Gary Null's Ultimate Anti-Aging Program

Null pretty obviously knows his stuff, even if I can't always agree with certain of his stances, but there was a startlingly bad error regarding a USRDA of a substance which could really mess up one's metabolism if one followed this book. I sent an e-mail to him to complain of the incompetence of the copy editing/proofreading some weeks ago, but he or his office did not deign to acknowledge the error. He will be fortunate if he does not hear from someone's attorney or health professional on this matter, and I will now take any info from Dr Null with a large grain of non-iodized Celtic sea salt.

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Gary Null's Ultimate Anti -Aging Program

I bought this book after seeing Gary Null speaking on a PBS TV program. I was so impressed with his knowledge and the hope he offered in the anti-aging remedies he discussed and other valuable information he was offering in this book. I just couldn't wait to read it. Unfortunately, after I purchased this book, I was very disappointed. My strongest impression about the book was the very disorganized way it was prepared. There is a serious lack of appropriate catagorization and sequential arrangement of subject matter, topics, etc. It was hard for me to believe that Gary Null had anything to do with the preparation of the book. I thought he had just mistakenly designated an unprofessional, inexperienced person to take on that responsibility for him. After approximately 3 years, I'm still trying to understand his anti-aging program/s and the approach of implementing them. Its hard to make sense of a bunch of information randomly thrown together. Since then I have found valuable books with practicle approaches for emplementing the anti-aging programs in them. I recommend The Perricone Prescription, and The Wrinkle Cure by Nicholas Perricone M.D.. He has recently published additional anti-aging books, as well.

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Possible value as a nutritional reference source

I cannot really recommend this book as one to read and learn from easily. Maybe as a reference book, but not as a stand alone reference book, for although it does contain a great deal of information, some of it is incomplete. This book is still a possible candidate for a nutrition library, since nobody has all the answers, and since it is often possible to find the solution to a health/aging problem in a collection of books and web sources. A well stocked nutrition library is therefore a good idea.

I have doubts, however. I am reasonably knowledgeable about nutrition, and found nothing much new in the book, apart from the interesting recommendation in Chapter 8 that we juice enormous quantities of vegetables to get enough chlorophyll to detoxify the body. (Many reviewers have complained that the author did not say which vegetables to juice. But this complaint is probably not fair. Chlorophyll is GREEN, and the greener the vegetable the more chlorophyll it has. So the author obviously means that you juice any green veggies you happen to like, but only vegetables you would normally eat in quantity, like cabbage, kale, brussels sprouts, lettuce, etc.--certainly NOT rhubarb leaves, which are poisonous. The author is probably only guilty of assuming his readers know what chlorophyll is.) I don't know if the chlorophyll juice works or not. The idea was new to me. I may be willing to go along with the author and give it a cautious try, in smaller amounts to begin with. Since veggies are good for me, the veggie juice is not likely to do me any harm.

But overall, this is not a well written book. Eighty pages of testimonials, in italics, about the author's anti-aging program was just too much, and I just skipped over them. The book is not well organized either, and he does not lay out the promised anti-aging nutritional plan. Instead he just gives us long lists of foods, supplements, and even drugs, and activities, and the benefits associated with each. You couldn't possibly try them all. And in some cases, if you were on medication, you would be wise to consult a doctor first. For example, grapefruit and grapefruit juice, which he recommends for lowering cholesterol, can enhance and affect the action of many drugs, which he does not mention. Echinacea, which he recommends for enhancing the immune system, should only be taken for short periods, which he again does not mention. Thus the book is also incomplete in its information. It has possible value as a reference book in conjunction with other similar books.


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