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...
A riveting work of investigative journalism that charts the rise of the dietary supplement craze and reveals the dangerous and sometimes deadly ...
-A riveting look at the birth of a new science.- --Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive
When he was eight years old, Dan Hurley was labeled a -slow learner- because he still couldn't read. Three years later, he had become a straight A student. Until the publication of a major study in 2008, psychologists believed that intelligence is fixed at birth, that IQ is like a number tattooed on the soul. The new study showed that people can increase their -fluid- intelligence through training. Hurley, who grew up to become an award-winning science journalist, first explored...
-A riveting look at the birth of a new science.- --Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive
