Introduction by Gabe Mirkin, M.D.
Have Americans been conned into taking vitamins they don't need - by the health food industry. Two distinguished physicians say yes!
Barrett and Herbert outline how the health food companies have created a multibillion-dollar industry, mostly by preying on the fears of uninformed consumers. The authors address every aspect of this lucrative misinformation campaign including: some simple truths about nutrition, thirty ways to spot untrustworthy advice, how some health-food companies skirt the law, broken promises about products or services, the false claims of homeopathic products, unscientific nutrition practices, and the promotion of unproven therapeutic products through the media. Barrett and Herbert offer suggestions on where consumers can turn for help, and what kind of protection the government can give. They have included appendices that demonstrate how to balance your diet, an evaluation of claims made for more than sixty supplements and food products and much more.
Stephen J. Barrett, M.D. (Allentown, PA) is a nationally renowned psychiatrist. author, editor, and consumer advocate. His thirty-five books include Health Schemes, Scams, & Frauds; and The Health Robbers.
Victor Herbert, M.D. J.D. (New York, NY) is professor of medicine at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine.
480 pages (Illustrations Throughout) Publication Date 30th March, 1995
lSBN O-87975-909-7
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