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A riveting work of investigative journalism that charts the rise of the dietary supplement craze and reveals the dangerous—and sometimes deadly—side of these highly popular and completely unregulated products.
Over 60 percent of Americans buy and take herbal and dietary supplements for all sorts of reasons—to prevent illness (vitamin C), to ease depression (St. John’s wort), to aid weight loss (ephedra), to boost the memory (ginkgo biloba), and even to cure cancer (shark cartilage, bloodroot)—despite the fact that few of these “natural” supplements have been proven to be safe or effective. The vitamin and herbal supplement industry generates over $20 billion a year by selling products that promise to cure or fix, but are produced and marketed essentially without oversight. And while the media has been quick to sensationalize the benefits of supplements, few have taken a hard look at the dangers posed by many of the remedies flooding the market today. Award-winning journalist Dan Hurley breaks the silence for the first time in Natural Causes.
From the snake-oil salesmen of the early twentieth century, to rise of the health food movement in the sixties and seventies, Hurley charts the remarkable growth of an industry built largely on fraud, and reveals the backroom politics that led to the passage of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994, which effectively freed the industry from FDA oversight. In unprecedented detail, he shows how supplement manufacturers have concealed the truth about dozens of untested treatments and the shocking rise in deaths, disfigurements, and life-threatening injuries caused by products deceptively promoted as “safe and natural.” Most importantly, he provides a telling look at why, in an age of unprecedented scientific advancement, we continue to buy and believe in remedies for which little evidence exists—and why the supplements we take to promote our health may be doing far more harm than good.
As Hurley shows, the dietary supplement craze may be one of the greatest swindles ever perpetrated on the American public—one that feeds billions of dollars each year into the pockets of lobbyists, politicians, and any charlatan who wants to slap a label on a bottle and tout it as the next big “natural cure.” Blending hard facts with spellbinding personal stories, Natural Causes is a must-read for anyone who has ever popped a multivitamin or an herb, and provides a hard-hitting, frightening look at a cultural trend that is out of control.
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Dan Hurley prescribes a dose of common sense........2007-07-27
Are you aware that currently no government agency is responsible for testing dietary supplements to assure their purity and potency? Did you know that today over 60% of Americans buy and take one or more herbal or dietary supplements? Would it anger you to learn that you have probably been spending your hard earned money on products that simply don't work? And would you be concerned if you discovered that the American media has expended precious little energy to uncover the truth about these products?
"Natural Causes" explodes many of the myths surrounding the multi-billion dollar vitamin and supplements industry. Author Dan Hurley makes a compelling case for tightening the screws on these companies and demanding more regulation and much more accountabilty.
Around the turn of the 20th century the self-treatment movement was experiencing somewhat of a revival in this nation. As Dan Hurley correctly points out the tug-of-war between traditional medicine and natural alternatives seems to be somewhat cyclical. We can all recall images of the "snake oil" salesmen peddling all sorts of elixers and other concoctions from the back of their wagons. These hucksters made all sorts of fabulous claims for their homemade tonics. In response to all of this Congress passed the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906. The act required that medicines containing opiates and certain other drugs must say so on their labels. Later amendments to the act also required that the quantity of each drug be truly stated on the label, and that the drugs meet official standards of identity and purity. Finally, the government had a handle on the industry.
Fast forward now about 90 years. Once again, interest in "natural" medicine and treatments was on the rise. Seems that there was a huge potential market for new "natural" remedies, treatments and supplements. There was a lot of money to be made. Aided by a number of prominent politicians a group of manufacturers led by one Gerry Kesser somehow managed to convince the Congress to pass a piece of legislation called DSHEA in 1994. Passage of the "Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act" would essentially create a whole new category of so-called "natural" products that were simply not subject to regulation of any kind. Over the next dozen years tens of thousands of new products would flood the market making all sorts of wild claims. We have all seen the ads in newspapers and magazines and on television. And despite the fact that the overwhelming majority of these products fail to produce the promised results the American people continue to purchase them in ever increasing numbers. What's more, testing has shown that many of these products are contaminated with dangerous metals such as lead and that the ingredients listed on the label are frequently incorrect. It is somwhat disconcerting to think that large numbers of Americans have turned their backs on traditional medicine and rely on the advice of a clerk at the health food store to treat what ails them. This is a very dangerous situation that has had serious consequences over the years and Hurley presents numerous examples throughout the book.
