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A review by antlersantlers
The Immune System Recovery Plan: A Doctor's 4-Step Program to Treat Autoimmune Disease by Susan Blum
Did not finish book.
I'm done with this. Like not in a "got to the end of the book" way but in a "fed up with nonsense" way. The really frustrating part is that there is some reasonably sound medical advice here, but it's surrounded on all sides by "functional medicine" nonsense and woo woo unscientific theories. Instead of consulting this book, perhaps just visit the Mayo Clinic's website or the National Institutes of Health's website for scientifically-vetted evidence based medicine.
I was recently diagnosed with another autoimmune disease so I thought heck why not try this book. But one of my most recent non-fiction reads was [b:Do You Believe in Magic?: The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine|16065621|Do You Believe in Magic? The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine|Paul A. Offit|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1411945153s/16065621.jpg|21856264], I've been re-listening to old episodes of Sawbones, and mainlining the alternative medicine episodes of Oh No Ross & Carrie, so my brain is definitely attuned to pseudoscience lingo. This book has it in spades.
In addition to the podcasts, websites, & books above, instead of reading this book I recommend reading about functional medicine at Science Based Medicine and in particular the piece Functional Medicine: The Ultimate Misnomer in the World of Integrative Medicine.
I was recently diagnosed with another autoimmune disease so I thought heck why not try this book. But one of my most recent non-fiction reads was [b:Do You Believe in Magic?: The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine|16065621|Do You Believe in Magic? The Sense and Nonsense of Alternative Medicine|Paul A. Offit|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1411945153s/16065621.jpg|21856264], I've been re-listening to old episodes of Sawbones, and mainlining the alternative medicine episodes of Oh No Ross & Carrie, so my brain is definitely attuned to pseudoscience lingo. This book has it in spades.
In addition to the podcasts, websites, & books above, instead of reading this book I recommend reading about functional medicine at Science Based Medicine and in particular the piece Functional Medicine: The Ultimate Misnomer in the World of Integrative Medicine.