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lauraallen9's review
4.0
Interesting for sure, did not get through the whole book, but did copy out the recommendations for a more gradual vaccine schedule.
thomme_k's review
1.0
This book is full of pseudoscience that misleads people about the causes of the conditions.
menfort's review
4.0
I'll be honest, I didn't finish this book, I skipped the actual healing section. After starting it I knew that it wouldn't fit into our lifestyle. I do realize that I need to be careful of what my children eat but just can't go to these extremes nor do I think my children's ADHA is severe enough! If my child had Autism or more severe ADHD I would proabably try this program or parts of it at least!
I did read the first part about the author's "theory" about the casues of the 4-A epidemics and really think there is some truth in his reasons! I appreciate his wanting to help these children who have been identified but how can we help put an end to the "epidemics"?
I did read the first part about the author's "theory" about the casues of the 4-A epidemics and really think there is some truth in his reasons! I appreciate his wanting to help these children who have been identified but how can we help put an end to the "epidemics"?
cyndin's review
3.0
I wanted to like this book a lot more than I did. I want it to be THE book I can point people to whose children have issues that I think are related to food or chemicals. It's worth reading, but this is not that book.
Mostly this book is an account of how the author treats children in his practice. He starts off with several case studies (some not his patients) with a variety of outcomes. Then he goes into details about various types of treatment, including diet, supplements, and drugs. If drugs seem necessary for your child (or s/he is already on them), the book has very clear descriptions about what the drugs do and how they tend to work on different subgroups of patients. Extremely useful. There is a similar, but not as detailed, description about supplements. Not so much on other treatments. And the food sections are not anywhere near what I would like to see. He sees elimination/addition testing as too hard for laypeople.
The real disappointment was the lack of discussion about chemicals, which are exactly what has been linked to autism, spectrum disorders, and allergies and asthma too. He discusses some but the big main one, the one most linked in various studies, pesticides, gets no mention at all (I think there was perhaps a single mention 2/3 of the way through the book).
All in all, I'm glad I read it, but more to see how professionals with a clue treat these disorders, not because I agree with all of Bock's approaches.
Mostly this book is an account of how the author treats children in his practice. He starts off with several case studies (some not his patients) with a variety of outcomes. Then he goes into details about various types of treatment, including diet, supplements, and drugs. If drugs seem necessary for your child (or s/he is already on them), the book has very clear descriptions about what the drugs do and how they tend to work on different subgroups of patients. Extremely useful. There is a similar, but not as detailed, description about supplements. Not so much on other treatments. And the food sections are not anywhere near what I would like to see. He sees elimination/addition testing as too hard for laypeople.
The real disappointment was the lack of discussion about chemicals, which are exactly what has been linked to autism, spectrum disorders, and allergies and asthma too. He discusses some but the big main one, the one most linked in various studies, pesticides, gets no mention at all (I think there was perhaps a single mention 2/3 of the way through the book).
All in all, I'm glad I read it, but more to see how professionals with a clue treat these disorders, not because I agree with all of Bock's approaches.
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