At the conclusion of "Natural Causes" Dan Hurley proposes a series of 13 steps that would largely correct this situation. This is definitely a conversation that the country needs to have. I found "Natural Causes" to be a real eye-opener. Highly recommended reading!
May Your Medicine Be Your Food, and Your Food Be Your Medicine.......2007-07-14
After reading this vastly detailed account of the multi-million dollar Vitamin Supplement Industry, and the horrific tragedies many people have experienced through the belief that taking vitamin supplements will provide better health and cure all their ills, my family and I have completely stopped taking all supplements. Elimination of taking these highly questionable substances has, I believe, saved us from the sickness and damage they can, and do, cause.
Having experienced a terrifying incident from taking the suggested dose of a supplement for arthritis, one which caused my brain, my entire nervous system, my eyes, my ability to stand up and walk to a phone, as if my brain was completely scrambled, made me realize that other strange physical symptoms were also caused by the supplements I was taking, to supposedly improve my health.
All those symptoms disappeared after ceasing taking all vitamin supplements.
Everyone who believes that vitamin supplements will increase their health and eliminate their physical problems needs to read this book and think seriously about how gullible the public is, believing the hype of advertising, believing the self-created "experts" on the subject of health, convincing people to follow their advice and to buy and ingest anything and everything suggested.
Dan Hurley has given us the the proof and the truth of what drives the vitamin industry: Profit!
It's true that most people's choices of what and how they eat, is making them sick. Taking vitamin supplements and herbs will not correct what poor diet does to the health of the body, and often causes further damage.
Somewhat helpful but seriously incomplete........2007-07-13
Mr. Hurley covers many key issues concerning the real and present dangers of an unregulated industry that the public is increasingly turning to because of frustration with the drug/surgery-only approach still found in much of the medical industry.
However, Mr. Hurley leaves out important information that would have been helpful to anyone concerned about their health and trying to understand what is going on -- esp folks concerned about chronic diseases, about 1/2 the population. (1) Page 165. Hurley claims the AMA's only policy recommendation on vitamins is folic acid for pregnant women and Vit. K for infants at birth. NOT TRUE. In 2003, the AMA came out with a recommendation that all adults take a good multivitamin to help protect them from chronic diseases, the area that drugs cannot address except to suppress symptoms. This is why so many healthcare professionals of every kind are starting to take a multivitamin every day. But how do we know which ones to take?
(2) The only "okay" vitamin company acknowledged is Natrol, pg.233 -- "practices are as good as or better than anyone's in the industry." No, Natrol is a good company but not the top-quality supplement producer in the industry by far. In fact, there are major companies producing much higher quality supplements, using PHARMACEUTICAL-GRADE STANDARDS in their manufacturing. How did Hurley miss such an important distinction? Considering he's covering the supplement industry, wouldn't you think he'd talk to allopathic doctors who are increasing using and recommending multivitamins? As a good researcher,Hurley should have asked many different doctors, both allopathic and holistic, if they use supplements and if so, what products they use and recommend to their patients. The companies producing PHARMACEUTICAL-GRADE VITAMINS & MINERALS are using STANDARDS that meet drug-company standards for safety, purity, and reliability. The companies METAGENICS, DOUGLAS LABS, and USANA come to mind. In fact, an increasing number of allopathic doctors now make these supplements available through their medical offices for their patients -- METAGENICS for instance is only sold through licensed healthcare professionals. Yet, Hurley makes no mention of this area of the industry which is very surprising given his strong emphasis on the importance of scientific standards.
