Nonrecommended Periodicals
Stephen Barrett, M.D.
I consider these publications untrustworthy because they promote misinformation, espouse unscientific theories, contain unsubstantiated advice, are insufficiently skeptical, and/or fail to distinguish between reliable and unreliable sources of advice. Some are no longer published. The magazines and journals marked with an asterisk (*) have carried ads for questionable potions, services, books, and/or publications. Few newsletters carry ads for products. Those marked with a double asterisk (**) have been accompanied by questionable solicitations.
Magazines, Fundamentally Flawed
- Advances
- Alive*
- All Natural Muscular Development*
- Alternative Medicine Digest*
- Autism File
- Better Nutrition*
- Blaylock Wellness Report
- Body and Soul* (formerly New Age Journal)
- Body, Mind & Spirit* (ceased publication in 1998)
- Bridges (published by ISSSEEM)
- The Choice
- Choices
- Counselor*
- Delicious!*
- Doctors' Prescription for Healthy Living*
- Dr. William Campbell Douglass' Real Health
- Energy Times*
- Explore More!
- Fibromyalgia Aware*
- Flex*
- Food & Water Journal
- Forefront
- Good Medicine
- Great Life*
- Health & Healing (Journal of Complementary Medicine)
- Health and Healing Wisdom Journal
- Health & Nutrition Breakthroughs*
- Health Confidential for Men
- Health Consciousness*
- Health Counselor*
- Health Products Business (trade publication, formerly called Health Foods Business)*
- Health Freedom News*
- Health Naturally* (ceased publication in 1999)
- Health Science
- Health World*
- Healthier Times
- HealthKeepers*
- Healthy & Natural*
- Herbs for Health*
- Holistic Health Journal
- Holistic Medicine*
- Holistic Times
- The Human Ecologist*
- Innovation*
- Journal of BioAcoustic Biology (JBAB)
- Journal of Longevity
- Journal of Longevity Research*
- Let's Live*
- Life Enhancement*
- Life Extension*
- Lifestyle and Wellness*
- Living Nutrition
- Longevity (discontinued in 1996)*
- Massage & Bodywork*
- Mothering
- Muscle & Fitness*
- Natural Awakenings*
- Natural Cures Newsletter (Kevin Trudeau)**
- Natural Foods Merchandiser (trade publication)*
- Natural Health*
- Natural Pharmacy (trade publication)*
- Natural Remedies* (discontinued 6/98)
- The Natural Way
- Nature's Impact*
- New Body*
- NEWLIFE*
- Noetic Sciences Review
- Nutrition & Fitness
- Nutrition Bites
- Nutrition Science News
- Nutritional Perspectives
- Pink & Green*
- Positive Health
- Prevention*
- Prime Health & Fitness
- Psychology Today*
- Search for Health
- Self
- Senior Health*
- Spectrum
- To Your Health
- Total Health*
- Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients*
- Vegetarian Times*
- Veggie Life*
- VitaJournal*
- Vital Living (online)
- Vitamin Retailer (trade publication)*
- Well Being Journal
- Whole Foods (trade publication)*
- Your Health*
Magazines, Usually Excellent Except for Too Many Poorly Reasoned Articles
on "Complementary"
and/or "Alternative" Medicine
- AARP, The Magazine*
- Arthritis Today*
Journals (Fundamentally Flawed)
- Advances: The Journal of Mind-Body Health
- Alternative & Complementary Therapies*
- Alternative Medicine Review
- Alternative Therapies in Clinical Practice
- American Journal of Natural Medicine*
- Biomedical Therapy (formerly Biological Therapy)
- Chiropractic Research Journal
- Clinical Practice of Alternative Medicine (formerly Journal of Advancement in Medicine)
- Ethical Human Sciences and Services
- Fluoride: Journal of the International Society for Fluoride Research
- Integrative Medicine
- International Journal of Auricular Medicine (IJAM)
- International Journal of Biosocial Research
- Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
- Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons (formerly Medical Sentinel)
- Journal of the American Neutraceutical Association
- Journal of Applied Nutrition*
- Journal of Energetic Medicine
- Journal of Holistic Nursing
- Journal of Medical Sciences Research (JMSR)
- Journal of Naturopathic Medicine*
- Journal of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine
- Journal of Optimal Nutrition
- Journal of Orthomolecular Medicine
- Journal of Subluxation Research
- Massage Therapy Journal*
- Medical Veritas
- Nutritional Perspectives
- Pacific Journal of Energy Medicine
- Seminars in Integrative Medicine
- Subtle Energies & Energy Medicine
Journals, Excellent Except for Too Many Poorly Reasoned Articles
on "Complementary"
and/or "Alternative" Medicine
- Annals of Internal Medicine
- British Medical Journal
- Patient Care
Printed Newsletters
- After Everything Else FAILS Health Report
- Allergy Hotline
- Alternative & Natural Medicine Newsletter (discontinued in 1999)
- Alternative Health Issues
- Alternative Medicine Advisor
- Alternatives (David Williams, D.C.)**
- Antha
- Beyond Health News
- Bio-Probe Newsletter
- Blaylock Wellness Report
- Bob Livingston Newsletter
- Bottom Line Health
- Cancer Chronicles
- Complementary Medicine for the Physician
- Dr. Atkins' Health Revelations (Robert C. Atkins, M.D.)**
- FDA Hotline (not an FDA publication; discontinued in 1997)
- Forefront
- Fountain
- The Fungazatte Newsletter
- Gerson Healing Newsletter
- Healing Arts Report
- Health & Healing (Julian Whitaker, M.D.**
- Health Alert (Bruce West, D.C.)**
- Health and Happiness
- Health & Longevity
- HealthBeat
- HealthNotes
- Health Realities
- Health Resource Newsletter
- Health Sciences Institute Members Alert**
- Health Wisdom for Women
- HealthFacts
- HealthSense
- HealthxFiles
- Healthy Edge Newsletter
- Healthy Talk
- Health Victory Bulletin
- Health Watch
- Healthwise Digest (Zoltan Rona, M.D.)
- Infinite Possibilities (Deepak Chopra, M.D.)
- The International DAMS Newsletter
- The Lark Letter**
- Latitudes
- John R. Lee, M.D., Medical Letter
- The McDougall Newsletter
- Medical Update
- Men's Health Newsletter
- McAlvany Health Alert
- The Mindell Report**
- Natural Healing & Alternative Medicine
- Naturally Well
- Nutrition & Healing
- Nutrition Bites
- Nutrition in Complementary Care
- Nutrition Insights (discontinued in 1998)
- Nutrition News (Siri Khalsa)
- The Nutrition Reporter
- Options (People Against Cancer) (posted 2/14/00)
- Organic Food Business
- People's Medical Society Newsletter (updated 12/19/98)
- The Perlmutter Letter
- Prescriptions for Healthy Living
- Price-Pottenger Nutrition Foundation Health Journal
- Pure Facts (Feingold Association of the United States)
- Second Opinion (William C. Douglass, M.D.)
- Secrets of Robust Health
- Self Healing (Andrew Weil, M.D.)
- The Doctors' Prescription for Healthy Living
- To Your Health (Alan N. Spreen, M.D.)
- Total Health in Today's World
- The Vaccine Reaction
- Vita-Health (People's Medical Society)
- Vital Communications
- What Doctors Don't Tell You**
- Whole Health
- Women's Health Advocate**
Electronic Newsletters
- Mercola.com newsletter (Joseph Mercola, D.O.)
- Bottom Line's Daily Health News
- Daily Tip from DrWeil.com
Newspapers
- Family Health News*
- Health Matters (HealthNet Newspapers)
- Health News & Review
- Health Store News
- Health Watch (HealthNet Newspapers)
- Healthy Cell News*
- Nutrition Health Review
Online Newsletters
- Spirit of Health
- The Toxicity Newsletter
This page was revised on May 11, 2009.