Review: Alice in wonderland
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 09 7, 2013
NOTE! The author has recently made a few changes to this book which include correcting or removing some of the problems noted in my original review. Example: She no longer cites "big named experts" (which was, by the way, a non-citation in itself).  Additionally I believe she has changed the cover and added a "giveaway" at the beginning and end of the book, neither of which address the basic problems which plague this offering; namely, a lack of proper citations, horribly incorrect writing, incompetent or nonexistent editing, contradictions, etc., etc., etc..  Example: Under the heading "107) Natural anti-aging medicine", The second two poorly constructed and grammatically incorrect sentences are exact duplicates of the first two. They seem to imply that the search for eternal youth is something new and attributable to modern medicine. I simply must ask, "Has she never heard of Ponce de Leon and his search for the fountain of youth?". Additionally, these duplicate sentences are followed with a "quote" from nowhere. This single heading contains examples of many of the errors which continue to haunt this offering.Sorry, but a new look(???), the addition of a come-on and the tidying up of a tiny percentage of the myriad problems associated with this book do nothing to warrant changing my original review which follows:****God, give me strength! Here we go again; another book of supposed "prevention and CURES" for a plethora of diseases and ailments which continue to plague mankind even though apple cider vinegar has been available and used for centuries. This book has entries for all kinds of diseases and maladies from ADHD and athletes foot to cancer (both general and specific types), depression, erectile dysfunction, fractures, hearing disorders, herpes, kidney disease and myriad others, all wrapped up in a neat little package of anecdotal, i.e.; unproven and unsubstantiated claims.The writing in this book is atrocious! There are spelling errors, omissions, huge grammatical gaffes, contradictions, incorrect sentence structure, nouns and verbs which don't agree and the list just goes on and on and on... In my opinion, the author loses any shred of credibility by virtue of the rudimentary writing found throughout this book. An example (paraphrasing here) under the heading, Body Odor Directions, she states that ACV balances PH to effectively control body odour. She then contradicts that statement in the next sentence by saying (through incorrect verb usage and lack of editing) that it gets rid of bacteria which thrive in our sweat and CAUSES body odor. The incorrect "s" on the word CAUSE completely changes the meaning of the sentence. NOTE! That error has now been corrected. There are tons of additional examples I could cite but you get my point, and if you don't...oh, well!I simply love ambiguous statements she makes such as citing "big named experts", with no indication as to who they may be, when it comes to the benefits and goodness of ACV. With that kind of non-citation the experts could be anyone from Sophocles to Uncle Homer. I appreciate her attempted disclaimer about much of this material being anecdotal and unproven as well as her contra-indications and actual citation of the Mayo Clinic as her reference for these possible side effects, but these mentions are put in as almost an aside.Bottom line is this: I use vinegar in cooking, cleaning and in health related ways and I agree that there can be benefits to its use, BUT...I don't agree with books like this which are poorly written, ambiguous, contradictory and contain unproven (for the most part) information. Apple cider vinegar has been around for eons yet you can find very little scientific PROOF to back up most of the claims made about it. If it is capable of preventing or curing the maladies listed here, why do they still effect millions around the world? I'm sure that you can come up with the obvious answer to that question and no, it doesn't involve conspiracy or a government which hates you. By the way, there also seems to be a bit of a sales pitch for a certain brand of ACV... I wonder about that since there are many reputable brands available. 1 1/2 stars for this poor effort based on both the current and previous reasons stated above.