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Vitamins and "Health" Foods: the Great American Hustle
The sale of unnecessary and sometimes dangerous food supplements is a multibillion dollar industry. How is the "health" food industry organized? How do its salespeople learn their trade? How many people are involved? How do they get away with what they are doing? VICTOR HERBERT , M.D., J.D. STEPHEN BARRETT , M.D. Vitamins and "Health" Foods: The Great American Hustle VICTORHERBERT, M.D., J.D. Professor of Medicine State University of New York Downstate Medical Center; Chief, Hematology and Nutrition Laboratory Bronx VA Medical Center and STEPHENBARRETT, M.D. Chairman, Board of Directors Lehigh Valley Committee Against Health Fraud, Inc. GEORGE F. STICKLEYCOMPANJ~ 210 W. WAS>INGTONSQUARE PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 Vitamins and "Health"Foods: The Great American Hustle is a special publication of the Lehigh Valley Committee Against Health Fraud, Inc., an independent organization which was formed in 1969 to combat deception in the field of health. The purposes of the Committee are: 1. To investigate false, deceptive or exaggerated health claims. 2. To conduct a vigorous campaign of public education. 3. To assist appropriate government and consumer-oriented agencies. 4. To bring problems to the attention of lawmakers. The Lehigh Valley Committee Against Health Fraud is a member organization of the Consumer Federation of America. Since 1970, the Committee has been chartered under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a not-for-profit corporation. Inquiries about Com mittee activities may be addressed to P.O. Box 1602, Allentown, PA 18105. Fifth Printing August 1985 Copyright © 1981, Lehigh Valley Committee Against Health Fraud, Inc. ISBN 0-89313-073-7 LCC # 81-83596 All Rights reserved. -
Lying for Fun and Profit: the Truth About the Media
• In ForFun and Prof it TheTruth about the Media Exposes the CorruptSymbiosis BetweenMedia Giants andthe Health FraudIndustries by KurtButler THEBOOK YOU CAN TALK BACK TO Visit our RationalRadio Web site and let us know what you think about the growing institutionalizationof "alternative ... medicine." Is it a newparadigm or a media-drivennational psychosis? ... Willit lead to a healthiernation or a nation of indoctrinated neurotics paying billions for pseudoscienceand airy-fairy...flimflam? Willour descendantssee this as watershed era that improved our lives or will they be dumbfoundedby our millennial... madness? Youcan parti.ci.pate by letter, e-mai.l, Jax or phone. Fordetails visit: www.rationalradio.com HEALTH WISE PRODUCTIONS 211 PUAKEA PLACE KULA, HAWAII 96790 Lying ForFun and Prof it TheTruth about the Media Exposesthe Corrupt Symhiosis BetweenMedia Gianh and the HealthFraud Industries ~w ~@W~~OO~~@W Publishedin 1999by Health Wise Productions. Lyingfor Funand Profit: The Truthabout the Media. Copyright© 1999 by Kurt Butler.All rightsreserved. No part of this publicationmay be reproduced, storedin a retrievalsystem, or transmittedin any form by any means, electronic,mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise,without prior permissionof the publisher,except in the caseof briefquotations embodied in criticalarticles or reviews.Inquires should be addressedto HealthWise Productions,211 PuakeaPl., Kula, HI 96790(FAX: 808-876-0744). ISBN0-9673281-0-1 Copyright© 1999Kurt Butler Includesindex. Printedin the UnitedStates HEALTH WISE PRODUCTIONS 211 PUAKEA PLACE KULA, HAWAH 96790 About the Author Kurt Butler grew up in Hawaii and lives there now on the island of Maui. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in physiology from the University of California at Berkeley, and a Master of Science degree in nutrition from the University of Hawaii. -
The Vitamin Pushers
