This is one of the worst books I’ve ever read.

There was a brief overview, which was fine, but about the size of a good pamphlet.

Then there was about 2/3 of the book devoted to practitioner and patient testimonials. These are fine, but WAY too much of the book.

Then there was a final section discussing the science of magnets and health. This was terrible. Instead of actually discussing the studies, we get mostly only single sentences that DO NOT give us any useful detail. For example, he’ll introduce a “double blind placebo controlled” study, and describe it like “magnets were 73% effective”. COMPARED TO WHAT?! Effective HOW?! What parameters were used to determine effectiveness?!

This guy has a PhD and I have a hard time believing that he doesn’t understand how to interpret a study result. There is no way we can make sense of a result unless it is compared to something. In the entire section, not once were the FULL results discussed, nor was the study described in any detail, so the entire section was useless. Beyond the intro, the entire rest of the book was testimonials, which are not even necessary for me to understand the practical value.

I want to know why something works. If that’s not possible, fine, but I at least want to know how well something works. I cannot possibly know how well something works unless it is compared to placebo or some other therapy. Since this book gave me none of this, I am simply left frustrated.

The only actual value in this book is the list of studies which were not thoroughly described. But I’m not going to look up each of those studies on my own, I’m simply going to buy another book about healing with magnets and hope it is better than this.

I will never read another Gary Null book. This guy is supposed to be very knowledgeable on a wide range of health topics, but this lazy, deficient writing is unacceptable.