Going Back to the Basics of Human Health: Avoiding the Fads, the Trends And the Bold-faced Lies

by Mary Frost

Book by Frost, Mary

99 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.