: • . _ : • ·~ ·. ' ! epbeaBare .en, M.D• ..., Victo~HePbert, M.D., J . Ors. Barrett and Herbert counter the phony assertions of health-food hucksterswith reliable, scientifically 11ieVITAMINbased nutrition information, and they suggest how the consumer can avoid "getting quacked." They also include PUSHERSfive useful appendices on balancing your diet, evaluating claims made for Have Americans been conned by the more than sixty supplements and food health-foodindustry into taking vitamins products, and much more. The Vita they don't need? Two distinguished min Pushers is a much-needed ex physicians say yes! pose of a nationwide scam, which will Ors. Stephen Barrett and Victor definitely save you money and might Herbert present a detailed and com even save your life. prehensive picture of the multibillion STEPHENBARRETT, M.D. , a retired dollar health-foodindustry, which, they psychiatrist, is a nationally renowned charge, has amassed its huge fortunes consumer advocate, a recipient of the mostly by preying on the fears of unin FDA Commissioner'sSpecial Citation formed consumers. Based on twenty Award for fighting nutrition quackery, years of research,The VitaminPushers and the author of thirty-six books. addresses every aspect of this lucra tive business and exposes its wide VICTORHERBERT, M.D., J.D., a world spread misinformationcampaign. The renowned nutrition scientist, is profes authors reveal how many health-food sor of medicine at Mt. Sinai School of companies make false claims about Medicine in New York City and chief productsor services, promote unsci of the Hematology and Nutrition Lab entific nutrition practicesthrough the oratory at the Sinai-affiliatedBronx VA media, show little or no regardfor the Medical Center. -
THE HEALTH ROBBERS How to Protect Yourmoney and Yourlife
I NEW REVISED EDITION I I I I I I Edited by: Stephen Barrett, M.D. Foreword by: Ann Landers I I I I I HOW TO PROTECT YOUR MONEY AND YOUR LIFE Medical science has never had more to offer than it does today. But more and more people are turning to quackery . In this revised and expanded edition, THE HEAL TH ROBBERS reveals the truth about vitamins, food additives, Stephen Barrett, M.D., a practicing occult healers, medical impostors, psychiatrist, is the nation's most vigorous "holistic" medicine, exploiters of cancer opponent of health quackery . Since 1970, and arthritis victims, and others. It shows he has been Board Chairman of the how you can tell if someone has a Lehigh Valley Committee Against Health legitimate treatment or is simply taking Fraud , Inc ., a member organization of your money, whether out of misguided Consumer Federation of America . An belief or actual intent to defraud . It also expert in medical communications, he explains how quackery is being fought, serves as medical consultant to WFMZ why it persists, and how you can get the TV, Allentown , Pennsylvania. He is co best possible health care from your editor of The Tooth Robbers: A Pro doctor . Fluoridation Handbook and co-author of THE HEAL TH ROBBERS is a critically the college textbook Consumer Health important book that will enable you to A Guide to Intelligent Decisions. He has protect your money-and possibly, save been a member of the Committee on your life. Quackery of the Pennsylvania Medical Society and the Committee on Health Fraud of the Pennsylvania Health Counc il. -
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~ The CaliforniaCouncil Against Health Fraud, Inc. Volume2, Nurnber1 January 25, 1979 .,J/,#,1,1.} ~.# ;/' ;/' j .ii ************************************************************** Phone (714)796-0141ext.411 Box 1276 Loma Linda, CA 92354 Mail Ballot Results As of January 18, 1979 the voting constituency almost unanimously approved the propositions as stated on the ballots which accompaniedthe last newsletter •. Enclosed is a second ballot asking for your approval or disapproval of the names suggested by the Executive Committee acting as a nominating committee. These ballots have been sent to membersonly by first class mail.