In fact, Hurley and his publisher missed an enormous opportunity to begin to get unscrupulous supplement manufacturers and uneducated healthfood store clerks out of the supplement business and to begin put everyone's primarycare doctors in charge of this area of supporting health. If folks marched into their doctor's office and asked for and received a recommendation for professional-grade multivitamins for themselves and their family, that would go along way to begin to eliminate the WILD WEST APPROACH THAT IS SO DANGEROUS -- the many supplements that are based on ingredients for which there is no science to support their use; problem of the wrong supplementation for a condition; supplementation that can interfere with meds someone might be on; supplementation that can actually worsen a condition; mis-use of supplements inc. overdosing which is very common; and the use of dangerous supplements because contaminated with lead or other toxins.
So don't dispair, fellow Americans. Go to your primary physician and ask for their help. And keep asking until you get their help. Most doctors want to do what is best for their patients. The growing body of research on professional-grade supplementation is out there for their education. Patients want to believe and follow their doctors. An educated doctor would establish with everyone of his/her patients the need to take a professional-grade multi-vitamin and then make recommendations. Patients would learn to ask their doctors about supplements and stop asking the uninformed for information they do not possess and are not trained to interpret. That, Mr. Hurley, is what your book could have done for the American people.
Fear & Yellow Journalism.......2007-07-09
For those of us that have used vitamin & mineral supplements - along with excercise & a balanced diet - the ideas in this book ring untrue. Mainstream doctors and their 'big pharma' supporters rely on fear in their treatment recomendations. Without fear, who would take most prescription & OTC medicines after reading the contra indications? On a macro level: the USA ranks low for medical treatment effectiveness(for industrial countries); prescription & OTC drugs kill and cause severe reactions in an astounding number(greater than 300,000)of people. When is the last time you heard of someone dying from a vitamin overdose?
My thanks to Mr. Hurley for supporting my philosophy - When my AMA approved doctor gives me advice, I do the opposite.
Everyone Who Takes Vitamins Should Read This Book.......2007-06-11
This is an important book. We read about melamine in pet food from China killing our pets, and we assume our own government regulates American products to prevent such tragedies. It does, for food and drugs. But there is a crucial loophole. Since the DSHEA was passed in 1994, anything sold as a diet supplement bypasses government regulation. The fiction is that these supplements are food; that people are taking them to replace something lacking in their diet. The reality is that no one has ever had a deficiency of St. John's wort or echinacea in their diet: people are taking these for medicinal purposes. Drugs can't go on the market until they are tested for effectiveness and safety; known side effects must be communicated to the consumer; there is a system in place to detect problems after marketing; there are safeguards of quality and dosage control. None of this is true for diet supplements. An independent lab that tests vitamins and diet supplements estimates that there is only a 75% chance that you are getting what the label says.
These products are widely assumed to be safe because they are natural. Hurley explains why this is a false assumption. About a third of prescription drugs come from natural sources. A drug is a drug, whether it was made in a plant or in a lab. Anything natural that has a therapeutic effect is likely to have side effects. We are increasingly seeing reports of people whose diet supplements interfered with the prescription drugs they were taking or contributed to excessive bleeding after surgery, people who required liver transplants after taking Kava kava, people who developed kidney failure after taking a weight loss pill, and people like Steve Bechtel who might be alive today if he had not used ephedra.
People complain about "Big Pharma" but the diet supplement industry is a hugely profitable business that has deliberately organized itself and successfully lobbied to change our laws for their own financial benefit. They say they are protecting the public's right to choose, but they are also undermining the public's right to be safe. And the worst thing is that they are misinforming the public. Hurley names names and reports a surprising number of known scam artists and convicted felons in the business.
Hurley lambastes the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine: it has spent many millions of our tax dollars checking out unlikely remedies, and so far the results of all its research have been almost exclusively negative. Notably, recent NCCAM studies have concluded with a high degree of confidence that echinacea, saw palmetto, and glucosamine/chondroitin are ineffective.
Hurley covers the evidence for vitamin pills and shows how recent studies are increasingly showing that they probably do more harm than good. He finds only two supplements that have good evidence behind them for use by the general public. If I hadn't already thrown my multivitamins away after doing my own research, I would have done so after reading this book. I am a medical doctor, I keep up with the medical literature, and I write about these subjects myself. I can vouch for the accuracy of Hurley's information. His characterization of the medical research is in agreement with the scientific consensus as published in The Medical Letter and other respected sources.
