Health Books

	Recommended Health Books Most books on health and nutrition follow the maxim, "Scam sells; science sucks," and range from unreliable to totally irresponsible. Among the few reliable ones are:
	*Total Nutrition:* The Only Guide Youíll Ever Need: From the Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Victor Herbert, MD, JD, MACP, & Genell J. Subak-Sharpe, MS, editors. Softcover, 811 pages, published 1995. St. Martinís Press, New York, NY. The Vitamin Pushers. How the ìHealth Foodî Industry is Selling America a Bill of Goods. Stephen Barrett, MD, and Victor Herbert, MD, JD, MACP. Hardcover, 536 pages, published 1994, Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY. The Johns Hopkins Family Health Book,1999. Harper Collins Publisher, Inc., NY, NY. Harvard Medical School Family Health Guide, 1999 (best feature: as stated on its book jacket, it is updated on-line monthly so "it will never go out of date"). American College of Physicians Complete Home Medical Guide with CDROM, 1999. DK Publishing Inc., NY, NY. **Merck Manual of Medical Information, Home Edition, 2003 (paperback). Pocket Books, NY, NY. PDR Family Guide to Prescription Drugs**, 2003.