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10 April 2007
good if you can wade through the nonsense
The information in this book is groundbreaking and extremely valuable. It is taking me an inordinate amount of time to read it however because there are waaaaaay too many cutsey analogies and clever phrases. Almost every sentence in some cases. I find this to be distracting from the much needed important information. He's playing to the lower level of reader here, the video game generation who can't go for more than two sentences without getting bored and needing some (irritating to my mind) sensory input. The way he writes isn't unlike the bells and whistles you find on a loud video game. I guess if your book is on Oprah, you don't have to consider the need to respect your reading audience's intelligence. I wish he'd put out a book with "just the facts". Having said that, it is an important book for those who really wish to know how the body works and how to improve on it. His evaluation of the role inflammation and stress play in excess weight is very useful information for me. He doesn't tell much about where the inflammation comes from except for the categories of food that can cause it. Expect the AMA and FDA main-line position here on things like pollution, chemicals in soils and food, artificial stuff in food and especially the toxins in drugs as they are not discussed. All in all, an important book to have if you can wade through it.