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RESEARCH / SOURCE FILEREFERENCE RULE
The same material can carry different weight.
01Guidelines
02Reviews
03Studies
04Stories
SOURCE WEIGHT
Four tiers of evidence
Physical, Mind and Life sort columns by topic. These four tiers sort them by how solid the ground under them is.
01 · GuidelinesGuidelines and public-agency sources
Our first stop for treatment and medication.
02 · ReviewsBooks and reviews that pull many sources together
We read many studies and cases side by side.
03 · StudiesA single paper or a single study
We note how many people, for how long.
04 · StoriesClinical practice and patient records
A personal account, not proof it works.
Source list
Sources cited in our e-books — 264 in total. 202 checked against real publication records, 37 different editions of the same book, 25 institutional and journal citations.
Medical society and government sources
Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service, Healthcare Big Data Open System, Medical Statistics Information, 2019
And 10 to 20 years earlier, Professor Park Hae-sim's team at the Allergy Department of Ajou University Hospital analyzed the prevalence and mortality of roughly 13 million asthma patients, together with their association with medical, demographic, social, and economic factors, using 14 years of customized National Health Insurance Service data and Statistics Korea data from January 2002 to December 2015.
Cécile Pizot's team at France's 'International Prevention Research Institute (iPRI)', World Health Organization (WHO) data, 1987–2013
Books and articles that gather sources
Park Geon, The Atopy Management Revolution, Yeollin Sidae, 2016
Park Geon, Kim Byeong-ho, The Atopy Revolution: Practical Edition, Free Hug, 2011
Kim Jeong-jin, Does Atopy Really Get Better? (Reviving My Body Series 8), ThinkSmart, 2017
Kim Seong-ho, Conquering Atopy Completely, Yenaru, 2015
Yun Myeong-hwa, The 120-Day Miracle Method for Curing Atopy, Crebiz, 2018
Kim Min-hwan, Atopy Isn't Skin Deep, It's an Inner Illness, Knowledge and Emotion, 2023
Han Myeong-hwa, The Atopy Cooking Revolution: Theory (Treating While You Eat) (Atopy Cooking Revolution Series 1), Yeollin Sidaesa, 2014
Lee Sang-bae, Hives & Atopic Dermatitis, Doorae Media, 2003
Lee Tae-geun, Natural Healing Through Love, Sina Publishing, 2019
Jo Han-gyeong, The Patient Revolution, Editor, 2017
Kim Jeong-jin · A Report of Hope for Atopy · ThinkSmart · 2020
Shin U-seop, The Doctor's Rebellion (Large Print Edition), Editor, 2020
Do Yeong-min, What Is Atopy, Micro, 2003
Makise, Heo Jeong-gu, Freedom from Atopy, Seniorbooks, 2014
Yang Seong-wan, Treating Atopic Dermatitis with Korean Medicine, Sigongsa, 2003
Lee Jin-won, Goodbye Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Bareun Books, 2021, p.30
Harvey Diamond, The Unchanging Law of Natural Healing, Simon Books, 2020
Kim Seong-dong, The 99% Cure for Atopy and Psoriasis, Health Newspaper, 2016
People Who Keep the Next Generation, Catch Atopy, Sigongsa, 2002
Sato Seiji, Don't Exercise If You Want to Be Truly Healthy, Kkeullineunchaek, 2016
Lee Gil-yeong, The Right Diet Therapy for Atopy, Y.gelly, 2016
Han Myeong-hwa, The Atopy Cooking Revolution: Theory (Treating While You Eat) (Atopy Cooking Revolution Series 1), Yeollin Sidaesa, 2014
Yang Seong-wan, Atopy Treatment (Bringing Back Your Child's Bright Smile), Random House Korea, 2007
Yang Hoe-jeong, Acne, Atopy, Psoriasis, Vitiligo, Medimark, 2013
Lee Gyu-hwang, Why Do We Keep Getting Sick Even as Medicine Advances?, Medici Media, 2022
Choi Yong-seon, Disease Is Cured Just by Cutting Out Water, Raauinun, 2016
Peter Gøtzsche, Dangerous Pharmaceutical Companies, Gongjon, 2017
Han Dong-ha, Save My Body, Immunity Is the Answer, Pegasus, 2019
Kang Jae-chun, Pyretotherapy, Medical Books, 2006, p.35
Kondo Makoto, 47 Ways Not to Be Killed by Doctors, Danan Publishing, 2013
Kim Seong-ho, Detox Is the Answer for Atopy, Yenaru, 2016
Park Jeong-eun, A Record of 1,000 Days in the War Against Atopy, Gimm-Young Publishers, 2004
Cellmed Cell Correction Pharmaceutical Society, Jang Bong-geun, If the Cell Lives, You Live, Choicebook, 2020
Jeong Jin-ho, Lee Dong-hun, In the Age of COVID, Skin Is Getting Sick Too, Cheongrim Life, 2021
John McDougall, translated by Kang Sin-won, Confessions of a Vegetarian Doctor, Simon Books, 2022, p.89
Hori Daisuke, The Sleep Revolution, Kyunghyang BP, 2018
Hong Yun-cheol, The Birth of Disease, Sai, 2014
Hong Jeong-gi, Reset by Walking, Starting Today, EBS Korea Educational Broadcasting System, 2022, p.147
Lynne McTaggart, What Doctors Don't Tell you, 2005, 27p
A good book for home cooking by season — Keimyung University Healing Food Project Team, A Healthy Diet My Body Loves: The Atopy Edition, Keimyung University Press, 2015
1998 288 Susan Peirce Thompson, The Complete Way of Eating, Cypress, 2018, 162
Ham Ik-byeong, Ji Seung-ho, Speaking of Ham Ik-byeong, Bionduui, 2022
D. Lindsey Berkson, The Revenge of Endocrine Disruptors, Arom Media, 2007
KBS Secrets of Birth, Aging, Sickness and Death Production Team, Just Walking Can Cure Disease, Vitabooks, 2022
R. Wootton(ed), Radiation Protection of Patients(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1993):
Xiang Zhen Li, Editor, The Evolution of Stomach Acidity and Its Relevance to the Human Microbiome, NLM, 2015
million, and to $1,019 million in 2015 — roughly a 4.7-fold increase. Direct medical costs from hospitalization rose the most sharply, from $84 million in 2002 to $522 million in 2015, about a 6.2-fold increase, which is presumed to be related to the rising number and length of hospital stays among the elderly. Professor Park Hae-sim said, “This study, using large-scale big data,
Dapeisigajeu, The Vegetable Soup Health Method, Eutteumsa, 2011, pp.61-63
Go Eun-byeol, Vegan Baking Class, Bookpin, 2020
Kim Dal-lae, Managing Chronic Diseases Doctors Can't Cure, with Food, Recom, 2014
Kim Mun-jeong, Whole Grain Vegan Baking, Recipe Factory, 2021
Kim Seong-dong, The Secret from Colds to Leukemia, Health Newspaper, 2008
Kim Sol-ji, I Invest in My Skin Instead of a Chanel Bag, Goodwealth Books, 2021
Kim Su-hyeon, Naturalist Baby Food, Nexus Books, 2021
Kim Ja-gyeong, A Mother's Love for Atopy, 21st Century Books, 2006
Kim Jae-chun, 35 Paths to Curing Atopy, Nature Therapy Lovers, 2013
Kim Jin-mok, Dangerous Medicine, Wise Treatment, Jeonnamu Forest, 2007
Kim Jin-mok, Dangerous Medicine, Wise Treatment, Jeonnamu Forest, 2007
Kim Chun-ho, How I Overcame Atopy, Balhae Geuhu, 2014
Kim Hyo-jin, Raising Children Without Medicine, Editor, 2016
Tanaka Naoki, I Want You to Walk for a Long, Long Time, Forestbooks, 2018
Dapeisigajeu, The Vegetable Soup Health Method, Eutteumsa, 2011, pp.64-65
Korean Society of Nursing Science, Comprehensive Dictionary of Nursing, 1996
Seo Jae-geol, Seo Jae-geol's Detox Juice, Max Media, 2012