Hurley discusses why intelligent people forget the "buyer beware" principle and fall for diet supplement claims. We have been sold a bill of goods, both by cynical marketers and by well-meaning but misinformed friends. There is a huge body of mythology out there, and we owe it to ourselves to apply our critical thinking skills to the claims.
Hurley's example of the woman who lost her nose has been criticized because she used an illegally imported product. Critics have not read carefully. This woman went to integrative medicine guru Andrew Weil's website and used what he recommended: bloodroot. She bought the bloodroot from a company he recommended. On that company's website, she found a recommendation for something "even better" - Cansema, reportedly 100% effective for skin cancer, illegal in the US but available on the Internet. Cansema may not technically fall under the DSHEA, but this woman was clearly a victim of the kind of thinking the diet supplement industry fosters.
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I support the right of everyone to choose diet supplements, but I also support the right of everyone to have all the information needed to make an informed choice. This book is a valuable tool to help the consumer understand what he is really buying. It should open a lot of eyes. I think everyone who buys a diet supplement or even a multivitamin owes it to himself to know what is in this book.
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Very interesting!.......2004-09-05
This book tells it all. The book is very informative and if you are ever planning on saving with funeral costs, you must read this. You should check with your local funeral home regarding buying your own casket. They are not all as receptive as they should be to receiving your own pre-purchased one. My mother said the so true words at my fathers' funeral 14 years ago. She said to the undertaker "Boy you guys sure have a racket going!"
READ THIS BOOK!
A Book Everyone Should Read !!.......2000-12-14
This 238 page book is loaded with the facts we all need to intelligently make final arrangements for our loved ones, or pre-need for ourselves. Everyone should read this book as it guides you and makes it easier for you to make funeral arrangements. It will help you arrange for the most appropriate funeral cost-effectively, and you'll avoid the pitfalls that can occur at your time of need. Major topics include: Caskets, embalming, vaults, visiting the mortuary, memorial gardens, FTC rules, paying for the funeral, how to deal with the funeral director and more. It exposes rip-offs, and exposes some of the tactics used that can result in your spending more than is necessary. Most funeral directors are very helpful and honest at your time of need. This book will help you make the decisions that must be made. It is written by someone well experienced in the field, and is written honestly and with wit. You will gain by reading this book. It WILL help you get through a difficult period.
Very Enlightening Reading.......1999-08-25
I quite enjoyed this book. I have been interested in the funeral industry as my father was once a mortician. I believe that anyone who wants to educate themselves about the industry should read this expose.
Astonishing insight into the death care industry........1998-08-25
Profits of Death is tremendously well-written and presents important information that affects each of us at some point in our lives. No one wants to think about death, but Darryl presents his information in an empowering, yet "light" and somewhat entertaining manner. A must read for everyone! Darryl not only provides readers with insights into what goes on when you plan a funeral, but provides specific tips to prevent one from being scammed.
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A warmhearted, witty, and beautifully illustrated guide to the most important exit any of us will ever make: how we choose to leave this life.
If you thought a dreary and expensive funeral arranged by professional morticians was your only option-think again! Michelle Cromer offers a plethora of creative alternatives to traditional funerals. From having one's remains shot into outer space or turned into a piece of jewelry, to being sifted into the roots of a tree, spread across the sky in a fireworks display, or scattered over Mount Rainier, the options for how we preserve our remains are limited only by our imagination.
Cromer attributes the growing demand for unconventional end-of-life ceremonies to several causes: the high cost and impersonal nature of traditional funerals; the geographic distance separating most American families that makes visits to the cemetery increasingly difficult; and the desire of baby boomers to apply their relentless pursuit of personal expression to the art of dying.
Whatever the reasons, the results are remarkable. Traveling around the country, Cromer meets families and entrepreneurs who are turning the funeral into an occasion for celebration and more intimate remembrance. All these innovative funerals, Cromer writes, "represent an effort to make the passage from life to death more personal and connected with the rest of our lives. And they remind us that physical death and physical decay are natural processes, without which there could be no new life."
