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Do You Believe in Magic?: Vitamins, Supplements, and All Things Natural: A Look Behind the Curtain
Paul A. Offit
4.07 AVERAGE
93 reviews for:
Do You Believe in Magic?: Vitamins, Supplements, and All Things Natural: A Look Behind the Curtain
Paul A. Offit
4.07 AVERAGE
Required reading for all those that believe the alternative medicine knows better than science.
Pretty much all alternative medicine has no scientific basis. Caveat Emptor.
This is the book I try to buy for people
This is the book I try to buy for people who really badly need it. Because they’re stuck in a certain way of thinking. Because they’re gullible. Like most of us like me, occasionally.
The entire world needs this book.
Merged review:
This is the book I try to buy for people
This is the book I try to buy for people who really badly need it. Because they’re stuck in a certain way of thinking. Because they’re gullible. Like most of us like me, occasionally.
The entire world needs this book.
This is the book I try to buy for people who really badly need it. Because they’re stuck in a certain way of thinking. Because they’re gullible. Like most of us like me, occasionally.
The entire world needs this book.
Merged review:
This is the book I try to buy for people
This is the book I try to buy for people who really badly need it. Because they’re stuck in a certain way of thinking. Because they’re gullible. Like most of us like me, occasionally.
The entire world needs this book.
informative
medium-paced
This was ok, not great.
There was a lot of data presented as anecdotes, and not much fact.
There was a lot of data presented as anecdotes, and not much fact.
Via Audio. I do wonder if I would feel differently if I had read this instead of listened to it. But overall, I think now.
1. Don't title it Sense and Nonsense if you are just making a case against it. Trust your readers and be honest with them. 2. If you are against it, especially so vehemently, give your credentials and back ground up front so I know where you are coming from instead of making me research you for the Aha! I get it now moment. You've made your living from your side. Be honest about that. 3. You totally left out diet, which is a huge part of this. I have a hard time forgiving that. Saying that Steve Jobs killed himself before his time by drinking too much carrot juice, and not submitting to the knife more quickly - when the man lived almost a decade with pancreatic cancer, is just so wrong in so many ways. Be honest. 4. Do more acknowledging the harm of the pharm and the knife and the desire for the humane. There is a real reason plus a mil that people seek the alternative. Be honest. 5. It's not all placebo. Or, if it is then modern medicine is just as guilty if not more so. Be honest. And darn it, please be more humane.
1. Don't title it Sense and Nonsense if you are just making a case against it. Trust your readers and be honest with them. 2. If you are against it, especially so vehemently, give your credentials and back ground up front so I know where you are coming from instead of making me research you for the Aha! I get it now moment. You've made your living from your side. Be honest about that. 3. You totally left out diet, which is a huge part of this. I have a hard time forgiving that. Saying that Steve Jobs killed himself before his time by drinking too much carrot juice, and not submitting to the knife more quickly - when the man lived almost a decade with pancreatic cancer, is just so wrong in so many ways. Be honest. 4. Do more acknowledging the harm of the pharm and the knife and the desire for the humane. There is a real reason plus a mil that people seek the alternative. Be honest. 5. It's not all placebo. Or, if it is then modern medicine is just as guilty if not more so. Be honest. And darn it, please be more humane.
The title suggests a balanced discussion of alternative medicine. Not in this book. It was a rant against alternatives to western medicine. Some of it very well deserved. Some very intelligent people have made the mistake of forsaking western medicine, Steve Jobs being the most glaring example. But this author really had it in for Dr. Oz, Oprah and Depak Chopra. There are alternatives that do work, the author omitted those from this treatment.
Unless you're new to these books, there's not much new but it provides a balanced opinion on why people will explore alternative medicine as an option.
informative
fast-paced