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BOOKS Kokhah #3, composed of brown rice, water, and salt). Though the author cautions that these formulas should be used only as occasional supplements, the potential for theIr mIsuse makes their value in the Infant's diet partIcularly questIOnable. The book contaIn~ some sound information on normal developmental stages. (The author's traInIng IS in child development.) Appropriate emphasis IS given to avoiding rigid feedIng schedules and force feeding, to the importance of food variety and a positIve eating enVIronment, and to consIderation of some specIal needs, such as supplementatIOn WIth vItamIn B-12 in the vegan dIet. However, because of the technical inaccuracIes and misconceptions the book conveys, vegetanan parents would do well to use other resources for feedIng their babies, such as Laurel's Kttchen or No Nonsense NutritIOn jor
Your Baby's First Year. Sally R. Brother, M.P.H., R.D., Publtc Health NutritIOnist, San Mateo County Health Department, 225 W. 37 A venue, San Mateo, CA 94403. Voodoo Science, Twisted Consumerism: The golden assurances of the American Council on Science and Health, Harnik, P., 1982. From Center for SCIence in the PublIc Interest, 1755 S St. NW, Washington, DC 20009, 67 pp., $4, softcover. One of my law school professors told us that there are three sides to every story: yours, mIne, and the facts. Our Job was to define, organize, emphasize, or discredit the facts in order to prevail upon the jury with our side of the story. Facts were thus subJect to "interpretation." SCIentists, like lawyers, have points of view, biases, opinions, and pOSItIOns whIch color their Interpretations of facts. It IS impossible to weIgh or Judge a scientIfic finding WIth detachment. Subjective criterIa influence the pomt at which a body of data is judged to tilt the scale sufficiently In one dIrectIOn or the other to venture a scientific conclUSIOn. Voodoo SCience accuses the American Council on Science and Health of using a rigged scale which always tIlts In favor of Interpretations which support industry practIces and polIcies The author points out that while A.C.S.H. claims to be a consumer-oriented health group, It is heavily funded by corporate and Industry sources and ItS members have tIes to industry. CritIques of seven position papers issued by A.C.S.H. are included by the author as ex-
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amples of the council's "editorial biases." WhIle there may be three sides to every story, the facts do still set the outside perimeters of your side and mine. Reading Voodoo SCience raises the questIOn of how far those perImeters can be ethIcally pushed before the underlying facts are distorted.
Audrey T. Cross, NutrttlOn Consultant, 230 Central Park w., New York, NY 10024.
New Titles of Interest The follOWing /tSI of received books does nol Imply endorsemenl by the Society for NulntlOn EducatIOn REFERENCES AND TEXTBOOKS
Adipose Tissue tn Childhood, Bonnet, F. P., ed., 1981. From CRC Pres~, 2000 Corporate Blvd NW, Boca Raton, FL 33431, 173 pp., $64. Advances tn Human Cltnlcal Nutrition, VItale, J J., and S.A BrOltman, eds., 1982. From PSG Pubhshmg Co., 545 Great Road, LIttleton, MA 01460, 217 pp , $22.50 Advances tn Pennatal MediCine, Vol. 2, Mllunsky, A., E. A Fnedman, and L. Gluck, eds , 1982 From Plenum Pubhshmg Corp., 233 Spnng St., New York, NY 10013, 384 pp., $39.50 Some of the tOPICS covered m thIS book are fluonde m pregnancy, breast mIlk as food, and dIabetes In the pregnant woman. Contraceptive Technology, 1982-1983, 11 th ed., Hatcher, R. A. et aI., 1982. From Irvmgton PubhcatlOns, 551 FIfth Ave., New York, NY 10017, 266pp., $18.95, cloth; $9.95, softcover ThIS excellent text on famIly plannmg devotes one well-referenced chapter to nutntlOnal and drug InteractIOns of contraceptIves. The Health Effects oj Nitrate, Nitrite, and N-NItroso Compounds, NatIOnal Research CounCIl, CommIttee on NItnte and AlternatIve Cunng Agents In Food, 1981. From NatIonal Academy Press. 