! .! Page 2 RAIN May 1979 RAINaccess .~ ~t ;:1 - :~ HEALTH Diet al1d Nutrition: A Holistic Approach, Rudolph Ballentine, M.D., 1978,634 pp., $7.95 from: Himalayan Institute Publi.shers and Distributors RD 1, Box 88 Honesdale, PA 18431' 717/253-5551 This book provides a basic overview of the science of nutrition (both Eastern and Western philosophies) and how it relates to the whole person. Recommended for students and others who wish to learn more about this holistic approach. -YL Who[istic Dimemi01ls in Healing: A Resource Guide, Leslie J. Kaslof, 1978, 295 pp., $7.95 plus $1.50 for UPS shipping from: United Communications P.O. Box 320, 233 Mosher Ave. Woodmere, NY 11598 This book really warms a networker's heart. Leslie Kaslof has contacted over 50 "experts" (one of them happens to be my brother Phil) in the field of wholistic healing and asked them to write a brief explanation of their particular interest and then to provide an annotated listing of groups and associations ; schools, centers and clinics; journals and publications; and products and services which are working in their area. What results is 295 pages crammed with the most useful organizations, etc. related to wholistie healing. - YL Healthwise Handbook, Toni M. Roberts, Kathleen Mcintosh Tinker and Donald W. Kemper, 1979,250 pp., $6.95 from: Doubleday and Company, Inc. Garden City, NY 11530 Do you have a headache? Should you lie down and rest? take an aspirin? or should you call a health professional? The liealthwise Handbook provides the answers to these and many other ques tions you may have about common health problems. Although it is not holistic in its approach, the Handbook \~~~ . (? .5"" ?': .;; ". .... J OJ .(',~:: u :Z: .r.. .. ; == ... . 5 ~ ~ ' h ' Q :jp \"rt .~ t ff E r. "."0 , Q .1 ' ..... .~ j .~ ~ :! ~ :; I ~ /; J.~ E ';.' \'; Qt.l: \,*"(1'" and pcu.cnor vi.e.... of lhc shllUl.I preuun points. J provides useful how-to information on recognizing and treating common illnesses as well as offering suggestions on how to prevent them. Includes chapters on dental care, emotional problems and what to include in a "home health center." - YL OffDiabetes Pills: A Diabetic's Guide to Longer Life, Rebecca Warner, Sidney M. Wolfe and Rebecca Rich, 1978, 121 pp., $3.50 from: Public Citizen Health Research Group Dept. 209, 2000 PSt., N.W. Washington, DC 20036 2021872-0320 " Drug companies spend $5 ,000 per doctor per year . .." on promoting their various products. In the case of oral hypoglycemics (drugs to alleviate the symptoms of diabetes), this money is being used to promote drugs which are not only ineffective, but also "double the yearly death rate by heart and blood vessel disease in maturity-onset diabetics who use them." Off Diabetes Pills examines the problem of oral hypoglycemics, presents evidence which states that this medication is unnecessary, and outlines alternatives (by the use of diet) to control this disease. Appendices list diabetes centers across the country'which will treat diabetics through diet. - YL
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