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I worked with a guy who has Parkinson's. He was _obsessed_ with nutrition and always said the same thing about it being related to his gut. I don't think I've ever seen someone eat as natural and health as this guy.

I'm obviously not a doctor and don't know, but from what I saw, he barely shook at all. He swore that when he went off his diet he would start shaking again. He also said his doctor couldn't believe how well he did on his own.

He said it all started from this book: http://brainhealthbook.com/why-isnt-my-brain-working

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Is there a general overview of the scientific claims made in this book somewhere? It sounds somewhat promising, but the table of contents doesn't exactly inspire confidence that the information is accurate. Additionally, I can't find any reviews online about this that don't look like shills for the book itself.

I'll be honest, I'm a layman and don't know. There are loads of Amazon reviews, but I agree not the best source and could be shills. I read the book and not too much seems crazy or out there.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00D8N6HBM/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?...

A rather fascinating article on Dr. Kharrazian was saved by the internet archive here: https://web.archive.org/web/20130924001750/http://scienceque...

"Having read his book in full [“Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms? When My Lab Tests are Normal"], visited one of his practitioners, and assembled the above lists of fraud indicators, I can solidly claim that Dr. Kharrazian is a quack." -- Dr. Christopher S. Baird

But note: Dr Baird deleted this article shortly after it was written in 2013.

>But note: Dr Baird deleted this article shortly after it was written in 2013.

Doesn't that invalidate his claim if he had retracted it?

Deletion doesn't necessarily mean retraction. As far as I know, only a retraction strictly means retraction.

The article makes plenty of factual claims that remain factual whether the article is published or merely preserved.

Like: "autism is caused by genetic mutations, not “vaccines” or “leaky gut” as [Kharrazian] states on p.327 and 409."

And sure enough: [“Why Do I Still Have Thyroid Symptoms? When My Lab Tests are Normal“] searchable at Amazon does indeed have the claim that autism might be a result of immune system reaction to vaccine. Sure sounds like a quack.

https://www.amazon.com/Still-Thyroid-Symptoms-Tests-Normal/d...

Thanks, this is the type of thing I was looking for. Doesn't inspire confidence in his book about the brain.

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