Food Is Better Medicine Than Drugs: Don't go to your doctor before reading this book: Your Prescription for Drug-free Health [Paperback]

Whilst at times this seems to be more of a lecture, the information is broken down well into sections and the recommendations can be followed reasonably well - some vitamins / foodstuffs might be hard to source though. Overall a good and reliable source of information

I just borrowed this book from the library and I'm going to purchase myself a copy because I just can't leech all the information I want out of it in such a short space of time! This book covers a wide range of ailments and how to cure or help them using vitamins, minerals and common sense. I have known for quite some time the big hoohaa with the pharmaceuticals. I got an illness about 3 years ago and chose my medication I wanted to deal with it. Upon arriving at the doctors I was told I was not allowed the medicine of MY choice, only of theirs. Ever since then I have travelled and studied to get what I want. Now I am on the medicine of MY choice, which is a natural one and weirdly banned in the UK, I am now going to set about fixing the rest of my body so I can move into a pill free future. There's just something so annoying being told you have to take a certain pill for life. It's like a red flag to a bull for me. I refuse to be a slave to the pharmacy and I will fix my illness myself ! I think this book is going to be key in helping me do this. It was actually rather scary as you read through the health check up and personally I was quite shocked at what state my body seems to be in. I thought my many 'ailments' were normal. According to Patrick, they are not ! So I now know that how I feel is far from how I could feel. So then the book outlines how you can start to fix everything. I'm making slow changes to my diet and lifestyle as I want these changes to be permanent. Friends of mine are asking for advice also, which is great, I'd love to help make them healthier also.

This lost a star because I am just a regular joe and the book is very scientific and has much biology which I know is great for those who want the hard facts. But me, I found it hard to understand in places and guess I would have preferred a more kiddies approach to explaining things. I find it very difficult to remember things also and the book was very in depth. Again I will buy it so I can go through it properly. I can see why people may hate this book. Some people just have this firm rooted belief that doctors know all and clinical trials are everything. I know for a fact the clinical trials for the pills I am on were arranged in a way so the pills would not work. And UK is the only place they are banned. Australia and America prescribe them. It's my body and I don't like being told that I can't do what's right for it. I choose natural therapy over concoctions of chemicals whenever I can.

I borrowed this book from library, 'just to have a look as it'll probably be rubbish and full of common sense...' but once I opened it I could NOT stop reading! As another reviewer said, it'd def be useful to look at the ailments listed to ensure it covers your illness. It covered all of mine :) (anxiety, depression and PMT!ha ha). It isn't just a book telling us to eat our greens, it tells us what supplements to take, tailored to our illnesses. ALso what foods to avoid. I eat organic and get fruit n veg boxes delivered every week, and am vegan so thought there wasn't much that could be wrong with my diet. How wrong I was. Turns out I am extremely sensitive to caffeine and any stimulants and sugar. Also that I need to supplement my diet with omegas, chromium and magnesium. It also explained the science behind chemical imbalances in the brain, made it understandable even though I am rubbish at science.

As another reader said, I am going to buy straight away as all the info cannot be easily remembered. I actually feel now that there is hope that I will eventually be pill free!