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Cheating or research?

Cheating – or research?

This is clearly the season for cheating – after all exam papers are apparently for sale in London and elsewhere and the Exam Boards seem to think the problem is local. Apparently there is NO internet in London, NO telephone and NO post so the sale of papers is clearly just restricted to a few schools.

On the subject of cheating I reviewed a book by an American Doctor. The review was about a year ago. In my opinion he had copied chunks of the text from various sites – and I sent him the originals and his copies to prove my case. I also disagreed with much of what he had written.

He has no re-issued the book and I asked him if I could read it on the condition that if I didn’t like it I could have a refund.

His initial friendliness turned to hostility when he realised I was the original reviewer and he flatly denied ever copying anything and I MUST have mixed him up with someone else.

In fact he said:

“After reading over your comments, I believe you must be talking about someone elseI copied "nothing" from Dr. Mercola”

I sent him an email reminding him of his ‘copying’ – from my email:

Let me remind you:

From page 50…

Your book:

“I strongly recommend avoiding sunflower, corn, soy, safflower, canola, or products that contain these oils. Also no hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated fats, no margarine, no vegetable oil, no shortening. These oils are full of omega-6 fats and will only worsen your omega-6 to omega-3 ratio.“

from www.mercola.com:

“I strongly recommend avoiding sunflower, corn, soy, safflower, canola, or products that contain these oils. That is no hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated fats, no margarine, no vegetable oil, no shortening. These oils are chock full of omega-6 fats and will only worsen your omega 6:omega 3 ratio.”

Hmmmm….

Your book:

“Another way to improve your omega 6:3 ratio is to change the type of meat you are eating. Game meat like venison or other game animals that are raised exclusively on grass type foods are the best meats, but hard to find and generally more expensive than beef. Since nearly all cattle are grain fed before slaughter (even organic meat), eating this meat will typically worsen your omega 6 to omega 3 ratio.“

From www.mercola.com:

“Another way to improve your omega 6:3 ratio is to change the type of meat you are eating. You could consume more game meat like venison, or other game animals that are raised exclusively on grass type foods. However, these are hard to find and generally more expensive than beef.Since nearly all cattle are grain fed before slaughter, if you eat most traditionally raised beef, it will typically worsen you omega 6:omega 3 ratio.”

Your book:

“To get the necessary Omega-3 fatty acids, you should consider eating meat that is allowed to "free-range”, that is grass-fed. Unfortunately, most meat sold in stores, even organic, is not grass fed entirely. What is important to ask is, what have they been fed in the months prior to being processed. Most all cattle are shipped to giant feed lots and fed corn to fatten them up. You will need to call the person who actually grew the beef or sheep, NOT, the store manager to find out the truth. I have researched and tried many fish oil brands. In all confidence, I can say the Carlson's brand is currently the most superior available.“

To get the necessary Omega-3 fatty acids, you should consider eating meat that is allowed to "free-range", or in the case of cattle, to be grass-fed. Unfortunately, you cannot buy this grass-fed beef at your local grocery store.You must also be careful as many stores will advertise grass-fed beef but it really isn't. They do this as ALL cattle are grass fed, but the key is what they are fed the months prior to being processed.Most all cattle are shipped to giant feed lots and fed corn to fatten them up. You will need to call the person who actually grew the beef, NOT the store manager, to find out the truth.”
Source: www.mercola.com
And
“I have researched and tried many fish oil brands; in all confidence, I can say the Carlson's brand we offer is currently the most superior available.”
Source: www.mercola.com
“The main distinction between cod liver oil and fish oil is that cod liver oil is very high in vitamin D. In warm weather, the sunshine produces high and usually sufficient levels of vitamin D without any supplementation necessary. Consequently, consuming cod liver oil in the warm weather months or climates in not recommended as this can result in an excess of vitamin D in your system and consequential complications. Conversely, in cool weather, your body needs more vitamin D, and so it is recommended that you take cod liver oil versus fish oil in cool weather months or climates.A general rule is, take cod liver oil from autumn to early spring, and fish oil from late spring through the end of summer. Adjust accordingly the closer or farther from the equator you live”

source: http://www.nutrasanus.com/cod-liver-oil.html

your book:

“The main difference between cod liver oil and fish oil is that cod liver oil is high in vitamin D. In warm weather, the sunshine produces high and usually sufficient levels of vitamin D without any supplementation necessary. I do not recommend consuming cod liver oil in the warm weather months or climates, as this can result in an excess of vitamin D in your system and consequential complications. Conversely, in cool weather, your body needs more vitamin D, and so I recommend cod liver oil versus fish oil in cool weather months or climates. A general rule is, take cod liver oil from autumn to early spring, and fish oil from late spring through the end of summer. Adjust accordingly the closer or farther from the equator you live.
“
page 51

“Unlike nearly all farmed salmon, Alaskan Sockeye salmon, for example, grow free of antibiotics, pesticides, synthetic coloring agents, growth hormones and GMOs.”

Source: http://www2.oprah.com/presents/2005/young/life/life_tips_109.jhtml

Your book:

Unlike nearly all farmed salmon, Alaskan Sockeye grow free of antibiotics, pesticides, synthetic coloring agents, growth hormones and GMOs.


Page 130

Your book:

“Waist Circumference - Health Risks A high waist circumference is associated with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and CVD in patients with a BMI in a range between 25 and 34.9. Monitoring changes in waist circumference over time may be helpful, in addition to measuring BMI, since it can provide an estimate of increased abdominal fat even in the absence of a change in BMI. Furthermore, in obese patients with metabolic complications, changes in waist circumference are useful predictors of changes in CVD risk factors.“

“A high waist circumference is associated with an increased risk for type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension, and CVD in patients with a BMI in a range between 25 and 34.9 kg/m.2 82 Monitoring changes in waist circumference over time may be helpful, in addition to measuring BMI, since it can provide an estimate of increased abdominal fat even in the absence of a change in BMI. Furthermore, in obese patients with metabolic complications, changes in waist circumference are useful predictors of changes in CVD risk factors. (image placeholder)537 The waist circumference at which there is an increased relative risk is defined as follows:”

source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=obesity.section.230

also from the same site:

“According to waist circumference. Although waist circumference and BMI are interrelated, waist circumference provides an independent prediction of risk over and above that of BMI. Waist circumference measurement is particularly useful in patients who are categorized as normal or overweight on the BMI scale. At BMIs ≥ 35, waist circumference has little added predictive power of disease risk beyond that of BMI. It is therefore not necessary to measure waist circumference in individuals with BMIs ≥ 35”

and in your book:

Waist circumference measurement is particularly useful in patients who are categorized as overweight on the BMI scale, although increased waist circumference can also be a marker for increased risk even in persons of normal weight. However, for someone with a BMI of 35 or over (obese), waist circumference has little added predictive power of disease risk beyond that of BMI. It is therefore not necessary to measure waist circumference in individuals with BMIs of 35 or over.

His response?

To be quite honest, I don't have the time to go back and forth. Just to make sure you see that you are wrong in your assessment, look over the attachment and see my actual wording in red. I think you need to review what plagiarism is. Chris, even with you overlooking my actual writing, I am surprised that you have the time to tear my book apart. Did you take the time to put into action what I have written I really hope that you didn't order my book last year to copy or at least rob me of my book.That is problem with the Internet and it is people who print a book, don'tapply what they read and ask for their money back. If you really applied the concepts in my book instead of spending time to tear my book apart, then I would respect your opinion. But, anyway, please don't take the time to reply.Sorry for blunt reply. I simply have my plate full and question your true intent”

Ho hum….

Chris Sivewright

posted by Duncan Williamson @ 9:07 AM