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Thoughts from a Funeral Futurist.......2007-07-05
Exit Strategy by Michelle Cromer is a well-told journey of baby boomers seeking something different, something personal, something meaningful for their final send-off. She has a way of weaving these new offerings with the personal stories of their clients, all the while interjecting her own personal thoughts in a from-the-hip and sometimes flirty style.
For the general public, Exit Strategy offers an unobtrusive look at the many alternative or non-traditional funeral and memorial service offerings. Although this book is just a sampling of the new and different choices available, it should stir the creativity of individuals so that they can be remembered in their unique way.
For funeral directors and cemeterians, Michelle Cromer has given us an upfront and personal look at what the public is considering for their Exit Strategy. Let's be prepared and be able to offer some alternatives to those not wishing a traditional funeral service - it is our responsibility to give direction to those who seek advice from us. Exit Strategy
if you've gotta go...............2007-01-22
If you haven't quite figured out the trick to cheating death (feel free to contact me if you have) then Michelle Cromer's book "Exit Strategy" is for you. As we all have to go to that Great Unknown at some point, you might as well go with your sense of style, taste and integrity intact. Ms. Cromer's marvelously witty and insightful book will guide you through the steps of a funeral that will not only satisfy your wildest dreams, but leave an indelible mark on those fortunate enough to witness your "leave taking". Personally, I can't decide whether to have my ashes shot into space or my remains compressed into a diamond...................
I loved this book!.......2006-10-20
What an amazing way to look at something we all face in our lives. This book has given me a whole new perspective on death and the typical funeral.... It somehow makes death seem less of a loss when you can have a choice in how to celebrate a life. I would highly recommend this book to everyone! What a great idea to choose an alternate way to leave this life!
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The Death Care Industries in the United States
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This work analyzes the recent changes in death care and provides in-depth coverage of the death care industry. Subjects covered include goods and services, the market and economics of the industry, religious factors involved and alternative death care. Case studies of several leading companies are presented, as are future developments in the death care industry.
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Reverend Jim.......2003-02-23
This book is a serious, direct treatment of the death care industry. It properly addresses the death care field as a business -- a fact to be kept in mind by all participants, especially consumers. Smith seems to be a true believer in free market capitalism and would like to see its principles applied thoroughly in death care. In early chapters, he provides a reasoned argument to set against the views of the late Jessica Mitford ("The American Way of Death Revisited"). Perhaps a little harsh on religion and clergy, Smith is generally fair. He understands that vulnerability of at-need customers and recommends pre-need arrangements. Thomas Lynch's "The Undertaking: Life Studies In The Dismal Trade" makes many of the same basic points in a much more readable format (without graphs and business-ese).
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The Death Care Industry African American Cemeteries and Funeral Homes This is a book about the living. Through the use of diverse sources, including oral history, historical text, news articles, and archaeological insights, the authors weave together the lives of communities of ancestors and communities of living descendants - lives of hardship, despair, courage, triumph, discrimination, disregard, respect, reverence, neglect, revitalization, war, love, tranquility and political struggle. The story of cemeteries is not unlike that of the people who create them. Indeed the authors tell us that struggle and conflict often surround African American efforts to preserve their cemeteries. The book tells of the great variety of African American cemeteries in all parts of the continent. The descriptive documentation of the whereabouts of African American cemeteries is important enough, and that is only the framework of this compelling book. The authors explain how these cemeteries were founded, along with the symbolism entailed in burial practices and monuments. This second edition includes a look at fourteen family owned funeral homes, nationwide, most established in the 1800s. Also, there is considerably more information on cremations, on mausoleums, and on how to make the best decisions regarding preparations for your departing loved ones. African Canadian cemeteries have their own chapter in this edition as does New Orleans, Louisiana, with a full section on the Hurricane Katrina. The final chapter is a consumers guide that provides information for anyone, with easily understandable advice on planning a funeral.
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