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You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore Bill Sardi See book keywords and concepts

For her success she was branded as a health quack by quackwatch. If any woman finds a way to remedy her cancer outside of conventional regimens, they are likely be ridiculed. Such is the current state of breast cancer care. Health practices —J to prevent breast cancer: If alcohol is consumed, consume red wine in moderation, supplement with folic acid Avoid tobacco; if smoking, supplement with vitamin C, vitamin E, beta carotene, lutein, chondroitin sulfate.

Stephen Barrett, MD, of quackwatch, publishes his report entitled "High Doses of Vitamin C Are Not Effective as a Cancer Treatment," which dismisses high-dose vitamin C therapy and characterizes Nobel Prize laureate Dr. Linus Pauling as a "health quack." Despite later revelations that vindicate intravenous vitamin C as having potential for cancer treatment, Barrett continues to dismiss Dr. Pauling's achievements.

The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S. See book keywords and concepts

It's a subtle, shared distrust of "natural" or non-pharmaceutical interventions (witness the utterly ridiculous website "Quackwatch," which has never encountered a drug treatment it didn't like, or a non-drug treatment that it did). And it's an over-reliance on a particular form of scientific investigation that may not always be perfectly suited for uncovering what some of these non-traditional treatments have to offer. I'm one of the biggest skeptics on the planet, and when possible, I like to see things validated by scientific investigations.

I can almost hear the objections of the "Quackwatch" contingent, so let me answer them in advance. Sure, in some cases the distinction between what is considered a prescription drug and what isn't is pretty darn arbitrary, and sure, things move in and out of those categories all the time (look at former prescription drugs like Claritin, for example, that are now sold over the counter). And sure, some things that are not available by prescription (the hormone DHEA, for example) probably should be.

Sugar Shock!: How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life-- and How YouCan Get Back on Track Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D. See book keywords and concepts

ConsumerEducation/QA/ stevia.html. Bastin, Sandra. "Nonnutritive Sweeteners." University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service, 2000. http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/fcs3/fcs3105/fcs3105.pdf. Bidwell, Jean, and Beth Regan. "Regulatory History of Saccharin." Saccharin, http://enhs.umn .edu/saccharin/regh istory.html. Blaylock, Russell L. Excitotoxins: The Taste That Kills. Santa Fe, NM: Health Press, 1997. Bonvie, Linda, Bill Bonvie, and Donna Gates. The Stevia Story. Atlanta: Body Ecology Diet, 1997. Bouchez, Colette. "Dietitians Say Splenda Is Not the Same as Sugar.

Herbs Against Cancer: History and Controversy Ralph W. Moss PhD See book keywords and concepts

A typical product of "right" thinking is the Website quackwatch, edited by a leading crusader against "quackery," Stephen Barrett, MD. Dr. Barrett issues this warning to cancer patients: "Be wary of herbal remedies." He offers no differentiation between treatments that are seeking scientific validation, and arrant fraud. According to his site, "herbs are promoted primarily through literature based on hearsay, folklore and tradition.

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