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Review by CHL -- Health Tips, Myths, and Tricks
[Following is a volunteer review of "Health Tips, Myths, and Tricks" by Morton E Tavel, MD.]
3 out of 4 stars
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Health Tips, Myths, and Tricks: A Physician’s Advice is a nonfiction novel written by Morton E. Tavel, MD, FACC. The author was a retired cardiologist, medical professor, administrator, and researcher. Through his practice as a physician, various other experiences, researches, and observations, he was able to write three books already. This one was his latest work. The two others are Snake Oil is Alive and Well and Hell in the Heavens.
Just like the first book (Snake Oil is Alive and Well), Health Tips, Myths, and Tricks discussed several health beliefs and practices. In this newest expose, he divided the book into three parts – Tips, Myths, and Tricks.
In the first section (Tips), he wrote about practices that can be integrated in one’s lifestyle to achieve health and wellness. He advised against wasting money in order to obtain the physique and outlook that one wants. Instead, he provided ideas on how this can be attained with minimal expenditure possible.
The second section is about Myths or the beliefs and practices that have been going on for generations but has not been verified by scientific studies. These misconceptions were made popular by the media and the internet. Through evidences provided by countless researches, he refuted a number of them.
In the Tricks section, we were made aware of the different strategies employed by certain companies in order for consumers to purchase their products eventhough less or no benefit will be derived from using them.
Despite being divided into three parts, there were some overlap and as a guide, one can either read the chapters all at once or read on a certain topic that one needs to know or is curious about.
This is a very informative book. The author laid down the answers to the most common health inquiries that people need and want to know and talk about. Although filled with a lot of information, this book can be easily understood by people without a medical background. It was written in the simplest way possible.
Aside from giving information, this was also purposely written to influence or persuade people into changing their views and opinions and consequently, their attitudes and behaviours towards health. With lots of information available and accessible in this day and age, instead of being properly educated, people often subscribe to those that would not benefit them, less advantageous to them, or those that may even be hazardous to their health. In order to enlighten the health consumers, this book listed and discussed the various contentions and evidences for a certain health topic. Some of which were hard to believe. There were disproved practices that were difficult to modify as they were already part of one’s daily life.
The contents were good and it was fluidly-written. The conclusions at the end were very helpful to drive home the point. In addition, the author provided links to some websites and other sources for further reading. He also listed his references at the end of the book. This shows that what he was talking about was backed by credible journals. It has a lot of typographical errors though. I have identified at least 80 errors. They come in misspelled words, letters that were substituted by X or other special characters, and words that were cut by space.
I could have easily given a perfect rating but for reasons already mentioned, I am giving this a 3 out of 4 stars rating.
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3 out of 4 stars
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Health Tips, Myths, and Tricks: A Physician’s Advice is a nonfiction novel written by Morton E. Tavel, MD, FACC. The author was a retired cardiologist, medical professor, administrator, and researcher. Through his practice as a physician, various other experiences, researches, and observations, he was able to write three books already. This one was his latest work. The two others are Snake Oil is Alive and Well and Hell in the Heavens.
Just like the first book (Snake Oil is Alive and Well), Health Tips, Myths, and Tricks discussed several health beliefs and practices. In this newest expose, he divided the book into three parts – Tips, Myths, and Tricks.
In the first section (Tips), he wrote about practices that can be integrated in one’s lifestyle to achieve health and wellness. He advised against wasting money in order to obtain the physique and outlook that one wants. Instead, he provided ideas on how this can be attained with minimal expenditure possible.
The second section is about Myths or the beliefs and practices that have been going on for generations but has not been verified by scientific studies. These misconceptions were made popular by the media and the internet. Through evidences provided by countless researches, he refuted a number of them.
In the Tricks section, we were made aware of the different strategies employed by certain companies in order for consumers to purchase their products eventhough less or no benefit will be derived from using them.
Despite being divided into three parts, there were some overlap and as a guide, one can either read the chapters all at once or read on a certain topic that one needs to know or is curious about.
This is a very informative book. The author laid down the answers to the most common health inquiries that people need and want to know and talk about. Although filled with a lot of information, this book can be easily understood by people without a medical background. It was written in the simplest way possible.
Aside from giving information, this was also purposely written to influence or persuade people into changing their views and opinions and consequently, their attitudes and behaviours towards health. With lots of information available and accessible in this day and age, instead of being properly educated, people often subscribe to those that would not benefit them, less advantageous to them, or those that may even be hazardous to their health. In order to enlighten the health consumers, this book listed and discussed the various contentions and evidences for a certain health topic. Some of which were hard to believe. There were disproved practices that were difficult to modify as they were already part of one’s daily life.
The contents were good and it was fluidly-written. The conclusions at the end were very helpful to drive home the point. In addition, the author provided links to some websites and other sources for further reading. He also listed his references at the end of the book. This shows that what he was talking about was backed by credible journals. It has a lot of typographical errors though. I have identified at least 80 errors. They come in misspelled words, letters that were substituted by X or other special characters, and words that were cut by space.
I could have easily given a perfect rating but for reasons already mentioned, I am giving this a 3 out of 4 stars rating.
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