· The Executive Committeealso voted to permit anyone to serve on the Board of Advisors who was willing to lend their nameto the organization and provide input in their areas of exper tise. This list will be reviewed annually. Dr. Stephen Barrett to MakeWestern Tour During the week of Febru~ry 19-25, Dr. Stephen Barrett will be brought to California for a media tour, courtesy of the Dairy Council of California. Dr. Barrett and Dr. Jarvis will team up on several appearances including NBC'sToday Showwhich will be aired in Marchor Ap ril. Dr. Jarvis to be on Hilly Rose Show On February 18, 10:00 - 11:00 p.m., Dr. Jarvis is scheduled as a guest on the Hilly Rose Ra dio Talk Showon KFI Radio. Dr. Jarvis also has been scheduled for the Michael Jackson Ra dio Show(KABC) on January 26. NNFASues ACSHDirectors The National Nutritional Foods Association is an industry trade association for retailers, manufacturers, and distributors of "health foods" products. This multindllion (perhaps billion) dollar organization has filed a $1.3 million lawsuit against the directors of the AmericanCouncil for Science and Health, a non-profit consumer education association. -
Author Index 1999 -To- 2003
Townsend Letter The Examiner of Alternative Medicine Author Index 1999 -to- 2003 Abbe, Winfield J., PhD Alternative Cancer Treatments Vilified (letter), #232, p.126+ Abdin, Maria Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - A Brief Look at the Literature, #203, p.76 Etiology of Mad Cow Disease (letter), #219, p.95+ Finding Sources of Airborne Health Hazards in Buildings (letter), #238, p.100+ Informal Notes on a Case of Fibromyalgia Associated with Giardia (letter), #208, p.106-07 More on Fluoride Detoxification (letter), #204, p.122-23 Notes on Fluorine/Fluoride Detoxification, #202, p.38-39 Oppose Water Fluoridation in Tacoma (letter), #228, p.118 Treatment of Organophosphate Exposure (letter), #210, p.110-11 Abraham, Guy E., MD Iodine Supplementation Markedly Increases Urinary Excretion of Fluoride and Bromide (letter), #238, p.105-6 The Wolff-Chaikoff Effect of Increasing Iodide Intake on the Thyroid (letter), #245, p.100-01 Aladjem, Henrietta A Patient's Perspective, #193, p.17-21 Aldrich, R. L. Healthy Diet for Canine Longevity (letter), #204, p.128 Poison Ivy Relieved with Vinegar (letter), #193, p.145 Ali, Majid, MD Beyond Insulin Resistance and Syndrome X: The Oxidative- Dysoxygenative Insulin Dysfunction (ODID) Model - Part I, #229, p.86-95 Beyond Insulin Resistance and Syndrome X: The Oxidative-Dysoxygenative Insulin Dysfunction (ODID) Model - Part II, #231, p.78-87 Beyond Insulin Resistance and Syndrome X: The Oxidative-Dysoxygenative Insulin Dysfunction Model - Part III, #232, p.114-18 Author Index 1999-2003 SUBSCRIBE TODAY! Visit TownsendLetter.com Author Index 1999 -to- 2003 Judges Rule "Appropriate Specialty" for Evaluating CAM Remedies (letter), #215, p.120+ True Integration at Work, #221, p.117-19 Ali, Majid, MD and Fanning, Rear Admiral Timothy O. -
The Health Robbers: a Close Look at Quackery in America (1993)(
EDITEDBYSTEPHEN BARRETT, M.D. ANDWILLIAM T.JARVIS, PH.D. volume, written in an informative, highly readable, and easy-to-understand style, will astound you. Quackery often leads to hann because it turns ill people away from legit imate and trusted therapeutic procedures . However, its heaviest toll is in financial loss not only to those who pay directly, but to everyone who pays for bogus treatments through taxes, insurance premiums, and other ways that are less obvious . While medical science has never had more Chapter titles include: "The Food Fear to offer, many people are turning to "alter Epidemic" ("Beware of chemical con men"), natives" such as chiropractic, homeopathy, "The Overselling of Herbs" ("More hype "organic" foods, vitamin supplements, herbs, than help ") , "Quackery and the Media" chelation therapy, and occult ''healers." Mil ("Should we believe what we see and hear?"), lions of Americans who are unenlightened, "The Holistic Hodgepodge, " ''Dubious Den seriously ill, or desperate have fallen into tal Care," and "How Quackery Sells." the clutches of TV promoters, nutrition hus tlers, or other con artists ·whose offerings are Stephen Ba"ett, M.D., a retired psychi ineffective or dangerous-and sometimes atrist, is a nationally renowned author, edi lethal. But quackery is not confined to in tor, and consumer advocate. His thirty dividuals who fit the popular image of a four books include Health Schemes, Scams, quack. Significant numbers of well-trained and Frauds; Vitamins and "He alth " physicians have strayed from science into Foods: The Great American Hustle; and "fad diagnoses" and unproven treatments the college textbook Consumer Health-A that lack a rational basis. -
