Null, Gary

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NULL, Gary

PERSONAL: Son of Robert C. and Blandenia J. (Whitehead) Null. Education: Edison State College, B.S.; Union Graduate School, Ph.D.

CAREER: Has taught at the New York College of Chiropractic and the New School for Social Research; Director of Nutrition Institute of America, New York, N.Y., 1976—; founder and director of the Health and Nutrition Certificate Program at Pratt Institute.

Past publisher of the Natural Living Newsletter and Natural Living Journal. Founder of the Natural Living Walking and Running Club. Has appeared on numerous television and radio programs, including his own PBS specials and series.

MEMBER: International Association of Clinical Nutritionists, International Association for Colon Therapy, International Academy of Oral Medicine and Toxicology, American Association of Clinical Nutritionists, American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, American Society for Parental and Eternal Nutrition, American Holistic Medical Association, National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy, Cancer Prevention Coalition (board member), Institute of Noetic Sciences.

WRITINGS:

(With Richard Simonson) How to Turn Ideas into Dollars, Pilot Books (New York, NY), 1969.

The Conspirator Who Saved the Romanovs, Prentice-Hall (Englewood Cliffs, NJ), 1971.

Profitable Part-Time Home-Based Businesses: How You Can Make up to $150 a Week Extra Income, Pilot Books (New York, NY), 1971, revised edition, 1978.

Surviving and Settling in New York on a Shoestring, Pilot Books (New York, NY), 1971.

(With Steve Null) The Complete Handbook of Nutrition, Speller (New York, NY), 1972.

(With others) The Complete Question-and-Answer Book of General Nutrition, Speller (New York, NY), 1972.

Grow Your Own Food Organically, Speller (New York, NY), 1972.

(With Steve Null) Herbs for the Seventies, Speller (New York, NY), 1972.

The Natural Organic Beauty Book, Speller (New York, NY), 1972.

Body Pollution, edited by James Dawson, Arco (New York, NY), 1973.

Protein for Vegetarians, Pyramid Publications (New York, NY), 1974, revised and enlarged edition, 1975.

Foodcombing Handbook, Pyramid Publications (New York, NY), 1974.

(With Steve Null) Biofeedback, Fasting, and Meditation, Pyramid Publications (New York, NY), 1974.

Black Hollywood: The Negro in Motion Pictures, Citadel (Secaucus, NJ), 1975.

(With Steve Null) Alcohol and Nutrition, Pyramid Publications (New York, NY), 1976.

Whole Body Health and Nutrition Book, Pinnacle Books (New York, NY), 1976.

Successful Pregnancy, Pyramid Publications (New York, NY), 1976.

Handbook of Skin and Hair, Pyramid Publications (New York, NY), 1976.

Italio-Americans, Stackpole (Harrisburg, PA), 1976.

Man and His Whole Earth, Stackpole (Harrisburg, PA), 1976.

How to Get Rid of the Poisons in Your Body, Arco (New York, NY), 1977.

(With Steve Null) The New Vegetarian: Building Your Health through Natural Eating, Morrow (New York, NY), 1978.

(With Steve Null) Why Your Stomach Hurts: A Handbook of Digestion and Nutrition, Dodd (New York, NY), 1979.

The New Vegetarian Cookbook, Collier Books (New York, NY), 1980.

Gary Null's Nutrition Sourcebook for the Eighties, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1983.

Complete Guide to Health and Nutrition, Delacorte (New York, NY), 1984.

The Egg Project: Gary Null's Complete Guide to Good Eating, Four Walls Press (New York, NY), 1987.

The Vegetarian Handbook, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1987, revised, 1996.

(With Martin Feldman) Good Food, Good Mood: Treating Your Hidden Allergies, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1988.

Gary Null's Complete Guide to Healing Your Body Naturally, McGraw-Hill (New York, NY), 1988.

(With Howard Robins) How to Keep Your Feet and Legs Healthy for a Lifetime: The Only Complete Guide to Foot and Leg Care, with Sections forWalkers, Joggers, and Runners, Four Walls Press (New York, NY), 1990.

The Complete Guide to Sensible Eating, Four Walls Press (New York, NY), 1990, revised edition, Seven Stories Press (New York, NY), 1998.

Clearer, Cleaner, Safer, Greener: A Blueprint for Detoxifying Your Environment, Villard Books (New York, NY), 1990.

(With Shelly Null) Vegetarian Cooking for Good Health, BBS Publishing (New York, NY), 1991, revised edition, 1999.

No More Allergies: Identifying and Eliminating Allergies and Sensitivity Reactions to Everything in Your Environment, Villard Books (New York, NY), 1992.

Healing Your Body Naturally: Alternative Treatments to Illness, Four Walls Press (New York, NY), 1992, 2nd revised edition, Seven Stories Press (New York, NY), 1997.

Black Hollywood: From 1970 to Today, Carol Publishing (New York, NY), 1993.

(With Howard Null) Change Your Life Now: Get Out of Your Head, Get into Your Life, Health Communications (Deerfield Beach, FL), 1993.

(With Howard Robins) Ultimate Training: Gary Null's Complete Guide to Eating Right, Exercising, and Living Longer, St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 1993.

(With Martin Feldman) Reverse the Aging Process Naturally: How to Build the Immune System with Antioxidants, the Supernutrients of the Nineties, Villard Books (New York, NY), 1993.

