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Earl Mindell
Earl Mindell in March 2009
Born (1940-01-20) 20 January 1940 (age 84)
St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
Occupation(s)Writer, Nutritionist
SpouseGail Andrea Jaffe

Earl Lawrence Mindell (born January 20, 1940) is a Canadian-American writer and nutritionist who is a strong advocate of nutrition as preventive medicine and homeopathy. He is best-known as the author of Earl Mindell's Vitamin Bible.[1] However, Mindell's ideas have been widely criticized by medical experts.

Early life

Mindell was born to parents William and Minerva on January 20, 1940, in St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada. He immigrated to the United States in 1965 and was naturalized in 1972. On May 16, 1971, Mindell married Gail Andrea Jaffe; they have two children.

Education

Mindell received a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from North Dakota State University in 1963. In 1995, he earned a Master Herbalist Diploma from Dominion Herbal College. Mindell earned his Ph.D. at Pacific Western University in Hawaii.[2]

Career

Mindell is the author of the bestselling book The Vitamin Bible, in addition to 50 other titles.[3] Since 1976, The Vitamin Bible has sold 11 million copies and has been translated into 34 languages.[4] He has written numerous other books on nutrition, drugs, vitamins and herbal medicines. Mindell was partnered with Bernard Bubman in the Great Earth chain of stores.[5]

Awards and recognition

In 2002, Mindell received The President’s Award by The National Nutritional Foods Association (NNFA).[6]

In 2007, Mindell was inducted into the California Pharmacy Hall of Fame by the California Pharmacists Association.[5] He was a frequent invited speaker at the Get Motivated Seminars from 1999-2009, hosted by Peter Lowe.[7][8][9]

Mindell received the special Book Publicists Award of Southern California in 2013, and the Ernie Weckbaugh Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award in 2014.

Controversy

Mindell's ideas on health and nutrition have been met with criticism from mainstream medical experts.[10][11] Mindell has previously promoted oral supplements of an "anti-aging" enzyme, superoxide dismutase (SOD), which is of doubtful efficacy according to some studies.[12]

Mindell made several claims about the health benefits of wolfberry juice, commercially known as "Himalayan Goji Juice", while associated with a direct-selling company called FreeLife International Inc.[2] Mindell's claims regarding goji juice include supposed benefits for cancer patients based on evidence of cancer cell inhibition in vitro (i.e. in a dish)[13], but this has been criticized by scientists such as H. Leon Bradley.[13][2]

His book Earl Mindell's Vitamin Bible was criticized by James A. Lowell in 1986, who criticized the book as having various errors.[11][11][14] Professor of pharmacognosy Varro Eugene Tyler asserted that Earl Mindell's Herb Bible contained many inaccurate statements and unsupported claims.[15] Nutritionist Kurt Butler has described Mindell's claim's as "totally unsupportable".[16] These nutritionists and scientists have had many other disagreements with Mindell on issues such as the efficacy of goji juice.[16]

Mindell has asserted that vitamin A is safe to take in dosages up to 100,000 IU per day, but this claim is considered by some other mainstream scientists as controversial. He has also drawn criticism for stating that many mainstream medical doctors are uninformed about vitamins.[10]

Selected bibliography

In total, Mindell has published over 50 books. His most notable publication, Earl Mindell's Vitamin Bible, is a glossary of micronutrients published in 1979 and has been updated and re-released multiple times since. An incomplete list of his books is available below.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "WorldCat.org". Retrieved 2007-03-21.
  2. ^ a b c "Getting Juiced". CBC Marketplace. January 27, 2007. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
  3. ^ WavesofBrain. "Earl Mindell's New Vitamin Bible wins 2013 Life Achievement Award". Retrieved 17 December 2013 – via Youtube.
  4. ^ Staff. "Best-Selling Author Dr. Earl Mindell Shares Advice". Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  5. ^ a b Staff. "California Pharmacists Take Top Honors". Retrieved 23 February 2007.
  6. ^ Staff, NFM. "NNFA Recognizes Industry Supporters". Retrieved 24 April 2008.
  7. ^ Rivenburg, Roy (30 October 2004). "The secrets of success -- for only five bucks a head". LA Times.
  8. ^ Johnson, David G. "Good Mental Food – Get Motivated Seminar Sarasota". Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  9. ^ Franco, Jose. "Success seminar coming to Greenville". Retrieved 8 August 2001.
  10. ^ a b Barrett, Stephen; Herbert, Victor. (1994). The Vitamin Pushers: How the "Health Food" Industry is Selling America a Bill of Goods. Prometheus Books. pp. 357-358. ISBN 0-87975-909-7
  11. ^ a b c Lowell, James A. (June 1986). "An Irreverent Look at the Vitamin Bible and Its Author (Earl Mindell)". Nutrition Forum.
  12. ^ Schwarcz, Joe (2006-08-19). "Beware of Juices That Claim to Cure". The Montreal Gazette. CanWest MediaWorks Publication Inc.: J11.
  13. ^ a b Li G, Sepkovic DW, Bradlow HL, Telang NT, Wong GY (2009). "Lycium barbarum inhibits growth of estrogen receptor positive human breast cancer cells by favorably altering estradiol metabolism". Nutr Canc. 61 (3): 408–414. doi:10.1080/01635580802585952. PMID 19373615.
  14. ^ Jacobsen-Wells, JoAnn. (1989). "Speakers Urge Quackdown Against Health Fraud in Utah". Deseret News. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  15. ^ Tyler, Varro Eugene. (1992). "Book Review Earl Mindell's Herb Bible (1992)". Quackwatch. Retrieved November 22, 2018.
  16. ^ a b Butler, Kurt. (1999). Lying for Fun and Profit: The Truth about the Media: Exposes the Corrupt Symbiosis Between Media Giants and the Health Fraud Industries. Health Wise Productions. p. 81. ISBN 978-0967328102
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