Let me save you some time...Ms. Dean is rather disgruntled. She had her license revoke in Canada, but she supposedly still has a license in California. Strangely, she conducts her practice from New York and more recently Hawaii, servicing "telephone consult clients". I'm not sure how that works because as an engineer, I have to be licensed to practice in a state. It is saddening to see a professional abrogate her intelligence, and Ms. Dean does it in spades. In addition to her naturopathy, she claims "training" in homeopathy...and references it throughout. With that ultimate in medical quackery, she loses all credibility. Cranks view the mainstream as out to get them and no one else understanding their revelations. She fits that definition.

I'll allow there is some valid points in her arguments. But those are overwhelmed with lots of red herrings, straw men, and plain old angry rants. She has a particular skill in hyperbole. This is full of inflammatory silliness such as "by simple, inexpensive questioning, that he was addicted to sugar, fried foods, and ice cream – he ate little else." How can a "trained" medical professional use the term "addicted" in that context? Elsewhere she says that vaccines are delivered in food. There is other comic relief as well. Unintentional, but still funny. Second paragraph in the Introduction: "struck a resounding cord " Really? (Lest one think I'm picking nits, this is the third edition.) My favorite was a suggested drug watch web page that is actually on a self-proclaimed satirical site!

Too many holes to poke...so I'll pick one at random. She claims that the FDA (the FDA Tyranny...) regulating dietary supplements is bad for small businesses. No! It's bad for charlatans, and good for people who aren't swift enough to check up on the bunk and end up getting fleeced at best, dying at the worst. And later she says "A doctor’s main focus should always be to get people off drugs and onto dietary supplements." The same supplements she doesn't want regulated? If she thinks doctors don't know all the effects of drugs (personally, it is not possible, but better references mitigate), how can they know all the quackery?

Fortunately, her nonsense comes with a get out of jail free card:

Disclaimer: The purpose of this book is to educate. While every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy, the book’s contents should not be construed as medical advice. Each person’s health needs are unique. To obtain recommendations appropriate to your particular situation, please consult a qualified health care provider. With your purchase you acknowledge that the publisher and author shall have neither liability nor responsibility for any injury caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the information contained in this book.



Conspiracy nuts will love this and sing its praises. A bit of critical thinking by the rest of us pulls the right thread to unravel the facade.

Should get one star for all the homeopathy nonsense, but gets another because I was able to verify some of her citations. ( )