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Title: MSM the Definitive Guide: The Nutritional Breakthrough for Arthritis, Allergies and More by Stanley W. Jacob, Jeremy Appleton ISBN: 1-893910-22-9 Publisher: Freedom Press Pub. Date: November, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Re-reviewed: I've become more positive about this book!
Comment: I didn't know the author reacted to my review. I am very positive about his reaction, he is right that statements about how MSM might work are not stated as being his opinion but as existing theories.
Weaknesses in MSM research:
- The almost complete lack of double-blind research studies
- We still don't know how it works
I think the lack of double-blind research studies is the most worrying, and until there are enough of them do consider the possibility that you're throwing your money away. On the other hand, MSM has become dirt cheap. The fact that they don't know how it works is also worrying. On the other hand, there are many conventional drugs that work in ways the research don't or only partially understand.
Having now read some of the other MSM books, I think I can safely say this is one of the best ones. The fact the author responded to my criticism in a fair and balanced way is something not often seen in authors of health books. Just like with Doctors trying to push pills from a drug company they're receiving nice sums of money from, keep in mind the author is associated with a producer of MSM. He's not impartial, unfortunately that seems to be the way it is in the drug business. Considering the fact that pretty much anyone can afford to use MSM, it doesn't really bother me. People getting ripped off by pharmaceutical companies does bother me.
Most importantly for me, I suffer from allergies and MSM works for me like nothing else. Looking at the research, it could be entirely attributed to the placebo effect. I suspect MSM is a very powerful and very safe drug. Independently funded double-blind research (studies that compensate for the placebo effect) are essential to make MSM a believable drug. Until that time, websites like www.quackwatch.com have every right to question the effectiveness of MSM from a scientific perspective.
I think it deserves four stars, but I'm now giving five stars to compensate for my previous two stars. Please drop the word 'definitive' when the book is reprinted. I get 44451 results when I search for 'definitive' on amazon.com! Most of these authors don't seem to have a clue about what the word 'definitive' means.
Rating: 3
Summary: This book is ok...but...
Comment: To my knowledge, Dr. Jacob did NOT use MSM in his practice, rather DMSO. While he was one of the first people to bring MSM into the public eye (last 20+ years anyway), he is not the first to have known about the benefits of MSM. MSM is as old as the earth. There were communities enjoying its benefits thousands of years ago - happened upon while soaking in pulp water. It has been used for healing since recorded time. Put aside all the so-called 'use-patents' and trademarks, MSM is in many living things: the grass you walk on, the rain that falls upon you, and the trees growing around you.
Dr. Jacob is a newcomer to retailing MSM - perhaps this is one of the reasons he wrote this book.
I'd get his first book: The Miracle of MSM: The Natural Solution for Pain, here on Amazon. I learned most of what I know about MSM from original-msm.com. They don't sell this book, so you have to get it here.
There are many other things that MSM can do for you that are not covered in this book, perhaps the author is afraid of the FDA or something(?) I'd certainly get the aforementioned book, and do a little research elsewhere.
Best of Health to You. Long Live Amazon Too :)
Rating: 5
Summary: Retraction
Comment: The review prior to this one is fake. It was not intended for being published. Please disregard it
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Title: The Miracle of MSM:The Natural Solution for Pain by Stanley W. Jacob MD, Ronald M. Lawrence MD, Martin Zucker ISBN: 0425172651 Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: 13 December, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Dr. Earl Mindell's The Power of MSM by Earl Mindell, Virginia Hopkins ISBN: 0658014609 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 16 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Msm: : The Natural Pain Relief Remedy by Deborah Mitchell ISBN: 0380808994 Publisher: Avon Pub. Date: 07 September, 1999 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Dmso: Nature's Healer by Morton, Dr. Walker, Avery Publishing ISBN: 0895295482 Publisher: Avery Penguin Putnam Pub. Date: January, 1993 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The MSM Miracle by Earl Mindell ISBN: 0879838418 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Contemporary Books Pub. Date: 11 October, 1998 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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