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A word on Adelle Davis

Personally while I don't agree with everything she says, she has given me a starting point to begin investigations instead of just meekly accepting symptoms

I should like to say that when necessary I was quite prepared to take the medications or provide them - it's just that you can't always get them or afford them

anyway quite a lot of biology students snigger when they read her books - why I don't know

this is a note from the guy who revised her books -

‘Adelle Davis’s name has been associated with nutrition for 3 decades. Her deep concern for poor health due to nutritional ignorance and her hopes for a better future through good nutrition are the core of the passionate message she has brought us

‘She spoke out at a time when there were few voices to be heard for the cause of good health by the comprehensive application of important discoveries in the field of nutrition..’ (Mandell Marshall - Davis A 1981 Introduction : vii)

‘‘Let’s Have Healthy Children (LHHC 1968) has been revised and brought up to date …an extensive undertaking because many highly qualified investigators have published important papers … in the field of nutrition since Let’s Have Healthy Children first appeared in print……….

‘She made some suggestions that seemed perfectly reasonable to her before the overworked medical practitioners of her day had an opportunity to conduct the time-consuming investigations necessary …The revision and updating performed for this edition have taken into account the medical studies that have been conducted since the book was written’ (Mandell Marshall - Davis A 1981 Introduction : viii)

‘The reader must keep in mind that this book was written to emphasize the importance of nutrition, to stimulate the interest of the medical profession in this neglected subject and to enlarge the general public’s knowledge’ (Mandell Marshall - Davis A 1981 Introduction : ix)

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posted by quoifish @ 9:50 AM