The Vitamin Pushers : How the "Health Food" Industry is Selling America a Bill of Goods

Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, 1994. Fine condition in a bright and shiny Fine dust jacket. No chips. No tears. No creases. Square, tight. A few pages have underlining and marginal notes. The margin notes, which sometimes amplify or challenge portions of the text, are in the hand of Dr. Oscar R. Kruesi (a nutrition and alternative medicine specialist, and medical director of New Health Initiatives, Morristown, New Jersey; also Associate Professor of Medicine at the Capital University of Integrative Medicine, Washington DC; and Adjunct Clinical Professor of Medicine at the Institute for Molecular Medicine, Huntington Beach, California). The book is SIGNED by co-author Victor Herbert and INSCRIBED: "To Oscar, With best wishes." Glossary. Bibliographical references. Index. Bound in the original gilt-lettered maroon boards. From the Dust Jacket: "Have Americans been conned by the health-food industry into taking vitamins they don't need? Two distinguished physicians say yes! Drs. Stephen Barrett and Victor Herbert present a detailed and comprehensive picture of the multibillion-dollar health-food industry, which, they charge, has amassed its huge fortunes mostly by preying on the fears of uninformed consumers. Based on twenty years of research, THE VITAMIN PUSHERS addresses every aspect of this lucrative business and exposes its widespread misinformation campaign. The authors reveal how many health-food companies make false claims about products or services, promote unscientific nutrition practices through the media, show little or no regard for the rules of scientific testing and evidence, and often skirt the law in their schemes for making quick profits while eluding government watchdog agencies. Drs. Barrett and Herbert counter the phony assertions of health-food hucksters with reliable, scientifically based nutrition information, and they suggest how the consumer can avoid 'getting quacked.' They also include five useful appendices on balancing your diet, evaluating claims made for more than sixty supplements and food products, and much more. THE VITAMIN PUSHERS is a much-needed exposé of a nationwide scam, which will definitely save you money and might even save your life.". INSCRIBED / SIGNED by Victor Herbert.. Hard Cover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket.. 8vo. xii, 536pp..