FACTS, FADS AND FRAUDS IN NUTRITION 29 



SCIENTIFIC OPINIONS ON FOOD FADS AND QUACKERY 



The following journal articles and books which discuss various phases of the 

 Food Fad problem in more detail are recommended for further reading. Hy- 

 geia — The Health Magazine published monthly by the American Medical 

 Association — always carries reliable health and nutrition information in 

 popular and readable form. 



1. ARTICLES 



1. Eddy, Walter H., Avoid Dietary Fads 

 Good Housekeeping, August, 1934, Page 106 

 (Reducing fads versus sane methods of reducing.) 



2. Farren, Marion R., Foods Fads and Faddists 

 Hygeia, October, 1934, Page 885 



(Why should we have food fads? An answer.) 



3. Fishbein, Morris, Quacks and Quackery 

 Hygeia, July, 1936, Page 584 

 (Amusing and stimulating comments.) 



4. Funk, Clarence J., Victims of Advice 

 Hygeia, December, 1936, Page 1070 



(Some disastrous results from following unqualified advice.) 



5. Gauss, Harry, Food Fads 

 Hygeia, March, 1935, Page 210 



(Fads, the result of wrong conclusions based on faulty reasoning.) 



6. Geraghty, E. M., Watch Your Diet 

 Hygeia, January, 1937, Page 32 



(An article for those whose weight is right.) 



7. Joslin, E. P., Diabetes, Doctors, and Dogs 

 Hygeia, January, February, 1937, Pages 37 and 168 

 (The story of diabetes and insulin.) 



8. Lieb, Clarence W., The "Compatible Eating" Fad 

 Hygeia, August, 1936, Page 683 



(Convincing evidence against this fad.) 



9. Rose, Mary Swartz, Belief in Magic 



Jour. Amer. Diet. Ass., Vol. 8, 489, January, 1933. 

 (The origin of magic beliefs with humorous rebuttals.) 



10. Stone, Willard J., Dietary Facts, Fads and Fancies 

 J.A.M.A. 95, 709, September, 1930 



(Food fads the result of misinformation, fostered by cultists.) 



11. Winters, S. R., Public Enemies Number 1: Food, Drug and 

 Cosmetic Racketeers 



Hygeia, September, 1936, Page 832 

 (An eye opener to current frauds.) 



12. Wonders of Diet 

 Fortune, May, 1936, Page 86 

 (Entertaining, reliable, and well illustrated.) 



