Misguided Medicine: Second Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.27 (793 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0692629300 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 316 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-07-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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--Dr. If, in the end, we are not all suffering the agony of Laocoon (the last chapter tells you the story), the misguided medicine of the title has caused much harm and this book will help us get back on the right path. Colin Champ, researcher and practicing physician in the study of cancer, provides an accessible and authoritative insider story of the winding, perilous journey of how and why we got it wrong in several main areas of health. Deconstructing the crumbling diet-heart hypothesis and the supposed benefits of grains, the threat of salt and meat and other slow-dying myths, Dr. Kenneth Ford, Founder & CEO, Institute of Human and Machine CognitionThe ultimate reference for taking control of your health. Richard D. Champ explains what is wrong and how you can do it right. Feinman, Professor of Biochemistry and author of The World Turned Upside DownColin Champ has applied Occam s razor to t
Are you confused as to why the foods and actions of your grandparents are now considered unhealthy, yet they lived in health to an old age? Are you tired of being told that pills, as opposed to diet, exercise, and lifestyle provide you with health? Perhaps your confusion is insight into the many issues with current medical recommendations that often take you out of the picture when it comes to your health. Perhaps it is time to take your health back into your hands.
His work has been published in many peer-reviewed journals, including the New England Journal of Medicine and Journal of Clinical Oncology. . He began viewing medicine and health with a critical eye during his studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and he continues to question current medical studies and recommendations for sc
Excellent content and very well written. El Corredor I gave a mixed review of the first edition: excellent content but badly in need of good editing. With the second edition: problem solved! It is a great read, thoroughly enjoyable. Moreover, it is imminently practical - how do you maintain your health in our crazy culture where nutrition decisions are based on economics of production and medicine has been often reduced from health-care to sick-care? A good starting point is Colin Champ's book. Rigorously sourced, based on the best science, yet shot though with a good dose of humility. Read it, it could change (and likely save) your life.. Take back your own health with Dr. Champ's guidebook! Michelle E. Conroy Misguided Medicine is Dr. Colin Champ's guidebook to better healthy. As in the prior edition, he sifts through the dizzying array of medical studies and popular press to extract myth from reality. In doing so, he provides comprehensive, easy to implement, evidence based (!) strategies to improve health. He takes on a wide range of topics- from calcium supplementation to diet based strategies- and provides thorough, scientific explanations which are easy to understand. With this combination of evidence and explanation, Dr. Champ makes achieving better health easier for everyone. As a physician, I have put hi. An intricate analysis of the evidence behind our misled dietary assumption Gurkamal Gill Unlike many other books of this genre, Dr. Champ provides a meticulous overview of data, summarizing the evidence behind why current dietary recommendations have missed the mark. Quite frankly, it's eye-opening. Stripping away the sensationalism and opinion allows for the truth to be revealed in a very palatably written book.I rarely read books like this one but was recommended to it by a friend who had an interest in nutrition. I found it thoroughly enjoyable and easy read despite the heavy academic basis of the arguments. Not to mention if one should choose to delve into the literature supporting Dr. Cham