I'll start the thread off by saying that I'm currently reading 'Drop Acid' by David Perlmutter. I'm only a few chapters in having read the free download provided by Amazon kindle and I have decided to buy the paperback so that I can mark it and easily refer back to sections.
The book interests me because I have been diagnosed with gout, my uric acid levels are high and I have begun to take Allopurinol daily. I don't know that I even know enough to be able to critique the information that I'm reading, I'm assuming that what David Perlmutter has to say is the truth and to be honest I don't like not being able to discern whether it's good information or not. As I said, I'm only at the beginning of the book and I assume that there will be footnotes and references to help me make informed decisions about the information.
I'd love to know if any of you have read this or any other books by the author and what you think of him as a source of information?
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