2101 ConstitutIOn Ave., WashIngton, DC 20418,538 pp., $14.95. Iron DefiCiency: Brain bIOchemistry and behaViOr, Pollitt, E , and R. LeIbel, eds , 1982 From Raven Press, 1140 Avenue of the AmerIcas, New York, NY 10036, 214 pp , $26 Lactose DigestIOn. Clinical and nutntlOnal ImplIcatIOns, PaIge, D M, and T M. Bayless, 1981 From John Hopkms UnIversIty Press, BaltImore, MD 21218, 280 pp., $22.50. NutntlOn tn Clinical Surgery, DeItel, M., ed , 1980 From WIllIams & Wilkws, 428 E. Preston St , BaltImore, MD 21202, 318 pp., $36. NutntlOn m Disease and Development, Bourne, G. H., ed., 1982, Vol 39 in World ReView oj NutritIOn and Dietetics From S. Karger Pubhshers, 150 FIfth Ave., New York, NY 10011, 194 pp., $96. Nutrition tn Gastromtestmal Disease, Kurtz, R C., 1981, Vol. 1 w Contemporary Issues tn Clinical Nutrition. From ChurchIll LIVmgstone, 19 W. 44th St., New York, NY 10036, 146 pp , $20. NutritIOn in Health and Disease and InternatIOnal Development· Symposia jrom the XII InternatIOnal Congress oj Nutrttlon, Harper,
A. E., and G. K. Davis, eds., 1981, Vol. 77 in Progress tn Clmlcal and BIOlogical Research From Alan R. LISS, 150 5th Ave., New York, NY 10011, 1,034 pp., $85 NutntlOnal Pharmacology, SpIller, G A, ed., 1981, Vol. 4 m Current TopICS in NutritIOn and Disease. From Alan R. LISS, 150 5th Ave., New York, NY 10011, 259 pp., $40. NutritIOn, PhYSIOlogy, and ObeSity, Schemmel, R., ed., 1980. From CRC Press, Northwest 24th St., Boca Raton, FL 33431, 234 pp., $69.50 NutntlOnal Blmdness. Xerophthalmw and keratomalaCia, 1982. From MedIcal Dept., Oxford Urnverslty Press, 200 MadIson Ave., New York, NY 10016, 282 pp., $24.95. NutntlOnal Factors. Modulattng effects on metabolIc processes, Beers, R. E Jr., and E G. Bassett, eds., 1981, No 13 m MIles InternatIOnal Symposium Series. From Raven Press, 1140 Avenue of the Amencas, New York, NY 10036, 568 pp., $55. Permatal Parental BehaVIOr. Nursmg research and ImplIcatlOnsjor newborn health, Vol. 17, No.6 of BIrth Dejects: Ongmal arttcle series, Raff, B. S , ed., 1981. From Alan R. LISS, 150 5th Ave., New York, NY 10011, 310 pp., $46. PestiCides StUdied tn Man, W. J. Hayes, Jr., 1982. From Wilham~ & Wilkms, 428 E. Preston St., BaltImore, MD 21202, 672 pp , $90. Protem Quality m Humans: Assessment and m vitro estimation, Bodwell, C. E., J. S Adkms, and D T Hopkms, 1981. From AV1 Publishmg Co., 250 Post Rd. E., Box 831, Westport, CT 06881, 435 pp , $49.50. School FoodserVlce, 2d ed , VanEgmond-Pannell, D., 1981. From AVI Pubhshmg Co., 250 Post Rd E., Box 831, Westport, CT 06881, 413 pp., $19, softcover. Seeds oj the Earth: A private or public resource?, Mooney, P. R., rev. ed., 1980. From InstItute for Food and Development PolIcy, 2588 MISSIOn St , San FranCISco, CA 94110, 126 pp , $7 plus $1 postage and handhng, softcover Surgical NutritIOn, Yarborough, M. F , and P. W. Curren, eds., 1981, Vol 3 In Contemporary Issues m ClInical NumtlOn, From ChurchIll LlVlngstone, 19 W. 44th St , New York, NY 10036, 156 pp , $20 POPULAR
