In this encyclopedic review of nutrients and their health benefits, acclaimed diet expert Dr. Atkins explains how vitamins, minerals, herbs, and other nutrient supplements can be used to combat 50 health conditions, including diabetes, arthritis, and osteoporosis.
Now updated and revised, this book provides clear understanding of what ever vitamin, mineral and new supplement can actually do. It helps you design your own personalised nutrient programme and offers a scientifically documented Optimum Daily Intake to follow (similar to Recommended Daily Allowances).
This title features research on vitamins, minerals, and supplements, and their interactions with foods and medications, along with valuable information for the health-conscious on how to assess their needs and make wise purchases of store vitamins.
This comprehensive reference contains the information families need to use vitamins, minerals and herbs wisely, whether they are interested in maintaining good health, coping with everyday complaints, or dealing with serious diseases. 300 color photos, illustrations & charts.
A catalog of vitamins, minerals, and trace minerals, along with information on dosage and nutritious foods, plus a list of health problems that can be helped by increasing vitamin intake.
For 25 years, this classic guide has been America's #1 vitamin book. Now completely revised and expanded, this edition puts the information readers need at their fingertips in order to live healthier, better lives. Includes updated information on herbs, alternative therapies, anti-aging supplements, and more. Reissue.
Murray, one of the leading health writers in America, brings his voice to the topic of nutritional supplements and the role they can play in achieving and maintaining optimum health.
A silent crippler stalks millions of North Americans. It afflicts one person with tremors, makes another depressed or psychotic, and causes agonizing leg pains or paralysis in still another. It can mimic Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis, early Parkinson's disease, diabetic neuropathy, or chronic fatigue syndrome. It can make men or women ...
"Christopher Hobbs and Elson Haas take a complicated field and make sense of it." Ron Lawrence, M.D., Ph.D., Director, Council on Natural Nutrition Praise for Vitamins For Dummies(R) "Vitamins are the traffic lights of your life. They must be synchronized, not too many or too few, to see you through your journey. Vitamins For Dummies shows you how ...
The author of 8 WEEKS TO OPTIMUM HEALTH emphasizes the body's ability to heal itself. Here he draws on his philosophy of spontaneous healing to answer frequently asked questions about vitamins and minerals, such as 'How good are multivitamins?', 'How safe is Vitamin C?', 'Why is Folic Acid important?' and 'What do you recommend for a cold?'
According to Dr Michael Holick of the Boston University School of Medicine and America's leading expert on Vitamin D, the scare tactics of international health leaders about the potential hazards of sun exposure have gone too far. Their exaggerated warnings about the sun's harmful effects have led to public misconceptions that is threatening our ...
This comprehensive guidebook contains information on the major over-the-counter supplements, including fat blockers, antioxidants, sports supplements, nutraceuticals, natural hormones, and natural antidepressants.
Recent groundbreaking medical research has made a connection between Vitamin D deficiency and seventeen types of cancers, including breast, colon, and prostate. Illnesses such as influenza, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and coronary heart disease have also been connected to a lack of this vitamin. Until not too long ago, not getting enough Vitamin ...
Along with an increased interest in natural remedies and alternative medicine has come the issue of patients who also take prescription drugs or over-the-counter medicines. This succinct and well-organized home medical reference will help them decide which interactions will be safe. It provides comprehensive information about contraindications, as ...
Millions of people suffer from hypertension, and many are treated with drugs that have uncomfortable side effects. This book outlines programmes for relieving the symptoms using everyday foods and nutritional supplements. Also included are stress reduction techniques, meal plans and recipes, plus 30-, 60-, and 90-day programmes to lower blood ...
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