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Appendix
Bibliography, References, Documentation, and Substantiation

Recommended Books

• Pounds and Inches: A New Approach to Obesity, by A.T.W. Simeons
(Available here)

• Natural Cures "They" Don't Want You To Know About, by Kevin Trudeau

• More Natural Cures Revealed: Previously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease, by Kevin Trudeau

FDA, FTC, and Corporations

• Sweet Deception: Why Splenda, NutraSweet and the FDA May be Hazardous to Your Health, by Dr. Joseph Mercola and Dr. Kendra Degen Pearsall

(In Sweet Deception you learn why artificial sweeteners are contributing to our skyrocketing rates of cancer, obesity, diabetes, and more. You'll see inside the motives of multinational corporations and the FDA as they promote these sweeteners as "safe" for consumption.)

• Inside the FDA: The Business and Politics Behind the Drugs We Take and the Food We Eat, by Fran Hawthorne

• Politics in Healing, by Daniel Haley
(The suppression and manipulation in American healthcare. Former New York State Assemblyman Daniel Haley documents the suppression of new medical treatments. A well-researched investigation into the FDA and its policies of suppression.)

• The Disease Conspiracy: "The FDA Suppression of Cures," by Robert Barefoot

(Contains suppressed clinical studies documenting how vitamins and minerals cure cancer, heart disease, diabetes, MS, lupus, and dozens of other ailments.) www.cureamerica.net

• Innocent Casualties: The FDA's War Against Humanity, by Elaine Feuer

• Stop the FDA: Save Your Health Freedom, by Steven Fowkes (Editor)

(Discover the FDA's hidden agenda; learn how to improve your health with supplements; discover the real reasons the FDA banned tryptophan; find out how the FDA suppresses medical breakthroughs; learn the true value of nutritional medicine; learn what you can do to save your health freedom.)

• Hazardous to Our Health?, by Robert Higgs

(FDA Regulation of Health-care Products.)

• Protecting America's Health: The FDA, Business and One Hundred Years of Regulation, by Philip J. Hilts

Doctors, Medicine, and Drug Companies

• Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine, John Abramson

• Selling Sickness: How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies Are Turning Us All into Patients, Ray Moynihan

• On the Take: How Medicine's Complicity with Big Business Can Endanger Your Health, by Jerome P. Kassirer

• The $800 Million Pill: The Truth Behind the Cost of New Drugs, by Merrill Goozner

• Science in the Private Interest: Has the Lure of Profits Corrupted Biomedical Research?, by Sheldon Krimsky

• The Big Fix: How the Pharmaceutical Industry Rips Off American Consumers, by Katharine Greider

• The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It, by Marcia Angell, M.D.

• The Great Bird Flu Hoax, by Dr. Joseph Mercola

• The Natural Bird Flu Cure "They" Don't Want You to Know About, by David J. Kennedy

(In this alarming investigation Nobel Prize-winning chemists and other top scientific minds share knowledge and facts about the inexpensive easily accessible cure that can stop this pandemic in its tracks.) Published by Wellness Research Publishing. Available at www.naturalcures.com

• Over Dose: The Case Against the Drug Companies - Prescription Drugs, Side Effects, and Your Health, by Jay S. Cohen, M.D.

(Prescription drugs, side effects, and your health.)

• Anatomy of an Illness as Perceived by the Patient, by Norman Cousins

(Reflections on Healing and Regeneration.)

• The Great Betrayal: Fraud in Science, by Horace Freeland Judson

• Bitter Pills: Inside the Hazardous World of Legal Drugs, by Stephen Fried

(According to the Journal of the American Medical Association [JAMM, adverse drug reactions are the fourth-leading cause of death in America. Reactions to prescription and over-the-counter medications kill far more people annually than all illegal drug use combined. A work of investigative and personal journalism...the book is meant to help reform the system and inform your choices when using medications.)

• The Drug Lords: America's Pharmaceutical Cartel, by Tonda R. Bian

• Disease-Mongers - How Doctors, Drug Companies, and Insurers Are Making You Feel Sick, by Lynn Payer

• Under the Influence of Modern Medicine, by Terry A. Rondberg, D.C.

• The Social Transformation of American Medicine: The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry, by Paul Starr

• Confessions of a Medical Heretic, by Robert S. Mendelsohn, M.D.

(Approximately 2.4 million operations performed every year are unnecessary and cost about 12,000 lives. In six New York hospitals, 43 percent of performed hysterectomies reviewed were found to be unjustified. Historically, when doctors have gone on strike, the mortality rate has dropped.)

