Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome - Prevention and Cure of Obesity

Authors' info is extensive and interesting but they need an editor. One can't help but "trip" over punctuation, etc. - that slows down reading. Regret this book seems to be too helpful for it to be disseminated (strangely, the library first said it could be loaned, then said it could only be sent to local library and must be read there, & finally wrote that they couldn't get a copy from the Library of Congress). When we aren't permitted to have - & thus, learn - information pertaining to our health, we have hidden, but effective, "book burning."

Poorly written, poor grammar, spelling, style, and such educated people! It doesn't give the information it says it will to overcome those diseases. There is a great deal of repetition, but only a few hints of good advice - sometimes mistaken advice, too.

Too long, boring, disorganized, information may be relevant, but it is totally uninteresting. I'm too old to waste my time trying to mine for any usable wisdom.
I read The MD Emperor Has No Clothes, and I'm in complete agreement with Dr. Wallach's philosophy, but this book was no help at all.

I ordered three of Wallach's books - Hell's Kitchen, Rare Earths, and Immortality. To my surprise they are all virtually identical, with the same chapters appearing, slightly shuffled, and only very slight differences in content. They appear to be self-published without editorial guidance. Wallach's main thesis is that all diseases stem from mineral deficiencies in the diet. His arguments are largely anecdotal, citing the abandonment of the practice of using the ashes of wood fires in gardening and seasoning food, which, he says, was once a primary source of minerals in the diet. His prescription for a healthy diet is the following:

1. Eliminate all forms of vegetable oil from the diet (he doesn't say why). Meat and dairy fats are apparently ok.
2. Eliminate all forms of sugar from the diet.
3. Supplement the diet with all the necessary vitamins, colloidal minerals, and essential amino acids and fatty acids (no mention of suitable levels of any of these).
4. Otherwise, eat whatever you want (contradicted in various places with other restrictions).

There is some useful discussion of the different forms of minerals and why plant based colloidal minerals are better absorbed in the body. But you really have to dig to find this information. The chapter titles bear no relation to the chapter contents.

The remaining 99% of the books' contents are a complete mishmash of random newspaper clippings, obituaries, geological history of the earth, and other entirely random factoids. One gets the feeling that all this stuff makes sense in Wallach's head, but it makes no sense at all in the form presented. If that wasn't annoying enough, imagine opening up book after book, having completely different titles, and finding them all the same! There might be something worthwhile in Wallach's brain, but it doesn't translate in the present form. He desperately needs a good editor.

At first, I thought the book wasn't very interesting, but as it went on, I began to see all of our improvements haven't done our health any good. Dr. Wallach was showing how people would use ashes to improve the mineral quality of the soil, as well as ingesting the ashes for trace minerals. People don't do that anymore, therefore, we are sadly deficient in trace minerals, so important in our health. I would really recommend this book to begin to realize, how, with our modern conveniences, we are lacking important nutrition ie minerals, that, without them, vitamins don't work.

Tons of information. This guy takes you back to the start to guide you through the path we have taken to find us where we are today. Probably an easy 5 star book if you like that much info, I personally am okay with a bit less details. I still found this to be an interesting read and would recommend it to others.