NOT AT ALL Great article on dangers of fasting

Apparently being Quack about suspected Quackery makes that person popular:
http://www.quackwatch.com/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/quacksell.html

... which does not mean it makes him right or knowledgeable. Personally I would not trust any pseudo-expert, who misleadingly plays with scientific physiology to try denigrate practice he has very little knowledge about.
1. I do not see any examples in this Non-great article from Shelton's practice. Shelton's is only mentioned as NH founder.
2. These cases appeal to your emotions "tall beautiful man", "died in front of his daughter" etc, without being specific about people's conditions. Is it possible that they were in fatal malnourishment/organ failure before they started the fast? - absolutely!
3. "Few patients died" on Shelton's fasts. First of all it is not "Shelton's fasts". These are fasts unsupervised/supervised by various entities. Plus they are FEW. Tens of thousands of patients die every year due to treatment or despite treatment in medical establishments. Does this put Hospitals on the Quackwatch? Does it put them out of business?
4. "The body does not distinguish fasting from starvation". Here already, we see a scientific mistake. Proven in many studies not mentioned in the article's references ...
5. He attacks food combining theory from "Fit for life" together with fasting, making this article a questionable mix, generated from the dissatisfaction of an ignorant practitioner. Having PhD does not make you competent outside your area of expertise. That area of expertise of a PhD is most often something like "the change in calcium absorption rate after administration of anti-inflammatory medication", or let us be generous: "expert on calcium metabolism", if osteopathy is our focus.

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