Going Back to the Basics of Human Health

by Mary Frost

Going Back to the Basics of Human Health is a starting point for all those who want to be healthy. In the spirit of true investigative reporting, it walks you quickly and succinctly, step by step, through health basics that most people skip over in their thought processes about health. Going Back to the Basics of Human Health is a compilation of various nutritional studies, many of which have not reached widespread public awareness. Without mainstream distribution channels, the book is in its 5th printing, has sold over 32,000 copies internationally, and is just recently gaining broad exposure. People are thirsty for this information. Unfortunately, most people read the same things over and over again about health and nutrition. They know the language. They have read the intimate details of how and why to eat low fat, and have read books or articles on how some "new vitamin" will cure a disease. Most people assume that if they know these things, they then know a lot about health and nutrition. What they are really learning are fads, trends, and bold-faced lies. The microbites of true nutritional information are buried underneath these erroneous "health facts". So, how do you find these hidden facts? What do you need to know that plants your feet firmly in the truth, so that everything starts to become crystal clear? Going Back to the Basics of Human Health starts your voyage into the dark worlds of food, supplement, and medical politics. Hopefully, it will give you a new view of "high-tech" as it is applied to your health. Mankind, through science, has developed rockets that take us to the moon, telescopes that can see Mars, magnetic resonating devices that can see inside the human body, computers, and all sorts of gadgets that have totally changed the way we live. So the assumption is made that the same scientific care that is taken in getting a rocket off the ground has been taken and is being taken in keeping us well. Not so! Very few people are truly well. The news media has labeled it a health care crisis because the majority of people cannot pay their lifetime medical expenses... and no one else can either. We are led from one "new scientific breakthrough" to another, from one "new medical discovery" to another, and yet people are getting more and more sick. Millions of people suffer from indigestion, insomnia, depression, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, fatigue, ADD, infertility, obesity, frequent colds that they can't get over, asthma, impotency, and hormonal problems, just to name a few. Most of what we see and hear is manipulated to wipe out our common sense and convince us that this is just the way it is. People become lulled into complacency when they should be outraged. How many people notice how prevalent being sick in our society really is? If they don't see it in the news over and over again, they figure that is just isn't so. But, many pertinent health issues do not make the front-page news because most journalists obtain their information from statements given to them by organizations or individuals that have vested interests. "Knowledge is Power" is an often quoted phrase. Being educated helps one make informed decisions about anything in life. One of the interesting things about Going Back to the Basics of Human Health is that the doctors quoted in the latter part of the book are themselves ignorant of the information in the first two-thirds of the book. By reading this book, you know more than most health professionals do today. By reading the suggested reading list, you will know more than you thought possible.

93 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1997

Reviews

[Absinthia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Annoying in it writing style but a must read for anyone who eats.

[Deborah · Rating 2 out of 5]

One sided. Summation: Eat organic and use Standard Process supplements only.

Often seems like a very elaborate sales pitch (which it pretty much is.)

[Andrew Gallagher · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was a $13 82 page advertisement for a company called Standard Process that sells overpriced supplements. The author has an M.A. in arts and is clearly unqualified to be analyzing nutrition research data. There's a reason that Standard Process was sued multiple times for making false claims. This is their newest way to find a loophole in the law for false advertising. Hire someone to write an op-ed piece and you don't have to worry about being sued for false advertising.

I highly recommend everyone avoid spending any time or money on this book.

[Melissa Barronton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! We have really been duped by the powers that be and those who are supposed to help take care of us (our doctors...but I think they have been duped too). It’s amazing what govt, big pharma, and food companies have done to us in order to make money. This book is only the first step in learning what we should be eating and what we should be avoiding. Both my parents died in their early 60s due to heart attack, and thyroid problems being on several prescriptions and hormones after we fell into the low-fat and every fad eating when I was growing up in the 80s and 90s. I have been going to a naturopath for years now and cutting out sugar and gluten and helping heal my body (especially my digestive track) with whole food supplements such as standard process. Please read this book, implement the diet changes, and find a practitioner that doesn’t use drugs to allow your body to heal the damage that has already been done.

[Abby · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book, learned so much useful information about supplements and the dangers of carbohydrates that I will absolutely utilize daily. And the author cites all of her sources which seem to be trustworthy.

[Christina · Rating 4 out of 5]

Summed up this book convinced me to throw out Mike's synthetic vitamins (I'm not quite ready to get ride of my pre-natals, even though they too are synthetic), buy more organic foods, be extremely grateful for the plot of land I have here in Austin to grow my organic garden ( "organic" mandated by my landlord but now I'm really grateful), and eat more dark leafy greens, and less sugar.

Interesting facts (by memory as I had to return the book today, so there is likely something not quite right):
- you would have to eat 75 cups of spinach today to get the same amount of iron that was in 1 cup in 1940. The quality of our food is affected by the pesticides and soil quality they are exposed to. The current trend is not so good for our food!
-Pigs given a synthetic, non-food based vitamin B produced an offspring that could not reproduce (it effected the male sperm somehow...can't remember)
-the fluoride put in our public water is made from water waste that would otherwise have to be decontaminated.

[Natalie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eye opening. Made me want to never eat sugar, meat or processed foods ever again...Yet here I am.

[Lisa Wilkinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

very interesting mainly one-sided take on going organic!!!

[Tricia]

Liked it quite a bit. Now own it.