by Joseph Mercola, Kendra Degen Pearsall
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful:
 Gets into Great Detail, 2008-09-02
Wonderful resource. This books gets into the facts. Great to use if you are trying to convince a stubborn person.
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WELL DOCUMENTED BOOK, 2008-07-29
Well documented book; freightening facts which in part read like an intrigue novel. DO NOT TRUST THE FDA!
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
read it if you haven't, 2008-05-31
Wonderful book, explains well why not to use artificial sweeteners. Dr. Mercola did a great job, as usual. More people should read it.
6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
 Not Science, 2008-04-29
Maybe aspartame is a deadly poison, but that case is not sufficiently made in this book. Unfortunately, Dr. Mercola relies on the shrill conspiracy theories of non-scientists in proving how dangerous aspartame is. For those of us who are open to the idea that aspartame and other food additives might not be as healthy as everyone claims, this book is a huge disappointment. There has to be a way to discuss these issues without exaggeration, hyperbole, and trafficking in rumor, anecdote, and urban legend.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
 A detailed exposition which will leave a sour taste., 2008-04-18
An overwhelming percentage of individuals in Western Society now substitute sugar with a variety of artificial sweetener, believing that such action is for the benefit of their health. In `Sweet Deception', Drs. Joseph Mercola and Kendra Pearsall attempt to correct this falsity, launching an assault on sweeteners, their manufacturers, and the medical sophists who inculcate junk science onto the public for their own financial gain.
The book traces the accidental discovery of various chemical sweeteners, which eventually became common in the most mundane foodstuffs. Exposing the science used to promote the safety of these chemicals for human consumption as minimal or highly partial, the authors look into the chemistry of sweeteners--such as aspartame or sucralose--and how these negatively react with a body which was never designed for their absorption. The results of this perverted interaction are revealed: brain tumours, diabetes, cancer, internal bleeding, anemia, visual disruption and numerous other unpleasant conditions, all directly related to the ingestion of artificial sweeteners. The monetary corruption involved in the FDA in relation to the sweetener industry is exposed, which should leave all readers concerned over whether the `experts' priorities lie with the health of the public, or their own pocket.
An enlightening interview with FDA `insider' Dr. David Graham is included, presenting a disturbing image on those who should be responsible for the health of the American nation.
However, while the authors' exposition of impropriety within the food industry, as well as the hazardous nature of man-made sweeteners, is well researched, and solidified with an abundance of evidence, there is also an apparent tendency for the authors to make statements from ideology, rather than documentation. Their lengthy, and unnecessary, chapter on the dangers of natural sugar often appear fall into this category, preferring to puritanically lambaste a sweet-tooth for not fitting in with their rigid health-regime.
If one can read past the various shortcomings of the authors, `Sweet Deception' will be an informative manual into the dangers of trusting a field of quackery.
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