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The Cure for Everything: Untangling Twisted Messages about Health, Fitness, and Happiness

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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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About the Author

Timothy Caulfield is the research director of the Health Law and Science Policy Group at the University of Alberta, where he holds appointments in the Faculty of Law and School of Public Health.
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Table of Contents

Introduction: The Cookie Conundrum

One: Fitness

Sexy Abs and Simple Solutions

Two: Diet

Miracle Foods and Magical Weight Loss

Three: Genetics

The Blueprint to Perfect Health and Happiness

Four: Remedies

Colon Cleansers, Meridian Alignment, and Wonder Drugs

Five: Magic

Looking for the Elixir of Life

Acknowledgments

Omissions and References

Index

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780807022078
Author:
Caulfield, Tim
Publisher:
Beacon Press (MA)
Author:
Caulfield, Timothy
Author:
Caulfield, Timothy A.
Subject:
General Health & Fitness
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Health and Medicine-General
Subject:
Public Health
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Publication Date:
20130431
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Dimensions:
8.99 x 6.02 x 0.7 in 0.86 lb
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