Detoxify or Die (May 2003)

Detoxify or Die (May 2003): "Detoxify or Die
by Sherry Rogers, MD
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Quality paperback, 2002, 409 pp. $22.95 A 21st Century Paradigm Shift

The author's title suggests a seriousness not usually given to the subject of detoxification in the search for health. However, this author is eminently qualified to assess the gravity of environmental pollution's effects on our health. Sherry Rogers, MD is well-known in the CAM community, as author, educator, and an international specialist in Environmental Medicine.

She is a diplomat of the American Board of Family Practice, a diplomat of the American Board of Environmental Medicine, a Fellow of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, and a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition. With this broad background and more than 30 years in practice, Sherry Rogers brings together all of her expertise combined with new research in this book. Backed up by more than 700 references, Detoxify or Die goes well beyond the general health admonitions to eat whole foods, exercise, and avoid chemicals (only if you don't eat, drink or breathe!).

A very important point is emphasized by Dr. Rogers in her Introduction: 'You have been brainwashed into believing that the diagnosis given to your condition, a mere label, is the end of the line. But nothing could be further (and more dangerously) from the truth. In fact, the name or label that has been given to your collection of symptoms is totally inconsequential. The only thing that matters is what has caused the symptoms'

Chapter I presents the incontrovertible evidence that environmental chemicals are everywhere and we cannot avoid them.