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Victor Herbert, M.D., J.D.

LAETRILE (B-17) ... gives 16 tips on how PANGAMIC ACID (B-15) to spot food quacks; how to evaluate what is nutrition; what is a DIETS & VITAMINS vitamin; what is a proper diet; nutritional anemias; the organic food fallacy; and legal recourses for victims of nutrition fraud! Do you believe Adelle Davis' suggestions that if you follow her nutrition advice, you won't get cancer? Did you know that Adelle Davis died of cancer?

Do you believe that "more is better" for vita­ mins? Do you know that large doses of almost any vi­ tamin can be harmful?

Do you believe laetrile-promoting Georgia Con­ gressman Larry McDonald successfully defended the laetrile malpractice suit brought against him? Did you know his lawyers paid the widow $30,000 to forbear from pursuing the suit, as stated in the article "McDonald Pays, Widow Drops Case" in the June 20, 1979 Atlanta Constitution?

Do you believe that eating enzymes or taking them by enema or by injection helps fight cancer? Do you know that the enzymes we eat are de­ stroyed by acid and enzymes in our stomach and intestine, and therefore are worthless against any cancer; that rectally given enzymes can do no good and only harm, and that injected enzymes can pro­ duce fatal anaphylaxis (allergic reaction)? Marilynne Herbert photo Do you believe that "vitamin B15" (pangamic acid; pangamate) is the " vitamin?" Victor Herbert, M.D. , J .D., is Chief of the Did you know that "B 15 " and "pangamate" are Hematology and Nutrition Laboratory, Bronx VA trade-names created by the same twice-convicted Medical Center and Professor of Medicine at State criminal who created the multi-billion-dollar laetrile Universit of New York Downstate Medical industry , and that the allegations of nutritional Center. value are at best deceptive and misleading and at A native of New York, Dr. Herbert, after serving worst downright fraudulent? in World War II as a paratrooper, received his B.S. in chemistry in 1948, M.D. in 1952, and J.D. in To protect yourself against nutrition cultism and 1974, all at Columbia University. He has taught , you should realize that what is true about at four major medical schools. nutrition is not sensational and what is sensational A member of numerous scientific societies, he isn't true. Nutrition is a science and not black has published over 400 papers. He received the magic. 1972 McColl um Award of the American Society for The overlap of cultism and quackery, the allure Clinical Nutrition in recognition of his outstanding of quackery, and the playing off of specious logic research in nutrition. He has testified several times against the logic of science are discussed in this before Congress on health and nutrition subjects, is book, as is the worthlessness of anecdotal and testi­ Chairman of the Committee on Life Sciences of the monial claims. American Bar Association , and has served as medical-legal expert for the U.S. Government and several State governments. President of the American Society for Clinical Nutrition, he is the only person in the world listed in both World Who's ' Who in Science and Who's Who in American Law. Jacket Design by Alber Associates NUTRITION CULTISM FACTS AND FICTIONS To those I cherish; that they may not fall victim to the gurus, the hucksters, or the arrogance qt ignorance. NUTRITION CULTISM FACTS AND FICTIONS

VICTOR HERBERT,M.D., J.D.

Chief, Hematology and Nutrition Laboratory, Bronx VA Medical Center; Professor of Medicine, State University of New York Downstate Medical Center.

GEORGE F. STICKLEY COMPANY 210 W. WASHINGTON SQUARE PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 Permission has been granted by the publishers to reprint the following articles by Vic­ tor Herbert, M.D., J.D.: Laetrile: The Cult of Cyanide. American Journal of Clinical Nutri­ tion, Vol. 32, May, 1