Pediatr Clin North Am. 1985 Apr; 32(2): 429-45.

Unconventional eating practices and their health implications.

Hanning RM, Zlotkin SH.

The authors discuss a number of unconventional or faddist foods and eating practices and their health implications. Among the topics included are vegetarianism, Zen macrobiotic diets, fast foods, junk foods, megavitamins and their toxicity, health foods, fad diets in infancy, and elimination diets.