The Immune System Cure: Optimize Your Immune System in 30 Days-The Natural Way!
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Producer: KensingtonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-01-01
ISBN: 1575664860
Number of pages: 250
Publisher: Kensington
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- Airborne Effervescent Health Formula, Original Orange, 10 Tablets (Pack of 3)
- RESPeRATE Blood Pressure Lowering Device
Book Reviews of The Immune System Cure: Optimize Your Immune System in 30 Days-The Natural Way!
Book Review: Advertising unsupported by adequate evidence
Summary: 2 Stars
This book contains some good information and advice related to diet, supplements, exercise, and stress management. As claimed, following most of the advice can help modulate the immune system and thus address related disorders, along with improving general health. But there are several substantial problems with the book:
(1) The book was published in 1999 and is therefore somewhat dated for a medical book. Plenty of more recent books on this topic are available.
(2) The book repeatedly promotes a product called Moducare, which consists of plant sterols and sterolins. Many claims are made for the clinical efficacy of Moducare for a variety of health conditions. I did a PubMed search and also read the Moducare website to review the evidence for Moducare, and I found it to be rather lacking, despite the fact that a decade has now passed since the book was published. This lack of evidence doesn't necessarily mean that Moducare won't work for anyone, but it does raise doubts.
(3) At least one of the authors (Bouic) appears to have a financial interest in Moducare, which represents a conflict of interest and raises questions about bias.
Because of these problems, I can't recommend this book in good faith. Instead, I think The Inflammation Syndrome: The Complete Nutritional Program to Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease, Arthritis, Diabetes, Allergies, and Asthma by Jack Challem is a better choice. Several other books on this topic which are even more recent are also available, but I haven't read them yet; you can easily find them by doing some Amazon searching.
Regarding the Moducare product, you might consider trying it for a few months if you've exhausted other reasonable options and your need is great, but keep in mind that the peer-reviewed evidence for the product is weak. Whatever path you choose, good luck!
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