The '90s Healthy Body Book: How to Overcome the Effects of Pollution and Cleanse the Toxins from Your Body, Health Communications (Deerfield Beach, FL), 1994.

Nutrition and the Mind, Four Walls Press (New York, NY), 1995.

Be Kind to Yourself: Explorations into Self-Empowerment, Carroll & Graf (New York, NY), 1995.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Getting and Keeping Your Perfect Body, Alpha Books (New York, NY), 1996.

Who Are You, Really?: Understanding Your Life's Energy, Carroll & Graf (New York, NY), 1996.

The Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Healing: The New Healing Techniques of Over 100 Alternative Practitioners, Seven Stories Press (New York, NY), 1996.

Supercharge Your Health!: 150 Easy Ways to Get Strong, Feel Great, and Look Your Best, Harper-Perennial (New York, NY), 1997.

(With Vicki Riba Koestler) Choosing Joy: Change Your Life for the Better, Carroll & Graf (New York, NY), 1998.

Gary Null's International Vegetarian Cookbook, Macmillan (New York, NY), 1998.

The Clinician's Handbook of Natural Healing, Kensington (New York, NY), 1998.

Healing with Magnets, Carroll & Graf (New York, NY), 1998.

The Complete Encyclopedia of Natural Healing, Kensington (New York, NY), 1998.

Secrets of the Sacred White Buffalo: Native American Healing Remedies, Rites & Rituals, Prentice Hall (Paramus, NJ), 1998.

The New Vegetarian Cookbook, Galahad (New York, NY), 1998.

Gary Null's Ultimate Anti-Aging Program, Kensington (New York, NY), 1999.

The Healing Arts Bible, Seven Stories Press (New York, NY), 1999.

(With Shelly Null) Vegetarian Cooking for Good Health, BBS Publishing (New York, NY), 1991, revised edition, 1999.

(With Barbara Seaman) The Practice and Politics of Women's Health, Seven Stories Press (New York, NY), 1999.

(With Barbara Seaman) For Women Only: Your Guide to Health Empowerment, Seven Stories Press (New York, NY), 1999.

Get Healthy Now!: A Complete Guide to Prevention, Treatment, and Healty Living, Seven Stories Press (New York, NY), 1999.

Natural Pet Care, Seven Stories (New York, NY) 2000.

The Food-Mood-Body Connection: Nutrition-Based and Environmental Approaches to Mental Health and Physical Well-Being, Seven Stories Press (New York, NY), 2000.

Gary Null's Ultimate Lifetime Diet: A Revolutionary All-Natural Program for Losing Weight and Building a Healthy Body, Broadway Books (New York, NY), 2000.

Your Spectacular Pet: How to Care for Your Animal Naturally, Seven Stories Press (New York, NY), 2001.

AIDS: A Second Opinion, Seven Stories Press (New York, NY), 2001.

(With Shelly Null) The Joy of Juicing: Creative Cooking with Your Juicer, Avery (New York, NY), 2001.

(With Vicki Riba Koestler) The Baby Boomer's Guide to Getting It Right the Second Time Around, Carroll & Graf (New York, NY), 2001.

Women's Health Solutions, Seven Stories Press (New York, NY), 2002.

(With James Feast) Germs, Biological Warfare, Vaccinations: What You Need to Know, Seven Stories Press (New York, NY), 2003.

SIDELIGHTS: Gary Null has penned many books on health, diet, and alternative medicine. He holds a doctoral degree in nutrition, and has appeared in specials and series about naturopathic health solutions on PBS. Book critics have been generally positive in their response to Null's volumes; for instance, a Publishers Weekly reviewer of Women's Health Solutions wrote that "anyone interested in alternative therapies will find this guide invaluable." Though noting that some of Null's advice on diet and medicine is controversial, another critic for Publishers Weekly felt that he "offers some helpful guidance for the challenges of living in our time" in The Baby Boomer's Guide to Getting It Right the Second Time Around. Booklist contributor Penny Spokes praised his Secrets of the Sacred White Buffalo: Native American Healing Remedies, Rites, and Rituals as "a well-written introduction to Native American cosmology, sacred practices and traditional remedies." Library Journal reviewer Rebecca Cress-Ingebo, discussing Null's The Complete Encyclopedia of Natural Healing, concluded that its "easy-to-use format will indeed appeal to the lay reader."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Booklist, August, 1998, Penny Spokes, review of Secrets of the Sacred White Buffalo: Native American Healing Remedies, Rites, and Rituals, p. 1945.

Library Journal, June 1, 1998, Rebecca Cress-Ingebo, review of The Complete Encyclopedia of Natural Healing, pp. 99-100; February 1, 2000, Barbara M. Bible, review of For Women Only: Your Guide to Health Empowerment,, p. 110; May 15, 2002, Jeffrey Beall, review of AIDS: A Second Opinion, p. 120.

Publishers Weekly, January 27, 1999, review of The Women's Encyclopedia of Natural Healing: The New Healing Techniques of Over 100 Alternative Practitioners, p. 100; December 20, 1999, p. 76; May 7, 2001, review of The Baby Boomer's Guide to Getting It Right the Second Time Around, p. 236; March 25, 2002, review of Women's Health Solutions, p. 60.