Body Sense, Body Nonsense, Simon, S., 1981 From J B LIpPIncott JunIOr Books, 10 E. 53rd St , New York, NY 10022, 44 pp., $9.80; $8.89 hbrary edItIon ThIS Illustrated chIldren's book addresses common sayings concernIng health ("An apple a day keeps the doctor away; spmach makes you strong.") and gives the SCIentific baSIS for those that have some valIdIty The Dtne System' For better nutrttlOn and health, 2d ed, Denrnson, D, 1981. From Kendall-Hunt Publishmg Co., 2460 Kerper Blvd., Dubuque, IA 52001, 116 pp, $7.95 softcover. Milk-Free Diet Cookbook: Cookmgjor the lactose mtolerant, Zukm, J., 1982. From Sterling PublIshmg Co, 2 Park Ave., New York, NY 10016,155 pp., $12 95, hard cover; $6.95, softcover
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Your Baby's First Year. Sally R. Brother, M.P.H., R.D., Publtc Health NutritIOnist, San Mateo County Health Department, 225 W. 37 A venue, San Mateo, CA 94403. Voodoo Science, Twisted Consumerism: The golden assurances of the American Council on Science and Health, Harnik, P., 1982. From Center for SCIence in the PublIc Interest, 1755 S St. NW, Washington, DC 20009, 67 pp., $4, softcover. One of my law school professors told us that there are three sides to every story: yours, mIne, and the facts. Our Job was to define, organize, emphasize, or discredit the facts in order to prevail upon the jury with our side of the story. Facts were thus subJect to "interpretation." SCIentists, like lawyers, have points of view, biases, opinions, and pOSItIOns whIch color their Interpretations of facts. It IS impossible to weIgh or Judge a scientIfic finding WIth detachment. Subjective criterIa influence the pomt at which a body of data is judged to tilt the scale sufficiently In one dIrectIOn or the other to venture a scientific conclUSIOn. Voodoo SCience accuses the American Council on Science and Health of using a rigged scale which always tIlts In favor of Interpretations which support industry practIces and polIcies The author points out that while A.C.S.H. claims to be a consumer-oriented health group, It is heavily funded by corporate and Industry sources and ItS members have tIes to industry. CritIques of seven position papers issued by A.C.S.H. are included by the author as ex-
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amples of the council's "editorial biases." WhIle there may be three sides to every story, the facts do still set the outside perimeters of your side and mine. Reading Voodoo SCience raises the questIOn of how far those perImeters can be ethIcally pushed before the underlying facts are distorted.
Audrey T. Cross, NutrttlOn Consultant, 230 Central Park w., New York, NY 10024.
New Titles of Interest The follOWing /tSI of received books does nol Imply endorsemenl by the Society for NulntlOn EducatIOn REFERENCES AND TEXTBOOKS
Adipose Tissue tn Childhood, Bonnet, F. P., ed., 1981. From CRC Pres~, 2000 Corporate Blvd NW, Boca Raton, FL 33431, 173 pp., $64. Advances tn Human Cltnlcal Nutrition, VItale, J J., and S.A BrOltman, eds., 1982. From PSG Pubhshmg Co., 545 Great Road, LIttleton, MA 01460, 217 pp , $22.50 Advances tn Pennatal MediCine, Vol. 2, Mllunsky, A., E. A Fnedman, and L. Gluck, eds , 1982 From Plenum Pubhshmg Corp., 233 Spnng St., New York, NY 10013, 384 pp., $39.50 Some of the tOPICS covered m thIS book are fluonde m pregnancy, breast mIlk as food, and dIabetes In the pregnant woman. Contraceptive Technology, 1982-1983, 11 th ed., Hatcher, R. A. et aI., 1982. From Irvmgton PubhcatlOns, 551 FIfth Ave., New York, NY 10017, 266pp., $18.95, cloth; $9.95, softcover ThIS excellent text on famIly plannmg devotes one well-referenced chapter to nutntlOnal and drug InteractIOns of contraceptIves. The Health Effects oj Nitrate, Nitrite, and N-NItroso Compounds, NatIOnal Research CounCIl, CommIttee on NItnte and AlternatIve Cunng Agents In Food, 1981. From NatIonal Academy Press. 