The Cure For Everything
by Tim Caulfield
Untangling Twisted Messages about Health, Fitness, and Happiness
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Synopsis
A bold look at how commercial agendas distort the real science behind health and fitness studies and misinform the public about how to live a healthy life Researcher Timothy Caulfield talks with experts in medicine, pharmaceuticals, health and fitness, and even tries out many of the health fads himself, in order to test their scientific validity, dispel the myths, and illuminate the path to better health.
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Critic Reviews for The Cure For Everything: Untangling Twisted Messages about Health, Fitness, and Happiness
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National Post | 13 Jan 2012
A Cure for Everything! is insightful and entertaining...The author is waging a noble battle against a mountain of misinformation.
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nutsci.org | 5 Jun 2012
In my search for books to recommend for science-based information on health, this will be among the top of my list.
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Weighty Matters | 8 Feb 2012
Tim Caulfield's The Cure for Everything is the perfect antidote to the idiotic glossy paged world we're stuck with and is a definite must read.
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Dr. Sharma's Obesity Notes | 13 Feb 2012
...it is not exactly clear to me why he would attempt to reduce his perfectly lower-end-of normal 18% body fat down to what I would consider a most unhealthy and rather concern-evoking 10%. It appears that Caulfield, like so many, tends to equate body fat with health...
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The World of Gord | 6 Mar 2012
The chapter on diet, was the most humorous and all very true...It is an excellent book on personal health and fitness.
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Runner's World | 7 May 2012
The most interesting part of the book, for me, was his look at the forces that distort health messages, not just in the popular press but in academia and peer-reviewed literature.
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Michael Janz | 30 Mar 2012
It’s not a gimmicky “lose weight through X-fad” book, but rather an important reflection on what it means to be healthy and an analysis of some of the misinformation and myths that sabotage good intentions.
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Publishers Weekly | 27 Feb 2012
In this entertaining and thought-provoking slam at Big Food, Big Pharma, and our own delusions, Canadian health law and policy researcher Caulfield immersed himself in the world of health science to weed fact from fantasy.
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Science News | 16 Jun 2012
Caulfield’s forthright manner is refreshing in a book that actually provides practical health information.
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Winnipeg Free Press | 28 Jan 2012
...this book is going to open your eyes and perhaps even give you a virtual kick to the solar plexus of your well-established beliefs about health and well-being.
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Diets in Review | 18 Jun 2012
For anyone looking to get back to the basics and cut through any myths that may be keeping them from finding true health, “The Cure For Everything” may be the book for you.
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Moxie Life | 3 Jun 2012
So, although this lays it out in a matter of fact way, and the news is disheartening...The truth is we have to eat less, eat better, and move more - a lot more. No secret.
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