Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

If you’re interested in reading vegan propaganda filled with cherry picked “science” to further the argument, this book is for you. For background, I have a degree in biochemistry, and a doctorate degree in pharmacology. So, when I saw a book about superfoods (I believe in healthy eating) that’s supposedly researched and science-based, I was intrigued. To my disappointment I found this to be a complete misguided scam. First off, the book is so wordy and poorly written it’s hard to read. The author repeats his same points and phrases over and over, frequently in back to back paragraphs. It’s obvious that the author doesn’t have enough concrete information to share, so he utilized a TON of filler to complete the book. This can be cut to quarter of the size to get all the points across. Let’s get to the best part, junk science, and plain old incorrect scientific statements. In order to try to appear credible, this author tries to cite various “studies” throughout the book to prove his point. Without dissecting all of them I will just say that a lot of his “studies” rely on anecdotal evidence, and of course he cherry picked the ones that further his agenda. However, he didn’t stop there. He offered plain old wrong information in multiple places. Here are a few examples: 1) He recommends to drink distilled water. Are you kidding me?? Distilled water has all the dissolved solids (which includes ions and minerals crucial to our survival) removed completely. If you drink distilled water only, this can lead to disruption of electrolyte balance (since you’re not replacing what you lost in sweat), fluid imbalance and throw off your blood pH due to lack of salts. This might be the most idiotic, not to mention medically unsafe, advice I ever heard. 2) In one section of the book where he goes off about never eating grains again he mentions that “gluten consumption has been proven to cause celiac disease”. Huh?!?! Celiac disease is a genetic auto immune disorder!! Gluten consumption triggers symptoms of the disease, it doesn’t cause it. Aside from blatant fallacies the author is simply pushing vegan propaganda and is not even attempting to be balanced in his approach. Every step of the way he paints meat as evil and disease causing and plants as the answer. If the book is about veganism it would be ethical to disclose that in the title or on the cover. This failure to disclose up front is an offensive manipulation of consumers to purchase a product (book) that’s essentially mislabeled. But then again, if he actually had good or accurate medical facts, maybe he wouldn’t have a fear of being honest on the cover.