Questionable Organizations: an Overview
Questionable Organizations: An Overview http://www.quackwatch.com/04ConsumerEducation/nonrecorg.html Search Home Your Guide to Quackery, Health Fraud, and Intelligent Decisions Send This Page to a Friend Stephen Barrett, M.D. Promoters of questionable health practices often form organizations to multiply their effectiveness. How can one tell which groups are reliable and which are not? There is no sure way, but nine precautionary questions may help: 1. Are its ideas inside the scientific mainstream? Some groups admit that they were formed because their founders felt alienated from the scientific community. One group that made no secret of this was actually called the American Quack Association, whose main purposes were to provide emotional support to its members, poke fun at their critics, and stimulate positive public feelings toward unconventional practitioners. The group was founded in 1985 by Jonathan Wright, M.D., who became its president, and Roy Kupsinel, M.D., a "holistic" practitioner from Florida, who became its vice-president. It attracted about 300 members but no longer appears active. 2. Who are its leaders and advisors? The International Society for Fluoride Research may sound respectable, but it is actually an antifluoridation group. The International Academy of Preventive Medicine (now called the International Academy of Nutrition and Preventive Medicine) numbered among its leaders Carlton Fredericks, Linus Pauling, Lendon Smith, and other promoters of questionable nutrition practices. The Health Resources Council was founded by Gary Null to promote "alternative" health methods. 3. What are its membership requirements? Is scientific expertise required—or just a willingness to pay dues? An organization open to almost anyone may be perfectly respectable (like the American Association for the Advancement of Science), but don't let the fact that an individual belongs to it impress you. -
Vitamins and Minerals: Help Or Harm?
ITIMll ~ INERAL HELP OR Hi\RM? @ w Charles W. Marshall, Ph.D. Sf~JXt EDITED BY SfEPHEN BARRETT. M.D VITAMINS AND MINERALS: HELP OR HARM? Charles W. Marshall, Ph.D. A People's Health Library Book Edited by Stephen Barrett, M.D. George F. Stickley Company [JI 210 W. Washington Square Philadelphia, PA 19106 The People's Health Library is a series of easy-to-read books written by experts who explain health and health care concepts for the general public. For a com plete list of titles, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to the George F. Stickley Company, 210 West Washington Square, Philadelphia, PA 19106. First published © 1983, hardcover edition, by the George F. Stickley Company. Copyright © 1985, 1986, paperback edition, revised and up dated by the George E Stickley Company. ISBN-89313-072-9 All Rights Reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publisher. Printed and Manufactured in the United States and published by the George F. Stickley Company, 210 West Washington Square, Phila., Pa. 19106. iv Contents Foreword By Dr. William J. Darby ix Introduction xi FAITH VS. REASON 1. How Supplements are Promoted 1 2. Danger in the Bottle 6 3. Science vs. Quackery 12 4. Common Beliefs-How Tme? 20 5. What Is A Vitamin? 27 6. Non-Vitamins and Phony Vitamins 32 FAT-SOLUBLE VITAMINS 7. Vitamin A Can Help or Harm 40 8. Vitamin D Can Help or Harm 52 9. Vitamin E Can Help or Harm 64 10. Vitamin K Can Help or Hann 80 WATER-SOLUBLE VITAMINS 11.