• Medical Blunders, by Robert M. Youngson and Ian Schott

(Amazing True Stories of Mad, Bad, and Dangerous Doctors.)

• Psychiatry: The Ultimate Betrayal, by Bruce Wiseman

• The Antidepressant Fact Book, by Peter R. Breggin, M.D.

(What Your Doctor Won't Tell You About Prozac, Zoloft, Paxil, Celexa, and Luvox.)

• The Myth of Mental Illness, by Thomas S. Szasz, M.D. (Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct.)

• The Assault on Medical Freedom, by P. Joseph Lisa (Why American Health Care Costs So Much!)

• Racketeering in Medicine: The Suppression of Alternatives, by James P. Carter M.D., Dr.P.H.

(Can we assume that our health is always the prime concern of organized medicine? Or are Americans being deprived of effective, economical treatments because those treatments are not highly profitable for surgeons and pharmaceutical companies? Dr. Carter presents names, events and facts, which are of interest to all concerned Americans.)

• The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It, by Marcia Angell, M.D.

• The Fluoride Deception, by Christopher Bryson

(A chronicle of the abuse of power and the manufacture of state-sponsored medical propaganda that reveals how a secretive group of powerful industries...collaborated with officials from the National Institute of Dental Research to launder fluoride's public image.)

Food Industry

• Fat Land: How Americans Became the Fattest People in the World, by Greg Critser

• Food Fight: The Inside Story of the Food Industry, America's Obesity Crisis, and What We Can Do About It, by Kelly D. Brownell

• The Hundred-Year Lie: How Food and Medicine Are Destroying Your Health, Randall Fitzgerald

• Don't Eat This Book: Fast Food and the Supersizing of America, by Morgan Spurlock

• The Fast Food Craze: Wreaking Havoc on Our Bodies and Our Animals, by Tina Volpe

• The End of Food: How the Food Industry is Destroying Our Food Supply - And What We Can Do About It, by Thomas F. Pawlick

• Aspartame (NutraSweet): Is it Safe?, by H.J. Roberts, M.D.

• Excitotoxins - The Taste that Kills, by Russell L. Blaylock, M.D.

(How monosodium glutamate, aspartame [NutraSweet] and similar substances can cause harm to the brain and nervous system, and their relationship to neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's, Lou Gehrig's disease [ALS], and others.)

• In Bad Taste: The MSG Symptom Complex, by George R. Schwartz, M.D.

• Hard to Swallow: The Truth about Food Additives, by Doris Sarjeant and Karen Evans

• Fast food Nation - The Dark Side of the All-American Meal, by Eric Schlosser

• The Crazy Makers, by Carol Simontacchi

(How the Food Industry is Destroying Our Brains and Harming Our Children.)

• Our Toxic World: A Wake Up Call, by Doris Rapp

• Chew On This: Everything You Don't Want to Know About Fast Food, Eric Schlosser

• Genetically Engineered Food - Changing the Nature of Nature, by Martin Teitel, Ph.D. and Kimberly A. Wilson

(What You Need to Know to Protect Yourself, Your Family, and Our Planet)

• Food Politics, by Marion Nestle

(How the Food Industry Influences Nutrition and Health.)

• Restaurant CONFIDENTIAL, by Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D.

(Think a chicken Caesar salad is perfect for your diet? Think again Choose a tuna sandwich over the roast beef sandwich? Wrong! The startling truth about our favorite foods from our favorite restaurants, with fat, calorie and salt content.)

• Slaughterhouse, by Gail A. Eisnitz

(The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U.S. Meat Industry.)

• Mad Cow, by Howard F. Lyman with Glen Merzer

(Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won't Eat Meat )

• Prisoned Chickens, Poisoned Eggs, by Karen Davis, Ph.D. (An Inside Look at the Modern Poultry Business.)

• The Chemical Feast, by James S. Turner

(Ralph Nader's Study Group Report on the Food and Drug Administration.)

• A Chemical Feast, by W. Harding Le Riche

(A rational, commonsense discussion of chemicals in foods by a noted specialist in nutrition and epidemiology.)

• Sowing the Wind, by Harrison WeIlford

(A report from Ralph Nader's Center for Study of Responsive Law on Food Safety and the Chemical Harvest.)

• The History of a Crime Against the Food Law, by Harvey W. Wiley

(The Amazing Story of the National Food and Drugs Law Intended to Protect the Health of the People - Perverted to Protect Adulteration of Foods And Drugs.)

• Trans Fats: The Food Industry's Way of Giving You a Heart Attack, by Judith Shaw

• Rats in the Grain: The Dirty Tricks and Trials of Archer Daniels Midland, the Supermarket to the World, by James B. Lieber

Water

• The Drinking Water Book, by Colin Ingram

(A Complete Guide to Safe Drinking Water. There's nothing more important than the quality of the water that you drink.)

