Very poorly researched

This book is extremely poorly researched. Though it does contain some interesting bits, like how different organisms are dependent on each other for survival, I cannot help to notice its flaws.

In one chapter the author tells the story of cholesterol and its role in heart disease. Never does he mention the research fraud of Ancel Keys who is largely responsible for the idea that cholesterol is involved in heart disease. But the thing is, it isn't. The idea that cholesterol cause heart disease is a "guilt by association" mistake. It is similar to blaming fires on fire fighters because there is a correlation between fires and the presence of firefighters. A rather stupid mistake really.

Statin drugs are given as an example of drugs that saves lives. But it doesn't. Statins are very likely the biggest medical scam in history. It has been shown in published articles that statins prolong life by 0,75 days per year of use. That's 18 hours! Per year! So a person needs to take statins for about 40 years to live about a month longer. And statins comes with a long list of possible rather severe side effects too. In my opinion, not one person should be on a statin.

He also tells the story of cancer as a genetic disease. Here too the author betrays his poor research. Cancer is NOT a genetic disease. It is a disease of damaged mitochondria. Genetic defects comes later. This was discovered in the 1920:ies by Otto Warburg, a discovery he got the Noble Prize for.

I cannot recommend this book. In fact, I strongly recommend against it.

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