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Nutrition Cultism: Facts and Fictions

Investigates popular vitamin and nutrition theories and suggests which are harmful frauds and which offer some measure of effectiveness

234 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1981

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Victor Herbert MD, JD, MACP (1927– 2002) was an American hematologist who did ground-breaking work on folate and how its deficiency led to megaloblastic anemia and was a proponent of accurate and responsible nutrition information. He was Professor of Medicine and Chair, Committee to Strengthen Nutrition, Mount Sinai-New York University Health System, NYC.

A native of New York, Dr. Herbert received his B.S. in chemistry (1948), M.D.(1952) and J.D.(1974) all at Columbia Univ. On the full-time medical school faculties of Einstein, Mount Sinai, Harvard, Columbia, SUNY-Brooklyn (formerly SUNY-Downstate), and Hahnemann, before returning in 1985 to Mount Sinai.

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Victor Herbert, composer and cellist

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