[eggdude]

I just started reading the book he swears by (The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First by Dr. Mark Hyman) and I am appalled at how sensationalist and unscientific it is. It mixes well-proven facts (e.g. exercise, diet, sleep, and relaxation promote mental health) with absurd claims like "Just as brain problems all stem from the same root causes, they all have the same solution - The Ultramind Solution". Has anyone else read the book?

[dirtyaura]

I'm all for this recent trend in understanding how nutrition affects us in many ways, but both Mark Hyman and his book looked dubious to me. Googling revealed this Salon article, which is worth of read after reading the Forbes article. http://www.salon.com/2009/03/12/mark_hyman/

[larve]

I agree he's pretty much a self-healing new-age self-promotion marketeer. the books he suggests are just populistic ramblings. also, reading up about psychological disorders on the internet is even worse than reading up on "normal" diseases. just don't do it, either you will persuaded that you have a disorder while you don't, or be supported in whatever delusion you can come up with, as there probably is a whole community built around it. HN is no exception in this regard, as a lot of the "self-help" articles on here are just a ripe breeding ground for mania :)