Reviews

"If you're a fan of his Saturday column in this newspaper you won't need any encouragement from me to buy this passionate, hard-hitting, meticulously researched and often very funny swipe at the so-called experts, downright quacks and media flakes who populate the world of science. Nutritionists and advocates of homeopathic medicine come off worst. Mea culpa. I reviewed a health book a couple of years ago by a vitamin-pill guru who turns out to be one of Goldacre's biggest betes noires. I never liked omega-3 anyway." Sue Arnold, The Guardian (audiobook review) "You'll laugh your head off and then throw all those expensive health foods in the bin." The Observer Book of the Year"