Health and Nutrition Secrets That Can Save Your Life. (Book
Review)
From: International Journal of Humanities and Peace | Date: January 1,
2003 | Author: McCabe, Charlotte H.
Health and Nutrition Secrets That Can Save Your Life
By Russell L. Blaylock, MD
Health Press; P.O. Drawer 37470 Albuquerque, NM 87176, 2002 459 pages;
ISBN 0-929173-42-2
In Dr. Blaylock's text he approaches disease as the imbalance of the
biochemical function at the cellular level rather than the malfunction
of individual organ systems. He puts forth his belief that environmental
toxins and/or poor dietary choices may be the cause of most chronic
debilitating diseases. He begins by describing in great detail cellular
metabolism and the destructive effects of free radicals that result from
how we burn our food to give our bodies the energy we need for our
systems to work. He then goes into depth noting the research that has
been done world wide to support theories favoring the toll that
environmental toxins such as mercury, lead, aluminum, fluoride,
aspartame, monosodium glutamate and various pesticides take on our
bodies. Included in this section of the book is a comprehensive treatise
on the controversy of vaccinations that is highly informative and well
worth reviewing with infant vaccination rate now at twenty two
recommended vaccinations before the age of five years.
The second section of this valuable reference text is primarily
dedicated to the most common diseases of aging. Dr. Blaylock discusses
atherosclerosis, stroke, hypertension and congestive heart failure as
well as heart attack, adult onset diabetes, osteoporosis, digestive
disorders, dementia, and the aging immune system. He asks us to look at
the cellular destruction that assaults our bodies related to the choices
we make about where we live, what hygiene products we use, what kinds of
foods we eat and water we drink. His premise is framed in making good
choices based on knowledge of what can hurt us; what can increase the
toxicity of our bodies over and above just the natural function of the
engine of metabolism. He invites us to ask question, read labels, seek
out organically grown foods that are local to the areas of the world we
live in and to find drinking water supplies that are uncontaminated with
additives. He encourages us to start these kinds of choices and habits
with our children as a moans of chronic disease prevention in future
generations. He recommends supplements to help us repair the damage that
these toxins and additives may have already caused in our adult bodies.
He provides us what may well be a healthier alternative, a healthier
choice.
I found Dr. Blaylock's work to be somewhat repetitive in regard to his
citations of various research studies to support his position on these
topics. I can understand that repetition is the prime tool for learning
to occur and in that context it may be a great help for the lay reader's
understanding and internalization of the material he presents. For the
medical professional I highly recommend this text as an excellent
reference when patients have questions about what they hear in the media
in regard to their health and safety. As we move further into the twenty
first century and as technology makes instant information available to
more and more world citizens, those of us in the healing professions
have an obligation to our patients to be as well informed about issues
of disease prevention as we have been about treatment and cure.
Charlotte H. McCabe RN BSN GNP, Coconino County Department of Health
Services, Home Health Program Coordinator
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