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Few people have 'old age' as a cause of death on their death certificate.Today, we die of cancer, heart attacks, strokes, osteoporosis, diabetes - And we accept these conditions as normal causes of death.They aren't - and neither is the ill-health, pain and discomfort that make our later years a misery. In this controversial, evidence-based account of how and why the health-care establishment has got the concept of 'healthy eating' so wrong, Barry Groves shows us how to take charge of our own health and lives, in contravention of what the health-care industry would have us believe and do. Contents Part I: How 'Healthy Eating' Is Making Us Ill 1. Medical Corruption 2. What's Behind The Screen$? 3. How We Got To Where We Are 4. Learning From History 5. Fats: From Tonic to Toxic 6. The Seeds of Ill Health 7. Climb Off The Bran Wagon 8. Why 'Five Portions'? 9. The Phoney War On Salt 10. Soy, Fluoride and the Thyroid 11. Our Irrational Fear of Sunlight 12. Exercise Care 13. Homo Carnivorous 14. The Metabolic Syndrome And Glycaemic Index 15. Unhealthy Dogma Means Unhealthy Diet 16. So What Should We Eat? 17. Why Low Carb Diets Must Be High Fat, Not High Protein 18. You Are What Your Grandparents Ate 19. Prevention is Better Part II: New Diet, New Diseases 20. ' Healthy Eating' is Fattening 21. The Diabetes Time Bomb 22. Diseases of the Heart and Blood Vessels 23. The Dangers of Low Blood Cholesterol 24. Cancer:Disease of Civilization 25. Gut Reaction 26. Deficiency Diseases 27. Diet and the Brain 28. Multiple Sclerosis 29. ' Healthy Eating' Shows 30. And Finally . . .
Also available: Shadows in Wonderland: a Hospital Odyssey - ISBN 1905140207 Natural Health & Weight Loss - ISBN 1905140150 The Love Trap - ISBN 1905140118 Hammersmith Press is an independent publishing house producing books for the general public and health professionals that promote better health and well-being through a greater understanding of the human body and mind, with a particular emphasis on the importance of nutrition and diet. Some of the areas we publish in include: -Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) -Overcoming Chronic Fatigue Syndrome -Natural Health & Weight Loss -Holistic Medicine -Thyroid Health -Medical stories - Healthy eating -Traditional medicines -Infertility -Menopause -Diabetes
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