Raymond Francis, Turn Off Cancer's Switch, Editor, 2017
Lisa Sanders, The Great but Dangerous Diagnosis, Random House, 2010
Rito Shiori, Bread Baked from Raw Rice, PAN n PEN, 2020
Lynne McTaggart, What Doctors Won't Tell You, Heowon Media, 2011
Michael Murray, 11 Secrets About Medicine Even Your Doctor Doesn't Know, Dasan Chodang, 2011
Michael Pollan, Michael Pollan's Happy Table, Dareunsesang, 2012
Makita Zenji, Your Diet Is Wrong, Danan Publishing, 2018
Murayoshi Masayuki, Home-Baked Baguettes in a Home Oven, Greencook, 2019
Park Seon-hong, Baked Deliciously with Vegetables: Vegan Baking, Seongandbooks, 2019
Park Hyeon-jin, Environmental Recipes That Save My Child, Maeumeuisup, 2023
Baek Seung-do, Bake's Vegan Baking, Gilbut, 2022
Baek Jeong-heum, Lee Dong-gwan, 99% of Sick People Have a Tight Neck, Sam and Parkers, 2018
Baek Tae-seon, The Smart Dongui Bogam, Geulgwasaenggak, 2014
Bernard Jensen, A Dirty Gut Makes Disease, Gukil Media, 2014
Ben Goldacre, Bad Science, Gongjon, 2011
Saito Masashi, One Degree of Body Temperature Saves My Body, Naraone, 2010
Seo Min, Professor Seo Min's World History of Medicine, Saenggak Jeongwon, 2018
Seong Gi-hong, Immersive Walking, Tipping Point, 2017
Lee Ui-cheol, Little by Little, Slowly — Whole-Food Plant-Based Eating, Needlebook, 2021
Im Jae-yang, The Fourth Table, Teukbyeolhan Seojae, 2018
Jang Mu-hyeon, You're Choosing Supplements Wrong, Youngjin.com, 2022
Jang Sol, A Healthy Gut Heals Depression, Insomnia, Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, and Atopy, Ganabooks, 2019
Jacky Law, How Pharmaceutical Companies Became Giant Dinosaurs, Gungree, 2008
Jeong Min, The Baking of Healing, Ddium, 2022
Jeong Seok-sik, What Determines Health, Moabooks, 2019
Jeong Il-gyu, 99 Truths and Lies Every Trainer Must Know, Daekyung Books, 2015
Jeong Jae-deok, Vegan Korean Food You'll Want to Make Every Day, Recipe Factory, 2023
Jessica Matthews, Stretching So You Never Have to Go to the Hospital, Dongyang Books, 2019
John Robbins, Eating Meat Ruins Your Health and Ruins the World, Vol. 1, Areumdeuri Media, 2000
John Robbins, John Robbins' Food Revolution, Sigongsa, 2011
John Stauber, Sheldon Rampton, The False Compass, Ihoo, 2006
All manner of health functional foods, including fatty-acid supplements, deserve to be punished for false and exaggerated advertising. Not only the concept of health functional foods but also the standards and content of their functionality grades are shoddy.250 Vitamin C in particular set off a craze in early December 2000, when a well-known medical school Professor C appeared on a popular terrestrial morning program. Although the Korean Nutrition Society's recommended daily intake of vitamin C is 100mg, Professor C recommends what is called high-dose or megadose vitamin C therapy — 6,000mg or more, more than 60 times that amount. He himself also, every day
Choi Hye-seon, Jo Jong-sul, The Health Message of the Healing Crisis (Revised and Expanded Edition), iFriend, 2011
Colin Campbell, Thomas Campbell · What to Eat · Yeollin Gwahak · 2012
Colin Campbell, Thomas Campbell · What to Eat · Yeollin Gwahak · 2012
Colin Campbell, Thomas Campbell, Misconceptions and Truths (About Health, Food, and Disease), Yeollin Gwahak, 2010
Thierry Souccar, The Revenge of Milk, Alma, 2009
Tim O'Shea, Vaccines and the Story We Don't Know, Yeomungak, 2009
Paul Epstein, Dan Ferber, The Climate Attacks People, Pureun Sup, 2012
Hong Hye-geol, Talking About Health (What Doctors Don't Tell You), Bionduui, 2012
Funase Shunsuke · Eat Half, Live Twice as Long · Bonus · 2020
Hippocrates, The Hippocratic Oath, Gyechuk Munhwasa, 2015
One paper, one study
Son Hye-yeon, Jo Ju-yeon, Atopy: Follow This and You'll See a Cure, Ainuri, 2022
Kim Min-jeong, Kim Yu-ji, I Put Makeup on My Inner Skin, Georeum, 2018
Kang Sin-yong, My Body Love Institute, 99% of Sick People Have Leaky Gut, My Body Love Institute, 2020, pp.20-23
Cheongnoe Constitutional Medicine Research Institute, Tie the Hands or Tie the Atopy, Siyusi, 2002
American Journal of Public Health, 1993;83:1321-5, as reported in Journal of the American Medical Association, 1993;270(18):2170
Bjelakovic et al., The Journal of the American Medical Association, 2007
British Medical Journal , 2003, 326:733
British Medical Journal, 1986;293: 659-63, ascited in The Lancet , 1990;335:97-9
D. J. Watmough and K. M. Quan, correspondence, The Lancet , 1992; 340:122
Dr Vernon Coleman, "The Betrayal of Trust' , European Medical Journal, 1994: 4
E. J. Roebuck, correspondence, The Lancet , 1992; 340:366
Edgar A. Suter, correspondence, The Lancet, 1993; 342:112
Frisina, S.T., et al, Characterization of hearing loss in aged type II diabetics. Hear Res, 2006. 211(1-2): p.103-13
J. A. Muir Gray et al., correspondence, British Medical Journal, 1991;302:1084
Johannes G. Schmidt, correspondence, The Lancet, 1992; 339: 810
Jonhanners Schmidt, correspondence, The Lancet, 1992;339:810
Journal of the American Medical Association, 1993; 269:873-7, 878-82
Journal of the American Medical Association, 1996; 275:913-18. See also Cecily Quinn and Julian Ostrowski, correspondence , The Lancet , 1996; 347:1259
M. Baum, correspondence, The Lancet , 1995; 346:436; see also correspondence, New England Journal of Medicine, 1994;331:402-3
Medical Biology, 1977; 55:88-94, as quoted in New England Journal of Medicine, 1995; 333(4):263
Menke, A., et al., Prevalence of and trends in diabetes among adults in the United States, 1988-2012. JAMA, 2015. 314(10):p. 1021-9; McClain, A.D., et al., Adherence to a lowfat vs. low-carbohydrate diet differs by insulin resistance status. Diabetes Obes Metab, 2013. 15(1):p. 87-90 239
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New England Journal of Medicine , 1992;326:501-6; also 560-1. See also Adverse Drug Reaction Bulletin , June 1992 and The Lancet, 1993; 342:818-19
Petr Skrabanek and James McCormick, correspondence , British Medical Journal , 1991 ;
Proctor, B. and C. Proctor, Metabolic management in Menier’s disease. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol, 1981.90(6 pt1): p.615-8
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Tom Bell, correspondence, The Lancet , 1990;336:1260-1
Notes from patients and clinics — not proof of effect
Maeil Business TV Health — Korean Medicine Doctor, The Korean Medicine Doctor Answers, Maekyung Publishing, 2020
Maeil Business TV Health — Korean Medicine Doctor, Why I Need to See a Korean Medicine Clinic Now, Maekyung Publishing, 2016
Maeil Business TV Health — Korean Medicine Doctor, Korean Medicine Is the Answer, Maeil Business Newspaper, 2018, p.302
Min A-rim, A Doctor Mom's Lessons on Atopy, Vegabooks, 2018
Kwon Hae-jin, My Neighborhood Korean Medicine Doctor, Bori Publishing, 2021
Yang Gi-ho, Modern Illness and Treatment as Seen by a Korean Medicine Doctor, Amazon Books, 2021
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