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 It's OK May 07, 2008
It is interesting, but I have read better and more comprehensive books on similar topics.
3 of 13 found the following review helpful:
 The good, the bad, the ugly Aug 31, 2007
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Dr. Howenstine, MD, states in his Introduction, "My medical education was very conventional. We had a few lectures abut (sic) vitamins, but very little information about nutrition." The book contains a wealth of information that can benefit many.
On sunlight, Dr. Howenstine is very credible. He states, "Vitamin D deficiency is not a problem in tropical countries where sun exposure is normal." He continues, "The incidence of osteoporosis, hip and spinal fractures, cataracts, and colon and prostate cancer are lower in the tropics." More priceless wisdom is contained in "....one reason for the rising frequency of skin cancer is the switch from natural butter to synthetic margarine," as a highly active form of Vitamin D can be isolated from butter.
Chapter 15 is a must read on Truth About Sunlight relating light as a nutrient to chronic disease and lack of sunlight. Dr. Howenstine quotes noted Light authority, Dr. John Ott, on the inability to achieve pregnancy related to tinted sunglasses. After advising 6 women to throw away their sunglasses, they all became pregnant (p.170). However, I would not recommend that sun lovers wear sunglasses as a sole means of birth control.
Chapter 14, Malignancies, however, is a different story. Readers must cautiously read this chapter and not stray down the path of ignorance.
Chapter 14--THE GOOD. Dr. Howenstine maintains medical credibility in citing Dr. Timothy Murrell (p.163) in which female readers are reminded that tight, compressed clothing inhibits circulation in the breast and is a causative agent in breast cancer, explaining a higher incidence of breast cancer in cold climates. He also cites lack of Vitamin D as another possible cause. However, strict laws in most of the US against women going topless at beaches contribute to this problem, once the sleepy-eyed, dazed and confused allow organized religion to invade our legal system and declare exposed breasts as "indecent." Honi soit qui mal y pense.
Chapter 14--THE VERY BAD. The book's major flaw occurs on page 160 in which Dr. Howenstine suffers a major loss in credibility in attributing abortion as a cause of breast cancer. He opens the section with "more than 30 studies have confirmed a relationship...." First, you can make a study say anything that you want. Predictable outcomes to support religious dogma have no place in medical writing. There is absolutely no reason that after 4 years of medical school and 3 years of residency (including the first year as internship), that a highly skilled practitioner continues to corrupt his thinking with agenda-based propaganda that strips one naked to ridicule and public scorn. It gets even worse. Dr. Howenstine quotes biblical scripture (Proverbs 14:12)(p.162) and thereby relegates this entire volume to one of a hysterical morass. Now, Dr. Howenstine, you must have had this in your medical training...a nonviable fetus is not a "child" and cannot get "killed," and for this nonsense in a purported medical text, Dr. Howenstine should be compelled to retrain in those areas he must have slept through, as a precondition for maintaining a license to practice medicine. Even in his discussion on organochlorines, Dr. Howenstine can't give it up, again incorrectly linking abortion to breast cancer. While some early studies suggest an association between abortion and breast cancer, this was due to inherent design flaws of the studies, as reported in the Journal of National Cancer Institute, and the American Journal of Epidemiology. In 1997, the New England Journal of Medicine examined the medical records of 1+ million Danish women, concluding definitely that abortion has no overall effect on a woman's breast cancer risk. My edition of Dr. Howenstine's book was published in 2002. Is this a case of sloppy research on Dr. Howenstine's failure to include, or a case of cognitive dissonance (don't tell me what I don't want to hear). One 2003 study by Erlandsson, et al, suggests that abortion may be associated with a REDUCED RISK of breast cancer, as reported in the International Journal of Cancer. This was corroborated further in a reanalysis of data from 53 epidemiological studies including 83,000 women with breast cancer from 16 countries and reported in Lancet (2004). The American Cancer Society, the National Breast Cancer Coalition, ACOG, and WHO, have all concluded that no link has been established between abortion and breast cancer.
I was also disappointed that Cholesterol was not indexed. Readers need to know the lowdown on the emotional hype to force cholesterol lowering drugs on the uninformed public and why consumers are better off avoiding them.
1 of 3 found the following review helpful:
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8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Overlook the minor editing glitches - It's worth it! Oct 20, 2004
Minor editing issues notwithstanding, this book has a place in my "ready reference" section. I keep coming back to it. Read it straight through cover to cover, then go back with a highlighter to the sections that currently impact your life. Then later, you'll be back in a new section, with the same highlighter! It's that useful.
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
A Spectacular Investment in Good Health Jan 08, 2004
Submitted by: Thomas Smith, author of the book: Insulin Our Silent Killer.Dr.James Howenstine's new best seller A Physicians Guide to Natural Health Care Products That Work is a spectacular investment in good health. Every page is loaded with scientific insight on exactly how the body works and precisely what is wrong and what to do about it when it doesn't work right. From the clear cause and effect tie-in between abortion and cancer, to the obesity-CLA deficiency connection, to a thorough scientific discussion of the vaccination issue, this book is loaded with eminently workable insights to staying healthy in a world that is chronically ill. The book is information rich and contains an extensive indexing system to facilitate
the rapid recovery of information when it is needed. The table of drug induced nutritional deficiencies is a gem. Suggestions on ways to take natural products is the sort of classic good medicine we'd like to always find when we visit the doctor. All along the way, Dr. Howenstine provides not only the name and explanation of the natural products needed to restore a myriad of health disorders, but also provides two alternate suppliers for the product, along with insight to how to buy it without being deceived. Dr. Howenstine writes in plain English for the intelligent layman. He avoids the medical language constructs that often effectively prevent many laymen from doing their own research. Where technical medical terms are unavoidable, Dr. Howenstine takes great pains to make them abundantly clear. His thirty four years of clinical experience, together with his compassion for the sick, shine through his recounting of examples from his many case histories. This book, far from merely finding a place in my library, has quickly become one of my most valued references.
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