• Water for Health, for Healing, for Life, by F. Batmanghelidj, M.D.

(You're not sick, you're thirsty! You always knew water was good for you. Now discover why it's nature's miracle.)

• Water Wasteland, by David Zwick with Marcy Benstock

(Ralph Nader's Study Group Report on Water Pollution.)

• Your Body's Many Cries For Water, by F. Batmanghelidj, M.D.

(You are not sick, you are thirsty! Don't treat thirst with medications—A preventive and self-education manual for those who prefer to adhere to the logic of the natural and the simple in medicine.)

• Fluoride, The Aging Factor, by John Yiamouyannis, Ph.D.

(How to Recognize and Avoid the Devastating Effects of Fluoride. Find Out Who's Profiting from the Chronic Poisoning of Over 130 Million Americans!)

• Don't Drink The Water, by Lono Kahuna Kupua A'o

(The Essential Guide to Our Contaminated Drinking Water and What You Can Do About It.)

• Water - The Foundation of Youth, Health, and Beauty, by William D. Holloway, Jr. and Herb Joiner-Bey, N.D.

• The Water We Drink, by Joshua L. Barzilay, M.D.; Winkler G. Weinberg, M.D.; and J. William Eley, M.D.

(Water Quality And Its Effects On Health.)

• Water Cures: Drugs Kill: How Water Cured Incurable Diseases, by F. Batmanghelidj, M.D.

• You Are Not Sick You Are Thirsty: How Water Cured Incurable Diseases - A Healer's Guide to Natural Health, www.watercure.com

Milk

• Homogenized Milk May Cause Your Heart Attack: The XO Factor, by Kurt A. Oster, M.D.

(And how it can destroy your arteries, your heart, your life!)

• Don't Drink Your Milk!, by Frank A. Oski, M.D.

(New Frightening Medical Facts about the World's Most Overrated Nutrient.)

• Milk - The Deadly Poison, by Robert Cohen

• Rebounding to Better Health, by Linda Brooks

(A Practical Guide to the Ultimate Exercise.)

• Urban Rebounding - An Exercise for The New Millennium, by J.B. Berns

(The system known as Urban Rebounding brings together the science of the West and the philosophy and practicality of the East to form a holistic program of exercise in which people of all ages, sizes, shapes and states of physical condition can participate.)

Breathing

• Super Power Breathing for Super Energy, High Health & Longevity, by Paul C. Bragg, N.D. and Patricia Bragg, N.D., Ph.D.

(Live Longer, Healthier, Stronger With Every Breath! Empower Yourself—stimulate your body's natural healing and brain power; Energize Yourself-39 simple exercises for a vibrant, energized body; Relax Yourself - 35 calming effects of a healthier, fitter body.)

• Flood Your Body with Oxygen, by Ed McCabe "Mr. Oxygen" (Therapy for our polluted world.)
Mental Health

• Dianetics , by L. Ron Hubbard

(The Modern Science of Mental Health.)

• The Basic DIANETICS Picture Book, by L. Ron Hubbard

(A visual aid to a better understanding of man and the mind based on the works of L. Ron Hubbard.)

• Scientology Picture Book, by L. Ron Hubbard

(Use it to understand yourself, life, and those you live with.)

• Tapping the Healer Within, by Roger J. Callahan, Ph.D. with Richard Trubo

(Using Thought Field Therapy to Instantly Conquer Your Fears, Anxieties, and Emotional Distress.)

Cleansing and Detox

• The Liver Cleansing Diet, by Sandra Cabot, M.D.

(Love Your Liver And Live Longer.)

• The Amazing Liver Cleanse, by Andreas Moritz

(A Powerful Approach to Improve Your Health and Vitality.)

• The Healthy Liver & Bowel Book, by Sandra Cabot, M.D.

(Detoxification Strategies for Your Liver and Bowel. Life Saving Strategies for those with many health problems, including liver disease, bowel problems and weight excess.)

• Cleanse & Purify Thyself "And I Will Exalt Thee to the Throne of Power", by Richard Anderson, N.D., N.M.D.

(Highly effective intestinal cleansing; removes pounds of Disease-Causing Toxins and Disease-Causing Negative Emotions.)

• The Detox Diet: The How to and When to Guide for Cleansing the Body of Chemicals, Toxins, Sugar, Caffeine, Nicotine, Alcohol, and More, by Elson M. Haas, M.D.

