Uhhhhh....I dunno. The lead sounds kinda sensationalized. Linus Pauling *is* into alternative therapies, reducing inflammation therefore reducing disease. A great deal of promoting health in the body is eliminating simple sugars and white flour (which basically converts to simple sugar in the body)and eating more fresh things.
If it were me, and the book was $40ish, I'd buy it. Whatever a person does though, it takes conscious effort. That is to say, there is no magic bullet.