2101 ConstitutIOn Ave., WashIngton, DC 20418,538 pp., $14.95. Iron DefiCiency: Brain bIOchemistry and behaViOr, Pollitt, E , and R. LeIbel, eds , 1982 From Raven Press, 1140 Avenue of the AmerIcas, New York, NY 10036, 214 pp , $26 Lactose DigestIOn. Clinical and nutntlOnal ImplIcatIOns, PaIge, D M, and T M. Bayless, 1981 From John Hopkms UnIversIty Press, BaltImore, MD 21218, 280 pp., $22.50. NutntlOn tn Clinical Surgery, DeItel, M., ed , 1980 From WIllIams & Wilkws, 428 E. Preston St , BaltImore, MD 21202, 318 pp., $36. NutntlOn m Disease and Development, Bourne, G. H., ed., 1982, Vol 39 in World ReView oj NutritIOn and Dietetics From S. Karger Pubhshers, 150 FIfth Ave., New York, NY 10011, 194 pp., $96. Nutrition tn Gastromtestmal Disease, Kurtz, R C., 1981, Vol. 1 w Contemporary Issues tn Clinical Nutrition. From ChurchIll LIVmgstone, 19 W. 44th St., New York, NY 10036, 146 pp , $20. NutritIOn in Health and Disease and InternatIOnal Development· Symposia jrom the XII InternatIOnal Congress oj Nutrttlon, Harper,
A. E., and G. K. Davis, eds., 1981, Vol. 77 in Progress tn Clmlcal and BIOlogical Research From Alan R. LISS, 150 5th Ave., New York, NY 10011, 1,034 pp., $85 NutntlOnal Pharmacology, SpIller, G A, ed., 1981, Vol. 4 m Current TopICS in NutritIOn and Disease. From Alan R. LISS, 150 5th Ave., New York, NY 10011, 259 pp., $40. NutritIOn, PhYSIOlogy, and ObeSity, Schemmel, R., ed., 1980. From CRC Press, Northwest 24th St., Boca Raton, FL 33431, 234 pp., $69.50 NutntlOnal Blmdness. Xerophthalmw and keratomalaCia, 1982. From MedIcal Dept., Oxford Urnverslty Press, 200 MadIson Ave., New York, NY 10016, 282 pp., $24.95. NutntlOnal Factors. Modulattng effects on metabolIc processes, Beers, R. E Jr., and E G. Bassett, eds., 1981, No 13 m MIles InternatIOnal Symposium Series. From Raven Press, 1140 Avenue of the Amencas, New York, NY 10036, 568 pp., $55. Permatal Parental BehaVIOr. Nursmg research and ImplIcatlOnsjor newborn health, Vol. 17, No.6 of BIrth Dejects: Ongmal arttcle series, Raff, B. S , ed., 1981. From Alan R. LISS, 150 5th Ave., New York, NY 10011, 310 pp., $46. PestiCides StUdied tn Man, W. J. Hayes, Jr., 1982. From Wilham~ & Wilkms, 428 E. Preston St., BaltImore, MD 21202, 672 pp , $90. Protem Quality m Humans: Assessment and m vitro estimation, Bodwell, C. E., J. S Adkms, and D T Hopkms, 1981. From AV1 Publishmg Co., 250 Post Rd. E., Box 831, Westport, CT 06881, 435 pp , $49.50. School FoodserVlce, 2d ed , VanEgmond-Pannell, D., 1981. From AVI Pubhshmg Co., 250 Post Rd E., Box 831, Westport, CT 06881, 413 pp., $19, softcover. Seeds oj the Earth: A private or public resource?, Mooney, P. R., rev. ed., 1980. From InstItute for Food and Development PolIcy, 2588 MISSIOn St , San FranCISco, CA 94110, 126 pp , $7 plus $1 postage and handhng, softcover Surgical NutritIOn, Yarborough, M. F , and P. W. Curren, eds., 1981, Vol 3 In Contemporary Issues m ClInical NumtlOn, From ChurchIll LlVlngstone, 19 W. 44th St , New York, NY 10036, 156 pp , $20 POPULAR
Body Sense, Body Nonsense, Simon, S., 1981 From J B LIpPIncott JunIOr Books, 10 E. 53rd St , New York, NY 10022, 44 pp., $9.80; $8.89 hbrary edItIon ThIS Illustrated chIldren's book addresses common sayings concernIng health ("An apple a day keeps the doctor away; spmach makes you strong.") and gives the SCIentific baSIS for those that have some valIdIty The Dtne System' For better nutrttlOn and health, 2d ed, Denrnson, D, 1981. From Kendall-Hunt Publishmg Co., 2460 Kerper Blvd., Dubuque, IA 52001, 116 pp, $7.95 softcover. Milk-Free Diet Cookbook: Cookmgjor the lactose mtolerant, Zukm, J., 1982. From Sterling PublIshmg Co, 2 Park Ave., New York, NY 10016,155 pp., $12 95, hard cover; $6.95, softcover
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