• How to Cleanse and Detoxify Your Body Today!, by Elson M. Haas, M.D.

(Finally...You Can Look And Feel Better! A body freer of toxins, mucus, acids, dead cells and all irritants is STRONGER, HEALTHIER & more VITAL.)

• Internal Cleansing, by Linda Berry, D.C., C.C.N.

(Rid your body of toxins to naturally and effectively fight: heart disease, chronic pain, fatigue, PMS and menopause symptoms, aging, frequent colds and flu, food allergies.)

• Clear Body, Clear Mind, by L. Ron Hubbard (The Effective Purification Program.)

• Purification: An Illustrated Answer to Drugs, by L. Ron Hubbard

(Drugs cause the death of consciousness and awareness, and eventually of the body itself. If you value the ability to think clearly, emotional stability and a positive attitude about yourself, then Purification: An Illustrated Answer to Drugs is your answer.)

Additional Books

• Kidnapped: How Irresponsible Marketers Are Stealing the Minds of Your Children, by Daniel Acuff and Robert H. Reiher

• Conspiracy of Fools: A True Story, by Kurt Eichenwald

• The Informant: A True Story, by Kurt Eichenwald

• Blood on the Street: The Sensational Inside Story of How Wall Street Analysts Duped a Generation of Investors, by Charles Gasparino

• Takedown: The Fall of the Last Mafia Empire, by Rick Cowan and Douglas Century

• LifeForce, by Jeffrey S. McCombs, D.C. (A Dynamic Plan for Health, Vitality and Weight Loss.)

• The Calcium Factor: The Scientific Secret of Health and Youth, by Robert R. Barefoot and Carl J. Reich, M.D.

(The relationship between nutrient deficiency and disease.)

• Ancient Secret of The Fountain of Youth, by Peter Kelder

(Can five ancient Tibetan rites really make you look and feel years younger? The secret of youthful health and vitality.)

• Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television, by Jerry Mander

• Serpent on the Rock, by Kurt Eiehenwald

• Serpent on the Rock: Crime, Betrayal ad the Terrible Secrets of Prudential Bache, by Kurt Eichenwald

• Funny Money, by Mark Singer

• Holocaust American Style, by Dr. James R. Walker, Director, Christian Health Research (www.ghchealth.com)

• Townsend Letter: The Examiner of Alternative Medicine (www.townsendletter.com)

• Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine: A Peer Reviewed Journal
(www.altemative-therapies.com)

Recommended DVDs and Films

• Supersize Me
• The Corporation
• The Constant Gardener
• Who Killed the Electric Car?
• Tucker
• Sister Kenny
• The Smartest Guys in the Room
• Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers
• Erin Brockavich
• Prescription for Disease (www.garynull.com)
• The Aviator

Articles and Scientific Studies

• "Ten Pounds in Ten Days: A Sampler of Diet Scams and Abuse," by Laura Frazer - Caremark

• "Grapefruit May Help Obesity, Diabetes" - UK Telegraph

• "Want to Lose Weight? Get Enough Sunshine" - Science Daily

• "Green Tea May Aid Weight Loss" - American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

• "Mysterious Hormone's Role in Successful Weight Loss"  - Washington Post

• "Bottoms Up! Peripheral Cues and Consumption Volume" www.foodpsychology.org

• "Interactions Between Forms of Fat Consumption and Restaurant Bread Consumption" - www.foodpsychology.org

• "Does Stockpiling Accelerate Consumption? A Convenience- Salience Framework of Consumption" - www.foodpsychology.org

• "How Visibility and Convenience Influence Candy Consumption Volume" - www.foodpsychology.org

• "At the Movies: How External Cues and Perceived Taste Impact Consumption Volume" - www.foodpsychology.org

• "Can Package Size Accelerate Usage Volume?"  - www.foodpsychology.org

• "Antecedents and Mediators of Eating Bouts" - www.foodpsychology.org

• "Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The Impact of Household Stockpiling on Usage Rates" - www.foodpsychology.org

• "Bad Popcorn In Big Buckets: Portion Size Can Influence Intake As Much As Taste" - www.foodpsychology.org

• "Why Visual Cues of Portion Size May Influence Intake" - www.foodpsychology.orgg

• "Food for Thought: An Inside Look At Food Psychology And The Unconscious Factors Causing People To Overeat" - www.foodpsychology.org

• "Chorionic Gonadotropin in Obesity: Further Clinical Observations," by Harry A. Gusman, M.D.—The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

• "The Use of Chorionic Gonadotropin in the Treatment of Obesity," by James H. Hutton, M.D.—The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

• "F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies are Failing in America" — Trust for America's Health

References