Due to my broken foot I have spent long hours just sitting. I have been able to catch up with some reading and some of the books might be of interest to my nephew in the U.S.
1) THE HUNGRY CYCLIST by Tom Kevill Davies. ( Harper Collins £7.99)
He spent two years cycling from New York City to Rio de Janeiro on a gastronomic quest to find the perfect meal.
(2) TRICK OR TREATMENT? By Simon Singh and Edward Ernst ( Corgi £ 8.99)
This is a clearly written, scrupulously scientific examination of the health claims of key areas of alternative medicine: acupuncture,homeopathy,chiropractic therapy and herbal medicine. The results are stark. In no case, apart from in some limited ways in herbal medicine, do any of these "therapies" work. On the contrary, they can be life-threatening. this is an important book!
I have also read some drivel as well. some of the detective stories are so far fetched as to be laughable but still I can't bear not to finish a book once I have started it.
Gina has just phoned from Edinborough. They have gone for a few days< I suspect to get away from Poppy!
not much else happening.
Sheila x
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"Alternative Medicine". An interesting way of putting it. This is the medicine that has been used since time immemorial. In the last 100 years or so, chemicals have been introduced by companies that make huge profits from them. As there is no profit in "natural medicine" as it is available freely to anyone, this is often said not to work by books and studies that are directly or indirectly funded by such large companies.
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