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The bible of natural medicine–(Larry Dossey, M.D.), Natural Health, Natural Medicine is a comprehensive resource for everything you need to know to maintain optimum health and treat common ailments. This landmark book incorporates Dr. Weil’s theories of preventive health maintenance and alternative healing into one extremely useful and readable reference, featuring general diet and nutrition information as well as simple recipes, answers to readers’ most pressing q… More >>
Natural Health, Natural Medicine: The Complete Guide to Wellness and Self-Care for Optimum Health
March 5th, 2010 at 4:53 am
Not too long ago Mr. Weil appeared on a television show giving healthy eating tips. It was apparent that Mr.Weil was carrying lots of extra weight while the interviewers were trim. Wake up America, this guy is bogus. This book is especially riddled with bad advice. He totally denigrates any weight-lifting (crucial for women to elevate their metabolism and ensure healthy bone mass). He also advocates trimming your protein consumption to a bare minimum. Current wisdom is shifting to the value of good supplies of low-fat protein. Don’t buy this book.
Rating: 1 / 5
March 5th, 2010 at 5:50 am
Do yourself a favor and read USEFUL books like Pizzorno and Murray’s Encylopedia of Natural Medicine, or Prescription for Nutritional Healing. This guy’s ego is too hard to take for 300 pages and at the end he still doesn’t deliver the goods.
Rating: 1 / 5
March 5th, 2010 at 5:58 am
I found Dr. Weil to be very uninformed on many topics. For instance, he says nobody, including bodybuilders, needs to supplement with protein. Apparently he hasn’t read any studies in the last four decades.
He also calls fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, and several other diseases “fashionable”. (Weil’s education taught him what to think rather than how to think.) He talks in a very demeaning manner about victims of these diseases, as if they are all simply crazy people who need mental help. It’s unfortunate he used his book as an outlet for his ignorance and poor bedside manner. These diseases are very real and just because doctors like Mr. Weil cannot help sufferers of such diseases is no cause to let his monstrous ego get in the way. Fibromyalgia is still fibromyalgia–regardless what you want to call it.
He also talks about placebo effects with supplements. Again, he didn’t do his homework. Placebo effects are always possible with any treatment or preventive measure. However, countless studies have shown the benefit of supplements. For a much more informed view from a real expert, read Lester Packer’s books.
Rating: 1 / 5
March 5th, 2010 at 8:57 am
Dr. Weil’s “one size fits all” approach can be dangerous. I first discovered this book when I was a university student. I was in good health, but with somewhat low energy, so I decided to try “eating better”. I followed his low-fat, grain- and soy-filled diet and got sicker and sicker over the next couple of years.
I’ve since discovered that everyone’s body is different; mine needs animal protein and lots of healthy fats, and doesn’t tolerate grains very well. But there’s no room for that in this book, and no room for disagreeing with the doctor’s pronouncements.
Hmm, seems like his fundamental attitude (know-it-all) isn’t so far from those MD’s who are opposed to alternative medicine!
I give it one star, because if you’re living a really unhealthy lifestyle (no exercise, all junk food), it *might* be better than nothing. But if you’re interested in taking control of your health, I’d suggest books by Peter D’Adamo, Paul Pitchford, or Zoltan Rona. Not only do they have much more useful information, they also skip the condescending attitude!
Rating: 1 / 5
March 5th, 2010 at 10:05 am
I really liked this book, it told a lot about alternative health that openend my eyes. It is amazing how much more options are out there besides the “allopathic” approach.
Rating: 4 / 5