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New book called The Healthy Skeptic takes on the hype in health advice.

Publication: HealthFacts
Publication Date: 01-NOV-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: New book called The Healthy Skeptic takes on the hype in health advice.(Book review)

Article Excerpt
Sometimes it's the opening anecdote that draws you into a book. In the introduction of The Healthy Skeptic: Cutting through the HYPE about your Health, author Robert J. Davis describes a youthful encounter that jump-started his own quest for truth. It was the early years of the low-fat-diet-for-all heart disease prevention message to the public. A college student at the time, Davis bragged to friends that his "highly enlightened family" (father a physician) shunned whole milk and drank only 2%, the type that is low in fat.

Another student challenged him saying, "2% milk is not really low in fat." Incredulous, Davis cited the claim on the milk carton to support his contention. "Well, the carton lies; the fat content in 2% is closer to whole milk than to skim milk," countered his challenger....

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