. Imposing this filter of his own wants onto the literature, he sifts and pans for what typically is a scewed and highly biased report to the reader. Listen, I am totally sympathetic with his critical attitude toward establishment biases. But let's not replace one bias with another! Let's try to abolish bias entirely. Null doesn't do that.
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